Pakistan reiterates commitment to early completion of FATF action plan 

Hafeez Shaikh urges UN panel to observe how multinational companies are devising sophisticated financial models that enable them to manoeuvre their way through tax systems and shift their profits to low tax jurisdictions

Weekly inflation rises 0.98pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based weekly inflation for the week ended on July 9 witnessed an increase of 0.98pc as compared...

Cement scrips help KSE-100 close in green

KARACHI: Trading at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) remained range-bound on Friday, with the indices oscillating in both directions before settling in...

PSX sustains bullish momentum amid soaring volumes

KSE-100 accumulates 447 points to cross 36,000-barrier; volumes surge to levels last seen on 5th Dec 2019 

Moot identifies bottlenecks hampering Pak-Afghan trade

--Traders fear bilateral trade will fall below $1bn if complicated regulations, strict policies and cumbersome goods' clearing processes are not sorted --Islamabad and...

Rupee depreciated by 22pc in real terms since 2017, close to fair value, says IIF

Pakistan’s underlying current account is in small surplus courtesy being helped along by the positive depreciation efforts, says the IIF

Imran calls for combined strategy to help labourers during pandemic

PM addresses ILO Global Summit, says many countries, including Pakistan, depend upon remittances sent by overseas workers

China to provide $4m equipment for vocational training institutes

ISLAMABAD: China will provide training equipment worth $4 million for vocational training institutes and schools across Pakistan through the National Vocational and...

Bull run continues as stocks jump 321 points

KSE-100 had last closed negative on June 26

Stocks extend rally into eighth day

KSE-100 gains 170 points as investor participation remain upbeat

11MFY20: US remains Pakistan’s top export destination 

Exports to US, China and UK drop by 3.7pc, 9.7pc and 8.1pc, respectively

11MFY20: Pakistan’s deficit in services trade narrows 41.6pc to $2.7bn

ISLAMABAD: Owing to the coronavirus-led lockdown, Pakistan's services' exports declined by 16.72pc YoY to $389.99 million in May 2020, as against $468.27...

Stocks gain 151 points in range-bound session

KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) moved within a narrow range on Monday, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index managing to gain some...

Textile millers fear production losses amid power outages, low gas pressure 

LAHORE: All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA)-Punjab Chairman Adil Bashir has said that frequent power outages and inadequate supply of gas were...

After three months of stagnation, cement despatches surge 30pc in June

--Domestic uptake increases 19.6pc to 3.83m tonnes in June 2020, while exports surge 123pc to 0.78m tonnes  --Overall cement consumption in FY20 inched...