China, Belt and Road countries’ trade volume amounted to $1.1 trillion last year

BEIJING: Last year, trade volume between China and countries along the Belt and Road amounted to $1.1 trillion, up 14.8 per cent...

CDWP approves 34 projects worth Rs365.492 billion

ISLAMABAD: Central Development Working Party (CDWP) has approved 34 projects worth Rs365.492 billion out of which five projects worth Rs333.179 billion were...

Six-year transformation led by Dawood Hercules doubles Hubco generation capacity

LAHORE: Leading investment holding company Dawood Hercules Corporation has headed a six-year turnaround at Hubco during which the company invested in major...

Pakistani, Polish firms to cooperate on upstream projects

WARSAW: Poland’s leading gas company, PGNiG, has agreed with Pakistan’s Mari Petroleum Company to cooperate on upstream projects, PGNiG said on Monday. “This...

Proposed duty waiver on marble products in Pak-China FTA to hurt domestic industry

ISLAMABAD: As the government has reportedly agreed to allow a duty waiver on marble products from China under the second phase of...

Post recovery, Byco set to become Pakistan’s largest fuel refiner

It is a breezy Friday afternoon in Mauza Kund, Hub (Balochistan), about 50 kilometers west of Karachi and a stone’s throw from...

As stocks ramp up and tariffs loom, aluminium hits 3 month low

LONDON: Aluminium slid to a three-month low on Thursday, hurt by a rise in stocks, the prospect of looming US import tariffs,...

Central development working committee meeting to be held this week

  ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Committee meeting is scheduled to be held this week. According to details, costly projects worth billions of rupees would...

Govt to hire professionals to solve governance issues in power sector

ISLAMABAD: In order to address governance problems in ten power distribution companies (DISCOs), the government has decided to hire sound and experienced professionals...

CPEC to make Pakistan industrial hub in South Asia: Ahsan Iqbal

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development and Reform Ahsan Iqbal has said that Pakistan would soon become an industrial hub in South Asia,...

Govt working to enhance GDP, exports: Miftah

ISLAMABAD: Advisor to the Prime Minister on Finance Miftah Ismail has said that the government is working to enhance gross domestic product...

Green development is key to ‘Belt and Road’ initiative: Minister

BEIJING: Green development is the only way to achieve a promising future in the cooperation and social development of countries involved in...

Brent crude touches two-week highs, as oil prices rise

NEW YORK: Oil prices jumped on Friday, with Brent crude futures hitting their highest in more than two weeks as U.S. stock...

Dawood Hercules concludes divestment of 15.7 percent stake in HUBCO

LAHORE: In a notification sent to the Pakistan Stock Exchange by Dawood Hercules Corporation Limited on Friday revealed divestment of its 15.7...

Exxon Mobil, Energas planning to setup 3rd LNG terminal in Port Qasim

ISLAMABAD: Exxon Mobil in partnership with a consortium of Pakistan’s biggest businesses is planning to build Pakistan’s third import liquefied natural gas...