What is the PTI’s energy game plan?

How having a former hydrocarbon company CEO as finance minister will shape the government’s approach to Pakistan’s biggest economic challenge

Govt’s tax collection can go through the roof

From an academic to leading Punjab’s digital revolution, PITB Chairman Umar Saif has overseen the largest land record digitisation in Pakistan in an effort to not just end corruption and land grabbing but in a bid to promote land as a liquid asset

WAPDA completes Golen Gol-Timergara transmission line

-- The 180-km long transmission line crosses through the most difficult mountainous terrain with extreme weather conditions ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Water and Power Development...

Al-Futtaim Group to invest $230m in Pakistan’s automobile sector

-- Technology-oriented cars of Al Futtaim-Renault are expected to hit the roads in 2020 ISLAMABAD: Al-Futtaim Group, a large conglomerate operating in the United Arab...

Large-scale manufacturing grows 0.5pc in July

ISLAMABAD: The large-scale manufacturing industries (LSMI) of the country has witnessed a growth of 0.50 per cent during the first month of the...

Hi-Tech Lubricants aim to make a splash in the OMC market

Growth in its core, high-margin business requires the company to expand into the low-margin, high-volume business of selling fuel to retail consumers

Oil: No sign of waning appetite

Oil is so entrenched in the modern world that demand is still rising by up to 1.5 percent a year LONDON: Global oil...

Dust settles as PGPC finally pays Rs500m customs duty  

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan LNG Limited (PLL) has finally deducted the pending customs duty worth Rs500 million from Pakistan Gas Port Consortium’s liquefied natural gas...

Staff from 250 flour mills trained on wheat fortifications

ISLAMABAD: The Planning Commission of Pakistan in collaboration with its international development partners, including Food and Agriculture Organisation and World Food Programme, had...

Oxfam’s damning report puts multinational pharma companies in the dock over tax evasion

Tax Dodgers: In seven developing countries, firms appeared to avoid an estimated $112m in taxes every year ISLAMABAD: Oxfam International’s damning report confirmed...

DG Khan Cement posts Rs9 billion profit for fiscal 2018

KARACHI: DG Khan Cement Company Limited posted a consolidated net profit of Rs8.93 billion in the fiscal ending June 30, 2018, up by...

This tech giant is actually coming out with a foldable phone next year

News and rumours surrounding the new Samsung Galaxy X phone launching next year have been making waves and technology wizards are increasingly...

Leading Pakistani textile companies participate in Texworld

ISLAMABAD: As many as twelve Pakistani textile companies showcased their products at Texworld, a bi-annual international textile exhibition, and received positive response from...

Ignite to fund game-changing startups in Pakistan

LAHORE: In an exclusive interview with Profit, Ignite’s Chief Executive Officer Yusuf Hussain shared his vision of how the ‘national’ tech fund...

Discos seek Rs1.5/unit hike in consumer tariff

ISLAMABAD: The former Wapda distribution companies (Discos) have pleaded for Rs1.50 per unit, citing as reasons: increase in consumer tariff on account...