E&T launches biometric verification system for vehicle registration

ISLAMABAD: The Excise and Taxation Department of Islamabad on Monday launched a Biometric Verification System with an aim to eradicate corruption during...

Cement exports to India suspended after 200pc hike in import duty

Indian buyers are asking Pakistani exporters to recall their containers and shipments LAHORE: The export of cement to India has been suspended...

Govt issues Rs200bn ‘Pakistan Energy Sukuk’

In order to resolve the country’s circular debt, the federal government has issued the first Pakistan Energy Sukuk of Rs200 billion. The Sukuk...

China agrees to finance 14 social sector projects in GB

ISLAMABAD: The visiting Chinese experts, who held detailed meetings with the representatives of federal and provincial governments, including Azad Jammu Kashmir and Gilgit...

Envoy proposes Pak-German Joint Chamber to promote bilateral trade

Ambassador Kobler appreciates the steps taken by govt to restore investor confidence in Pakistan BOI chief says govt is planning to launch...

Singaporean investors keen to become part of CPEC

'Business community of Singapore can take advantage of Pakistan's geographic location as a center point to the South Asian, Central Asian,...

OGRA approves up to Rs151 per MMBTU increase in gas prices

ISLAMABAD: As the issue of excessive and inflated bills to gas consumers remains unresolved, Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has now approved...

NA body deplores slow establishment of customs’ offices at Torkhan, Chaman 

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel on Thursday expressed displeasure over the slow progress in the establishment of customs’ offices at Torkhan and Chaman. The meeting...

Govt increases petrol price by Rs2.5 per litre

ISLAMABAD: The government on Thursday revised the prices of various petroleum products for the month of March 2019. According to a Finance Ministry notification,...

OGRA recommends Rs4.71 per litre hike in petrol price

The regulator has also requested the prices of diesel and kerosene oil to be raised by Rs9.44 and Rs8.06 per litre The...

PM orders refund of additional payments received from gas consumers

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday directed the gas authorities to return the additional payments received from consumers and to take action...

Money launderers deserve no concession, maintains PM

–PM reviews steps to counter money laundering, financial corruption –Six banks fined Rs 247m over fake bank accounts: SBP –Foreign remittances up by 12.5pc after govt...

Why are Pakistanis less productive than the Chinese and even the Indians? And how to fix it

In the year 2000, Pakistan’s labour productivity exceeded that of both China and India. A decade later, China had more than doubled...

Can Hamdard thrive in the era of the millennial consumer?

It is an ad that relies on contrasts: a product as traditionally Pakistani as Hamdard’s Rooh Afza being consumed by non-Pakistanis in...

Food delivery is the hardest challenge in logistics. That’s why this startup went into it first

When it comes to food, Lahore has never held back. The streets of Anarkali, old Lahore, or the busy M.M. Alam Road...