Business

04/07/2017

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan witnessed an increase of around 79 percent in oil and gas exploration activities in different potential areas during...

Ishaq Dar appears before JIT

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar Monday appeared before joint investigation team (JIT) in Panama Leaks case. Addressing the media after...

FIA arrests human trafficker from Norowal

GUJRANWALA: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has claimed to have arrested an alleged human trafficker from Norowal. According to a...

Annual inflation rises by 3.93% in June

ISLAMABAD: Consumer Price Index (CPI) on year-on-year increased by 3.93 percent during June 2017 as compared to the same month...

Mobile phone import falls 7.29% in 11 months

ISLAMABAD: The import of mobile phones into the country fell by 7.29 per cent in first 11 months of the...

Govt committed to facilitate foreign investors, provide conducive environment: BoI

ISLAMABAD: Board of Investment (BoI) said the government is committed to facilitate the foreign investors and provide them conducive environment...

Raja Pervez Ashraf submits reply in NAB’a Rs140b case

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has submitted his reply to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in a Rs140...

NAB forms body for reforms in ICT cooperative department

ISLAMABAD: On the directions of NAB Chairman Qamar-ur-Zaman, the Bureau constituted a Prevention Committee for Reforms in Cooperative Department Islamabad...

Govt determined to achieve GDP growth target of 6%: Dar

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar chaired a meeting at the Ministry of Finance on Sunday on implementation measures...

KP CM directs for efficient taxation system in province

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak has directed for efficient taxation system in the province saying revenue and excise...

Rs537.646m released under PSDP 2016-17 for Food Security

ISLAMABAD: The government had released Rs537.646 million under its last year’s Public sector Development Programme (PSDP) against the total allocation...

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First energy project under CPEC completed: Khurram Dastgir

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Commerce, Engr. Khurram Dastgir Khan chaired a meeting as a guest of honor, between Pakistan Readymade...

SIAL office bearers assume the charge of their offices

SIALKOT: The newly elected Chairman of Sialkot International Airport Limited (SIAL) Engineer Khawar Anwar Khawaja and Vice Chairman Muhammad Suhail...

Weak exports, tax revenue risk to economic growth: SBP

KARACHI: The central bank said on Friday the country’s macroeconomic indicators continue to improve, but a slowdown in exports and...

ADB approves $335m loan for Peshawar bus project

ISLAMABAD: The project can be used as an opportunity to restructure the entire public transport industry - from minibus and...

Petrol, diesel prices down by Rs1.5 per litre

ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Friday announced to reduce prices of petrol and high-speed diesel by Rs1.5 per litre for...

Textile sector holds govt responsible for export woes