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PSB official urges businessmen to organise sports events to attract foreign investment

Tourism dept wants to divert attention of visitors to places other than Gilgit, Skardu

Importers lament problems arising from DRAP’s licence condition

Asset manager BlackRock Inc and payments’ companies Square and PayPal have also recently backed cryptocurrencies

Some initiatives for disclosures have often misled investors

Body will highlight revenue leakages, suggest measures to boost tax collection

Increase comes on back of higher demand during the month

Envoy urges local entrepreneurs to explore investment opportunities in his country

Industry officials say policymakers should take cue from Dhaka’s auto policy

Decrease comes due to external debt repayments

LCCI officials say fall in crop production affecting economic chain

The rupee strengthened against the US dollar at Rs159.07 in the inter-bank market

CCP has imposed a penalty of Rs150 million on Reckitt Benckiser Pakistan Limited

German retailers are currently losing around 700 million euros ($849.17 million) every day stores stay closed

The Power Division noted that no right of the government would be affected

OPEC lowers demand forecast; IEA says market remains oversupplied

It opens new avenue for banks to improve earnings, cut costs

Benchmark KSE-100 index drops 30.48 points to settle at 46,644.29

Increase comes on back of monthly fuel cost adjustment for December 2020

New gas price will apply to consumers in Punjab and K-P

New policy will help attract FDI through holding companies of fintechs, startups

Solid waste will be used to generate electricity in environmentally friendly manner

Partnership will help country to participate in global, regional supply chains

Most businesses, individuals opted to save money amid Covid outbreak

Authorities are working to resume fixed-line broadband services in region

The rupee strengthened against the US dollar at Rs159.31 in the inter-bank market

Decrease comes due to external debt repayments

IEA says global oil supply is still outstripping demand over Covid-19 lockdowns and spread of virus variants

Benchmark index drops 588.77 points to settle at 46,055.52

Brent crude has risen for nine sessions in a row, its longest sustained period of gains since Jan 2019

The rupee strengthened against the US dollar at Rs159.34 in the inter-bank market

Chinese waste recycling model getting support

Move will allow firms to raise convertible debt from abroad

Decision will help fetch better price for 18.4% govt stake in company

Survey reveals many enterprises were facing cash flow, raw material shortage

Company had posted a loss of Rs954.9m in 2019

SAPM informs ADB about progress on reforms in petroleum sector

Benchmark index sheds 47.10 points to settle at 46,674.77

Saudi Arabia is curbing supply in February and March prompting forecasts of supply deficit this year

The rupee strengthened against the US dollar at Rs159.56 in the inter-bank market

Capacity allocation to encourage investment, provide level playing field to LNG terminals

Says economic policies should not be changed on political grounds

Recommends one project worth Rs43.3b to ECNEC for review

Growers concerned as crop harvest to begin in two weeks

Increase comes on back of rising imports to support industrial, agricultural activities

AJK president cites industry, agriculture, hospitality as potential areas for investment

Ministry of Commerce to reduce tariff on raw material to steer economic growth in the country

Directs district administrations to monitor prices of chicken, edible oil

Announcement helped push cryptocurrency to all-time high

Will establish Land Asset Management Authority to recover 1,200 acres of CAA, Pak Railways