Global stocks set to gain as risk appetite returns
LONDON: World stocks and commodities rose on Friday, with stocks set to post their biggest weekly gain in over a month as...
Pakistan’s circular debt surpasses Rs935 billion
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s circular debt volume has surpassed Rs935 billion during the PML-N led government since it came into power following 2013 general...
E-commerce sales disappoint on occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr
As per a rough estimate, around Rs50-60 billion was spent by consumers in Karachi on Eid shopping, the city constituting 10 percent of Pakistan’s population of 207 million
Fish exports decline 6pc in 10 months
The export of fishes and fish preparations decreased by 6.21pc during the fiscal year 2018-19 as compared to the corresponding period of...
FOREX reserves shrink by 8pc since June
KARACHI
The foreign exchange reserves in the country have been under pressure and are down by 8 per cent since June 2017, to...
Majority of people affected by Covid-19 have resumed work in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has claimed that out of the 35 per cent population of the country which had been...
Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project to start generating electricity next year
Lahore: The first unit of Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project (NJHPP) and Tarbela-IV Extension will start generating 2379MW power during the next year, Wapda...
Hebei CPEC Research Centre Shijiazhuang signs MoU with PTF
LAHORE:Â Hebei CPEC Research Center Shijiazhuang has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pakistan Traders Front (PTF) during a visit of the...
CITIC Group delegation meets Miftah Ismail
ISLAMABAD: The visiting delegation of CITIC, led by CLSA Chairman Zhenyi Tang, Asia’s leading Capital Markets and Investment Group and subsidiary of...
Pakistan to establish trade bond between South, Central Asia, China: Ahsan Iqbal
BEIJING:Â Interior, Planning, Development, and Reforms Minister, Ahsan Iqbal, has said that the completion of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) would revolutionise trade...
Pakistan estimated to achieve more than 5 pc GDP growth this fiscal
Even though the government remains embroiled in a grave political crisis, the country is likely achieve a GDP growth rate of more...
‘Punjab govt to host int’l livestock show next month’
Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has said an International livestock show will be hosted by his provincial government in the month...
She Loves Tech, global start-up competition now open
The She Loves Tech Global Start-Up Competition is designed to give the world’s most promising women entrepreneurs and women impact startups an...
Bears return to bourse as index sheds over 1,000 points
KARACHI: Bearish sentiments surrounded the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Tuesday, with the benchmark KSE-100 nosediving over 1,100 points intraday.
Foreign investors changed...
Medium-term economic framework launched without any homework: sources
'The draft of the three-year plan was actually prepared by two consultants of Asian Development Bank'
ISLAMABAD: Sources have claimed that the...