Hybrid wheat successfully harvested in Pakistan: Global Times

In different areas across the country, hybrid wheat from China has been successfully grown and is likely to be introduced in other...

PM’s vision a hope for SAARC countries

LAHORE: SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry Senior Vice President (SVP) and United Business Group (UBG) Central Chairman Iftikhar Ali Malik, terming...

Business community demand monitoring of FBR, export targets for diplomats

ISLAMABAD: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) on Tuesday said Prime Minister Imran Khan's first address to the...

Britain can’t afford to close door to EU banks after Brexit

LONDON: Britain is expected to keep the door open for European Union banks and investors after Brexit to try to preserve London’s...

Emerging markets may lose their friendly banker

Need a loan? Don’t call China.

China draws up new guidelines on identifying “hidden” local debt: Report

The new policy document calls on local governments to find out how much off-budget debt has been accumulated over the last three years and to draw up risk control plans

Pakistan risks failure of signing trade accord with EEU: Report

Officials believe the absence of diplomatic ties with Armenia could inhibit the finalization of the trade deal with EEU

LSMI growth jumped 5.38 percent in FY18

The highest growth of 13.24 percent was witnessed in the indices monitored by Oil Companies Advisory Committee (OCAC) followed by 5.04 percent growth in the products monitored by Ministry of Industries and 1.17 percent growth in Provincial Bureaus of Statistics (PBOS)

CPEC to boost economic activities, create two million jobs till 2030

Currently, most of the CPEC projects are categorized as infrastructure development. It will require civil engineers, mechanical, electrical and other related disciplines of engineering

Caretaker govt projects Pakistan to pay $9.3 billion in external debt servicing

The external debt servicing obligation payment projection for FY19 is a touch less than the foreign currency reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP)

PTI govt faces daunting challenge to meet its Rs8 billion tax collection target

The slashed income tax rates incorporated by the previous government would make it difficult for the FBR to achieve budgetary targets set for FY19 due to the recent changes has effectively exempted 1.2 million out of 1.4 million taxpayers, as per their projections

Textile exports clock $1.002 billion in July, register 16.09 percent MoM fall

During July, cotton yarn exports rose 7.62 percent YoY, touching $117.343 million

Khushhalibank selects IRIS Payment Platform for digital transformation

Karachi: As Khushhali Microfinance Bank Limited continues to expand its customer base amongst an increasingly growing microfinance market, it recognizes the need to...

NBP signs MoU’s with Mobi Direct, becomes settlement bank, consortium member

ISLAMABAD: The National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) signs two Memorandum of Understanding with Mobi Direct enabling NBP to become a consortium member and...

PM has ordered to bring back laundered money, says Umar

ISLAMABAD: Minister of Finance Asad Umar remarked on Monday that Prime Minister Imran Khan has ordered to bring back money which has...