SAARC moot calls for trade liberalisation, regional connectivity
The eight meeting of the finance secretaries of the 8th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries on Thursday called for...
Payment of sales tax refund will boost exports: Gulzar Firoz
Pakistan Tanners Association (Central) Chairman Gulzar Firoz has congratulated Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Finance Minister Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar, Chief Executive TDAP...
ICCI lauds SBP’s plan to provide Rs 400b loans to SMEs
The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) on Thursday lauded the plan of State Bank of Pakistan to extend loans of...
Sindh government’s new tractor scheme ‘just a sham’
The Sindh government has once again announced a controversial tractor scheme on first come first serve basis despite the same being declared...
Swiss Business Council briefed on investment opportunities in Sindh
Sindh Board of Investment (SBI) Chairperson Naheed Memon briefed the representatives of Swiss Business Council of Pakistan and said that fruitful investment...
American budgeting specialist delivers lecture at SMIU
A United States expert on automated budgeting and finance, Bilal Syed, has said that the financial operations in US are carried out...
Nepra reduces tariff by Rs2.13 per unit
The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) reduced on Wednesday electricity tariff by Rs2.13 per unit for all distribution companies, except K-Electric,...
Pakistan’s stock market likely to get $1bn worth of IPOs till 2018
Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) may receive new Initial Public Offers (IPOs) of above $1 billion from different power generation and distribution companies...
LPGDAP fears LPG crisis in winter season
Liquefied Petroleum Gas Distributors Association Pakistan (LPGDAP) Chairman Irfan Khokhar Tuesday feared crisis of LPG in the upcoming winter season after imposition...
SECP approves principles of corporate governance for non-listed companies
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has approved principles of corporate governance for non-listed companies (NLCs) to make business environment...
ADB extends $810m loan to help Pakistan address energy shortage
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved an $810 million multi-tranche financing facility to develop Pakistan's power transmission system to improve the...
CPEC’s early harvest projects to complete by 2017-18
The early harvest projects under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) are moving forward swiftly and first batch of projects including energy and...
ECNEC approves seven mega projects worth Rs 200 billion
Projects include Lahore-Sialkot motorway (Rs 45.3 billion), procurement of 75 diesel electric locomotives (Rs 45.5 billion), Balochistan-integrated water resource development project (Rs...
Water distribution: Dry season triggers tensions between Punjab, Sindh
Dry season and wide off-the-mark weather forecasts have triggered tensions between the upper riparian Punjab and lower riparian Sindh over water releases...
$18 billion projects in progress under CPEC, more in pipeline: Ahsan Iqbal
Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Ahsan Iqbal said on Monday that out of $ 46 billion projects under the China-Pakistan Economic...