February 22, 2019: Tokyo stocks opened slightly lower on Friday, tracking overnight falls on Wall Street. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell 0.31 percent or 65.96 points to 21,398.27 in early trade while
February 22, 2019: Prime Minister Imran Khan reiterated his call for maximum possible cut in expenditure and directed all the ministers to ensure the implementation of austerity drive in letter and spirit. Addressing
February 22, 2019: Finance Minister Asad Umar says decisive actions taken by the incumbent government will bring visible positive economic results. In a tweet, he said current account deficit during the last month
London, Feb 21: Eurozone stock markets gave a lacklustre performance Thursday after gains in much of Asia as traders eyed talks between China and the US they hope will finally resolve a long-running
ISLAMABAD, Feb 21: Pakistan and Belgium Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for enhanced bilateral cooperation in the areas business and investment. The historic MoU was signed between the Trade Development Authority
President of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FPCCI), Engr. Daroo Khan Achakzai, has urged the Finance Minister Asad Umar to release the exports sector’s overall outstanding refund claims including deferred
February 21, 2019: Minister for Planning, Development & Reform and Statistics Division Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar says the government is committed to systematic and cost effective development of energy sector. Chairing the 2nd Steering
February 21, 2019 (MLN): Current account deficit during the period July to January has shrunk by 17% i.e. $1.7 billion, to arrive at $8.424 billion. On a monthly basis, current account deficit shrank
February 21, 2019 (MLN): The SECP has conducted a series of five awareness sessions in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad, to share the findings of the National Terrorism Financing Risk Assessment with the financial
February 21, 2019 (MLN): As the current government is continuously making an effort to increase foreign investment in Pakistan, these efforts don’t reflect in the current figures of net inflows of Foreign Direct
February 21, 2019 (MLN): The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has decided to increase tariff for all power distribution companies by Rs. 1.8 per unit for the month of January. The upward
February 21, 2019: Finance Minister, Asad Umar on Thursday said Pakistan would not be affected by trade-related Indian irrational and unwise decision and termed it counterproductive for India itself. Talking to media persons
February 21, 2019: Asian markets mostly rose Thursday on growing optimism that China and the US will finally resolve their long-running trade war, with a report saying the two sides were working on
February 21, 2019 (MLN): Finance Minister Asad Umar during his talk with the media indicated that government is currently engaged in talks with IMF. Government held two sessions with IMF last week, and
February 21, 2019: Prime Minister Theresa May said she had made “progress” in talks with the EU on Wednesday as she sought to extract concessions on the terms of Britain's divorce, but as
Pakistan has one of the best Information Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructures of the region, said Chairman Higher Education Commission (HEC) Dr Mukhtar Ahmad on Wednesday. He stated this while attending the launching ceremony of Skill
Eighth round of talks between Pakistan and Thailand will be held here from August 21 to 23 to reach a final decision on Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Both sides had exchanged the offer lists of items for free trade, including automobile
Lahore – Secretary Industry, Commerce & Investment along with Punjab government have taken decisions in a meeting held today, on order of Chief Minister Punjab, to stop the loss of innocent lives of poor people
Managing Director, Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) Ch. Abdul Ghafoor Khan met Latvian Honorary Consul General in Pakistan, Ch. Iftikhar Rasul Ghuman on Wednesday to fasten the bilateral relations on tourism cooperation between the two countries. He said
The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has issued Show Cause Notice to a frozen foods manufacturing company, M/s Kitchen Stone Foods, for prima facie violation of Section 10 of the Competition Act, 2010 by running
Saeed Ahmad, President and CEO of National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) visited the bank’s regional office and branches in Quetta to participate in town hall meetings. Addressing a gathering of local businessmen at Quetta Chamber of Commerce,
The Registered Exporter System (the REX System) is the system of Certificate of Origin of Goods that applies to the Generalized System of Preference (GSP) of the European Union and observance of the same is
Foreign investment in the first month of the new fiscal year recorded appreciable growth of 58 percent and comfortably crossed the 200 million dollars, said data of the State Bank of Pakistan. The central bank
President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum (PBIF), President AKIA, Secretary General of the Businessmen Panel of FPCCI and former provincial minister Mian Zahid Hussain on Wednesday demanded steps to contain fall in the forex reserves which can
Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday filed three separate review petitions in the Supreme Court challenging his disqualification by a five-member bench on July 28. His lawyer Khawaja Haris Ahmad filed review petitions in
A delegation from China Three Gorges South Asia Investment Limited (CSAIL) a subsidiary of China Three Gorges Corporation (CTGC) called upon Sardar Masood Khan, President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir to apprise him on the ongoing hydro-electric
The Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) Chairman Lt Gen Muzammil Hussain (R) today visited Nai Gaj and Darawat dams located in districts Dadu and Jamshoro of Sindh province respectively. During a briefing after
The Acting High Commissioner of Pakistan Dr. Sarfraz Ahmed Khan Sipra has said that Pakistanand Sri Lanka have been linked since ancient times, a link which is now 2,300 years old. In 1948, shortly after Independence of Sri Lanka, this
The ‘All Pakistan Business Forum’ (APBF) has expressed its concerns about the possible negative economic impact of the current political conflict, if it prevails for an extended period of time. The association has urged the
The people of Karachi have shattered all previous records by spending more than 5 billion rupees on Independence Day celebrations. According to All Karachi Tajir Itehad President, Atiq Mir, the citizens of Karachi have bought nearly 50 million flags/buntings
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