Engro Fertilizers’ ‘Aam Aadmi Nahin’ recognised at PAS Awards 2018

ISLAMABAD: Engro Fertilizer’s campaign “Aam Aadmi Nahin” has recently been recognised at the PAS Awards 2018, an initiative of Pakistan Advertisers Society,...

British trade minister assures Pakistan greater market access post-Brexit

ISLAMABAD: British Minister of State for Trade Policy Greg Hands has assured to work with Pakistan to promote it as a safe destination...

Massive demand for Pak cement in South Asian, African markets

KARACHI: The export of cement to India and Vietnam is viable through land routes since there is a huge demand for Pakistani cement...

Ministry of commerce to submit final draft framework of e-commerce policy

  ISLAMABAD: After accommodating the recommendations of Prime Minister Secretariat, the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) is going to submit the final draft of...

Bank Al-Habib expands into Kenya, opens representative office

LAHORE: Bank Al-Habib Ltd in an attempt to tap into the multibillion-dollar international transaction business in its first investment in Africa, has been...

CCP concludes open hearings on issues related to real estate sector

KARACHI: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) concluded three open hearings on the real estate sector in Pakistan to give an opportunity to...

How HSBC went kaput three times trying to establish a presence in Pakistan’s banking sector

LAHORE: Many foreign banks have forayed into Pakistan’s banking sector with aplomb in the last few decades, namely Citibank, Barclays, HSBC, Crédit...

Meezan Bank announces Rs2.34bn Q32018 profit after tax

LAHORE: Meezan Bank in a notification to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) released its financial results for the quarter ended March 31,...

Govt, Meezan Bank working on a 10-year Shariah-compliant bond

LAHORE: The Government of Pakistan and Meezan Bank are working together to introduce a Shariah-compliant version of the 10-year bond, revealed an article...

New Shariah standards adoption will increase availability of sukuk instruments: Moody’s

LAHORE: Moody’s on Thursday said the adoption of new Shariah standards would help widen the issuer base and increase the availability of...

Karachi outages force Amreli Steel to cut production of rebars by 40 percent

LAHORE: Amreli Steels in a notification sent to the bourse Tuesday informed it was cutting down its production of rebars by 40...

Oil prices touch end-2014 highs, as Saudi backs higher prices

SINGAPORE: Oil prices rose on Thursday to their highest since the end of 2014 as U.S. crude inventories declined and as top...

The journey of Pakistan’s first female banking CEO

LAHORE: Sima Kamil, the first woman CEO of a big Pakistani bank has defied the odds of a male-dominated banking sector to...

CPPA plea to reduce tariff for electricity purchased from sugar mills rejected by Nepra

ISLAMABAD: A Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA) plea to reduce tariff for electricity purchased from sugar mills has been rejected by National...

UBL profits down 63pc to Rs2.79bn

LAHORE: United Bank Limited (UBL -33 per cent) in a notification to Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Wednesday, released its financial results...