PM inaugurates ship lift, transfer system at Karachi shipyard
KARACHI: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday inaugurated the ship lift and transfer system at Karachi shipyard, which will help improve the...
Tarin stresses expediting sugar exports
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has constituted a sub-committee to expedite the import of 600,000 tonnes of sugar and directed the ministry...
Upcoming ECC meeting likely to review new oil refinery policy draft
ISLAMABAD: The Petroleum Division has prepared a final draft of Pakistan Oil Refinery Policy, 2021 which is expected be tabled in next...
SAPM Gauhar proposes converting IPPs running on imported coal to local
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Power and Petroleum, Tabish Gauhar has proposed to convert the commissioned and under-construction 5,500...
Rupee hits nine-month low at 163.35
The rise of the United States (US) dollar in the interbank against the Pakistani rupee continued on Monday as it crossed the...
Pakistan’s exports to Italy record 49pc growth
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s exports to Italy recorded a 49 per cent growth on a year-on-year basis to $786 million in the outgoing fiscal...
Pakistan ranks ‘cheapest country to live in’
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has been ranked as 'the cheapest country in the world to live in' with a cost of living index showing...
FBR exceeds July target by Rs68bn
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has exceeded July’s tax collection target by a wide margin of Rs68 billion.
The FBR collected...
Local assembling of EVs to start this year: Hammad Azhar
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Energy Hammad Azhar on Thursday expressed hope that local assembling of electric vehicles (EVs) would start in the country...
IMF acknowledges growth in Pakistan’s economic activity
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has acknowledged Pakistan’s stronger economic activity and kept the global growth forecast largely unchanged at six per...
SBP maintains policy rate at 7pc
The State Bank of Pakistan has decided to maintain the policy rate at 7 per cent for the next two months, the...
Pakistan ranks top 10 in business environment: report
BEIJING: Pakistan has been ranked one of the world’s top 10 economies with the most improved business environment due to taking measures...
PSX set to launch 90-day DFCs
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Monday will introduce a new eligibility criteria for the trading of futures and communicated the launch of...
ECC to approve 5-year trade framework
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) is likely to approve the Strategic Trade Policy Framework (STPF) 2020-25.
Earlier, the economic decision-making body had...
Kamyab Pakistan to be launched this month
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin on Saturday said The government has decided to give Rs1.6 trillion to Kamyab Pakistan...