Business

Colombo to increase investment, says diplomat.

70,000 tons of rice and 40,000 tons of cotton seeds provided via notified sales points and registered dealers.

SBP-IFC booklets cover 10 sectors which will expand and create jobs.

KASB Bank plans to provide microfinance, mobile banking in Tajikistan.

‘Almost 25% energy conservation potential exists in every sector’.

If oil supply remains stable, outages will not increase.

Acknowledge the presence of tax thieves within the business community.

Company to introduce super-speed internet soon.

Analysts expected the market to plummet following the budget.

Prices of 22 items increased last week.

PM denies gap between demand and supply of energy.

Privatisation Commission announced that it will undertake roadshows in five countries to raise $500 million in bonds.

Defaulters use political connections to pressurise tax officials.

Socialist nation hopes to break new ground with sukuk offering.

Govt promises another hard year for businesses and the poor.

Tax collection needs to be revamped as the economic scenario changes.

BB is allaying the customer demand for touch-screen phones by rolling out its own touchscreen sets.

Do seven hundred thousand new taxpayers, assuming they even come, really add up to documentation of economy.

Pakistan’s growth potential is being wasted because of power shortage.

There needs to be a change in the way we look at our relationship with the US.

Journalists continue to focus on the wrong issues when covering the economy.

China has greatly increased the number of banned imported products from Taiwan.

Marchionne said a public share offering for Chrysler was more likely in 2012 than this year.

It will be the furthe­r distri­bution of the provin­cial budget­s which will make a differ­ence to lives of citize­ns.

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.