Business

Allows increase on account of fuel adjustment for July

Expresses disbelief over lack of progress

Wants solutions to issue of circular debt before providing relief and bailouts

Rises 10% to 13,751 gigawatt hours with addition coming from new plants

MoU and landing party agreement inked during 4th Asia-Pacific Submarine Networks Forum

Benchmark index decreases 0.69% to settle at 42,249.44

This cooperation may include exchange of experience and participation in establishment of oil and gas installations

Cotton crop in Sindh had remained water stressed due to below average rainfall in agricultural areas

SBP has maintained that the slide in the rupee’s value is due to supply and demand dynamics of foreign exchange

Private-sector investor seeks billions in damages due to closure of production units

State-run company facing financial trouble due to high receivables

Price revision is aimed at bailing out gas utilities which face financial default

He is co-accused in a supplementary money-laundering case

Vice president for South Asia region meets finance minister Asad Umar, discusses strategies

Becomes fifth chief of tax body in five years

Capital expenditure meant to increase production capacity to 76,000 units

Benchmark index decreases 0.47% to settle at 42,544.47

Under the deal, some 500 Starbucks employees in the United States and Europe will join Nestle

Terms the increased tariff ‘unjustified'

'In 2018, the figure jumped to Rs2 billion and it is further expected to increase in the coming years'

SBP has maintained that the slide in the rupee’s value is due to supply and demand dynamics of foreign exchange

Benchmark index increases 0.37% to settle at 42,745.78

Three SEZs have become operational and started production while the remaining six would be rationalised by June, 2019

LCCI says Pakistan cannot afford to ignore strategic assets

Wheat crop expected to bear brunt of shortage

SIE president says government can replace heads of these companies with experts

Plans to generate money from its under-utilised and ‘dead’ assets

Only 6% SMEs avail bank loans, says SBP official

Official says govt should formulate separate policies
for sub-sectors
of industry

Amounts to Rs3.43b compared with Rs2.61b in FY17

Amount insufficient to meet country’s growing
external sector requirements

PM gives task force two weeks to recommend measures

Benchmark index increases 0.37% to settle at 42,745.78

Tariff, non-tariff barriers constitute serious obstacle to Pakistan’s market access

Despite inclusion in MSCI EM, unprecedented foreign selling being witnessed

Country may face more cases in global court as new govt plans to examine CPEC contracts

It must expand optic fibre, provide more radio spectrum, promote freelancing

Subsidies won’t work; domestic economy needs high priority and thorough assessment of tariff regime

Analysts see him continuing along the same economic path now that he has climbed into the prime minister’s chair

Musk surprised markets on August 7 by announcing on Twitter he wanted to take Tesla private at $420 a share

Britain says it is open for business as it prepares to leave EU

Negotiators from both sides will hold talks to revamp North American Free Trade Agreement

Beijing continuously argues that it was meeting its WTO obligations

Officials say focus needs to be on value-addition

Lending yield on outstanding loans surges to 18-month high

The sacrifice of giving up First Class travel only to opt for rigours of Business Class is nothing

FBR allows office to re-open after bank guarantee

Expansionary fiscal policy, poor performance of tax body put country into a deeper debt trap

Minister invites investors as state-owned entity begins journey to profitability

'Pakistan’s green cover has reached alarmingly low levels, falling below 2%'