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APBF, Jiaxing join hands to promote trade
KARACHI: All Pakistan Business Forum (APBF) has signed an accord with Jiaxing Zhimakaimen Economy and Trade Industrial Zone Management Company...
52% civil work of Orange Line Metro Train completed
LAHORE: Orange Line Metro Train will provide an economic, safe and latest mode of transportation to common citizens besides conferring...
Govt flayed over 38% decline in FDI during first quarter
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has presented a dismal performance and posted some 38 percent decline during the first quarter...
Textile industry laments over 50% decline in cotton production to only 6m bales
LAHORE: All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) Punjab Chairman Syed Ali Ahsan has said the industry woes are increasing due...
Rustam Khan cancells contracts of development schemes worth Rs46m
MANSEHRA: Tehsil Nazim, Balakot, Rustam Khan, crossed out the agreements of improvement plans worth Rs46 million after the contractual workers...
Current account deficit swells 136% to $1.4b
KARACHI: The current account deficit swelled 136 per cent year-on-year to $1.368 billion during the first quarter of this fiscal...
Second unit of gas turbine of 1,180MW reaches Bhikki
LAHORE: The second unit of gas turbines has arrived from Belfort, France, in Pakistan to equip the 1,180 megawatt (MW)...
Pakistan, ADB to ink $250m loan next week
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will sign a $250 million loan agreement next week, in a bid...
PTC gave over Rs 70 billion taxes in nine months
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tobacco Company paid over Rs 70 billion to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) in the form of...
Cement manufacturers refute reports of CCP fine
LAHORE: The All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) has refuted a news report published in a section of press claiming...
Govt ‘to give’ Rs 200b bailout package for textile sector: Dastgir
ISLAMABAD: Federal Commerce Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan has said the government is mulling a Rs200 billion bailout package to modernise...
IMF chief, ADB president likely to visit Pakistan next week
ISLAMABAD: Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar chaired a meeting here to review arrangements for international events planned for the next...
Chinese investors show interest in water sector
LAHORE: A delegation led by China First Metallurgy Group Vice Chairman Guo Jizhou calls on Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz...
SECP facilitating registration of companies
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has made drastic reductions in registration fee for small companies and...
Attock Cement’s profit increases by 44%
KARACHI: Attock Cement Pakistan Limited (ACPL) has reported net earnings of Rs691 million in the first quarter of fiscal year...
KAPCO’s earnings rise 10% in Q1
KARACHI: Kot Addu Power Company (Kapco) recorded a net profit of Rs2.32 billion in the first quarter of financial year...
Govt to transform PIDE into leading think tank: Ahsan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) has conducted first comprehensive household survey in the FATA region covering the development...
HBL’s profit flat at Rs25.75 billion
KARACHI: Habib Bank Ltd’s consolidated after-tax profit remained flat at Rs25.75 billion during the first nine months of 2016 compared...
Campaign launched against unregistered vehicles, illegal number-plates
SARGODHA: The traffic police, along with Excise and Taxation Department, have launched a campaign against unregistered vehicles and fake number-plates...
SHC orders recalling licenses granted to liquor shops
KARACHI: A division bench of Sindh High Court (SHC) Tuesday ordered to initiate the process of recalling licenses granted to...
