Govt will arrange $20bn from external sources, IMF told

ISLAMABAD: The government will arrange $20 billion from external sources to bridge the financial gap and to build the reserves for 2019, Pakistan informed...

SBP launches incentive scheme to promote home remittances

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced an incentive scheme for the promotion of home remittances. According to a circular issued by...

China’s Exim Bank vows to extend cooperation with Pakistan

Pakistani delegation, led by the planning minister, reaches Beijing ahead of the 8th JCC meeting   BEIJING: Planning, Development and Reform Minister Makhdum...

Own five properties in London, not eight: Vawda

Water Resources Minister Faisal Vawda owns properties in expensive areas of London, although he has emphasised they were purchased with money earned...

PM for efforts to meet target of 15m cotton bales production

Working group constituted to revamp the existing seed registration institutes ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday called for consorted efforts to...

Pakistan, Turkey sign agreement to curb money laundering, terror financing

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Turkey on Monday agreed to expand bilateral cooperation at all levels for tracing properties of Pakistanis bought through money laundering...

SECP employees sensitised on Malaysian capital market

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan's Investor Education Department on Monday organised an in-house session on ‘capital market framework in...

Foreign direct investment dips 35pc in five months

KARACHI: Despite the efforts and claims of the incumbent Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) government, the foreign direct investment (FDI) dipped by 35.2 per cent...

ECC approves imported urea price at Rs1,712 per 50kg bag

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Asad Umar on Monday chaired the Economic Coordination Committee meeting which reviewed the fertiliser availability situation in the country. The...

SSGC tightens its noose on gas thieves

KARACHI: As per the directives of the higher management, a joint inspection-cum-raid was carried out on a factory, by the representatives of the...

Govt urged to improve property registration process

LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry has urged the government to modern adopt modern techniques, including a one-window operation, in order...

Institutional reforms need of the hour: Dr Ishrat

LAHORE: Adviser to Prime Minister on Institutional Reforms and Austerity Dr Ishrat Hussain has said institutional reforms were the demand of the time...

‘Doctor’ Siddiqui finds irony in being IT minister

Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui on Saturday expressed his displeasure over being given the Ministry of Information Technology...

LPG price increases amid gas shortage in Sindh

KARACHI: The price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) went up on Saturday as most of Sindh continued to experience the shortage of natural gas. As...

FBR sets Monday as deadline to file income tax returns

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has allowed the filing of income tax returns until Monday (Dec 17) owing to the weekend failing...