Beijing Investment Group visits Pakistan Stock Exchange
KARACHI: A Chinese delegation representing the Beijing Investment Group in association with AKD Securities and He Nan Lv Rui Jin Niu Energy...
Japanese foreign minister for ‘Naya Pakistan-Japan’ relationship
ISLAMABAD: The Japanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs Kazuyuki Nakane conveyed his best wishes to the incumbent Finance Minister Asad Umar on...
Chinese loans to Pakistan account for only 10pc, says China’s foreign ministry
BEIJING: The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Friday criticising the Western media for its so-called “China debt trap theory”, said that the proportion...
KKH-II Expressway Project on track, attains 55 percent completion stage
KKH Phase-II is one among dozens of early harvest projects of the game-changing China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province as the Expressway plays a linchpin role in connecting Gwadar Port to the Chinese city of Kashgar
Dollar edges up on latest round of US-China trade tensions
The greenback, which tends to attract safe-haven bids in times of market turmoil and political tensions, drew its latest swell of support as investors braced for the next round of the U.S.-China trade conflict
EFTA agrees to initiate process for signing PTA with Pakistan
Pakistan’s exports to the trading bloc have recorded an average increase of 10.4 percent in the last five years
SEZs under CPEC to help in the creation of new jobs: Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development & Reform, Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar has said that development of the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) is the...
PEW lauds PM’s plan for rationalised tax regime
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Thursday lauded Prime Minister Imran Khan for initiating radical changes in the tax administration to...
PML-N govt ostensibly accepted ‘strict’ terms for LNG supply deal with Qatar: sources
ISLAMABAD: Initial scrutiny of the LNG supply deal between Qatar and Pakistan initiated by the incumbent minister for petroleum division Ghulam Sarwar...
ADB organises workshops to promote Pak trade, exports
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) convened consultation
workshops on “The CAREC Integrated Trade Agenda 2030 and Special Economic Zones
Development” here to promote...
Federal govt suspends operations at Utility Stores Corporation
ISLAMABAD: In a bid to cut losses of the bleeding public sector enterprises, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) government has decided to halt...
Gold import sees steep fall by 32.04 percent in July
ISLAMABAD: The gold imports into the country decreased by 32.04 percent during the fiscal month of the current fiscal year against the...
Pakistan’s cotton yield likely to cross 14.2m bales
ISLAMABAD: The Cotton crop’s output during the current season is expected to cross 14.23 million bales. The anticipation comes due to a 2%...
PIA, PSM in combined debt of over Rs275 billion
ISLAMABAD: Debt and liabilities owed by state-run organisations have soared sharply as these organisations owe about a quarter more now then they...
Pakistan granted ‘Guest of Honour’ status at International Import Expo in China
BEIJING: The Chinese government has granted the status of “Guest of Honor” to Pakistan at the China International Import Expo (CIIE) to be...