Roughly fifty-percent of Pakistan’s $24.2 billion exports went to six countries in FY18

The United States remained the top destination for Pakistani exports fetching $3.9 billion receipts during the just concluded FY18

Economic and water-shortage challenges await the next government

The central bank is burning through foreign exchange reserves and devaluing the rupee, including another five-percent dive this month, in a bid to bridge a widening trade deficit

Govt released Rs32 billion under PM export package to enhance exports

The total claims for clash payment were recorded at Rs34 billion during Jan-June 2017, leaving a balance of Rs8 billion outstanding to be paid to exporters

Pak Suzuki Motors declares Rs394m profits in Q2FY18

KARACHI: Pak Suzuki Motor Company (PSMC) Tuesday declared a profit of Rs394 million in Q2FY18 despite price increases as well as the volumetric growth...

Stable policy environment overturns growth momentum

LAHORE: Pakistan’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth momentum is expected to be dragged down by the current fiscal year while the stable policy...

SECP, NACTA vow to stand against money laundering, terror financing

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) and National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) have resolved to jointly undertake all necessary...

NEPRA jacks up power price by Rs0.5 per unit

ISLAMABAD: The already burdened power consumers of the country are to face a hike in power tariff as the National Electric Power...

IMF bailout on the cards as Pakistan elects new government

Bailouts are sizeable and always come with strings attached

Pakistan all set to elect PM who will face bailout crisis

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's general elections on Wednesday will decide the prime minister for the next five years whose first pressing task will be...

Strong liaison among public bodies needed to expedite growth, remove bottlenecks: PM

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Justice (r) Nasir-ul-Mulk has stressed the need for strong coordination amongst government bodies to provide maximum facilities to businessmen...

CPEC fastest-moving and most effective project under BRI: Report

CPEC construction has created nearly 60,000 direct jobs in Pakistan. It is expected to create 700,000 jobs in the country by 2030. If related industries are counted, at least 3.5 million jobs will be created, benefiting millions of families

CPEC will receive wide support from all sections of Pakistan’s society: Imran Khan

It is expected that in the next five to seven years, the corridor will create 500,000 jobs for the Pakistanis

90 percent of Chinese assistance under CPEC disbursed to three projects: Report

$1.6 billion of loans were disbursed for Orange Line Metro Project in Lahore, Thakot-Havelian motorway and Sukkur-Multan motorway

Chinese embassy rebuts WSJ report, says it deviates from facts

According to data released by the Pakistani government, 42% of foreign debt of Pakistan is from multilateral financial institutions, 18% of the debt is from Paris Club. Chinese preferential loans only account for only 10% of whole foreign debt and offer a much lower rate than commercial bank loans, said a statement by the Chinese embassy

Commercial banks refuse to lend Rs50 billion to PHPL for decreasing circular debt

And the situation of the energy supply chain is dismal as the country’s largest oil marketing company (OMC) Pakistan State Oil is facing a prospect of default due to its receivables ballooning to Rs330 billion