Business

Gives update on setting up a coastal refinery in the country

Blames high consumption, slab revision for inflated consumer bills

Expects visible improvement in Pakistan-US relations in coming days

Increase comes on back of higher net sales, income from non-core business

Previous and new govts have made 14 changes since ADP 2016-21 announcement

Stresses new administration is making efforts to increase efficiency of the airline

Proposals for budget 2019-2020 already shared with Ministry of Finance and ECC

App will notify consumers about tax receipt through a simple message

Downgrades rating of scheme aimed at preventing stunting to 'moderately unsatisfactory'

Dawood says govt is working to get wider access to foreign markets

Benchmark index increases 208.32 points to settle at 36,787.64

Report cites external debt servicing, other official payments as reasons for the decline

British PM May defends Brexit delay; critic asks her to resign

Ambassador sees bilateral trade potential of $1 billion

Warns demand fell in developed OECD countries by 0.3 million bpd

Minister says AJK govt will provide funds, land for the purpose

Rupee depreciation has given opportunity to expand operations

Exports stand at $17b in nine months of FY19 despite 34% currency devaluation

Argue the levy will hurt small farmers, render thousands jobless

Slowdown in economy cited as reason for slow growth

Surge comes ahead of Ramazan and Eid as expenditures likely to spike

Punjab Finance Minister Hashim Jawan Bakht insists results of reforms undertaken by govt will surface gradually

Survey planned to curb evasion, bring wealthy into tax net

Decide to reduce length of CPEC’s largest project from 1,872 km to around 1,680 km

It will be far higher than the debt level at the end of PML-N’s tenure

Benchmark index drops 551 points to settle at 36,579.32

Influenced by the poor performance of smaller rival Lyft’s shares

The projected growth rate for next year was unchanged at 3.6%

The annual energy production from the project is expected to achieve planned 4.6 billion units during the year 2019

Cumulatively, the rupee has shed 33.4% of its value since December 2017

Expresses keen interest in business cooperation and development

Chinese premier says both sides need to jointly uphold multilateralism, free trade

Expert group suggests turning steel mill into a public-private partnership

Argue any further hike in tariff will leave them bankrupt

'We are happy that government has made this decision'

Federal government fails to allocate sufficient funds in next budget

Ambassador Yao says China will provide 95% market access to Pakistani products at zero duty

Lender’s reports says Pakistan will remain a net debtor

Privatisation Commission board allows hiring of valuers for conducting due diligence

Says some major economies may need to take short-term actions to prop up growth

Benchmark index gains 0.56% to settle at 37,129.97

EU has also started preparing to retaliate over Boeing subsidies

Russian comments signaling willingness to pump more dampen the rally

Cites high cost of nearly Rs8b for verifying only 5% of the results

Ghulam Sarwar Khan says country will offer new blocks for oil, gas exploration

Omar Ayub says Pakistan is making efforts to completely change energy mix by 2030

PTI govt to prepare plan to expand Pakistan’s share in $4tr global halal market

Expert group puts the mill’s restructuring cost at $1.04 billion which government alone cannot sustain

State Bank of Pakistan releases report discussing growth of Islamic banking industry

At present, annual exports stand at only $70 million