Business

Investors were appreciative of Pakistan's progress in stabilising economy and reforms carried out in critical sectors

Annette Dixon, vice-president for the South Asia Region of the World Bank calls for undertaking reforms

Company recently issued 29m shares to raise capital for 300 car care centres

Govt could turn things around by prioritising horticulture sector, says FPCCI official

EFU Life Assurance received approval to launch Takaful operations in February

Wants agriculture dept to start crushing season from October 10

Fears of NAB investigations and lack of triggers kept investors sidelined

PML-N has injected Rs22b in different phases, production still stands at zero

Aimed at disbursing loans to farmers, businesses; will be modelled on nobel prize winner Grameen Bank

Order introduced for companies wholly or partially engaged in power generation

Chamber chief wants more flights to and from city

Posts EPS of Rs2.65, earnings amount to Rs605m in fiscal year

Petroleum minister says country working to complete IP gas pipeline

Funding comes as Rocket Internet plans expansion in country, Bangladesh and Myanmar

Households’ perceptions over prices yet to bottom out

Says constitution does not allow it as water board is an independent body

Modern harbours to help reduce cost of imports and exports

Pakistan Ordnance Factory may take over control of tools producer

On mobile devices, shifting perspectives can be done by dragging fingers or just turning handsets

The online survey of more than 2,000 individuals ranks 84 cities around the world in terms of the business environment

Why did FBR need to cut out the check digit from the NTNs at a time when deadline to file tax returns is days away

Turing and its Chief Executive Officer Martin Shkreli has become new face of the US drug pricing controversy this week

Zameen.com data reveals nearly 93 per cent of Pakistani expats in UAE want to purchase property back home

Online retailer Daraz to team with brands and advertisers to offer hundreds of deals on November 27

Wants government to resolve stuck refunds, energy crisis.

Agreement inked, will help capacity-building

Amounts to Rs59.2b at end of June, up 8.6% from Jan-Mar

The aircraft are installed with ‘Automatic Flight Inspection System

Powerful regulatory body needed to look into such scams

Will be transferred by adjusting GST, implementation from mid-October

Concession is likely to keep fertiliser prices for farmers to a minimum

Risks to provincial surplus, lack of reforms threaten goals set for current fiscal year

The transition will result in a number of operational savings and technological benefits for UBL

The award is a further acknowledgement of Eni’s numerous exploration successes

Rupee remained glued to the Rs98 level for months, recovering from the historic low of Rs110

These changes signal a recognition that economic conditions in Pakistan have improved

Pakistan’s trade offices in European countries could help overcome this problem by coordinating

A day-long conference was organised by the Open Source Foundation of Pakistan

Delegates visited various business centres including Anarkali Bazaar, Fortress, Liberty and The Mall for shopping

Decline in borrowing cost helps increase profit for the year

Listed in June, first profit accompanied with cash dividend of Rs0.08 per unit

Benchmark KSE-100 index gains 65.29 points

If granted, it will give profit guarantee and encourage investors

People still don’t trust e-commerce businesses, says TCS E-COM CEO

Meant to work as backup in case regular communications disrupted

Initiative may lead to bankruptcy of charter flight operators

Pasha says his think tank will coordinate with finance ministry in future

MSCI has added Pakistan to the group of frontier markets

Payment structure, future schedule need to be outlined to attract investors

After recent plunge, stock exchange could now follow local direction