Taimur Dawood resigns as CEO of Descon Oxychem

Taimur Dawood has been replaced as CEO by Imran Qureshi who has over two decades of experience in the chemical industry and has had stints with AkzoNobel and ICI

Govt approves removal of Neelum-Jhelum surcharge from COD date

The outgoing government gave go-ahead to exemption from income tax on profits and gains of prevailing businesses carried out by people in Fata and Pata for next five years

Mangla refurbishment work to complete by 2023, increase power generation by 35 percent

Pakistan’s generation capacity will stand at around 35,000MW by 2019; of which 14,000MW would be generated through GE equipment

Govt to produce 33.50mbbl oil, 1.473tcf gas in FY2018-19

The government has set an ambitious target to produce 33.50 million barrel (mbbl) crude oil and 1.473 trillion cubic feet (tcf) natural gas through indigenous resources during the year 2018-19.

JSCL eyes oil marketing business

At the close of trading on Thursday, JSCL was trading on the PSX at Rs19.18 per share, up Rs0.13 or 0.68 per cent from the start of the day with 0.14 million shares traded.

MoC finalises Trade Dispute Resolution Act 2018 draft

TDRC aims at swift and effective resolution of domestic and international trade disputes

ECC extends PM’s export package for next three years

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Wednesday approved the extension of Prime...

Market Daily: KSE 100 drops as political temperatures set to rise

LAHORE: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) ended a range bound session in the red. With just one more day left for the...

PML-N’s performance review contrary to claims

High fiscal slippage, falling reserves, and rising debt major threat to the economy.

Another round of urea price hike expected from June

LAHORE: It has been learnt that another round of escalated urea prices is expected to kick off starting June, following the federal cash...

Cost effective gas supply ensured for all consumers : PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbassi has said that the government has ensured cost-effective and efficient supply of gas to all the...

Former KASB Bank sponsors submit objections to SBP

State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) used its regulatory powers under Section 47 of the Banking Companies Ordinance 1962 to merge KASB Bank with and into BankIslami Pakistan Ltd (BIPL) in May 2015 at a token price of Rs1,000 on the basis of the valuation conducted by the audit firm.

Pakistan has eight brownfield cement projects underway

China-based Sinoma is currently building a 1.9Mta plant for Bestway Cement at a cost of PKR18.9bn and about 55 percent of the work has been carried out to date

Wapda decides to acquire land for Mohmand Dam hydropower project

Originally, work on the project was slated to start in June 2012 and be concluded by September 2016 respectively

Oil prices fall amid worries Saudi Arabia, Russia could up supply

Brent crude was down 45 cent, or 0.6 percent, at $74.94 a barrel at 0325 GMT, after settling up 9 cents on Tuesday