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...
Profit: The year that was
The great land theft
By Farooq Tirmizi
If there is a single place that can be thought of as the foremost cathedral to free-market...
Setting the bar high
From 850 in 2000 to 1630 million tonnes per annum in 2016, the global steel production has nearly doubled since the turn...
Aamir might not succeed in turning Veon into Pakistan’s WeChat. But what if he does?
When Government of Pakistan opened its telecoms market to private sector 13 years ago, the country saw a massive inflow of foreign...
Saazgar engineering signs vehicle assembly agreement with Chinese firm
LAHORE: A bourse notification from Saazgar Engineering Works Limited (SAZEW), Monday revealed it signed a vehicle assembly cooperation agreement with an unnamed...
Amreli Steels strikes partnership with Chinese firm for sale of electrical transmission towers
LAHORE: A bourse notification from Amreli Steels Limited (ASL) revealed of entering into a joint venture with a Chinese firm Qinddao Huijintong...
HVDC transmission line from Port Qasim-Faisalabad may not be laid
LAHORE: Another feasibility study is set to be carried out for assessing whether a second 660KV high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission line...