Policy rate to remain unchanged at 7pc: SBP

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan has once again decided to maintain the policy rate at seven...

‘CPEC launched when no country was ready to invest in Pakistan’

-PCI Chairman Mushahid Hussain terms Belt and Road Initiative as a driver of globalisation in the 21st century BEIJING: Pakistan China Institute Chairman Senator...

China won’t resort to massive stimulus but more easing seen: central bank adviser

To ward off a sharp slowdown, China has unveiled a raft of policy measures this year, including four rounds of reserve requirement ratio cuts to boost lending, along with lower taxes and fees, and moves to fast-track infrastructure projects

Draft of Int’l Transshipment Rules framed

In line with the federal government's policy to create an investment and trade-friendly environment in the country, a dedicated team was constituted...

China’s Chongqing to step up support for real economy

SHANGHAI: The sprawling southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing has introduced more measures to bolster the real economy amid growing pressure from Beijing...

KSE-100 nosedives 948 points following Musharraf verdict

KARACHI: Bears ruled the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Thursday, as profit-taking was witnessed across all major sectors in the early trading...

SECP, 1Link sign agreement for ease of doing business

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) and 1Link (Guarantee) Limited (1Link) as part of doing business reforms agenda, on...

SAARC cannot progress In isolation: Iftikhar Ali Malik

ISLAMABAD: SAARC CCI Senior Vice President (SVP) Iftikhar Ali Malik said that the SAARC, a regional organisation cannot progress in isolation and...

EU trade deal can be done despite talks stalemate: Gove

LONDON: Senior British government minister Michael Gove said on Sunday there was a post-Brexit trade deal to be done with the EU...

China says US can’t use pressure to force trade deal

BEIJING: The United States cannot use pressure to force a trade deal on China, a senior Chinese official and trade negotiator said...

Rs432 billion disbursed in agri-credit sector during first half of FY 2017-18

KARACHI: Tariq Bajwa, State Bank of Pakistan Governor on Wednesday hoped the agriculture loan target of Rs1,001 billion for FY 2017-18 would...

China says plots to disrupt ties with Pakistan will fail

BEIJING: Any plots to sow discord in China’s ties with Pakistan will not prevail, the Chinese government’s top diplomat said on Tuesday,...

Bosnian Ambassador urges business community to explore opportunities in Bosnia

KARACHI: The Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sakib Foric has urged the business and industrial community of Karachi to explore investment opportunities in Bosnia...