Business

Believes scrapping of third tax tier will help enhance revenue receipts

Many research houses anticipate rise in policy rate while others expect no change

FATF expressed dissatisfaction over the steps taken against banned organisations and terror-funding

90pc of this amount will be used for debt payment, the rest on poverty alleviation

Currency weighed down by concerns over Turkey's balance of payments, foreign debt

US inventories rose last week by 2.8 million barrels

PPRA turns down IFC’s offer for advisory services for sale of two LNG-fired power plants

Maximum limit of loans will be Rs3m; women will be given preference

Rashakai SEZ is the first of the 9 identified SEZs under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)

Output may be 24.8m tons against target of 25.6m tons as cultivated area shrinks

K-Electric says it is waiting for directives from the Power Division

Ministry of Maritime Affairs wanted to shift terminals due to congestion at Port Qasim

Power Division says 90% of constraints on transmission lines addressed

Its enforcement, tax net widening drives pick up pace amid criticism

Timing of meeting crucial as central bank is to announce interest rate on Friday

Economic Coordination Committee extends deadline for preparing revival plan for PSM

Benchmark index increases 1.66% to settle at 38,965.01

Brent crude has traded in a narrow range of $64 to $69 a barrel throughout March

'Dam would play the role of a catalyst in stabilising the national economy'

'Government had introduced investment-friendly policies in the country from which Kazakh investors could benefit'

Assured the business community of government’s full support

Cumulatively, the rupee has lost 31.8% of its value in the last 13 months

Textile industry asked to seek assistance of Italian experts

French department store chain plans to open about 10 stores

Is framing short, long-term plans to boost tourism, will revamp PTDC

Says more cooperation between private sectors of two sides will lower manufacturing cost

PM aide stresses no utility store will be closed, no employee will be sacked

Asad Umar meets IMF’s new Mission Chief Ernesto Ramirez

Minister says no decision taken on returning excess money to consumers who received inflated bills

Shahid Kardar says IMF financing will not be that big to meet requirement

Power minister says entire burden will not be transferred in one go

Benchmark index increases 0.53% to settle at 38,329.13

Expectations of a further drop in US inventories support prices

After takeover, Careem will become wholly owned subsidiary of Uber

Allocates 1.5 tons of cargo quota for Faisalabad-Karachi flights

They see no significant increase in yield, cut in production cost

Decline comes on back of rupee weakness which dented company margins

World Bank notes that rupee-dollar exchange rate should be based on market system

Prime Minister Imran Khan would shortly visit Balochistan to make a big announcement for the province

Revises projection due to slowdown in agricultural growth, stabilisation measures

Country needs one more gas terminal in view of growing demand

Finance minister says bailout deal likely at the end of IMF’s staff-level mission

Group’s delegation arrives in Islamabad to conduct last on-site mutual evaluation

Imran proposes interim setup in Afghanistan

Benchmark index decreases 403.21 points to settle at 38,128.66

Concerns about potential US recession emerge after remarks by Federal Reserve

Much-needed inflows will help Islamabad make international payments

Expects United Kingdom to leave the European Union without a deal on 12 April

India can carry out terrorist attack in Pakistan before next month's elections: PM tells journalists

In recent years, it has infested sugarcane, cotton, vegetable and other crops