Govt taking measures to improve customs procedures: Dar

ISLAMABAD Finance Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar said Tuesday that comprehensive measures were being taken to improve and upgrade customs procedures in Pakistan,...

‘Germany facing big budget hole as economy slows’

German govt last month cut its growth forecast for this year to 1pc from 1.8pc previously BERLIN: Germany is facing a budget shortfall...

Soyabean oil imports decline 32.85pc during FY 2016-17

Islamabad:  Imports of edible oil including soyabean and palm during previous financial year (2016-17) decreased by 32.85 percent and increased by 12.85...

Big industry contracts 3.3pc in first half FY20

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's large-scale manufacturing (LSM) shrank by 3.35pc in the first half (July-Dec) of the current financial year (FY20), as compared to...

SBP reserves up $74m to $12.5bn

KARACHI: Foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) increased by $74 million to $12,504.7 million during the week...

ECNEC approves development projects worth billions

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) at its meeting here on Tuesday approved phase three of overseas...
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Tough decisions rescued country from bankruptcy: Hammad

LAHORE: Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Hammad Azhar on Sunday claimed that the government had taken difficult decisions to save the country...

46 exploration licenses granted in last four years: Petroleum ministry

Islamabad: Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources has granted 46 exploration licences and 33 leases to achieve self-sufficiency in oil and gas...

Govt to ensure minimum interference in business affairs: PM

ISLAMABAD Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said that his government will make minimum interference in business affairs to provide a conducive environment...

PM approves 20pc quota for overseas Pakistanis in trade offices abroad

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday approved the reservation of 20 per cent quota for overseas Pakistanis for the posts of trade...
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‘Covid-19 stimulus package’: Finance adviser briefs PM on progress

ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance Abdul Hafeez Shaikh called on Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday and briefed him about...

Around 835 people will be given jobs in Qatar, KP CM vows

'Interest-free loan will be provided to the youth of Miramshah to set up their businesses' Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan announced...

Amnesty Schemes heading towards failure: KCCI

Muffasar Malik urged the Chief Justice of Pakistan Saqib Nisar, Caretaker Prime Minister Justice (retd) Nasir ul Mulk and Finance Minister Dr Shamshad Akhter to take strict notice of Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) unlawful actions being applied in the Amnesty Schemes

SSI misleading public after defaulting on contractual payments

A spokesperson of the Shalimar Recording and Broadcasting Company (SRBC), an autonomous body working under the Ministry of Information Broadcasting, National History...

Pakistan gets $1.8bn loan rescheduled from friendly countries

ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh said on Monday that $1.8 billion worth of loans...