Prices of over 1,000 items decrease after govt injects Rs7b in Utility Stores
ISLAMABAD:Prices of 1,000 essential commodities commodities including sugar, rice and pulses decreased at Utility Stores from Wednesday (today) after Prime Minister Imran...
New Russian consortium to replace TMK in $2bn Karachi-Lahore gas pipeline project
A new consortium of two Russian companies will undertake the construction project of the 1122 km-long gas pipeline from Karachi to Lahore...
ECC likely to constitute price negotiation committee for TAPI project
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) is likely to constitute a price negotiation committee for the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) Gas Pipeline Project.
According to...
Sindh transporters’ strike enters second day
KARACHI: The goods transporters’ strike entered the second day on Tuesday as the talks between Sindh Governor Imran Ismail and representatives of...
Junaid Murtaza succeeds Musharraf Hai as L’Oréal Pakistan MD
Musharraf Hai begins new innings at Khaadi
PTA allows non-commercial trials of 5G
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has granted six months permission to PMCL (Jazz) and CMPak (Zong) to conduct test and trial of 5G...
Stocks stage 608-point comeback rally
KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) staged a strong comeback on Tuesday after taking a hammering a day before.
Foreign investors also changed...
Gold price surges Rs2,850 to stand at Rs93,350
Gold rates climbed to an all-time high on Monday, increasing by Rs2,850 per tola to close at Rs93,350.
The price of 10-gram gold...
Owners of Getz Pharma finalise deal to acquire Mitchell’s Fruit Farms
Getz Pharma was not mentioned in the announcement made by Mitchell's on November 20, 2019; no details shared with PSX and shareholders yet
Pak-Africa Trade Development Conference to commence from 30th
Commerce ministry will organise the conference in Nairobi under its ‘Look Africa Policy Initiative’
Jazz becomes second telecom operator to test 5G in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Telecom operator Jazz tested out the fifth-generation (5G) of mobile technology at its digital headquarters in Islamabad, where average download speeds of...
KSE-100 plunges over 1,000 points as geopolitical tensions rise
KARACHI: In line with the trends in world markets, the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) nosedived on Monday, as the benchmark KSE-100 Index slipped...
Senate refers GI Bill, 2020 to standing committee for further deliberation
--Once passed, Pakistan-origin products will be branded accordingly, valued highly in the global market
ISLAMABAD: The upper house of the Parliament has referred...
Digital Pakistan: Easier said than done
By Basil Dogra
In early December of 2019, PM Imran Khan launched the “Digital Pakistan Vision” with the aim of “unleashing the full...
Sales tax on imported cotton raised to 10pc
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), against the decision of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC), has increased the sales tax on imported...