WAPDA chairman resigns

Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) Chairman Zafar Mahmood has resigned from his post on personal grounds. Sources said the WAPDA chief has...

Shanghai Electric bids for stake in K-Electric

China’s state-backed Shanghai Electric Power said it is bidding to acquire a stake in K-Electric Ltd, which has a total market value...

PEW lauds govt’s move to regulate real estate market

The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) Sunday praised Finance Minister Ishaq Dar for taking steps to regulate the real estate market which will...

ICST expresses concern over increasing current account deficit

The Islamabad Chamber of Small Traders (ICST) on Sunday expressed concern over widening current account deficit and asked the government to take...

Improvement in law and order boosts Pakistan’s tourism industry

Number of tourists visiting Pakistan to double to two million by 2025 Experts say tourism witnessed a boom in past few...

Inexplicable delays mar development of country’s first deepwater container terminal

South Asia Pakistan Terminal could more than double the country’s entire handling capacity. Bureaucratic delays cost millions in lost opportunity on...

Pakistan says ‘goodbye’ to IMF as final payment cleared

Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have successfully completed negotiations on the 12th and final review under the three-year Extended Fund...