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...
Artistic Denim Mills production doubles, as Pakistani textile exports stagnate
KARACHI: In all the hurrah of stagnating textile exports from Pakistan, one company Artistic Denim Mills is setting itself apart from its...
Govt directed to actively chase matter of PIA Airbus sale to German company
ISLAMABAD: A sub-committee of the Special Committee of the Senate on performance of PIA has presented its report to the main committee...
Asia’s surging gas demand opens opportunity for LNG projects
NUSA: Soaring gas demand from China, India and Southeast Asia is sucking up an LNG supply glut previously expected to last for...
Govt terminates ADB sponsored AMI meter scheme
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has refused to go-ahead with Asian Development Bank supported $5 billion drive of installing Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) meters across...