Let’s protect our mangroves Rapid and reckless urbanization around Karachi, alongside industrial developments, led to a significant loss of... Published 01 Feb, 2025 06:30am
Business & Finance Govt striving to achieve cuts in energy cost: PM ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif emphasized that the government is diligently striving to achieve... Updated 28 Jan, 2025 09:01am
Opinion Energy crisis, industrial collapse Pakistan’s industry is teetering on the brink of collapse, with policies that are actively dismantling it. Chief... Published 20 Jan, 2025 05:31am
BR Research Winter incentive package: A cold start The government’s winter incentive demand package has landed with a whimper. The plan to incentivize incremental... Published 10 Jan, 2025 07:43am
Business & Finance ICMA releases roadmap to revitalise industrial sector LAHORE: The Institute of Certified Management Accountants (ICMA) has released a comprehensive roadmap to revitalize... Published 09 Jan, 2025 06:19am
Markets Reforms in energy sector inevitable: Power consumers paying high tariffs as compared to regional countries ISLAMABAD: Chairman Economic Policy and Business Development and former caretaker minister Gohar Ejaz has said that... Updated 02 Jan, 2025 08:07am
Business & Finance China November industrial output rises 5.4%, above expectations BEIJING: China’s industrial output rose 5.4% from a year earlier in November, quickening from October’s 5.3% growth,... Published 16 Dec, 2024 11:25am
Print Business community leaders urge SBP to cut interest rate by 5pc KARACHI: Business community leaders, including S.M. Tanveer, Zubair Tufail, Faisal Moiz Khan, Mazhar Nisar, Haji... Updated 16 Dec, 2024 09:33am
Print Captive power plants: Govt talking with IMF, others to avoid closure ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Petroleum Musadik Malik said the government is having negotiations with the... Updated 14 Dec, 2024 11:34am
Markets Winter demand initiative: Not more than Rs2.5/unit saving even with 40pc rise in consumption LAHORE: The industrial consumers have apprehended that the maximum saving would not exceed Rs2.5 per unit even with ... Published 13 Dec, 2024 06:29am
Business & Finance 2nd ‘Mera Brand Pakistan’ fair on Jan 18-19 KARACHI: Second “Mera Brand Pakistan” exhibition is scheduled to take place on January 18-19, 2025, at the... Published 13 Dec, 2024 06:29am
Business & Finance Sindh CM meets businessmen: Promoting industrial growth should be primary objective LAHORE: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah emphasized that promoting industrial growth should be a primary... Published 11 Dec, 2024 06:45am
Opinion Falling industrial production The statistics on the Quantum Index of Manufacturing (QIM) has been released recently for the first quarter of... Updated 03 Dec, 2024 06:30am
Print Transforming economic landscape: Govt going to unveil ‘home- grown plan’: PM ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said that the government is going to unveil a “home grown plan”... Updated 29 Nov, 2024 09:29am
Business & Finance Industrial, agri sectors: Tanveer highlights importance of expanding ties with Belarus ISLAMABAD: Minister for Industries and Production Rana Tanveer Hussian, here on Monday, highlighted the importance ... Published 26 Nov, 2024 05:49am
Business & Finance Sindh: massive investment expected in next few years KARACHI: With improved and business-friendly policies, the Sindh government is expecting massive investment in the... Published 16 Oct, 2024 08:01am
Print Reducing power tariff top priority: Awais ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Energy, Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari, said on Sunday that the government is... Updated 07 Oct, 2024 03:07pm
Print APTMA, minister discuss issues facing textile industry ISLAMABAD: A high-level delegation from the All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) on Tuesday held a meeting... Updated 02 Oct, 2024 09:32am
Business & Finance ‘Govt should devise strategy to accelerate industrial pace’ FAISALABAD: “The rising cost of doing business over the last several years has stalled fresh investment in the... Published 30 Sep, 2024 07:06am
Business & Finance Minister calls for JVs in industrial, agri sectors with Belarus ISLAMABAD: Minister for Commerce Jam Kamal has called for the establishment of joint ventures between Pakistan and... Published 25 Sep, 2024 06:48am
Opinion Two secrets to China’s rise Twelve years ago, I visited China as a participant in a Seminar on Press and Publication for Developing Countries,... Published 20 Sep, 2024 06:10am
Opinion Utter madness Pakistan’s economic management, particularly its treatment of export-oriented industries, is nothing short of... Published 19 Sep, 2024 06:37am
Business & Finance Windar tin plant: Closure termed a setback for Balochistan industry KARACHI: The recent closure of the Sidique Sons Tin Plant in Windar marks an unfortunate chapter in Balochistan’s... Updated 16 Sep, 2024 07:29am
Business & Finance Governor Sindh lauds IEEEP Fair for promoting int’l collaborations amid economic challenges KARACHI: Governor Sindh Kamran Khan Tessori has lauded exhibitions like IEEEP Fair for promoting international... Published 13 Sep, 2024 06:13am
Opinion Struggle for steel continues Steel is the basic building block of development. It was due to the influential import lobbies that Pakistan lagged... Published 05 Sep, 2024 06:19am
Business & Finance Rs25bn recoveries from trade groups: CPPA-G rejects changes to Nepra determinations ISLAMABAD: The Central Power Purchasing Agency–Guaranteed (CPPA-G) has opposed any change in determinations of NEPRA... Updated 04 Sep, 2024 08:49am
Print $7bn EFF Programme: Aurangzeb expects on-time IMF approval ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board’s approval of $7 billion Extended Fund Facility... Updated 04 Sep, 2024 09:16am
Print APTMA urges SBP’s MPC to cut interest rate by 400bps ISLAMABAD: All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has called upon the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to... Updated 03 Sep, 2024 09:01am
Business & Finance Higher taxation: BMP says govt has failed to pass on oil price decline to consumers LAHORE: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry’s Businessmen Panel has sought reduction in... Updated 02 Sep, 2024 09:12am
Print Cheap electricity to industries: Punjab examining proposals to lay direct transmission lines LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif here met with a delegation of Entrepreneurs Organisation to review... Updated 31 Aug, 2024 09:11am