Record-tampering case surfaces in SECP
ISLAMABAD: A record-tampering case has surfaced in the Securities of Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), where two Pakistani directors of a registered...
Overseas Pakistanis remitted $21.84bn in FY19
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has witnessed a 19.68pc increase in remittances during the fiscal year 2019, as compared to the corresponding period of last...
FBR falls Rs556bn short of revenue target
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government, in its first year in power, has failed miserably in achieving the revenue target of Rs4.39...
Twitterati tells Meezan Bank to ‘Netflix and chill’
Meezan Bank recently disallowed
the payment for Netflix application, calling it “non-Shariah compliant”.
The bank’s decision has left many of its customers, who...
China to reduce tariffs, improve export tax rebate policies
BEIJING: China will stabilize trade by reducing tariffs, improving export tax rebate policies and cutting insurance fees for export companies, state television...
WEF president to arrive in Islamabad tomorrow
--This is the first visit of a World Economic Forum president to Pakistan in almost 20 years
Børge Brende, President of the...
KSE-100 closes flat amid volatile trading
KARACHI: Amidst volatile trading and thin market participation, the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) closed Wednesday’s session flat. Foreign investors closed the previous...
Govt envisions increasing rice exports to $5bn: Dawood
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Commerce Abdul Razaq Dawood said on Tuesday that the incumbent government has envisioned increasing rice exports...
Fertiliser prices likely to increase by Rs100 per bag
‘Govt cannot take fertiliser as a standalone
case and if subsidy is given to one sector, others will demand the same too’
ISLAMABAD: As...
Promotion of regional trade among govt’s top priorities: BOI chief
ISLAMABAD: Zubair Gilani, the newly-appointed chairman of the Board of Investment (BOI), has expressed his resolve to uplift the board's status through...
Trump again attacks India, says tariffs ‘unacceptable’
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday fired a new Twitter salvo at India, accusing the giant Asian economy of unfairly blocking...
Sluggish economic growth likely to keep cement sales flat
LAHORE: The country’s total cement sales during the concluding fiscal year of 2018-19 are likely to remain flat mainly due to a...
No more schemes to whiten black money, IMF tells Pakistan
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has stated that Pakistan would not hold another tax amnesty scheme or an asset declaration scheme in...
Stocks gain 112 points in range-bound trading
KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), which traded within a narrow range on Tuesday, managed to end the session on a positive...
Pakistan to get $10bn from ADB in five years
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has planned to support Pakistan with indicative lending of up to $10 billion for various development projects...