Coronavirus: SBP will not issue new currency notes for Eidul Fitr
KARACHI: In view of the coronavirus outbreak, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday announced to not issue fresh currency notes...
PHL issues Rs200bn sukuk to address liquidity constraints
ISLAMABAD: Power Holding Limited (PHL), a public sector entity fully owned by the Ministry of Energy, is issuing Rs200 billion debt instrument...
Shaista Bano Gillani takes charge as CCP chairperson
ISLAMABAD: Shaista Bano Gillani has taken charge of the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) as its chairperson, said a notification issued the...
Misuse of CNICs: FBR unearths scam worth billions in auto industry
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Karachi chapter has recently detected a fraud worth millions of rupees in which car dealers...
Petrol price slashed to reduce inflation, PM says
–Imran launches web portal to support those rendered jobless due to pandemic
–Says relief fund donations will be disbursed transparently, audit to be...
FPCCI suggests govt to avoid overreliance on traditional exports
ISLAMABAD: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) has requested the government to formulate strategies that could decrease the...
Petroleum levy raised to unprecedented levels
ISLAMABAD: The government has imposed an unprecedented increase in taxes and levy on petroleum products for the month of May 2020.
As per...
President Alvi approves amendments in companies’ law to facilitate startups
LAHORE: President Dr Arif Alvi has approved amendments proposed in the companies' law by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP)...
Punjab CM lauded for reopening textile industry
LAHORE: All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA)-Punjab Chairman Adil Bashir has thanked Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar for reopening the textile industry...
PM Imran vows to protect workers from COVID-19 crisis
PM says govt aims to develop integrated systems for workers’ welfare institutions
Smart lockdown to protect daily wagers, labourers: info minister
ISLAMABAD: Information and Broadcasting Minister Senator Shibli Faraz said on Friday the federal government adopted the concept of smart lockdown under the...
‘Transit trade’: Pak-Afghan borders opened for five days a week
PESHAWAR: Pakistan has decided to open for five days a week Torkham and Chaman border crossings in order to facilitate bilateral and...
KP govt forms power transmission company to address distribution issues
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has approved the establishment of its first-ever 'Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Transmission & Grid Company (KPTGC)' to address the...
‘Govt making all-out efforts to minimise virus impact on economy’
Hammad Azhar says Centre and provinces are on same page in determining as to what industries should be opened during lockdown
COVID-19: SBP enhances financing limit for hospitals
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has increased the financing limit for a hospital from Rs200 million to Rs500 million, under...