Nawaz vows to land Pakistan amid top developed countries

SIALKOT Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday vowed to take Pakistan amongst the top ranking developed countries and said the masses had...

Volatile session at PSX ends in benchmark losing points

LAHORE Uncertainty does not seem to be fading out anytime soon, and neither is the fortune opening up for investors at the Pakistan...

CPEC could widen current account deficit: Moody

New York: Moody’s Investors Service has raised several questions pertaining to China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and said the mega project would widen...

Govt mulls establishment of 46 SEZs along Cpec route

Islamabad: The government is mulling over establishing 46 Special Economic Zones (SEZs) alongside the route of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Nine Zones...

Senate standing committee raises doubts over BOP’s right shares issue

Islamabad: On a complaint of a minor shareholder of the Bank of Punjab, the Senate Standing Committee on Thursday took it up...

Iran laments non-cooperative attitude of Pakistan towards promotion of trade

Karachi: The Consul General of Iran, Hossein Bani Assad in a farewell organized for him by Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce...

Wind power projects take priority over coal in Pakistan

Islamabad: Pakistan is beginning to reap the benefits of Chinese investment in renewable energy infrastructure, with the opening of the first wind...

Chinese company interested in investing in Sindh’s transport sector

Karachi: The China Harbour Engineering Company, based in Pakistan, has shown its interest in investing in Sindh’s transport sector. A delegation of the...

Currency devaluation could further jolt stock markets says: Bloomberg

Lahore: A Bloomberg article has reported amidst the political turmoil that has left the incumbent government in a tangle, the Pakistan rupee...

PML-N lawmakers assure completion of 3600MW power projects

Lahore: Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) lawmakers assured on Tuesday completion of 3,600 megawatt power projects in Jhang, Sheikhupura and Balloki within the...

Govt striving to increase Pakistan’s transit trade area to CARs: Dastgir

Islamabad: Minister for Commerce Khurram Dastgir Khan on Tuesday said the government was making efforts to increase Pakistan’s transit trade area to...

FBR asked to investigate money laundering under ‘gift scheme’

ISLAMABAD Senate standing committee on finance, revenue, economic affairs, statistics and privatisation has asked Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to investigate the money...

Govt shelves investigation for fall in cotton exports

LAHORE The government has shelved its decision of initiating investigations to find out reasons behind decline in exports of the textile industry, which...

ECC allows additional export of 300,000 tonnes of sugar

ISLAMABAD The economic coordination committee of the cabinet on Thursday approved the export of 300,000 tonnes of sugar in addition to the already...

LNG is integral part of country’s fuel consumption: SNGPL

LAHORE Declaring Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) as an integral part of country’s fuel consumption, Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited, Managing Director Amjad Latif...