ICST praises govt for launching Naya Pakistan Housing Scheme

Chamber president says govt should keep real estate mafia and investors away from the mega project ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Chamber of Small Traders (ICST)...

Weekly inflation rises 3.65pc

ISLAMABAD: The weekly inflation for the week ending on October 11 registered an increase of 3.65 per cent as compared to the previous...

‘Transparent, tech-savvy power sector govt’s top priority’

Power minister says govt is devising a comprehensive plan for re-hauling of transmission and distribution system ISLAMABAD: Power Minister Omar Ayub Khan has said...

Planning Ministry rebuffs western media’s fresh report on CPEC

‘Infrastructure sector is being developed through interest-free or government concessional loans’ ‘Benefits of CPEC investments will far outweigh the outflows’ ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Planning...

Revival of engineering board lauded

'Engineering goods constitute more than 60pc of world trade' ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) has welcomed the Federal Cabinet’s decision...

Asad Umar meets Indonesian counterpart, WB chief in Bali

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Asad Umar on Wednesday held a number of meetings on the sidelines of the World Bank/IMF Group annual meetings in...

FBR to introduce one-page tax return form

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided in principle to introduce a new one-page, simple and easy tax return form. According to media...

FWO’s role in developing CPEC infrastructure lauded

ISLAMABAD: Planning, Development and Reform Minister Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar has praised that the Frontier Works Organization (FWO) for playing an important role in...

OGRA chief likely to be dismissed soon: sources  

‘Cabinet will also issue a charge sheet against Uzma Adil Khan’ ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government is likely to change the command...

PM’s decision to seek IMF will help stabilise market: PEW

‘Circular debt should not be recovered from honest consumers’ ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) said on Tuesday that Prime Minister Imran Khan’s decision...

Govt decides to reach out to IMF

ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Monday announced that it is going to seek the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) assistance in a bid...

MoF nominates four-member delegation to attend FATF meeting in Paris

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Finance has nominated a four-member delegation that includes the legal advisor of the Financial Monitoring Unit (FMU) to represent...

Finance minister to attend annual IMF, World Bank meetings

Asad Umar will meet the IMF officials to discuss challenges confronting the Pakistani economy as well as the proposed loan programme ISLAMABAD:...

ABAD offers financial assistance programme to build water reservoirs  

-- Spokesman says the agency is working to transform the socioeconomic landscape of barani region by creating enormous avenues of livelihood RAWALPINDI: The Agency for...

1,000 new companies registered in September

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has registered 1,070 new companies in September, witnessing a growth of 50 per cent...