UAE-Pakistan food trade set to grow
Trade between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Pakistan will soon see new heights, as Pakistani companies focus on increasing their exports...
Domestic revenue mobilisation only reliable resource for countries to fight poverty: Dr Ayesha Ghous
LAHORE: Punjab Finance Minister Dr Ayesha Ghous Pasha has said that domestic revenue mobilisation is the only reliable and sustainable resource for...
Sales tax refund process will begin this month: Miftah
KARACHI: Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs, Miftah Ismail, has said sales tax refund process will be started...
Ending electricity shortage accelerated industrial development: MPs
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) parliamentarians and leaders on Sunday said the government has ended load-shedding in the country and provision of...
Friendly policies demanded to boost small businesses
KARACHI: The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) invited the attention of Small Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) CEO Sher Ayub...
Federal budget 2018-19 to be business friendly: Rana Afzal
FAISALABAD: State Minister for Finance Rana Muhammad Afzal Khan on Saturday said the federal budget 2018-19 will be business friendly and utmost...
PICIIP an important initiative for development of Sialkot, Sargodha, RYK: Kiyoshi Nakamitsu
LAHORE: Punjab Intermediate Cities Improvement Investment Programme (PICIIP) is an important initiative for the composite development of Sialkot, Sahiwal, Rahim Yar Khan,...
Iran deepens freight discount to boost oil sales to India
NEW DELHI: Iran has offered to raise the freight discount on oil sales to India in return for New Delhi agreeing to...
Careem acquires Middle East online restaurant listing platform, to trial food delivery
DUBAI:Â Careem, a Middle East competitor to Uber Technologies, said on Sunday it had acquired RoundMenu and would start trialling food delivery services...
Large scale manufacturing posts 5.5pc growth in six months
ISLAMABAD: The country’s Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) sector has witnessed a growth of 5.5 per cent during July-December 2017-18 compared to the...
UK economy has a lot to offer to Pakistani businessmen: Lord Nazir
LAHORE: British Parliament Member Lord Nazir Ahmed said on Saturday that many sectors of United Kingdom’s economy had vast space for Pakistani...
Pakistan joined trillion-dollar economies club in 2017: Pervaiz Malik
ISLAMABAD: Commerce Minister Pervaiz Malik Saturday visited Ontario Chamber of Commerce and briefed its president and body members about economic opportunities in...
OECD treaty regulations bar member nations from prosecuting its nationals
ISLAMABAD: According to regulations of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) agreement, no member nation can prosecute its nationals for having...
Government contemplating withdrawal of electricity surcharge for Punjab’s textile industries
LAHORE/KARACHI: Punjab and federal governments are contemplating to provide energy pricing subsidies to textile manufacturers to make them more competitive in international...
Pakistan among top five emerging economies in the world: Ahsan Iqbal
OSLO:Â Pakistan has become one of the top five emerging economies in the world, said Minister for Planning, Development and Reform Ahsan Iqbal.
Iqbal,...