All ears to constructive criticism for upcoming budget: Dar

  Federal Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar on Saturday said that keeping in line with the past four years’ tradition of the current...

Pakistan considering investment in Azerbaijan’s technology parks, says Ambassador Alizade

  In an interview with Azerbaijani news agency, Azerbaijan’s Ambassador to Pakistan Ali Alizade said that Pakistani businessmen are considering to invest in...

Trump’s tax cut promise: US stocks end at records for another day

Wall Street stocks pushed to fresh records on Friday, again rallying off comments from President Donald Trump signalling imminent action on tax...

FPCCI lauds government for attaining economic stability       

The Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FPCCI) President Zubair Tufail on Saturday lauded the financial policies of the government...

Raiwind railway station construction kicks start

Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique has laid the foundation of Raiwind railway station’s reconstruction today (Saturday). According to MD Farrukh Taimoor Ghalzai,...

Finance Minister shuffles heads of three divisions yet again

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has reshuffled operational heads of his three important divisions leaving the post of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) chairman vacant yet again, reported a national...

New data centre set up to tackle money laundering and terrorism financing

KARACHI: Tracking down money laundering and terrorism financing will now be easier due to a new high-tech data centre that was inaugurated...

SBP signs memorandum of understanding with Nepal Rastra Bank

The memorandum of agreement signed on Thursday will enhance bilateral relationship and sharing of information to accomplish convergence towards common modalities and...

Business sector essential in achieving sustainable development: UN forum

DHAKA: Achieving the ‘2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’, counts on the Asia-Pacific region developing new forms of partnerships with businesses that go...

ABL follows suit after MCB, performs below expectations

Allied Bank Limited (ABL) has announced its annual results for CY16 and has reported a Net Profit after Tax (NPAT) of Rs...

High provision charges cause MCB’s results to fall below expectations

Muslim Commercial Bank (MCB) has posted consolidated Net Profit after Tax (NPAT) of Rs 22.1 billion for the CY16. This is 11.4...

Bloomberg columnist (not Bloomberg) ranks Pakistan as world’s most underrated economy

Cowen Tyler, a columnist at Bloomberg has ranked Pakistan as the most “underrated” economy of the year. He says recent developments in...

OGRA grants license to 21 OMCs in six months

ISLAMABAD: Although the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has failed to make the licensed oil marketing companies (OMCs) comply with the...

PSO earns Rs 10.015bn profit despite circular debt of Rs 268bn

Report says the profit of PSO is in line with the expectations Power sector, PIA among the biggest defaulters of PSO   Pakistan...

Jamali urges TDAP to increase export for loans payment

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek Insaf (PTI) Women Wing President and FPCCI Executive Committee Member Fehmida Jamali said that the government would have to...