CPEC to boost economic activities, create two million jobs till 2030

Currently, most of the CPEC projects are categorized as infrastructure development. It will require civil engineers, mechanical, electrical and other related disciplines of engineering

Asia oil and LNG markets are both swamped, so why are prices poles apart?

Oil markets moved from backwardation in October into contango from November due to an emerging glut & LNG markets are also clotted, with several tankers storing the fuel sitting off the region’s energy trading hub of Singapore

High energy prices burn steel industry

Energy tariff increases to trigger significant steel price hike

Upward shift in interest rates to take toll on several sectors of economy: FPCCI

ISLAMABAD: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) President Ghazanfar Bilour while commenting on the recently announced monetary policy said...

Asian shares fall as investors await new Fed leader

TOKYO: Asian stock markets were mostly lower on Thursday as investors awaited President Donald Trump’s announcement on his choice to lead the...

MCB launches state of the art digital lounge at Packages Mall, Lahore

MCB Bank, "Pakistan's Best Bank" (Euromoney & Finance Asia Awards, 2016), launched its flagship branch featuring its first State-of-the-Art Digital Lounge at...

Haveli Bahadur Shah power plant to start production next week

Lahore: Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif inspected the 1,230-megawatt gas power plant in Haveli Bahadur Shah, Jhang during a visit on Monday. He...

PTEA stresses DDT continuation to boost textile exports

As a result of growth-led initiatives of the government, country’s exports surged by 13.1 per cent to in July-March 2017-18 over the corresponding period of last year.

Renewable energy policy to be unveiled by March 2019: Power Minister

The power minister stated twenty-one power generation projects founded on Thar coal and hydro were underway for producing affordable electricity in Pakistan

Mian Mansha brings Hyundai cars back to Pakistan

South Korean carmaker Hyundai Motor Co is expected to resume assembling of cars in Pakistan, according to a statement sent to PSX...

Govt increases gas price for fertiliser industry. But are some players more equal than others?

The recent change in gas prices has been welcomed by the fertiliser industry with one caveat

ExxonMobil set for comeback in Pakistan after nearly three decades: Report

Mr Sayyed in a letter sent to the BoI stated ExxonMobil has been assessing its re-entrance into Pakistan since quite a while and has been assiduously hunting energy-related opportunities for past few years

Pakistan Banao Certificate targeting overseas Pakistani’s to be launched on 31st January

According to details shared by the Finance Minister Asad Umar, the certificates would be of two types, one of three years offering 6.25% return and the other with five-year maturity offering 6.75% return

Football exports up by 10.64pc

ISLAMABAD: Export of footballs from Pakistan during July-May (2017-18) has increased by 10.64 per cent as compared to same months of the...

Trump’s Iran sanctions resolve faces test from oil-thirsty China, India

With just days to go before renewed sanctions take effect Nov. 5, the reality is setting in: three of Iran’s top five customers – India, China, and Turkey - are resisting Washington’s call to end purchases outright