Sindh Bank declares pre-tax profit of Rs2182.4mn

KARACHI: The Board of Directors of Sindh Bank in their meeting held on March 7, 2018, reviewed and approved the audited financial...

US Commercial Service to lead delegation of Pakistani companies to NPEW

KARACHI: The United States Commercial Service (USCS) will lead a delegation of Pakistani companies to the Natural Products Expo West/Engredea (NPEW), to...

PM inaugurates Nashpa Oil and Gas, LPG project with high hopes

KARAK: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi here Thursday arrived at Karak district and inaugurated Neshpa Oil and Gas and LPG project. Upon arrival,...

CPEC opens new avenues of value-addition in textile garments sector: FCCI

FAISALABAD: Instead of just sticking to the export of raw or semi-finished products, the industrialisation phase of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has...

Adviser to PM on finance meets representatives of foreign banks

  ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance, Miftah Ismail held a meeting with senior representatives of various foreign banks based in Pakistan,...

CCP issues show cause notice to PFMA for collusive practices 

KARACHI: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has issued Show Cause Notice to Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) for prima facie violating...

$1490mn worth agreements signed for 990MW Thar coal power projects

ISLAMABAD: The implementation agreements of two Thar coal-based power generation projects totaling 990 MW were signed on Thursday at the Private Power...

ECC approves procurement of wheat, decides to facilitate sugar mills

ISLAMABAD: Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet has approved the procurement target of 6.1 million tons of wheat for the current fiscal...

Govt to reduce duty on solar batteries

LAHORE: The government is planning to reduce duties on lithium batteries to promote their usage in solar power plants, reported a private...

FBR attaches NTDCL accounts over non-payment of tax

LAHORE: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Wednesday, attached National Transmission and Despatch Company Limited’s (NTDCL) entire bank accounts for failing to...

Government approves Rs93bn for energy sector

LAHORE: The federal government on Wednesday approved financing worth Rs93 billion for the energy sector, at a meeting of the Economic Coordination...

Sugarcane pricing unsettling farming community

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Food Security and Research has been told that the full price of sugarcane is not being paid...

Finland ready to help Pakistan in health, energy and forest sectors

ISLAMABAD: The Roving Ambassador-designate of Finland to South Asia Harri Kämäräinen along with Honorary Consul of Finland in Pakistan Asad Ansari visited Islamabad...

Daniyal Aziz: PSM privatisation to continue, liabilities to be settled

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Privatisation Daniyal Aziz chaired a high-level meeting with the officials of Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGCL), National...

Ship container service connecting Gwadar to the UAE starts

KARACHI: The first ever container vessel 'MS TIGER' under the CPEC (China Pakistan Economic Corridor) project has arrived at Gwadar Port. Pakistan...