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Fertiliser or bomb?: Fatima Group says its product within accepted standards
Sole manufacturer of calcium ammonium nitrate changing bag and seed colour on US directive to increase traceability.
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PQA chief swamped with complaints
Businessmen unhappy with administrative and security issues.
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Embezzlement of Rs700m: SECP held responsible for negligence
Natover Lease owner transferred depositors’ funds into personal accounts.
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Sales tax: Builders call for withdrawal
Claim that imposition of levy is illegal since it’s not a service-based industry.
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Wind project: Korean firm to set up 200MW power plant
Koso president in Pakistan, pursuing Memorandum of Understanding signed with Sindh back in May.
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FBR collects Rs206m from new taxpayers
About 64,000 people brought into tax net.
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Nokia sees Pakistan becoming a high-growth market
Foreign, local entrepreneurs discuss business models for success.
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High demand: Engro Foods to invest in ice cream distribution channel
Local conglomerate’s subsidiary facing difficulties in supply chain.
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Was that MBA worth it?
Shell official says that the degree is not mandatory for top managerial slots.
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Shrinking job market, inflation irk consumers
Informal survey reveals these can lead to social unrest.
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Market Watch: Bourse rises marginally amid dismal volumes
KSE’s benchmark 100-share index gains 23 points.
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Setting a benchmark: Govt to penalise gas-run power plants for inefficiency
Audit of independent and captive power producers begins.
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Tribune Take: Fertilizers don't kill people, people kill people
Khurram Baig discusses conditions laid out by US lawmakers to curtail the flow of ammonium nitrate into Afghanistan.
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3-day gas suspension: OGRA let off the hook by court
ECC took the decision on its own, told Ogra to implement gas load management plan, Muzaffar tells LHC.
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Intel alliance will let chips chat at close range
It will enable US chip colossus to make processors that let mobile gadgets act as wallets, tickets, car finders.
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Uzbekistan: Much to import, much more to export
“Pakistan has over USD $40 million of trade with Uzbekistan, hopes to increase in future," Ambassador Waheed-ul-Hasan.
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Oil consumption rises 11% in November
Gas shortage increases reliance on expensive furnace oil, petrol.
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NA body defers approval of Securities Act 2010
Absence of bills keeps stock market at risk: SECP.
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Remittances increase 18% in five months
Overseas Pakistanis sent home $5.2 billion against $4.4 billion last year.
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Sugar mills seek permission for export
PSMA ex-chief says export to stabilise sugarcane prices.
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Takeover rules: Regulator finalising amendments
Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan completed consultations over company takeover regulations of 2008.
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Pakistan State Oil cancels jet fuel tender
The company had been seeking 25,000 tons for delivery in January.
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Market Watch: Bourse drops to 11-week low on panic selling
KSE’s benchmark 100-share index plummets 199 points.
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A step ahead: Ufone restores Facebook and Twitter apps for BlackBerry
Telecom company develops filtering solution not yet present with BlackBerry manufacturer RIM.
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‘Failure to rationalise tariffs threat to fiscal balance’
Controlling the budget deficit is the biggest challenge.
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Affordable power: LNG imports a risk to energy security says OGRA
Regulator for utilising coal, proposes committee for considering LNG projects.
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Pak Steel restructuring: PM asks stakeholders to review plans
Meeting updated on measures taken to achieve financial rehabilitation.
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Pak-Turkey: Preferential trade deal to be signed next year
Move to help achieve $2b two-way trade target set by the Turkish premier.
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PAC slams Sindh Energy Board for buying vehicle
‘Jeep bought to monitor activities in rough terrain’.
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Consensus: Industrialists, water board resolve tariff dispute
Representatives of seven town associations of the city agreed to pay Rs145 for every thousand gallons of water.
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Legal notice: Business community vows to strike back
‘KESC made a mistake by sending the defamation notice’.
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8th NFC Award: Sindh govt opposes agenda of first meeting
Decides to register protest with the federal govt on GST.
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Automobile sales accelerate 19%
Honda, Indus Motor sales plummet in November as supply from Thailand slows.
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Market Watch : Stocks crawl up 13 points in volatile session
Engro Corporation falls to 33-month low.
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Falling cotton prices: NA committee asks govt to intervene
Parliamentarians say TCP should procure 1m bales.
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Spiralling cost: PM reconstitutes Neelum-Jhelum project board
Cost issue referred to finance ministry as foreign banks hold back.
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Sugar procurement: ECC fails to take a decision, yet again
Top economic decision making body finally approves urea import of 200,000 tons.
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Textile millers plan protests to save industry
Oppose gas outages, demand supply for four days a week.
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Gas Supply Suspension: OGRA asked to file reply today
Petitioner contends that the three-day CNG loadshedding is unconstitutional.
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PSO gets new chief
Yahya faces tough task in face of unending inter-corporate debt.
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Analysis: Politicking, at the cost of economy
As the country's economy sinks, government and its critics cite selective indicators to argue their case.
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Swap arrangement: Azerbaijan offers power export to Pakistan
Project could be halted in the face of US pressure, officials fear.
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The week in focus
After electricity shortages in the summer, focus has shifted to gas shortfall in the face of rising demand in winter.
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Talking business
State Bank discovered that the economy might not be poised for a non inflationary recovery after all.
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Pakistan’s phony growth: Failure of the current financial model
The EU crisis should be taken as a warning.
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Kosher money: Islamic micro finance fails to take centre stage
There is huge untapped potential in the Pakistani market.
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Bubble bursts: Farmhouse development sector takes a nosedive
With legal, security and economic issues ballooning, the industry has stagnated.
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Acknowledgement: PTCL chief executive officer honoured
PTCL CEO Walid Irshaid given honorary shield by Ahmed Nasir Alzaabi, representative of UAE Ministry of Foreign Trade.
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Assistance: Industrialists to supply fly ash for dam construction
Project consultants discussed a number of technical issues with LCCI officials.
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Cabinet body to discuss circular debt tomorrow
Gilani briefed about country’s electricity situation.
















































