Thursday, January 1, 2026

CPEC has enhanced geo-political importance of Pakistan

PESHAWAR: Economics and political experts here Thursday said China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) signed during PMLN Government tenure, has enhanced the geo-political importance of...

Master Wind Energy applies for listing on PSX

Master Wind Energy Limited, achieved commercial operations status on 14 October 2016 and was its first jump into the realm of renewable energy

Pakistan, Turkmenistan to discuss TAPI gas pipeline groundbreaking next month

Pakistani and Turkmen experts are set to meet next month to review arrangements and finalise modalities for the groundbreaking of the Pakistan-section of TAPI...

Telenor Pakistan to part ways with its brainchild Easypaisa

Easypaisa, Pakistan’s first Fintech payment gateway is parting ways with Telenor Pakistan, the company which found it back in 2009 and had offered the...

NADRA-MasterCard Agreement suspended

Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has suspended the NADRA-MasterCard agreement saying that the deal was made without seeking prior written government permission and...

Govt forms body to conduct forensic audit of dry wells

ISLAMABAD: Amid fast depletion of existing hydrocarbon deposits and increased energy demand, the Petroleum Division has constituted a team to conduct a forensic audit...

FBR issues list of 88 countries for exchanging financial data

Karachi: A list of 88 countries has been notified and issued by the Federal Board of Revenue on Friday for auto swapping of financial...

One more round of circular debt restructuring and why it still won’t fix the problem

The new instrument is an innovative structure to help ensure that the problem at least creates partial self-correcting mechanisms, but the government is still punting on the reforms needed for a permanent fix

Gwadar’s development focal point for CPEC: planning minister

Minister for Planning, Development and Reform (PD&R), Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar said that China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) growth projections and investment thus far are built...

Pakistan’s largest refinery project contract awarded to TechnipFMC

The project will be managed and operated by a wholly-owned subsidiary, PARCO Coastal Refinery Limited (PCRL).

NEPRA approves seven-year tariff for K-Electric with adjusted return on equity

Distribution tariff set at Rs3.84 per kWh, transmission at Rs2.99 per kWh; decisions aim to balance financial stability and sector performance
Small businesses

Govt abolishes licence requirement for 102 small businesses

ISLAMABAD: The government on Wednesday abolished the licence requirement for 102 small businesses, including new startups, to provide relief to the common man. On Monday,...

PPMA demands periodic review of drug prices 

The Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Association (PPMA) held a press briefing to demand continuity of the system of linking medicine prices with the Consumer Price...

New SME policy to provide Rs6 billion for solar, hydro, wind energy projects

KARACHI: The government has made Rs6 billion available at a subsidized rate of 6 percent for renewable energy projects for hydro, solar, wind and...

Pakistan’s steel sector lacks energy efficiency monitoring system, hindering access to green financing, carbon credits: report

World Bank report identifies several barriers to sustainable development in the steel sector, with the communication gap between policymakers and industry stakeholders as a major challenge