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Consignment, routed through Afghanistan, consists of herbal medicines

Funding will help improve resource management for educational, health services

Revenue board collects Rs3.78tr in 10 months due to increased reliance on sales tax

Production of up to 10,000 vehicles is hoped to start later this year in Beirut

Warn of tougher market ahead as investors try to determine future strategy

CEO laments visits of trade delegations to foreign countries suspended for past one year

Covid-induced surge in freelancing activities steers rise

Urges govt to formulate policy to increase industry’s share in global markets

State Department was investigating two oil shipments of refinery allegedly from Iran

Seeks enforcement of law binding govt to limit public debt to below 60% of GDP

Index falls 600 points as investors fear another round of nationwide lockdown

Poor struggling with technology adoption due to lack of skills, resource constraints

Some form of supervision of regulators is necessary but not by a ministry

Touted as backbone for economy, companies have added little value to their imports

ADB estimates $1.7tr a year is needed to bridge infrastructure gap in Asia

Fed study shows less than 200,000 businesses may have failed during first year of Covid-19

Classification system seeks to define durable economic activities and green finance

Farmers urge govt to focus on increasing export efficiency

Discuss difficulties being encountered while implementing reform interventions

Wheat, sugar, oil, gas remain major contributors to increase in March 2021

Rising cases of coronavirus infections, protests across country take toll on investor sentiment

Approval will provide relief of Rs26 billion to industry

Scheme was introduced to help businesses continue investment plans despite Covid-19

Move will free three LNG-based power plants from 66% guaranteed offtake

Digital currency increasingly attracts interest from big names on Wall Street

Rupee weakens against dollar

Sharp rise comes due to lockdown in March last year that restricted economic activity

Association laments sugar price has been fixed below production cost

Increase will help offset impact of poor cotton production in agriculture sector

Plans to lift output on expectations of growth rebound

Minister says survey being carried out to identify factors hampering progress

Govt should declare ‘education emergency’, substantially increase TVET budget

Rebound in exports, imports suggests economic conditions are improving

Policies needed to boost harvest, otherwise import bill will rise significantly

Civil servants will be unable to deliver until right man is put to right job

Rising Covid infections, developments on economic front limit gains

Around 262 PARC employees were terminated on grounds of illegal appointment

Official says it will turn Pakistani products uncompetitive in global market

Speakers lament no implementation of minimum wage law in Pakistan

Stocks battered as fears of lockdown and impact on economy intensify

Cabinet writes-off income tax on over $3b worth loans lent during past one year

Government had put release of funds on hold following investigation

Suggest setting up warehouses at borders to uplift trade with neighbouring countries

Contraction in current account deficit, stability in rupee also drive sentiments

Over 1,000 projects worth Rs355b have been registered under tax amnesty scheme

Speakers recommend establishing JVs, developing e-commerce

Lending to private sector improves amid partial revival in economic activities

PRGMEA calls for steps to promote industrialisation in its proposals for FY22

With a shortage of doctors, dentists and nurses, instead of increasing the health budget, the govt has only reduced it

CCOE report shows they sought to make additional gains at cost of exchequer