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Mangla Dam Raising Project: Wattoo praises AJK govt, Wapda for progress
Minister calls for granting proprietary right of land to displaced people.
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Ambitious aims: FBR assigns ‘unrealistic’ tax targets
Tax collection likely to fall short of expected Rs1.95 trillion in the absence of new measures.
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Karachi Stock Exchange reverses early close plan
Karachi Stock Exchange will close at the usual 3:30 pm.
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Experts call for better Pak-Afghan ties
Training workshop on agricultural trade concludes.
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Foreign investment: UK-Pakistan trade to reach £2.5b by 2015
British delegation arrives and meets Pakistani business leaders.
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Post-floods trade assistance: India likely to lift veto on EU duty waiver
Pakistan, India commerce ministers to discuss waiver on September 28.
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Car sales rise 35 per cent
Production of Al-Ghazi Tractors stopped during August.
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Inflow: Remittances surge to all-time high
Remittances jumped 40 per cent to reach a record high of $1,310.5 million.
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Stress call: FBR presses corporate class to pay flood surcharge
Issues circular clarifying ambiguity about tax year.
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Corporate results: Attock group posts strong results
Attock Refinery’s profit jumped 17 times to Rs2.19 billion in fiscal 2011.
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Market watch: Stock market follows regional peers
Benchmark 100-share index drops 106 points.
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Inter-Korean gas link may be pipe dream: experts
South Korea is already one of the world’s largest gas importers.
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Pak-Malaysia business forum ready to kick off
Trade between the two countries has tripled in five years.
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Auto makers defy crisis at IAA motor show
Major Japanese car makers return to the event after four years.
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Building competitiveness: How Faisalabad topped the “Doing Business” rankings
The city’s businessmen and govt officials seem more willing to work with what they have.
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Free market or protectionism?: Local industry under threat from smuggled tyre
Smuggling needs to be dealt with an iron hand, says the CEO of General Tyre.
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Why Software is Eating the World
Newspapers have also used digital delivery to expand reach.
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Damaged crops: Compensation for cotton growers discussed
NA's Standing Committee on Textile Industry said govt should compensate cotton growers for losses.
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Livestock sector: Punjab govt to spend Rs2.5 billion
They said that the Punjab government, for the first time in history, had exported meat to Malaysia in 2011.
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Assistance Package: Bilour says crisis in railways to end in four months
He said that the situation would improve only after the rehabilitation of the cargo service.
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Picking its battles: Witribe plays it smart, beats out the competition
Becomes the first company to offer internet monitoring to parents.
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Korean steel giant makes initial $15m investment
POSCO signs agreement with Al-Tuwairqi Holdings at CM House.
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Cross-border exchange: Trade gap widens as export growth slows down
Gap between imports and exports widened to $1.84 billion in August.
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Weekly review: Bulls return to the helm
Benchmark index gains 215 points while activity almost doubles at the Karachi Stock Exchange.
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Tax figure fudging: Pawns fall, king plus one survive
FBR chairman receives a clean bill from a parliamentary panel.
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Site Area: Street crimes on the rise
SITE Association of Industry Chairman Lakhani has expressed concern over the rise in street crimes in SITE area.
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Poultry industry: Experts for controlling intestinal disease
Mortality from the disease can reach 10% of the flock.
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South Korean steel giant to invest $200m
World’s fourth largest steelmaker signs MoU with Tuwairqi Steel Mills.
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UK-based company fails to acquire Agritech
Investment firm Ashmore Global unable to finalise negotiations on time.
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Market watch: Profit taking pulls bourse down
KSE’s benchmark 100-share index falls 62 points.
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Exploration activity remains sluggish
OGDC and PPL have not drilled any new wells in fiscal 2012.
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Meat processing plant worth Rs206m to be set up
Smeda GM says four other public-private industrial ventures also on the cards.
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Data verification system: PTA’s efforts to curb unauthorised SIM cards lauded
‘668’ system helps subscribers retrieve information.
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FBR hides actual flood tax collection target
Tax authority manages to collect only Rs8b against target of Rs36b.
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Visionary: Dream of reviving Islamic golden age of science
Pakistani nominated as one of the finalists for the Oscars of Science and Technology.
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Afghan transit trade: '23,900 containers disappeared in last 2 and a half years'
FBR chairman says national exchequer lost Rs50 billion due to the disappearance of these containers.
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Laptop buying guide: What you need to know
A computer is often the backbone of your daily activities. Ask yourself: "what am I going to do with my computer?"
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Changes to code of corporate governance
Stakeholders discuss role of directors among other issues.
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Railways denies favouritism in tenders
Follows rules and regulations in purchasing locomotives.
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Rupee hits record low, then strengthens
Dealers expect currency to remain under pressure.
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Sialkot demands special industrial estates
Industries operating in residential areas due to lack of localities.
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Suspension of licenses: Sindh High Court sets aside OGRA notice
Seven companies were penalised for not maintaining stocks.
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Corporate results: Hubco profits ease, healthy payouts continue
Hubco declared a payout of Rs3 per share, taking the full year payout to Rs5.5 per share in financial year 2011.
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Market watch: Bourse firms as activity picks up
KSE’s benchmark 100-share index gains 19 points.
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Rice export to Indonesia on the cards
Deputy trade minister to hold talks next week.
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Talks with IMF: Shaikh to lead Pak delegation to Washington
Pakistan will have to pay $2.3 billion in February 2012 to meet its debt obligations.
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Afghan transit trade: Insurance guarantee suspension extended for 30 days
Pakistan, Afghanistan abolish insurance condition for export of goods to Central Asia and India.
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Cargo clearance: FBR to acquire copyright of PaCCS software
Delegation to go to Dubai for talks with software developer; Shaukat Tarin and the WB had reservations over PaCCS.
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Gas pipeline project: Iran, Pakistan agree to speed up construction
Iran offers to pay for the construction of pipeline on the Pakistani side of the project.
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HP Touch pad: A Tablet for productivity?
HP recently joined the tablet fray with webOS. See how its TouchPad tablet stacks up to the competition.