Export of surgical goods reaches $58.585mn in two months, declines by 4.71pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: Surgical goods and medical instruments worth $58.585 million were exported from the country during the first two months of the current financial year as...

Planning Ministry rebuffs western media’s fresh report on CPEC

‘Infrastructure sector is being developed through interest-free or government concessional loans’ ‘Benefits of CPEC investments will far outweigh the outflows’ ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Planning...

SBP’s foreign reserves decline by $101mn

The total liquid foreign reserves held by the country stood at $14,852.1 million on 5 October 2018. Foreign reserves held by the State...

Rupee rebounds by Rs1.87 against dollar in inter-bank market

This was the third consecutive day that the rupee recovered Rs3 of its value against the dollar, resulting in a cumulative gain of 7.14% since touching Rs140 in the kerb market on Tuesday

‘Path of thorns’: An IMF bailout set to impede Pakistan PM’s populist agenda

Reserves have plummeted 41 percent this year to stand at $8.3 billion, or about 1.6 months of import cover, despite China lending billions of dollars to Islamabad to prop up the currency

US says Chinese debt responsible for Pakistan’s economic quagmire

On Thursday, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) launched formal bailout talks with Pakistan and IMF managing director Christine Lagarde said she would require “absolute transparency” of Pakistan’s debts, including those owed to China

IMF warns trade friction, market turmoil to hurt Asian growth

The IMF maintained its forecast that Asia’s economy will expand by 5.6 percent this year but cut its projection for next year to 5.4 percent, down by 0.2 points from April

PEC asks govt to announce Diamer-Bhasha Dam public limited company

The PEC urged the government to float its shares on the stock market for public subscription, which would allow to raise funds for the Diamer-Bhasha dam

Chinese entities interested in providing IoT, financial and transportation solutions in Pakistan

Megvii Technology based in Beijing is seeking to enter the Pakistani market for developing apps and other software for transportation departments and one of its services can recognize vehicles’ number plates

Punjab working on roping in private sector investment for development projects

The Punjab government is looking to use its vacant land for industrial and commercial purposes which would enhance economic activities and allow it to generate revenue, said Bakht

Pakistan extended offer of $100 million open oil credit facility by Azerbaijan

The energy ministries from both the countries had reached an inter-governmental agreement in February 2017

Tax department to verify documents of Qatar dignitaries’ confiscated vehicles

ISLAMABAD: The tax department has decided to verify the documents of 23 confiscated vehicles of the Qatar dignitary from the ministry of foreign...

GSK Pakistan Invests Rs74m to introduce dessiflex packaging technology in Pakistan

KARACHI: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Pakistan has introduced a specialized form of blister packaging technology in the country, Pakistan’s leading antibiotic, Augmentin which will...

PTCL assigned long-term rating of AAA as it posts 6pc YoY revenue growth

KARACHI: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), the country’s leading telecom and ICT services provider has announced its financial results for the nine...

Market Daily: PSX takes the hit as KSE-100 drops 393.79 points

LAHORE: Volatility returned to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) after two calm sessions. Low investor confidence was not limited to PSX but...