Business Recorder is Pakistan's premier, national, financial, daily newspaper, serving mainly the interests of trade and industry. Apart from the Web Edition, it has three Print Editions -- Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad. Business Recorder Online is a FREE service for those engaged in, planning to engage in, or interested in trade and industry, with special emphasis on Pakistan.

Business Recorder first appeared in print on 27 April 1965. It has been on the World Wide Web since 1st May 1997.

Business Recorder is open to all. Anybody, anywhere in the world, can use Business Recorder. There are no restrictions. However, please read our Disclaimer and Terms of Use to understand the stipulated relationship between Business Recorder and its viewers.

No. Business Recorder is a FREE service

It being our mission to serve our viewers as best as we can, we want to know our readers to be able to tailor our services and offerings in accordance with their profiles and preferences. The only way to know our viewers' profile and preferences is through registration.

We pursue a strict Privacy Policy and guarantee that all information that you may provide at the time of registration or any time later, including your email address, will never be shared, leased, sold or made available to any third party.

To log-in, enter your email address and password in the PLEASE LOG-IN box in the panel toward your left and click Log-in.

Enter your email in the FORGOT PASSWORD box in the panel toward your left and press PLEASE CLICK HERE. Your password will be sent to your email address immediately. Retrieve your password from your mailbox and log-in.

Click To Register in the NEW USER panel toward your left, choose your password, fill your profile, and submit. You will be registered and allowed to enter.

Business Recorder on the Web mainly reproduces content that appears in our Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad print editions. Additional content is also available.

Yes. Business Recorder content is laid out broadly under nine sections: (i) Top Stories, (ii) General News, (iii) Business & Economy, (iv) Stocks & Bonds, (v) Op-Ed & Supplements, (vi) Rates & Schedules, (vii) Budgets & SROs, (viii) Statistics, and (ix) Documents. When you first log-in, it is the Top Stories that appear.

Links to all Business Recorder content sections are given right on top of every page. To enter any section, just click on the required section's link on the top of the page.

Yes and no. The Top Stories section has no sub-section. Other sections may or may not have sub-sections. The links to these sub-sections are given below each section's title. For example, the General News section has two sub-sections: (i) Pakistan and (ii) World. To enter any sub-section, click on the required sub-section's link.

The section you may be in is always mentioned on the top as the Page Header. The sub-section you might be in is mentioned just below the Page Header in green color.

There may be any number of stories in each sub-section. The actual number is displayed below the section title on the top of the page. Each page displays only 10 item summaries. To read the next 10 available stories, click on the next page number or the "Next" link.

When you take your mouse over any summary, it gets highlighted and your mouse pointer changes. To read the full story, click anywhere on the highlighted summary box.

On the Full Story Pages, the section title is preceded by a back arrow on the top of each page. Click the section title or the back arrow to return to the summaries page.

To access navigation help for the STOCKS & BONDS section, please click the HELP icon there.

Yes. To read them, please open the PLEASE SEE box on the panel toward your left, and then click 'Reader Comments' there.

Yes. To send us your comments and suggestions, click 'Post Your Comments' on the 'Reader Comments' page, fill the form there and submit. Your comments will be displayed on the Business Recorder website within 24 hours.

Open the PLEASE SEE box on the panel toward your left and Click on 'Advertise Here'. The Advertising Tariff, Viewer Profile and availability of advertising slots and Order Form are all given in this section.

Open the PLEASE SEE box on the panel toward your left and Click on 'Advertise in Print'. The Advertising Tariff, Order Form and other details are all given in this section.

Open the PLEASE SEE box on the panel toward your left and Click on 'Home Delivery' and enter Business Recorder: Email Service. Fill and submit the form given there to start receiving Business Recorder Headlines and Summaries in your mailbox. This service is free and you can opt out of this service any time you want.

Open the PLEASE SEE box on the panel toward your left and Click on 'Home Delivery' and enter Business Recorder: Home Delivery Service. Fill and submit the form given there. Delivery will be arranged through your local newspaper vendor/hawker. There are three Print Editions of Business Recorder -- Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore. The edition nearest to your city will be sent to you. Your local newspaper vendor/hawker will bill you for the service and collect from you the newsstand price on a monthly basis.

Open the PLEASE SEE box on the panel toward your left and Click on 'Home Delivery' and enter Business Recorder: Air Mail Subscriptions. Fill and submit the form given there and send the applicable subscription fee by Bank Wire Transfer or Bank Draft or Bank Pay Order. Daily mailings of Business Recorder (Print Edition) copies will start as soon as your payment is received by our bank in Karachi.

Yes, we have sister web sites.

It being our mission to serve you as best as we can, new services development is an ongoing process at our end. Sites likely to be launched within three months are announced in our COMING SOON section.

All our web and software design, development and maintenance work is done by e-dynamics.

We receive many such queries. Rather than serve as a post-office for e-dynamics, we have placed an email link to e-dynamics in the CONTACT US section. Write to e-dynamics directly giving them the URL of your web site and the features you would like to introduce. They usually respond to all queries within three business days.

Yes. e-dynamics undertake web and software design, development and maintenance work for selected clients. Let us warn you, though, they do not rush in to capture any assignment. They commit themselves only if they have the time and resources available to undertake and fulfil the assignment within the stipulated time frame. If you have anything in mind, write to them directly using the form provided in the 'Contact Us' section. They usually respond to all queries within three business days.