Industrial, manufacturing and large scale-sector growth remained dull, KATI
Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI) President Masood Naqi has said that this year; industrial, manufacturing and the large-scale sector growth...
Saudi-US deals worth $400 billion struck
Saudi Arabia signed billions of dollars of deals with U.S. companies during President Donald Trump’s visit to Riyadh. Estimates of their total...
Transporters being forced to pay Rs 1,300 illegal money at Torkham border
Transporters thronging the Pak-Afghan Transit Trade Route have alleged that the clearing agents have been charging illegal money from good trucks returning...
ICI Pakistan to acquire Wyeth Pakistan assets for Rs 1.91b
ICI Pakistan has entered into an agreement with Wyeth Pakistan Limited to acquire its manufacturing facility along with purchasing of its other...
Govt cognizant of need to boost country’s exports: Ishaq Dar
Minister for Finance Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar said on Sunday that the government was fully cognizant of the need to boost the...
Agri package helped sector to grow by 3.46pc in FY 2016-17: Dar
Finance Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar said Sunday due to the relief package announced by the government, the agriculture sector had received a...
ADB may join to TAPI pipeline financing
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) does not exclude the possibility of funding the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline construction, Chin Choon Fong, senior...
Revenue division proposes Rs 10.5 bn for ITTMS project in PSDP
The revenue division has proposed Rs 10.5 billion for Integrated Transit Trade Management System (ITTMS) project in the Public Sector Development Programme...
Dar meets delegation of dairy association, discusses budget proposals
A delegation of the Pakistan Dairy Association called on the Finance Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar at the ministry of finance on...
GIS launched in Sindh to conduct property professional tax survey
On the directives of Sindh Excise and Taxation and Narcotics Control Minister Mukesh Kumar Chawla, the department has launched a Geographical Information...
Chinese experts to visit Pakistan on June 5, review PEZs
A delegation of Chinese experts would visit Pakistan on June 5 to review the suitability of Prioritized Economic Zones (PEZs) in Sindh...
World Bank for updating Pakistan’s GDP
The government has agreed to a World Bank proposal to update the methodology and source of data for Pakistan’s GDP measurement and...
Trade ministry demands tax relief to halt decline in exports
The newly appointed Secretary Commerce Younas Dagha took up cudgels on Sunday to bare reasons for the consistent decline in exports during...
Ittefaq Iron hides information regarding pending cases from SECP, PSX
Ittefaq Sons Ltd - that was merged into Ittefaq Iron Industry Ltd (IIIL) in 2009 - has a number of pending cases...
Minimum tax to see tax increments in upcoming budget
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and Finance Secretary Tariq Bajwa are said to be critical of Federal Bureau of Revenue's latest budgetary proposals,...