Telecom operators invested $287.6m in first six months of FY 2016-17

Islamabad: Telecom operators in the country, witnessing a positive growth in the sector, have invested a significant amount of US $287.6 million...

ICCI lauds COAS’s stand on CPEC

ISLAMABAD President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry Khalid Iqbal Malik, has lauded the stand of Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed...

UK reassures continuation of concessions to Pakistani exports

ISLAMABAD Pakistan has been reassured by its biggest trading partner in Europe, that its exports will retain the concessional tariff for entering the...

China opposes US sanctions on Chinese banks, firms

BEIJING China on Friday expressed its protest against the United States for imposing unilateral sanctions on foreign enterprises outside the framework of the...

Pakistan, Belarus agree to increase bilateral cooperation in agriculture

ISLAMABAD Federal Minister for National Food Security & Research, Islamabad Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan, and Belarusian Minister for Industry/Co-Chairman of the Joint...

KSE-100 witnesses rare green

LAHORE A handful of investors took a leap of faith in the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) and helped the market recover losses at...

Mega brands to organise raves in Pakistan in marketing bid

LAHORE The scenario in metropolitans of Pakistan has come to a change. Mega brands including Zong, Coke and Telenor are planning to, or...

Weekly inflation registers 0.2pc decline

Islamabad: The weekly inflation for the week ended on July 13 for the combined income groups decreased by 0.2 percent as compared to the...

Bloomberg questions Pakistan’s inclusion into MSCI emerging market index

Karachi: A report by Bloomberg today has raised questions over Pakistan’s re-inclusion into the MSCI Emerging Markets Index in June and as...

Pakistan to have surplus capacity of electricity by 2020

Karachi: According to official data available from K-Electric (KEL) and National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC), Pakistan will have excess supply of...

Macroeconomic vulnerabilities are re-emerging: IMF

Islamabad: The International Monetary Fund (IMF), in an executive board report, has said that Pakistan’s growth outlook remains favorable, but noted that...

SECP Chairman chairs meeting at the stock exchange

Karachi: A meeting was chaired at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) by Chairman Zafar Hijazi of Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan...

Global warming can impact agricultural output in Pakistan say: Environmentalists

LAHORE: Environmentalists said climate change due to global warming can affect agricultural output, thereby threatening the country’s food security situation. “There is a...

Relocation of Chinese industry to Pakistan will create new employment opportunities says: Ahsan Iqbal

Islamabad: Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms, Ahsan Iqbal Thursday said the relocation of Chinese industry in Pakistan would help create a...

SSGC assigned to construct Karachi-Nawabshah gas pipeline

Islamabad: Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) has been given the task of finishing the Karachi-Nawabshah gas pipeline by the government as the...