Market Daily: Indices shed as policy rate surges to 6pc
LAHORE: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) ended a jittery week almost flat. With no major development on the political front and absence...
Trade bodies meet Federal Minister Haroon Akhtar to mull budget proposals
ISLAMABAD:Â Office-bearers and representatives of various trade associations met Special Assistant to Prime Minister (PM) on Revenue and Federal Minister Haroon Akhtar Khan,...
Provinces working as a team for CPEC: Ahsan Iqbal
ISLAMABAD:Â Minister for Interior and Planning, Development and Reform Ahsan Iqbal has said that the broad consensus amongst the provinces has provided an...
Indonesia allows quota free import of kinnow from Pakistan
ISLAMABAD:Â In a bid to balance the highly imbalanced trade between Pakistan and Indonesia, the latter has agreed to allow quota-free import of...
MCB Bank inaugurates Gaddafi Stadium branch
LAHORE: MCB Bank, one of Pakistan’s largest and most innovative banks, inaugurated its conventional banking branch at Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium on Friday.
The inauguration...
WAPDA chairman discusses financing for WAPDA projects with French ambassador
LAHORE:Â The Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) Chairman Lieutenant General (retd) Muzammil Hussain today called on the French Ambassador to Pakistan...
SBP increases discount rate by 25bps to 6 per cent after 19 months
KARACHI:Â The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) governor, on Friday, increased the discount rate by 25 basis points to 6 per cent after...
Diesel generators major source of environmental pollution, say: Telcos
KARACHI: Various Pakistani telecom operators said they are being forced to invest in power generation to provide uninterrupted mobile services to millions of...
Pakistan open to businesses and investment in diverse areas: PM Abbasi
DAVOS: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Thursday said Pakistan with a huge market of 200 million people, an annual economic growth of...
Current govt has established liberal, attractive polices for international investors: PM Abbasi
DAVOS: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Thursday said the present government had established liberal and attractive policies for international investors and ease...
AEDB keen on exploiting Balochistan’s wind energy promise
ISLAMABAD: The Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) on Thursday in its board meeting reached a consensus to tap wind energy potential present...
Pakistan has no debt fears arising out of CPEC: PM Abbasi
DAVOS: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said Pakistan didn’t have any debt fears arising out of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
In an...
Lahore, the costliest city to live in Pakistan: SBP
KARACHI: Inflation monitor data from State Bank of Pakistan revealed Lahore has the highest inflation compared to other cities across the country.
Inflation...
SME development directly co-related to cross-border e-commerce, says: Anusha Rahman
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Minister of State for IT and Telecommunication, Anusha Rahman while speaking in Davos on a roundtable conference on e-commerce said...
Political stability, policy continuation critical to Pakistan’s economic growth: Ahsan Iqbal
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Interior and Planning, Ahsan Iqbal on Tuesday urged for political stability and policy continuation to allow Pakistan’s economy to...