Business

Policy has focussed on investment, it needs to focus on the consumer.

Why, despite its vast unpopularity, the tax will be imposed on a revolting public.

Banking access key to economic success in developing economies.

KASB led consortium to provide financial advisory services for the privatisation of NPCC.

Asks government to tax agricultural income, introduce active taxpayer scheme.

Businessmen and investors urged to take advantage of the facilities provided by the government.

Body calls on government to consider the interest of common man and announce relief packages in the upcoming budget.

TDAP setting up web portal to cater to needs of businessmen.

‘Making polluted water drinkable’ idea clinches third place.

Budget-related news keeps investors at bay as index rises 0.7%.

Rates of 22 items increased last week.

Chief minister’s claim of power generation from this month put to rest.

OGRA orders sale; MGCL wants to recover price; insider say MGCL overpaid, recovery unlikely.

Rajat Gupta’s woes add up after a billionaire hedge fund manager is convicted.

Industry profit margins jump 69 per cent.

Ask government to reframe economic policies.

Businessmen reject government's plan to impose wealth tax.

Company to return money spent on purchase of land.

World Trade Organisation is the only hurdle now.

Decision taken to facilitate retail customers.

Benchmark KSE-100 index crawls up five points.

Software unlikely to make customers switch telecom services: analyst.

Other projects are in the pipeline.

Canadian lawyer being hired to fight the case in court.

Nominal growth target set at 4.2 per cent with double-digit inflation.

Body wants to scrap 519 projects worth Rs1.3 trillion.

Company improves capacity utilisation to 80-85%.

Malaysian investment in Pakistan exceeds $1 billion says Consul General.

The decline came because of scheduled debt repayments.

Maximum cap increased by Rs500 million.

Indian company lodges complaint to recover ‘dues’.

KSE-100 index falls 74 points.

Pakistan ranked 15th in highest piracy rate.

‘Market size has increased, but average price has dropped’.

Tax rate will have to be increased to meet the target.

Duty-free access for Pakistani products to Chinese market will be discussed.

Restructuring continues in the oil and gas sector.

Govt pins hopes on building consensus on imposition of taxes.

Think tank for better macroeconomic, fiscal and monetary management.

Paints business to be separated from ICI Pakistan’s portfolio.

Negotiations between IMF and Pakistan start in UAE.

Objective is to prevent the repeat of crimes.

Urges widening of tax base and relieving already burdened sectors.

Islamabad bound to receive first flow of gas from Iran in 2014.

Petroleum adviser to take final decision after returning from Russia.

Power shortage, law and order and inflation also create hurdles.

Another hurdle emerges after India blocked the package at WTO.

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Cybernet has introduced the FortiGate Unified Threat Management (UTM) Cluster Solution from Fortinet.

Pakistan Gloves Manufacturers and Exporters Association chairman said govt is not serious about solving the issue.