Next cabinet meeting to decide extension of NIRC chairman

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Division is all set to present a summary of extension in contract of...

PML-N govt ostensibly accepted ‘strict’ terms for LNG supply deal with Qatar: sources

ISLAMABAD: Initial scrutiny of the LNG supply deal between Qatar and Pakistan initiated by the incumbent minister for petroleum division Ghulam Sarwar...

ADB organises workshops to promote Pak trade, exports

ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) convened consultation workshops on “The CAREC Integrated Trade Agenda 2030 and Special Economic Zones Development” here to promote...

SECP intensifies efforts against terror financing

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has intensified its efforts to combat terror financing and money laundering. On the...

Market Daily: Indices in red as political uncertainty prevails

LAHORE: To add to the economic uncertainty came political trouble. As protestors march towards the Federal Capital Islamabad, investors sell at the...

Pakistan’s leading lock screen app Slide set to be acquired by S.Korean Buzzvil

The application that raised $1.2 million as seed round and $3.6 million in Series A funding had over 7 million users as of February 2018 since its launch in Pakistan and India in 2015

PIA’s financials crash amid mismanagement, interdepartmental conflicts

LAHORE: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) faces a loss before tax of Rs54.2 billion for the eleven month period from September 2017 to...

CLSA Ltd returns to Pak after 17 years, buys minority stake in Alfalah securities

KARACHI: The Hong-Kong based CLSA, the CITIC Securities Company, entered into a joint venture with Bank Alfalah today, to buy a 24.9...

Federal govt suspends operations at Utility Stores Corporation

ISLAMABAD: In a bid to cut losses of the bleeding public sector enterprises, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) government has decided to halt...

FPCCI to lend a shoulder to PM’s war against corruption: Bilour

KARACHI: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FPCCI) President Ghazanfar Bilour has announced to extend all support to Prime...

Pakistan to issue dollar savings certificates within two months

The country expects to raise $1 billion by selling saving certificates to Pakistanis working overseas The certificates, which are likely to...

Asad Umar promises steps for award of National Finance Commission:

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Finance, Revenue, and Economic Affairs Asad Umer Tuesday told Senate that the government would take steps to complete the process...

World Bank asks PTI govt to pitch for long-term policies, human development

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has advised the newly-elected government to maintain long-term policies for the private sector to maintain higher economic growth...

Govt selects new FBR chairman from PAS cadre

ISLAMABAD: The most powerful and notorious group in the country’s bureaucracy - Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS) has again succeeded in appointing a...

Government to send NBP president packing

The federal government on Tuesday decided to remove National Bank President Saeed Ahmad Khan from his post amid corruption allegations against him. The...