AEDB approves certification regulation for net-metering
ISLAMABAD: The Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) has accorded approval to certification regulations for solar powered net metering in the country to...
PEW demands stern action against sugar mills mafia
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) has demanded stern action against sugar mills mafia which is blackmailing the government, hurting consumers and...
Cotton crop failure further increases cost of doing business
KARACHI: The country has entered in an era of de-industrialisation where industries are closing down due to cotton shortage and about 140...
LPG distributors association announces country-wide shutter-down strike on December 9
ISLAMABAD:Â The Liquefied Petroleum Gas Distributors Association of Pakistan (LPGDAP) has announced to hold a shutter-down strike on December 9, 2017, in all...
Pakistan Army owns $20 billion stakes in fifty conglomerates claims Indian media report
LAHORE: The Pakistan army exercises control over fifty conglomerates said to be worth $20 billion stretching from banks, industrial plants, universities, milk dairies,...
Pakistan amongst world’s top milk producers: PEW
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Sunday said the dairy sector has great potential which can be exploited with the support of...
Saad Mahmood Rashid officially takes charge as CEO of Akzo Nobel
LAHORE: A bourse notification Monday revealed Saad Mahmood Rashid has taken charge as Executive Director of Akzo Nobel effective November 20th, 2017.
Saad...
Oil prices stable, as rising US output hits OPEC cuts
SINGAPORE: Oil prices were little changed on Tuesday as the impact from expectations of an extended OPEC-led production cut was canceled out...
Inclusion of auto sector in FTAs would damage sector: PAAPAM
LAHORE: The government's suggestion to include auto-sector in Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with Thailand, Turkey and other countries has met stiff resistance...
Circular debt exceeds Rs750b, as power sector faces liquidity crunch
ISLAMABAD: Circular debt in power sector has exceeded Rs750b out of which Rs421b falls in ambit of governments definition of circular debt...
Govt asked to settle issues between sugar millers, growers
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum (PBIF) Monday urged the government to find a solution to the standoff between cane millers...
TDAP to participate at Texworld and Apparel Sourcing in Paris
KARACHI: Paris, one of the major fashion capitals of the world, is the best place to promote and sell brands and collections...
PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi inaugurates Pakistan’s 2nd LNG terminal
KARACHI: Pakistan expects the first cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for its new terminal to be delivered on Friday, Prime Minister...
Trafigura set to establish 2nd LNG terminal in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Swiss commodity trader Trafigura said it plans to develop its second liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in Pakistan, alongside an...
Growing bigger and bigger
One day at school in the early 2000s we were ushered to the library hall for ‘TV time’. Most students assumed it...