Business

Move aimed at improving working capital, buying oil products

Punjab governor says govt working on promoting exports

External environment for China’s foreign trade complex

Envoy calls for joining hands to remove technical barriers to trade

Corrupt customs officials refrain from verifying phytosanitary certificates before clearing goods for export

Ministry argued scrapping of duties, taxes on cotton import would hurt farmers

Misses IMF’s target for reduction in debt accumulation for second successive time

US president says ‘together, we are righting the wrongs of the past’

Enterprise divesting holdings in companies that generate more than quarter of their sales from thermal coal production

Benchmark index decreases 0.5% to settle at 42,993.02

US President Trump, Chinese Vice Premier Liu due to sign Phase 1 agreement today

Trump and Liu are scheduled to sign the document, at a White House event before over 200 invited guests on Wednesday

Federal govt to introduce ordinance to divide authority into regulatory, airport services divisions

PTI govt gives 3 of them to Naya Pakistan Housing Authority for building low-cost units

Malaysian minister says growth due to rising population, increased spending

Cumulatively, the rupee has depreciated almost 49% since December 2017, according to the central bank

Exporters welcome end of transporters' strike

SSGC to start MD hiring process afresh after failing to attract competent people

Makes allowances in experience and educational qualification

Says both countries should enhance relations through economic collaborations

Benchmark index decreases 11.63 points to settle at 43,207.04

Beijing will also boost purchases of US services by about $35 billion over the same two-year period

As Malaysian palm refiners stare at a massive loss of business, Mahathir said his government will find a solution

PTI govt wants to resolve the taxation issues, payment digitisation, consumer protection

SBP governor says fundamental improvement needs to come from structural reforms beyond exchange rate

Fall attributed to sluggish demand caused by high car prices, exorbitant lending rate

SNGPL will receive $10.4822 per mmbtu, SSGC will get $10.4602

Sindh Minister of Energy Imtiaz Ahmed Sheikh says current gas crisis due to incompetence of the federal government

Halt to import, export activities costs economy Rs144 billion

PM Imran Khan meets FPCCI officials who share concerns about sick industrial units

Fitch Ratings says Pakistan has taken steps to address external sector, fiscal and debt issues

Move comes as Mahathir criticises India's actions in Kashmir and its new citizenship law

Signing of initial US-China deal can boost economic growth and demand

Benchmark index edges up 11.62 points to settle at 43,218.67

Transporters strike enters seventh consecutive day

Advisor to PM on Finance grills officials over slow pace of revenue collection

Hammad Azhar says year 2019 was of economic stability, while 2020 will be the year of progress and prosperity

Islamabad also joins hands with Beijing, must ensure transfer of technology

Migrating across continents, locusts destroy green vegetation that comes in their way

Pakistan’s limited petroleum reserves can pose potential risk if tensions escalate

Federal subsidies may lower weighted average cost of gas for producer provinces

Joint efforts by govt, private sector will turn opportunities into concrete gains

Corrupt customs officials assisted fraudsters in evading duties worth billions of rupees

Stable rupee bearing fruit, as reflected in improvement of exports

Seeks response over non-disclosure of asset declaration despite submission of tax challans

Senate chairman says govt is focusing on providing best environment for businesses

Abdul Razzak Dawood stresses need for diversifying sectors to boost exports

Global tensions between US and Iran, improvement in economic data helped set market direction

Growth attributed to sharp rise in number of people who went abroad in 2019

SBP is not lending money to the govt since beginning of the current fiscal year