‘Textile package in final stages’

FAISALABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government is working actively on a new textile package to enhance textile exports, it was learnt on Tuesday. Addressing...

Nestle cuts hundreds of Pakistan staff amid global restructure: Bloomberg

The company struggles with its slowest sales growth in 18 years Nestle SA's Pakistan unit has cut eight per cent of its...

Aizaz Chaudhry invites US multinationals to invest in Pakistan

WASHINGTON Ambassador Aizaz Chaudhry has invited the US multinational firms to explore the countless investment opportunities in Pakistan by taking advantage of favourable...

Finance Division to go paperless from Jan 1, 2019

ISLAMABAD: Notwithstanding the fact that majority of senior and middle management level officers lack the required skill to handle digitalised records, the Ministry...

Is China really ready to revise its FTA with Pakistan?

Joint review committee of FTA yet to discuss implementation status and issues regarding amendments

Wall Street rises at open, lifted by upbeat earnings

US stocks opened higher on Tuesday, led by consumer discretionary and technology stocks following upbeat earnings, while investors wait for President Donald Trump’s...

Weekly inflation falls 0.42pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based weekly inflation for the week ended on June 4 witnessed a decrease of 0.42pc, Pakistan Bureau...

British Airways set to slash up to 12,000 jobs

LONDON: British Airways is to slash up to 12,000 jobs as part of a restructuring forced on the carrier by the fallout...

Moot shares actionable recommendations to address economic woes

'Economies are built by the people; without investing in human resource, prosperity can never be achieved' KARACHI: The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants...

KSE-100 rises 152 points in volatile session

KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchanged witnessed a positive start to the trading session on Tuesday, thanks to inertia from the previous session. However,...

Franklin Templeton Investments will continue to treat Pakistan as frontier market

The executive chairman of Templeton Emerging Markets Group, Mark Mobius is of the view that even though Pakistan has been upgraded to...

SBP’s revised instructions on imports made on open account basis

KARACHI The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Friday issued revised instructions regarding imports made on an open account basis. A statement said that...

Covid-19: Big industry contracts over 24pc in May

ISLAMABAD: Due to the Covid-19 outbreak and exchange rate depreciation, the large-scale manufacturing (LSM) output declined by a record 24.8pc year-on-year in...

Asad stresses on exploring Chinese export markets

National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Industries and Production Chairman Asad Umar has said that the economic relations with China should be exploited...

US seeks to boost trade with Pakistan, says top official

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross apprised of Pakistan’s economic reforms, investment opportunities, FATF compliance