Export-oriented sectors: MoC advocates concessional power tariff Says key industrial export sectors of Pakistan struggling to recover and gain lost share in global markets Updated 03 Jun, 2024 09:35am
Print Negative list: FBR excludes many items ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has excluded a number of items from the negative list and allowed... Updated 16 Jan, 2024 09:41am
Print Export sectors: SBP asked to review limits under EFS facilities Members emphasise that export oriented sector requires at least medium-term predictability on key indicators such as energy costs, exchange rates and borrowing costs Updated 06 Jan, 2024 09:51pm
Print Exporters likely to get DLTL worth Rs37.306bn Caretaker Federal Minister for Commerce and Industries Dr Gohar Ejaz chairs a review meeting Updated 28 Dec, 2023 10:13am
Markets Higher tariffs cause power consumption decline: APTMA ISLAMABAD: Electricity consumption of textile sector in the jurisdictions of Lahore Electric Supply Company (Lesco)... Updated 13 Dec, 2023 09:48am
Opinion Wheeling charges: do or die On Tuesday 28th November, power regulator Nepra will hold a public hearing on the Discos’ petitions to determine a... Published 27 Nov, 2023 06:13am
Business & Finance Empowerment of women linked to economic uplift LAHORE: A conference organized by the United Business Group Women Wing was held at a local hotel, with Provincial... Published 25 Nov, 2023 05:19am
Print PHMA demands application of single law to Sindh industries KARACHI: Pakistan Hosiery Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PHMA) on Monday demanded clipping multiple... Updated 03 Oct, 2023 09:12am
Print SBP’s TERF during PTI govt’s tenure: PAC to examine list of 620 borrowers in camera ISLAMABAD: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in an in-camera meeting will examine the list of 620 individuals/... Updated 06 Jul, 2023 08:36am
Business & Finance Governor lauds services of business community KARACHI Governor Sindh Kamran Tessori has said that traders, industrialists and exporters are the capital of our... Published 28 Jun, 2023 06:31am
Business & Finance KATI chief for special incentives to enhance exports KARACHI: Faraz-ur-Rehman, President of the Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI), has urged the ... Published 22 Jun, 2023 05:45am
Business & Finance KCCI demands govt continue RCET for five export sectors KARACHI: The Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI), in its comprehensive document highlighting anomalies... Published 21 Jun, 2023 05:21am
Print COAS puts his weight behind economic plan Plan envisages capitalising Pakistan’s untapped potential in key sectors of defence, agricultural/livestock, minerals/mining, IT and energy Updated 21 Jun, 2023 09:01am
Opinion This is a time of deep introspection Pakistan is spiraling into abject poverty and is slipping further into the abyss. The World Bank (WB) reports that... Published 14 Jun, 2023 06:21am
Business & Finance APTMA’s North Zone sends out an SOS LAHORE: Chairman All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) North Zone Hamid Zaman has feared massive closures... Published 13 Jun, 2023 06:00am
Opinion Income inequality: export-led growth only solution Pakistan is currently in difficult circumstances, grappling with deindustrialization and widespread unemployment. ... Published 18 May, 2023 06:10am
Print Rs80bn gas subsidy to five export sectors ends ISLAMABAD: The federal government has ended the Rs 80-billion subsidy on gas to five export sectors for FY... Updated 30 Apr, 2023 04:51pm
Business & Finance Incremental power consumption: ZRI ‘categories’ may be allowed to benefit from plan: APTMA urges PD ISLAMABAD: All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has requested Power Division (PD) to allow Zero Rated... Published 01 Apr, 2023 07:19am
Print Withdrawal of export power subsidy: Treasury MPs come down hard on govt ISLAMABAD: The treasury lawmakers in the National Assembly Thursday came down hard on the government for withdrawing... Updated 31 Mar, 2023 08:53am
Business & Finance Export industry: APTMA demands uniform gas tariff KARACHI: All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has urged the federal government for a level playing field... Updated 21 Feb, 2023 08:54am
Editorials Timing of needed decisions critical EDITORIAL: The PML-N (Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz), occupying nearly all economic-related ministries, barring... Published 30 Nov, 2022 05:53am
Print Rs133bn for export sectors, Rs264.6m to deal with PTI long march: Unfunded expenditure pledged, but not spent as yet ISLAMABAD: Two unfunded proposals that have been approved by the Economic Coordination Committee and ratified by the... Updated 26 Oct, 2022 09:32am
Business & Finance NPO to develop ‘National Productivity Master Plan’ ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Industries and Production Syed Murtaza Mahmud has said that the government is fully... Published 06 Oct, 2022 05:59am
Print Power supply to export sectors at low rates: More funding contingent on IMF’s consent, ECC told Energy Ministry seeks views of Finance Division on proposal for providing electricity at 9 cents per kWh Updated 27 Jul, 2022 09:50am
KSE-100 closes above 97,000 for the first time as investors dismiss political noise, index gains 1,782 points