KSE-100 drops 534 points amid FATF confusions
KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) was surrounded by dark clouds on the last trading session of the week, as investor sentiments...
FPCCI seeks long-term strategy as budget deficit shoots up to Rs1.4tr
KARACHI: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry's Businessmen Panel (BMP) has sought a long-term strategy amid high cost of...
Historic uplift package for GB to be finalised soon: Asad Umar
ISLAMABAD: Planning, Development and Reforms Minister Asad Umar has said that a joint team of Gilgit-Baltistan and the federal government will soon...
Action against 14 proscribed persons, 47 NPOs under AML/CFT drive: SECP
ISLAMABAD: Following the directions of National Counter-Terrorism Authority (NACTA), the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has taken strong action against...
Pakistan’s weekly inflation jumps to 46.65pc
ISLAMABAD: The weekly inflation, measured by Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), witnessed an increase of 1.8 per cent to jump to 46.65pc on...
Pak to pay ADB $7m as fines for non-usage of loans
Pakistan would pay a sum of $7 million to Asian Development Bank (ADB) as fines if it fails to utilize loans worth...
PM orders ’emergency’ measures to address energy, petroleum woes
ISLAMABAD:Â Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday ordered to devise an emergency programme to address the energy and petroleum sectors' challenges and to...
SBP governor content with AML/CFT compliance
KARACHI:Â State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Dr Reza Baqir said on Monday that significant progress had been made between May and September...
Weekly SPI inflation increases 0.81pc
ISLAMABAD:Â The weekly inflation for the combined income group witnessed an increase of 0.81pc as compared to the previous week.
The Sensitive Price Indicator...
Will the stock exchange breathe a sigh of relief after Panamagate verdict?
Lahore: It has been a tumultuous few months for the country, as the Panamagate scandal had viciously gripped the country and media...
Asian factories lose momentum even before Trump’s tariffs kick in
An official PMI survey on Saturday also fueled concerns about the strength of the world’s second-largest economy, where recent data including credit growth, investment and retail sales have disappointed
Sri Lanka seeks $1 billion loan from China amid debt woes
A large chunk of Sri Lanka’s foreign debt is from China, which sees Sri Lanka as a key link in its transcontinental Belt and Road infrastructure initiative
Eleven companies from Pakistan exhibit at Automechanika Istanbul 2018
KARACHI: Eleven companies from Pakistan will take part in the Automechanika exhibition to be held from April 5 to 8, 2018 in Istanbul.
Automechanika Istanbul...
Pakistan’s new rulers grapple with an old problem: How to get people to pay taxes
One of the world’s lowest tax collection rates partly help explain the shoddy state of Pakistan’s hospitals and schools, and why the illiteracy rate hovers above 40 percent in the mainly Muslim nation of 208 million people
‘Pakistan to highlight energy-related opportunities in Japan conference’
ISLAMABAD:Â Pakistan would highlight the investment opportunities in its energy sector during the upcoming conference in Japan, scheduled to be held from Sept...