Pakistan offers lucrative investment opportunities: President

ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain on Thursday said that Pakistan was a land of opportunity and the government through good legislation and facilities...

Meezan Bank plans capital-boosting sukuk

SYDNEY: Meezan Bank, Pakistan’s largest sharia-compliant lender, aims to raise up to Rs7 billion ($63.34 million) through capital-boosting Islamic bonds, or sukuk, according...

No across the board withdrawals in NSS

ISLAMABAD: National Savings in a press release here on Thursday clarified that there have been no across the board withdrawals in National Savings...

Pakistan aiming at 6pc GDP growth, Haroon tells Turkish investors

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Revenue and Federal Minister Haroon Akhtar Khan said on Thursday that the government is aiming...

FDI decreases 2.9pc

KARACHI: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the first seven months of 2017-18 amounted to $1.48 billion, down 2.9 per cent or $44...

Market Daily: KSE 100 drops below 43,000

LAHORE: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) shed blood for another session as foreign investors look to close another week as net sellers....

Food Fortification Programme delegation briefs Rana Afzal

ISLAMABAD: A three-member delegation of the Pakistan Food Fortification Programme (FFP), headed by Diane Northway, called on the Minister of State for...

Pakistan to participate in three-day SAARC business conclave

  ISLAMABAD: A delegation of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Pakistan Chamber will participate in the forthcoming three-day “6th SAARC Business...

FBR directed to take strict action against corrupt officers

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Finance Rana Muhammad Afzal on Thursday directed Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to take strict and exemplary...

Sindh Lakhra Coal Mining Company gets exploration license

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah while presiding over the Sindh Coal Authority's (SCA) 30th board meeting here at the...

Overall demand for loans rose during Q2 FY18, says: SBP

LAHORE: The State Bank of Pakistan released its “Bank Lending Survey” for quarter two FY 2018 on Thursday, with feedback from 18...

Pakistan interested in deepening of trade ties with Canada, says: Malik

OTTAWA: Commerce Minister Mr. Pervaiz Malik met with Ontario’s Minister for International Trade, Mr. Michael Chan to discuss trade relations between Pakistan...

Opposition parties gang-up, call for making LNG deal with Qatar public

ISLAMABAD: Calls for making the multibillion dollar LNG deal that Pakistan made with Qatar be made public are rising as the countries...

Pakistan, Canada agree to work for enhancement of agriculture sector

ISLAMABAD: The Commerce Minister of Pakistan, Pervaiz Malik and the Canadian Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Mr. Lawrence MacAulay agreed to boost...

Hascol enters into joint operations agreement with Total Parco

LAHORE: A bourse notification filed Thursday by Hascol Petroleum revealed it had entered into a joint operations agreement with Total Parco Pakistan...