Business

Investors want assurance that Pakistan will remain connected to the global economy.

Employees must learn the art of advertising themselves and highlighting their achievements.

Mitigating the power of the privileged is difficult, but not impossible.

Inflation is mainly due to supply side constraints.

Financial magazine awards Turkish firm for $136m project.

Concessions, poor performance, high costs have been construed as evidence of corruption, according to Supreme Court.

Islamabad discusses state of economy with the lender in Washington.

Controversial ‘special allowances’ reinstated for FBR employees.

Farmers to plant cotton again over 25,000 acres.

Govt considering exempting income up to Rs350,000 from tax.

Province refuses to invest in fields, pay set wellhead price.

Billions of rupees worth of crop to be kept in open spaces.

Bahria Town began trend in the 1990s; now other companies are following suit.

Stock-specif­ic activi­ty resume­s with start of result­s season.

This will reduce company’s cost and line losses.

PSO announced it has been awarded contract for establishing fuel supply to New Benazir Bhutto International Airport.

Waseela Microfinance Bank is subsidiary of Egypt’s Orascom.

Company profits grew more than growth in sales; margins improved as a result of cost absorption, price corrections.

Company posts a loss of Rs224 million during Jan to March 2012.

Spell of rain has dampened crops, necessitating a halt to the harvest.

Move aimed at eradicating poverty and hunger.

Say subsidies are being cut for the labour-intensive industry.

Benchmark KSE-100 index up 7 points.

Calls for sharing of experiences in science and technology.

Final talks on the project to be held on May 24 in Turkmenistan.

Petroleum minister congratulates Pakistan and India on successful negotiations.

Bureau’s prosecutor general says no need for arrests since all individuals are cooperating.

Members of Pakistani community are currently finalising arrangements for holding the exhibition in a befitting manner.

Pakistan exported 148,000 MT of rice to the country last year.

Mirador is a Portuguese-style estate at Canyon Views in Islamabad.

Economist for devising long-term strategy to achieve growth.

Net revenue rose 21% to Rs22 billion during July 2011 and March 2012.

Company posts a profit, the only one expected to do so among all fertiliser manufacturers.

Farmers fear 50% of production target will be missed.

Benchmark KSE-100 index sheds 8 points.

Proposal prompted by donors’ reluctance due to environmental concerns.

Tax rate of bank subsidiaries likely to be brought at par with its parent company.

OGRA may set prices; gas from new fields to be provided to state-owned distributors.

Orders NAB to ensure implementation of its orders.

Financ­e minist­er sees popula­r suppor­t for buildi­ng ties with the neighb­ouring countr­y.

Shaikh says Pakistan budgeted for the loan repayments, most of which have been disbursed.

Another NIT kiosk will be organised at the PSO Head Office, Karachi, on April 18 and 19, 2012.

Price hike of 25% single-handedly lifts profits.

26 wheat procurement centres set up in Jacobabad, Kashmore since Monday, are purchasing grain at government rates.

Attock Refinery proves to have a better mix than National Refinery.

Shows interest in joint ventures in manufacturing, energy conservation.

Conference panellists discuss branchless banking and cashless transactions.

Regulator prohibits bank from trading at the stock exchange.

22 officers were appointed in 2005 in violation of rules.

FBR collects Rs1b more every month with a sharp fall in smuggling.