Consumers to bear brunt of OGRA’s decision of dismantling the Enforcement Department

ISLAMABAD: Consumers - the weakest stakeholders of the petroleum industry - are going to bear the brunt of OGRA’s decision of dismantling...
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Steps afoot to promote halal food industry: Fawad

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Wednesday said that all-out efforts are underway to promote halal food...

Nestle lagging as millennials warm up to frozen meals

Frozen food is a relatively small part of Nestle’s sprawling portfolio, which also includes Nescafe instant coffee and Pure Life bottled water

Distribution companies seek 63 paisa per unit power tariff hike

NEPRA has called a hearing on 23rd January to consider the proposed adjustment for December 2018 ISLAMABAD: Power distributing companies (DISCOs) have asked...

Interloop targeting Pakistan’s largest-ever private sector IPO

The nation’s 7th largest exporter is keen to get listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange

Yen falls, Australian dollar gains as U.S.-China trade angst eases

Worries about Chinese economic growth and the trade row had pushed the offshore yuan to a 22-month trough of 6.9800 midweek.

PCJCCI holds conference on cargo tricycles in collaboration with Fujian Group

Pakistan-China Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry arranged a trade conference ceremony on Cargo Tricycles with the collaboration of Fujian Group of...

Vietnam urges better trade relations with Pakistan

Vietnamese Embassy to provide support for linking Pakistani enterprises with partners in their country for doing business

Habib Bank eyes opportunities connected with CPEC in Xinjiang

Habib Bank, one of the largest private banks in Pakistan which opened its branch in Urumqi, is eyeing opportunities connected with the...

Sugar prices likely to go further up as advisory board fails to fix sugarcane value

ISLAMABAD: While the price of sugar has already started going up in the market, the Sugar Advisory Board fails to develop consensus...

CCP set to conduct open hearing to address competition concerns in sugar sector

ISLAMABAD: To answer queries regarding stakeholder concerns in Pakistan’s sugar sector, the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has called for an open...

Govt gives nod to setting up of federal SEZ in Gwadar

The federal government wants to get maximum land allotted out of a total 100,000 acres reserved for the setting up of an SEZ at Gwada

New PIA chairman appointed

KARACHI: Secretary Aviation, Muhammad Saqib Aziz has taken over the charge of  Pakistan International Airlines Corporation Limited (PIACL) chairman. The decision was taken...

Poultry industry lays bare heavy handedness by FBR before Dar

The Pakistan Poultry Association (PPA) on Monday laid bare the highly unfair treatment meted out to the industry by the tax mandarins...

IPPs attribute higher power tariff to transmission losses

IPP body says inquiry commission's claims of plants making Rs415bn profit under 1994 policy are 'wrong'