TAPI Gas Pipeline project enters practical phase in Pakistan
The multi-billion dollars Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project entered its practical phase in Pakistan after the process of initiating front-end-engineering-and-design (FEED) route...
Uber president Jeff Jones quits, deepening turmoil
Ride services company Uber Technologies Inc has been thrust deeper into turmoil with the departure of company president Jeff Jones, a marketing...
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...
US likely to revise travel advisory for Pakistan: Dawood
‘Six US trade delegations will visit Pakistan in the next five months’
ISLAMABAD:Â Adviser to Prime Minister on Commerce Abdul Razak Dawood has...
Dar assures complete facilitation to TV channels’ owners
The Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Monday assured a delegation of the Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) that their tax proposals would be...
Oil prices hold firm, tad below December 2014 highs
SINGAPORE: Oil prices held just below December 2014 highs on Monday, supported by ongoing output cuts led by OPEC and Russia despite...
Govt to launch three livestock projects worth Rs7.4bn this month
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to launch three livestock projects, worth Rs7.4 billion, this month.
According to the documents available with this scribe,...
Italian experts to train Pakistani woodworkers: PFC
LAHORE
Pakistan Furniture Council (PFC) Chief Executive Mian Kashif Ashfaq while talking to media here Wednesday said the PFC was collaborating with Italian...
AEDB keen on exploiting Balochistan’s wind energy promise
ISLAMABAD: The Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) on Thursday in its board meeting reached a consensus to tap wind energy potential present...
PSMA fears being unable to pay growers due to non-coherent sugar export policy
LAHORE
The sugar-makers fear that the sugar industry will not be able to pay the growers, in the absence of a coherent sugar...
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...
India tells Chinese guests to stay away from car show
NEW DELHI: India will press ahead with its biennial auto show this week with local staff replacing representatives of Chinese automakers that...
Companies hit pause button as coronavirus infects economy
Layoffs, cutting costs and halting dividends… companies are scrambling to adapt as the coronavirus emergency hits demand while the draconian measures taken...
Textile exports edge up 8 percent during first half of FY 2017-18
ISLAMABAD: Data released by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Tuesday revealed textile exports from Pakistan increased 8 percent to $6.642 billion...
EU committed to enhancing capacity of private sector
FAISALABAD:Private sector is considered to be the growth engine of the national economy and the European Union (EU) is committed to enhancing...