Business

The sector surpassed last year’s growth of 2.07% with next-year’s target set at 3.5%

Government says it could be looking at next ‘incarnation of stock market’

Installed generation capacity has gone beyond 29,000 megawatts

Also gives approval to unaudited accounts of first quarter of 2018

Reforms made under IMF programme have now been reversed; government doles out relief with elections around the corner

 ‘Report confirmed significant improvement compared with the situation prevailing five years ago’

Economy expands to $313b; per capita income increases to $1,640, income inequality also up

ECC extends financial close deadline for Chinese firm to December 1

‘Political instability in the region due to Syria and Yemen wars is another reason for decline in workforce export’

Figures reflect improving domestic security situation

Decrease for 19th successive week on account of debt servicing, official payments

Benchmark index decreases 257.47 points to close at 45,460.87

Pakistan registered a growth rate of 5.8% in 2017-18

Amounts to Rs3.37b in nine-month period of July-March

Dealers’ association convenes meeting, says rate will now be determined three times a day

The company has reported a loss on other income of Rs94 million

Committee chief says undue favours in merger deal has tainted SBP’s image

It was due to gain from sale of Hub Power’s stake to Mega Conglomerate

Cautions CPEC will turn into just transit route if Pakistan loses sight of the project’s bigger picture

Users of ride-hailing app recently fell victim to data breach

Demands right to impose excise duty on crude oil production to boost revenues

Some major projects of CPEC are almost near completion while there are problems in other schemes

Benchmark index decreases 158.36 points to close at 45,718.34

It was last up 4.4 per cent at $9,387.15 on the Bitstamp platform

Researchers from around the world took part in the ceremony

Sindh, K-P and Balochistan CMs say PML-N govt lacks mandate to present full year’s budget

Government will announce decisions to please voters, which would be short-lived

Women delegation on a 12 day visit to explore business opportunities

Since December, the rupee has cumulatively shed close to 9% of its value

Benchmark increases 1.11% to close at 45,876.7

Commerce minister says a lot still needs to be done for progress

Both countries have the potential to increase the trade volume, says textile association VP

Increase mainly led by surge in sales and other income

Company also announces raising equity through sale of right shares

Development comes as major boost to PML-N and its plans

One unit costs Rs600,000, says livestock and dairy development board official

The company’s revenue also declined by 6% from Rs1.25 billion to the current Rs1.18 billion

Will also look to bring down public debt to below 60% of GDP by 2023

Though the sector has made giant strides, there is still room for improvement

Govt’s budget announcement is key for several reasons including upcoming elections

Barring the first budget, the PML-N has sharpened its knife on stock market every year

Govt has taken various measure to promote the industry including announcing the auto policy in 2016

PML-N govt has gradually increased credit ceiling, provided heavy subsidies

They are seeking more concessions like cut in power tariff, removal of GIDC in the upcoming budget

The government may have improved indicators but very few targets were met during five-year tenure

As govt’s tenure draws to a close, the debt problem aggravates instead of getting better

Despite repeated vows, PML-N may not be able to end outages by the end of its term

Present govt increasingly focuses on imported LNG and coal in power production

In FY18 budget, tax rate had been cut that increased tobacco consumption

Regulatory body declines govt’s request to increase tariff