Govt striving to resolve liquidity issues faced by industrial sector: Dawood

ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Commerce and Textile Abdul Razak Dawood said on Friday that the government has offered up to...

Export related industry to start operation in phased manner: Razzaq 

FAISALABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Commerce Abdur Razzaq Dawood has said that the government has made a strategy to allow export...

Pakistan’s economic growth faces headwinds in 2020, recovery in 2021: ADB

ISLAMABAD: Economic growth in Pakistan is expected to slow to 2.6 percent this year due to ongoing stabilisation efforts, slower growth in...

World Bank approves $160b emergency aid to fight Covid-19 

The World Bank has approved 160 billion dollar emergency aid over 15 months to help countries deal with the impact of the...

WAPDA to award Diamer-Bhasha Dam contract this month

--'The project is divided into six major components, for which separate contracts will be awarded in a phased manner' --'The dam part of...

Govt starts clinical trial of locally made ventilators

LAHORE: The government has started conducting clinical trials of locally made ventilators and in this regard, the prototypes of two already developed ventilators...
Dr-Hafeez-Shaikh

‘All resources being utilised to protect economy from virus impact’

--Hafeez Shaikh says after announcing a historic package, govt now striving to ensure transparent distribution of relief money --Says all sales tax...

Pakistan to reduce LNG import from Qatar amid decline in consumption

ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to reduce the monthly import of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) from Qatar due to a significant decline...

Govt projects 5.1pc economic growth in next three years

Defence spending to be increased ‘in light of the geopolitical situation’

SBP launches online game to promote financial literacy

KARACHI: The National Financial Literacy Program for Youth (NFLP-Y), which is run jointly by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and the...

Govt lambasted for missing revenue targets

PML-N leader doubts govt's seriousness, says no update on FBR chairman since December 2019

ADB sells $4.5b two-year global bonds in largest-ever single tranche outing

MANILA, PHILIPPINES:  The Asian Development Bank (ADB) returned to the US dollar bond market on March 31 with the pricing of a...

Rs280 billion allocated to purchase wheat, says Hammad 

Planning Minister Asad Umar has underlined the need for a united national response to meet the challenge of Coronavirus pandemic. He was briefing...

Rangers to ensure movement of goods transport across country

The federal cabinet, which met in Islamabad the other day with Prime Minister Imran Khan in the chair, decided to restore food...

FBR extends date for payment of sales tax, federal excise return

The Federal Board of Revenue has further extended the date of payment of sales Tax and federal excise return for the tax...