Govt prepares summary for hike in electricity tariff

Price per unit is expected to rise to Rs3.75 ISLAMABAD: The federal government has prepared a summary regarding a hike in power...

Rupee plunges by Rs1.31 against dollar in inter-bank market

On Friday, the rupee had regained a further Rs1.87 or 1.4% against the dollar in inter-bank trading to close at Rs131.9318

Govt seeking amalgamation of two oil and gas regulators

The petroleum division has told Ogra to prepare a summary for the Council of Common Interests (CCI) requesting transfer of upstream oil and gas regulation to Ogra as a centralized regulator to take care of the whole oil and gas sector from exploration and production to its sale to consumers

FBR unearths 16,000 tax evaders with investments in realty sector

In the last two years, over 80,000 transactions worth around Rs800 billion (according to deputy commissioner rates) were recognized however the market value of these transactions is probably going to be much higher than the aforementioned figure

Pakistan to share Chinese debt details with IMF, says Asad Umar

Decision to approach IMF was made after consultation with KSA, China ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will be sharing the details of debt it received from...

Rupee rebounds by Rs1.87 against dollar in inter-bank market

This was the third consecutive day that the rupee recovered Rs3 of its value against the dollar, resulting in a cumulative gain of 7.14% since touching Rs140 in the kerb market on Tuesday

‘Path of thorns’: An IMF bailout set to impede Pakistan PM’s populist agenda

Reserves have plummeted 41 percent this year to stand at $8.3 billion, or about 1.6 months of import cover, despite China lending billions of dollars to Islamabad to prop up the currency

Indus Motors suspends car bookings in lieu of rupee devaluation

Indus Motors after determining the impact of the rupee devaluation, would announce new prices and will resume its order bookings then

Federal Cabinet restores EDB after dissolution

The cabinet of the previous government, following the recommendations of the Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCoE), had decided to dissolve the EDB over rampant corruption

Pakistan unlikely to be removed from MSCI-EM in upcoming review

In the last year (in its semi-annual review in November 2017) when MSCI demoted ENGRO from its standard MSCI EM to small caps

Pakistan has officially requested for financial assistance: Lagarde

Pakistan has gone to the IMF several times since the late 1980s. The most recent was in 2013 when Islamabad got a $6.6 billion loan to tackle a similar crisis

Veon withdraws offer for subsidiary’s stakes in Pakistan and Bangladesh

In July, Global Telecom Holding (GTH) had said it received an offer from VEON Ltd to purchase its assets in Jazz and associated operations in Pakistan for $2.55 billion

Pakistani rupee, the cheapest currency in South Asia: Report

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has currently projected Pakistan’s current account deficit will contract from 5.9 percent of GDP in 2018 (the worst in emerging markets) to 5.3 percent of GDP in 2019 (again the worst in EM)

Alibaba vs Tencent in Pakistan?

The battle between China’s internet giants is about to come to Pakistan, and transform the country’s tech industry… but who will it be good for?

From rags to riches, chasing the Pakistani dream

The story of a man who took the world head on and is winning while coining a new phenomenon ‘the Pakistani dream’.