Pakistan, Australia agree to enhance economic cooperation

ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani said on Monday that Pakistan highly values its bilateral relations with Australia and desires to further expand the...

Exclusive: China asks some banks to reduce or delay dollar buying to ease pressure on yuan -sources

China's currency regulators have in recent weeks asked some commercial banks to reduce or delay their dollar purchases, two people with direct...

ADB’s 2019 operations touch $33.74 billion

MANILA, PHILIPPINES: The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) projects, programmes, and other development support for its developing members in Asia and the Pacific...

CDWP approves 33 projects worth Rs50.5 billion

ISLAMABAD: Central Development Working Party (CDWP) approved 33 projects worth Rs50.5 billion out of which two projects worth Rs22.5 billion were referred...

Rs99.5b worth of oil/gas tapped by OGDCL, MOL Pakistan in last 17 years

Islamabad: The Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) and MOL Pakistan have produced crude oil and natural gas worth Rs99.538 billion...

Daily market report: PSX settles close to 46000pts

LAHORE Finally, it was a good trading session at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), as the benchmark KSE 100 index settled close to...

December inflation clocks in at 12.63pc 

ISLAMABAD: Inflation rose to 12.63 per cent on a year-on-year basis in December 2019, as compared to the same month of last year,...

Federal cabinet meeting to be held on Dec 26

ISLAMABAD: Faced with severe criticism from political opponents and the public over undue delay in the implementation of FATA reforms, the government...

India’s economy seen losing momentum ahead of election

NEW DELHI: India's economy appeared to be losing momentum in the approach to a general election that must be held by May,...

Pakistan and Indonesia reach agreement to give concession on 20 items for trade purposes

Islamabad: Pakistan and Indonesia have agreed on concession for 20 different items during bilateral negotiation under Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA). Both sides discussed...

Economic conditions have improved as compared to past: SBP governor

KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Dr Reza Baqir on Monday said that the economic conditions are better in many areas...

CDNS awarded Best Financial Inclusion Award Pakistan 2018

ISLAMABAD: Central Directorate of National Savings (CDNS) with an aim to inculcate the habit of thrift among the masses and as an important tool towards...

VMware, Meezan Bank to expand IT Infrastructure through virtualisation

ISLAMABAD VMware Inc., a global leader in cloud infrastructure and business mobility, has recently signed an agreement with Meezan Bank, Pakistan’s first and...

Govt offers Alibaba complete support for establishing e-commerce

In a major development, the government has offered complete support to the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba to commence its operations in Pakistan...

Govt striving to bring back 60s’ glory: minister

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