Businessmen want KBD part of budget
LAHORE - Kalabagh Dam should not be ignored in the Federal Budget 2018-19 at any cost due to water scarcity in the country.
The businessmen said that opponents of Kalabagh...
Low quality crop output: Traders to import 1.2m cotton bales
KARACHI: Pakistani traders have finalized deals for the import of over one million cotton bales due to lower quality crop output.
Although, initial crop estimates suggest that the cotton crop...
Pakistan, Uzbekistan agree to remove trade barriers
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan and Uzbekistan agreed to make all-out efforts for removing impediments hampering bilateral trade including lack of direct cargo links, safe and direct land route, removal of...
RD will encourage smuggling of chemicals, tyres: BMP
Lahore: The Businessmen Panel (BMP) of FPCCI has criticized the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) for imposing 10 to over 50 percent Regulatory Duty (RD) on import of various...
Activities of Karachi Port and Port Qasim
KARACHI: The Karachi Port handled 118,946 tonnes of cargo comprising 108,149 tonnes of import cargo and 10,797 tonnes of export cargo including 4,672 loaded and empty containers during the...
`Logistics industry must prepare for CPEC challenges`
KARACHI: Port Qasim Authority (PQA) Chairman Agha Jan Akhtar has said that the government is simultaneously working on a number of mega projects for enhancing the capacity of logistics...
Aptma rejects cut in gas supply to industry
LAHORE - The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Aptma) Punjab Chairman Syed Ali Ahsan has rejected the unilateral and sudden reduction in system gas supply by the SNGPL.
The SNGPL...
PIAF-Founder Alliance sweeps LCCI corporate class polls
LAHORE - The PIAF-Founder alliance has swept the first phase of Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (LCCI) election as its all candidates of corporate class seats have been...
Govt leaves new trade policy for next setup
ISLAMABAD - The incumbent government has decided not to announce the new five years trade policy and leave the matter for the next government.
The Strategic Trade Policy 2016-18 would expire...
APTPMA opposes cut in customs duty on ‘textile items’
FAISALABAD: All Pakistan Textile Processing Mills Association (APTPMA) has strongly opposed the request to the Ministry of Commerce, to reduce the Customs Duty on “Textile Items” mentioned in the...