National assembly members call for reforms in Pakistan Post
Islamabad: Members of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Communications said on Wednesday that Pakistan Post needed massive reforms to cope with...
SBP requests currency dealers to bring down dollar price
Karachi: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) held a meeting on Wednesday with currency dealers regarding stability of the rupee in the inter-bank...
Increase in exports boosting Asia’s growth prospects: ADB
Manila: Stronger-than-expected export demand has improved growth prospects for Asia’s developing economies, including China, the Asian Development Bank said Thursday.
The Manila, Philippines-based...
Expansion of tax net imperative for bright future: PBIF
Islamabad: President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum (PBIF), Mian Zahid Hussain on Wednesday said that expansion in the tax net is imperative...
Industrial output grows 5.69pc in 11 months of FY 2016-17
Islamabad: The country’s large scale manufacturing (LSM) sector grew by 5.69 percent during the first 11 months of fiscal year 2016-17 as...
Cumulative trade deficit for last fours recorded at nearly $99b
ISLAMABAD: As exports kept falling compared to ever rising imports since the present government came into power in 2013, the trade deficit...
Senate committee concerned over growing external, domestic debt
ISLAMABAD: Showing its serious concerns over the growing volume of external and domestic debt, Senate Standing Committee on Finance, termed debt alarming...
Senate committee expresses concerns over growing external, domestic debt
ISLAMABAD
Showing its serious concerns over the growing volume of external and domestic debt, Senate standing committee on finance, termed debt alarming, since...
PPMA urges PM to sign summaries for drug prices
KARACHI
Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Association (PPMA) has urged the prime minister to take time out forthwith from his pressing political engagements to sign...
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...