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KARACHI: MSCI has announced the implementation of their reclassified Pakistan-inclusive EM Index and the start date of this implementation has...

World Bank vice president calls on Dar

ISLAMABAD: Vice President of World Bank for the South Asian Region, Annette Dixon called on Finance Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar....

SRB announces incentive package for sales tax on services

KARACHI: The Sindh Revenue Board (SRB) has announced an incentive package for sales tax on services relating to taxpayers/WHT agents...

Govt working on energy projects to meet growing demand: Dastagir

ISLAMABAD: Commerce Minister Khurram Dastagir Khan has said that present government was working on many energy projects to meet growing...

SBP issues updated version of Foreign Exchange Manual 2017

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Friday issued updated version of Foreign Exchange Manual-2017 in order to facilitate the...

Speakers urge to merge economic, security, development plans

ISLAMABAD: Speakers here at a panel discussion Friday underlined the need for merging Pakistan’s economic, security, and development plans into...

CM terms CPEC a wonderful project of development, prosperity

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said that China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a wonderful project of...

Nespak submit master plan, Rs228b projects proposed

MULTAN: Nespak and engineers of Artelia Group have submitted a final draft of a master plan before the managing director...

Chinese experts to visit Pakistan to review suitability of PEZs

ISLAMABAD; The Board of Investment (BOI) on Friday said a delegation of Chinese experts would visit Pakistan on June 5...

Weekly inflation witnesses nominal increase

ISLAMABAD: The weekly inflation for the week ended on May 18 for the combined income groups witnessed nominal increase of...

Bahawalpur trader to attend training in Qatar

BAHAWALPUR: President, Anjuman Tajran, Bahawalpur, Syed Israr Hussain would leave for Qatar on Saturday to attend a diplomacy training programme...

OGDCL earns Rs126.630b in three quarters of FY 2016-17

ISLAMABAD: Oil and Gas Development Company (OGDCL) has earned Rs 126.630 billion in three quarters of the current fiscal year...

CDNS achieves Rs 174b upto May 15

ISLAMABAD: Central Directorate of National Savings (CDNS) has achieved Rs 174 billion savings till second months of last quarter of...

Water inflow in rivers jump to 282,200 cusecs

ISLAMABAD: The water inflow in all major rivers has jumped to 282,200 cusecs against outflow of 248,700 cuesec due to...

Anusha says Pakistan taking concrete steps to promote e-commerce

ISLAMABAD: UNCTAD Senior Adviser James Howe Leslie on Friday called on IT Minister Anusha Rahman and discussed several issues of...

FIA arrests PTI’s social media activist over cyber crime

QUETTA: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), the other day, detained a member of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s social media team. PTI’s central core...

Banking channels to promote trade ties between Turkmenistan, Pakistan

KARACHI: Banking channels between Turkmenistan and Pakistan are being developed on strong lines so as to facilitate trade between the...

Sri Lanka-Pakistan friendship body to hold Ramzan Bazaar

ISLAMABAD: Sri Lanka-Pakistan Friendship, Trade and Investment Association will hold its 4th Ramazan Bazaar for everyone on May 21 at...

LPG demand is to jump up to 7,000 metric ton during Ramadan: Irfan Khokhar

ISLAMABAD: Regional Chairman LPG Standing Committee of FPCCI Irfan Khokhar Thursday said the LPG demand, which is at present over...

Rs1000b agreement for ML-1 with China great achievement: Saad