Business

18/02/2017

ISLAMABAD: Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) is examining the reasonability of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) market prices and will...

FBR increases sales tax on high speed diesel

18/02/2017

KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has raised sales tax on high speed diesel (HSD). In the past two...

OGDC’s earnings decrease 12% on higher exploration cost

18/02/2017

KARACHI: Oil and Gas Development Company (OGDC) posted a net profit of Rs30 billion for the six months ended December...

Govt releases Rs478.79m for industries, production division

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has released Rs478.79 million for industries and production division out of its total allocation of Rs1029.525...

SPI-based inflation increases 0.59

ISLAMABAD: The weekly inflation for the week ended on February 16 for the combined income groups increased by 0.59 percent...

PMDC contributes Rs1.896b taxes in three years

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation (PMDC) has contributed taxes and dividends of Rs1,896,496 million to national exchequer during the...

Rs514.934m released for National Food Security

ISLAMABAD: The government has so far released Rs514.934 million for the different developmental projects of Ministry of National Food Security...

MTL mulls to join hands with Hyundai

KARACHI: Millat Tractors Ltd (MTL) said on Thursday it can possibly join the consortium that is setting up a greenfield...

Dar chairs meeting to review measures against money laundering

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar chaired a meeting here Thursday which reviewed the progress on the reformatory measures...

Cottage industry being encouraged to boost economy

LAHORE: Provincial Minister for Industries, Commerce and Investment Sheikh Alauddin on Thursday said that the government is taking solid steps...

Railways revenues up by Rs18.512b in 3 years

ISLAMABAD: The revenues of Pakistan Railways have increased to Rs36,581.864 million in year 2015-16 as against Rs18,069.546 million in year...

RCB confiscates 11 truckload goods, seals 10 shops of encroachers

RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) has confiscated 11 truckload goods from different markets in its operation against encroachments while 10...

Govt to support exporters in poultry sector: Dastgir

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Commerce Engineer Khurram Dastgir has said that Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) government would support...

Govt increases prices of petrol, HSD by Re1

ISLAMABAD: The government has increased the prices of petrol and high speed diesel (HSD) by Re1 per litre each with...

PBC, PWC join hands for CERB knowledge partnership

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Business Council (PBC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), engaging the firm as...

Senate body to discuss 480b Circular Debt issue on Thursday

ISLAMABAD: Sub- committee of Senate Standing Committee on Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization is scheduled to meet here...

Chinese investors keen to set up industrial park, power plants and JVs in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Chinese investors were keen to set up industrial park, power generation plants and joint ventures in many sectors in...

Cutlery goods worth $6.990m exported in December

ISLAMABAD: Cutlery goods worth $6.990 million were exported during month of December, 2016 as compared to exports of the corresponding...

ANF seizes 4.50-Kg heroin, 5.50-Kg methamphetamine ICE

KARACHI: Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF - Sindh) in an intelligence based operation, here on Wednesday, intercepted a container at Pakistan International...

Railways to spend Rs150m on Raiwind Station’s renovation