Business

Chinese delegation reviews Letter of Agreement for coordination and air traffic transfer of control procedures.

Utilisation expected to be Rs19b by June-end compared to allocation of Rs28b.

Audit report says OGRA allowed Sui gas company a higher gas theft level.

Federal Board of Revenue to launch taxpayer audit from July 1.

KESC rejected claim of outstanding payments for power purchase.

Oil and gas sector came under the spotlight following deregulation of key petroleum products.

Pepco warns KESC that power supply to it will be terminated if dues are not cleared.

Directive comes in the wake of orders from Supreme Court.

PTCL volumetric IP bandwidth service on volumetric usage billing offers flexibility to carriers.

Zardari urges economic viability to be given due consideration.

Pakistan-Kyrgyzstan Business Council has underlined the need for business integration.

On Friday the minister laid out his agenda which was ambitious to say the least.

Govt decides to fix regulatory structure of power.

Electricity tariff, sugar prices at utility stores to rise.

Benchmark KSE 100-share index gains 57 points.

Centre’s share to be Rs290 billion and provinces to get Rs430 billion.

Tax on defence sales imposed, sales tax reduced to 16%, withholding tax on cash withdrawal cut to 0.2%.

Provinces will receive Rs38.2 billion for development projects .

Minister lets his inner economist free, leaving the populists hanging.

Load-shedding in coming financial year threatens economic growth.

Local dealers concerned over declining business.

Watchdog says the industry paid Rs56b in taxes.

The cement maker is expected to raise an additional net profit of Rs281 million annually.

Three agreements amounting to $115.5 million signed for financing projects in different sectors.

Industry utilisation falls to 75% of total production capacity.

Benchmark KSE-100 index falls 84 points.

Links up with P@SHA and sets up a fund for Pakistani youth.

The ratio of the country’s total debt to the size of its economy declined to 55.5% by the end of March 2011.

Sector to grow 1.2% as floods damage rice and cotton crops.

The overall consumption of petroleum products declined by 0.97 per cent and gas fell by 2.03 per cent.

Government refuses to release poverty figure for third year in a row.

Small-scale manufacturing does better than large-scale.

The amount is Rs37b more than US aid for the year.

Hafeez Shaikh reveals missed targets; budget due today.

‘The energy crisis is the biggest obstacle to economic growth’.

According to an estimate, telecom sector contributes more than 90% share in total taxes.

Politicians fear an austere budget will hurt electioneering.

Pakistan uses aid to promote mobile banking.

A bill sought by President Barack Obama to offer trade advantages to Pakistan stalled in the last session of Congress.

All key features remain the same as previous issue.

Deemed duty’s contribution rises to highest since fiscal 2008.

Body unveils National Economic Agenda.

Investors eying joint ventures in energy and infrastructure projects.

Company to expand operations in two years: chairman.

Benchmark KSE 100-share index jumps 141 points.

Bids for treasury bills were lower than the targets.

Manufacturers demand federal body to regulate quality control of drugs.

Food and transport prices main contributors to double-digit inflation.

Annual target of Rs1,588b now seems easy to achieve.

Minister says innovation is the key to economic competitiveness.