Pakistan, Belarus agree to increase bilateral cooperation in agriculture
ISLAMABAD
Federal Minister for National Food Security & Research, Islamabad Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan, and Belarusian Minister for Industry/Co-Chairman of the Joint...
Out of Rs1.2tr budget, Rs72bn go to local bodies: Sindh CM
KARACHI:Â Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that out of Rs1.2 trillion provincial budget, Rs870.2 billion are spent on salaries,...
Govt striving to increase Pakistan’s transit trade area to CARs: Dastgir
Islamabad: Minister for Commerce Khurram Dastgir Khan on Tuesday said the government was making efforts to increase Pakistan’s transit trade area to...
Pakistan, Malaysia agree to enhance trade, investment ties
--'Both sides will encourage their respective chambers of commerce to undertake joint initiatives'
--'PIA will soon start a new direct flight from Lahore...
FBR seeks revision in tax target due to shortage of revenue in FY19
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has sought a revision in tax target due to the shortage of revenue in the first seven months...
Cement despatches decline 4.03pc in seven months
ISLAMABAD:Â The cement sector posted a double-digit decline of 10.70pc last month, raising alarm bells among producers sitting on huge production capacity.
Data released...
PM Khan to meet IMF chief Lagarde for talks on bailout
Chaudhry said Pakistan wants any agreed bailout package, which would be the country’s second IMF bailout since 2013, to be the nation’s last such economic rescue by the IMF
Byco refinery starting supply to market from August
Karachi: In a notification sent to the bourse on Monday, Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited has announced that it will be restarting production...
Bears back in control as index closes in red
KARACHI:Â The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) failed to carry forward its bullish momentum from the previous session, with the indices ending in the...
Foreign outflows cross $700m in March: SBP
KARACHI: Total gross divestment during March 2020 has reached $772.3 million, according to data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP),...
Pakistan, China sign 38 trade agreements worth $325mn
ISLAMABAD
Pakistan and China here on Thursday signed 38 agreements and MoUs, worth USD 325 million to promote their bilateral trade.
These signed documents...
Are ‘market halts’ effective enough to ease investors’ panic?
Heightened market volatility witnessed during the past week and a half has triggered five market halts at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX)....
No govt authority mandated to check quality of sanitisers, masks
ISLAMABAD: While Science & Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry claims to be inspecting the "quality" of hand sanitisers across the country, there is...
FPCCI asks govt to reduce power tariff for export sector
Islamabad: Former Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan Dr. Ishrat Hussain has said that exports play a very important role in...
PSX ends 274 points lower amid lacklustre trading
KARACHI:Â Negativity prevailed at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) once again on Thursday as indices kept shedding gains and volumes remained low. Foreign...