Business

Locally grown cotton, cheaper labour and developed industry bring in US business.

Venture capitalists, merchant bankers and large conglomerates are all piling in.

Truck with 9,500 bags of relief goods dispatched to lower Sindh on orders of Parvez Elahi.

Punjab’s share in total production surges 57%.

Levy was imposed ‘without proper legislation’.

Large number of business meetings held with foreign traders in Expo Pak.

Company obsessed with improving its customer experience in growing market.

Regional offices to form committees to address business issues.

KSE’s benchmark 100-share index sheds 463 points as foreigners continue to sell.

FBR chairman says Pakistan is running on loans and everyone will have to pay tax to steer it out of current crisis.

The two sides now have 120 days to meet and reach an agreement.

Millers say food dept supplies protein-deficient wheat stock of 2009.

Most of the foreign buyers were seen visiting apparel and leather stalls on the second day of the Expo.

Court orders the Sindh government to ensure that they were sent back to the parent departments immediately.

Shell Rs284 million did post a loss in the third quarter of 2011 due to lower sales volume and oil price volatility.

Overall gross margin fell 300 basis points to 4% in the period under review compared with 7% similar period last year.

Three Gorges Corporation will spend $15b by 2020 on different projects.

Aim is to attract foreign investment, create jobs.

Lahore-based investors already hold 82%.

KSE’s benchmark 100-share index falls 160 points.

Local demand grows 12 per cent in first quarter.

Deputy high commissioner hopes bilateral trade will reach 2.5b pounds in 2015.

Large-scale migration to cities and lack of technology cause decline.

Central Development Working Party okays 79 projects.

The Balochistan government is reluctant to grant the mining lease to TTC.

Higher export proceeds and a record inflow of remittances have helped Pakistan’s forex reserves grow steadily.

Deal to provide VSAT services in Afghanistan for the next two years.

Pakistani commercial attachés play active role in the exhibition.

Delay in stopping bureaucrats from misusing vehicles may lead to additional expenses of Rs4b.

The announcement did not go well at the Karachi Stock Exchange as stock price plummeted 3.4% to close at Rs17.15.

KSE’s benchmark 100-share index gains 45 points.

Notification regarding his appointment expected by Saturday.

Country offers lowest cost alternative despite strikes and instability.

Energy committee proposes end to subsidy regime from next financial year.

Move to dent FBR's efforts to document the black economy.

Cuts came largely from the govt’s own running expenses, including defence.

Pakistan has offer of duty free access to goods from 75 tariff lines.

Members of exploration and production companies and delegates from universities to give their input in conference.

China and India take over regional markets.

Over 600 foreign businesspeople in Karachi to attend the exhibition.

Net sales surge to Rs7.9 billion in first quarter of fiscal 2012.

The firm will start milk production this year.

Smuggling and mis-declaration in imports hurting the sector.

Taxpayers not required to disclose expenses on personal servants, club memberships, travel and utilities.

Foreign investors sell Rs534.5m worth of stock.

Tough days ahead for new central bank chief and is see as susceptible to government pressure.

Local bourse manages to perform much better than leading markets.

Plant’s capacity to jump by 0.4m tons after injection of Rs30.5 billion.

Pepco MD visit comes on the heels of government's decision to grant the status of “most favoured nation" to India.

Analysts and former government officials fear he may not be the best central bank governor to fight challenges.