Business

Finance ministry confirms negotiations to begin in first week of November

The ruling is believed to be the first against the manufacturers

Forex association chief says outlook for the currency remains positive

Benchmark index increases 4.13% to settle at 39,271.12

Recent developments by NAB have increased public's trust in institutions

Rupee stands at 133.7/133.9 against the dollar

The director said the department had proposed training for 150,000 youth under the fifth phase

City’s Tellhow Group will continue to work with Pakistani enterprises

Rise comes due to significantly higher income from other than core business

Says this will halt the trend of rural-to-urban migration

This way Pakistan will be able to avoid IMF dictates, says businessman

New avenues of cooperation discussed

Slump comes mainly due to massive rupee depreciation, higher taxes

Faysal Bank guarantees its commitment to business entities

Govt addresses concerns of equity investors recently in order to remove uncertainty

Imran showcases govt’s efforts at structural reforms to end corruption

Agrees to issue certificate of sovereign guarantee to pave the way for jets sale

Says exports, remittances will increase and imports, deficit will come down

It covers implementation status of the corridor and its future prospects

Riyadh agrees to provide $3 billion and as much in oil on deferred payment

Companies from China and Russia have shown little interest in withdrawing from the event

Benchmark index decreases 630.52 points to settle at 37,714.90

Many Western companies, politicians stay away after recent killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi

Despite having open knowledge of a handful of money transfer agents, the enforcement remains non-existent

Seeks investment in energy, city designing, heavy engineering projects

Minister says it is supporting farming community through use of mobile-wallets

It was due to a 10% growth in net sales as demand jumped to 0.76 million tons of cement

Rupee stands against dollar at Rs133.7

China’s market is the world’s largest destination for agricultural products

It will provide co-financing support to three ADB-financed projects in Kiribati, Pakistan and Tonga

Central bank revises up previous fiscal year’s current account gap by $1b

These include commercial loan of $170m from a consortium led by Credit Suisse

Power Division fails to come up with plan for loss reduction, improved governance

Also urges measures to curb power theft, line losses

PM approves measures to encourage overseas Pakistanis

Minister says former govt misled people about acquisition of land for project

Benchmark index decreases 84.85 points to settle at 38,345.42

Urges businessmen to participate in boosting tax culture

After that, they will begin commercial operations

Over a year ago, the ride-hailing companies had agreed to get their services registered, but to no avail

Pakistan requires competitive export industry by diversifying beyond rice, leather and cotton products

It meets minimum capital requirement for continuing operations

Country should devise new governance framework to improve people’s lives

Though tremendous progress has been made in effort to end poverty, last leg of the journey will be the toughest

Capital inflows in form of export receipts are less than outflows in shape of import payments

The project is a mega gas pipeline project in Hangu, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P)

Brussels demands Italy slash spending, public deficit to pare down debt pile

Yili Group of China has expressed interest in acquiring up to 51% shares in Fauji Foods

Without this, he says, national security cannot be achieved

Qureshi joined Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) Pakistan in February 2017