Business

Emphasises importance of transparency and efficiency

Positive macroeconomic and sector-specific news provided boost to the market

Country is short of more than 8m units, backlog growing fast due to low supplies

In postponing the power sector privatisation, the party is hoping to keep its supporters happy

IPR cites poor law and order, weak governance and skewed priorities

Prefer risk-free govt papers over extending credit to private sector

Petroleum ministry wants to continue provision of gas to the fertiliser plant

Benchmark KSE-100 index rises 412.64 points

Fesco’s privatisation plan may suffer a setback after the tariff reduction

Scheme welcomed, but loopholes to evade taxes exist

Agreements will be inked during PM Sharif’s visit to Colombo

MD says company will release results for FY13, 14 by mid-Jan

Increase in regulatory duty, 1% additional customs duty on imports reasons for surge

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority had demanded that the company give access to its BlackBerry Enterprise Services

The SBP received $500 million from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) during the week

More than $100 million were raised by start-ups operating in the country

FBR collects Rs770b during October-December, additional measures now unlikely

Analysts predict sales may hit an all-time high by the end of June 2016

Most farmers in the province cannot qualify for Rs5,000 subsidy

KSE ends its bull run, remains almost flat; still ends as among top three markets in Asia

PM to consider OGRA proposal today

Says it has remained stagnant for 15 years at 4 bcf per day

Meeting reviews progress on removing cap on province’s hydel income

Benchmark KSE-100 index rises 13.14 points

Country’s IT exports surpassed $2 billion, e-commerce market doubled to $60m

Government labels it among top priorities, but achieves little owing to several reasons

Companies are interested in large, medium and small ventures

Also gives green signal to scheme of shipping coal from Karachi to Punjab

Finance minister comes down hard on critics raising alarm over growing public debt

US Federal Reserve rang in the end to an era of ultra-cheap money by raising its key interest rates earlier this month

Benchmark KSE-100 index rises 137.85 points

Calls for increasing quota of skilled and unskilled workers

Amounts to Rs58b at end of September, up 3.4% from Rs56.1b at the end of June

Member planning says no SROs issued in ongoing fiscal year

Register decrease of 0.8% quarter-on-quarter

Water and power secretary says govt will extend benefit of falling crude prices.

Assure government of revival in exports, utilisation of idle capacity

Company’s new fields will be covered under the 2012 petroleum policy.

Minister rules out corruption, blames previous govt for delay in project

Domestic consumers, who use up to 300 units in a month, are not eligible for the refund

Wants to send surplus produce to neighbouring country

The Tadawul All-Shares Index (TASI) fell by 3.1 percent minutes after opening to 6,777.05 points

APTMA believes govt will accept many of the demands

LPG stations could only be set up on roads or highways having minimum width of 60 feet

Land acquisition process for the project has been finalised with a cost of Rs104 billion

They will meet at Ministry of National Food Security next week

Project is part of CPEC, will be completed at a cost of $1.5 billion.

Benchmark KSE-100 index rises 173.29 points

Gas utility reports Rs9.75 billion in losses during fiscal year 2013

Shrinks 53 basis points year-on-year at 5.29% in November