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Senate Committee on Finance rejects Charged Sums Bill for Punjab & KP Elections
ISLAMABAD: The Senate’s Standing Committee on Finance Thursday unanimously rejected the Charged Sums for General Election (Provincial Assemblies of the...
Pakistan delegation to attend 2023-Spring Meetings of WBG, IMF in Washington
ISLAMABAD: A high-level Pakistan delegation, comprising Secretary, Economic Affairs Division, Dr. Kazim Niaz, Secretary Finance Division Hamed Yaqub Sheikh and...
Businessmen concerned about kidnapping of Customs Enforcement Collector Usman Bajwa
KARACHI: Businesspeople have expressed their concern about an attempt to kidnap Karachi Collector of Customs Enforcement Usman Bajwa. In a...
Outgoing Iranian envoy calls on Commerce Minister
ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of Iran to Pakistan, Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini paid a farewell visit to Federal Minister for Commerce Syed...
President IRC commends measures taken to provide relief to flood-hit people
ISLAMABAD: President and Chief Executive Officer of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) David Miliband has commended the measures of the...
SBP foreign reserves decline by $170m due to debt repayments
KARACHI: Foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) fell by $170 million in the week ending...
Eidul Fitr: SBP issues statement about fresh currency notes
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) announced that it will not issue fresh currency notes for Eidul Fitr this...
IMF official’s assurance on agreement gives a shot in the arm
WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Wednesday expressed confidence in reaching a staff-level agreement (SLA) soon with Pakistan as the...
Pakistan receives $1b financing commitment from UAE ahead of IMF deal
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reportedly received $1 billion financing commitment from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A written guarantee in this...
Canadian High Commissioner calls on Commerce Minister
ISLAMABAD: Canadian High Commissioner to Pakistan Leslie Scanlon called on Federal Minister for Commerce Syed Naveed Qamar to strengthen the...
Meeting held to discuss matters relating to SECP
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar chaired a meeting and discussed matters relating to Securities and...
Auto sales in Pakistan drop 47pc in 9MFY23
LAHORE: The overall sales of cars, light commercial vehicle (LCVs), jeeps and pickups fell 47 per cent to 109,466 units...
Andrew Dagleish commends measures of economic stability
ISLAMABAD: Acting British High Commissioner to Pakistan Andrew Dagleish commended the measures being undertaken by the incumbent government for economic...
ICCI signs MoU with MIUC to promote academia-industry linkages
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Metropolitan International University College...
President seeks report from FBR over leaking of whistle-blower’s identity
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to submit a report to the Federal...
Dar attends IMF, World Bank Spring meetings through Zoom
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar attended IMF/World Bank Spring meetings through Zoom with high...
FBR directs PCS officers of BS-17 to submit asset declaration & PEAs
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has directed officers of Pakistan Customs Service (PCS) BS-17 to submit asset declarations and...
IMF revises Pakistan’s GDP forecast to 0.5pc for FY23
WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered Pakistan’s current year growth forecast from 2 percent to 0.5 percent for...
PAJCCI welcomes allowing of cross stuffing of Afghan, Uzbek cargo at Karachi Port
PESHAWAR: Director Pak-Afghan Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PAJCCI) Zia-ul-Haq Sarhadi has welcomed permission from the customs department for...
Pakistan asks China to accelerate work on ML-1, KCR
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has requested Chinese government to fast-track the multi-billion dollar Mainline-1 (ML-1) and Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) projects which...
