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TCP all set to purchase 0.2m tons sugar
Company stocking up to meet rising demand during Ramazan.
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CDA seeks load-shedding free Islamabad
Authority inks deal with two Chinese companies for assistance.
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PSO seeks immediate release of Rs23b for oil imports
Company may face default if money is not provided by Friday.
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Market watch: Activity remains dull as investors await SC verdict
Benchmark KSE-100 index sheds 15 points.
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Banking spread falls to lowest in four years
Despite the decline, the spread still remains above 7%.
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Putin coming in Sept: Pakistan, Russia likely to strike deals for energy projects
Russian companies may announce investment in oil, gas, mineral exploration.
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Legislators have failed to frame credible policies: Shaikh
Finance minister speaks at seminar on Poverty and Inequality.
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New forays: State Life to enter Islamic insurance market
Govt-owned giant may launch Takaful by mid-2013.
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Survival mode: Pakistan Steel Mills gets Rs8.6b bailout package
Injection will not help the state-owned enterprise switch to a profit regime.
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Preventing accidents: Centres engaged in checking vehicles
Conversion on CNG is done by company fitted, at authorised and at illegal roadside workshops.
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ECC approves Rs8b bailout package for Pakistan Steel Mills
Committee also approves allocation of newly found gas reserves by OGDC to gas companies.
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Severe inflation affecting business confidence
Survey cautions growth across developed economies has hit a standstill.
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Thar coal project Step one complete, expert tells Zardari
Underground Coal Gasification to generate power in ten months.
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Legal documents approved: Demutualisation of bourses takes a step forward
Regulatory, commercial affairs of stock exchanges separated.
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NAB recommends top FBR officials for Exit Control List
Move comes following case on Rs47b allegedly evaded in taxes.
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Mutual funds witness highest growth in three years
Money market fund becomes the largest category of the industry.
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Market watch: Investor participation drops as Ramazan begins
Benchmark KSE-100 index sheds 37 points.
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Oil sales drop 3% as furnace oil demand falls
Petrol consumption shows stellar growth of 21% in FY12.
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ECC preview: Who is to pay the Rs736 million gas outage cost?
Gas suppliers, power producers likely to thrash it out in mediation.
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Cleaning up the mess: PSO demotes seven general managers
Action taken following findings of a four-member investigative committee.
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‘Investment treaties to be inked with US, Canada’
BOI chairman says deals to be finalised by December.
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Democratisation of innovation and technology
Innovation is a cornerstone of success for any corporation, society or country.
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Are religious beliefs a drag on economic growth?
An Islamic economic perspective on limits to growth of business.
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Pakistan struggles to meet Millennium Development Goals
The close link between family planning and economic success.
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Conflict, security and development: The hidden costs of violent conflict
Estimating cost of conflict on the economy is never easy, but even conservative estimates run into billions of dollars
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Point of concern: Has our banking system become unsound?
Non-performing loans of banks have more than doubled since 2006.
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‘US can fulfil Pakistan’s processed food needs’
American agricultural attaché meets Karachi businessmen.
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Project managers, architects among top-earning positions in IT
P@SHA survey documents highest-paid professionals.
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Pakistan ranked 71 in World Bank Logistics Performance Index
Rank, though still low, has improved since the 2010, 2011 floods.
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Lifeline: ‘Textile industry only hope for economic revival’
Textile sectors' cumulative exports have declined to $12.35 billion against $13.78 billion same period last year.
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Capital flight: Law and order not the only factor impeding investment
BOI lists several reasons behind slowdown in foreign investment.
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CNG out, LPG in: PSO to set up 26 LPG filling stations
OGRA takes decision to give the go-ahead.
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Weekly Review: Stock market rises on foreign interest
KSE’s benchmark 100-share index gains 232 points.
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Shutdown: Loom workers’ protest continues
The looms had been closed by owners over workers’ demand for a wage raise.
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Govt to complete 5 hydel projects by year-end
Power projects to add 381MW to national grid.
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Banks surpass agri credit finance target
Lend Rs293.8b to farmers against target of Rs285b.
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Lahore bourse to offer futures contracts
Financial product to be based on the KSE-30 Index.
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Market watch: Stock market ends flat ahead of Ramazan
Benchmark KSE-100 index climbs 151 points.KSE’s benchmark 100-share index crawls down four points.
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Textile exporters seek cheap project financing
Say funds at 5% interest can help boost textile exports.
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Army signs deal for purchase of 10 locomotives
Legality of $11.2 million deal not immediately ascertainable.
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Luring foreigners: Board of Investment to run the show instead of ministries
The new gateway chief ensures not to keep investors waiting for decisions.
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Dictum meum pactum: S&P reaffirms Pakistan’s sovereign credit rating
Maintains long term credit rating, upgrades short term rating.
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Euphoria evaporates: Pakistan and India fail to strike oil trade deal
Delhi asked to compete in PSO oil tenders for supply via land route.
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Mechanism launched to rationalise drug prices
Govt issues comprehensive pricing policy to aid in regulation.
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IT experts tweak electronic crimes law
Act stands defunct since its last renewal in 2009.
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TDAP chief selection: Garment exporters back man from public sector
Private professional may not be able to deal with complex bureaucracy.
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Fresher Juice turns out to be not that fresh
CCP issues notice against ad claim of ‘100% pure’.
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Market Watch: Bourse takes a breather
KSE’s benchmark 100-share index declines 28 points.
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Quality control: Government to ban local diesel if Euro-2 standards not met
Technology shift will allow Pakistan to change its oil import strategy.
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Ministry’s plan to take control of OGRA gets stuck
Law minister terms petroleum ministry’s move unconstitutional.

















































