Dr-Hafeez-Shaikh

Nishat Group delegation meets Hafeez Shaikh

ISLAMABAD:  A delegation of Nishat Group has met Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh to...

Market Daily: Investor interest on the rise, KSE-100 up 770 points

The KSE-100 index jumped 818.59 points in the session to touch 43,605.04 and closed the session higher by 770.18 points at 43,556.63.

Finance adviser, provincial ministers apprise IMF Mission of fiscal policies

ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, along with the Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah and provincial...

Govt unveils Rs7.3tr ‘tax-free’ budget for FY20-21

–Health budget increases by 130pc; defence budget goes up by 11pc; education sector allocation increases by 7.9pc –GDP growth target set at 2.1pc...

China keen to establish $15 billion industrial park in Punjab

LAHORE: A Chinese province has expressed its interest to establish a $15 billion industrial park in Punjab province as China-Pakistan Economic Corridor...

Pakistan signs $1.5bn loan agreements with IFIs to strengthen Covid-19 response

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday signed three financing agreements worth $1.5 billion with three International Financial Institutions (IFIs) -- World Bank (WB), Asian Development...

7th JCC meeting details revealed by Chinese diplomat

Karachi: The beans have been spilt, as a full list of several projects and agreements finalized during 7th Joint Cooperation Council (JCC)...

Japan’s exports rose 16pc in November

TOKYO: Japan’s exports rose 16 percent in November from a year earlier driven by robust overseas demand for cars and manufacturing equipment...

Weekly inflation rises 0.98pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based weekly inflation for the week ended on July 9 witnessed an increase of 0.98pc as compared...

China, Pakistan agree to enhance high-level exchanges

Both sides believe that the all-weather strategic cooperative partnership is deepened in our Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) cooperation

Industrial development imperative for economic uplift: Dawood

PM's aide says Pakistan's economic situation is not as bad as being portrayed by some quarters ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Commerce...

Profit repatriations on FDI rise to $124mn in July

Repatriation of profits earned on foreign direct investments (FDI) brought into the country have surged to $124.2 million during the first month...

Pakistan desires to enhance trade ties with Central Asia: FM Qureshi

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Thursday that the government seeks market access for Pakistani commodities to the Central Asian countries,...

FDI increases to $233.8mn in FY2017-18

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Pakistan has increased to $233.8 million in the fiscal year of 2017-18 whereas, during 2010 to...

Sindh SEZs attract Rs50 billion worth of investment

Two more SEZs have been recommended to be established, one is the Dhabeji SEZ which comes under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and will be setup over 1,500 acres land and the other is a 300-acre Marble City