Industrial sector grows at 5.8pc
ISLAMABAD : The industrial sector of the country is projected to grow at 5.8 percent during the current fiscal year 2017-18 against the growth of 5.43 percent in 2016-17...
Talks to meet economic challenges under way: FPCCI
HYDERABAD: President Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FPCCI), Zubair F. Tufail has informed that the government has started consultation with the business community to meet the...
FPCCI Hosts Ambassador Farhadov Traders for Textiles, Edibles & IT Exports to Azerbaijan
Karachi (PR): On Behalf of business and trading community, Mian Nasser Hyatt Maggo, President FPCCI, has appreciated the detailed presentation by H.E. Khazar Farhadov, Ambassador of Azerbaijan in Pakistan,...
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...
At a forgotten Pakistan’ Gwadar port, China paves a new Silk Road
GWADAR: Remote and impoverished, Pakistan´s Gwadar port at first glance seems an unlikely crown jewel in a multi-billion-dollar development project with China aimed at constructing a 21st century Silk...
Textile exports surge 7.77 pc in 9 months
ISLAMABAD (APP): The textile group exports from the country increased by 7.77 percent during the first three quarters of current fiscal year as against the exports of the corresponding...
FBR faces Rs47b shortfall in July-October
ISLAMABAD - The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has faced tax collection shortfall of Rs47 billion during first four months (July-October) of the current financial year.
The FBR has provisionally...
FPCCI chief vows to focus on resolving key issues of businessmen
ISLAMABAD (NNI): Ghazanfar Bilour, newly elected president of Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry, has vowed that he would work hard to resolve the key issues of...
Imports up 0.56pc(Jul-Sept exports down 0.94pc YoY)
ISLAMABAD: The country’s exports during July-September 2020 as compared with the same period of the last year have witnessed a decline of 0.94 percent, ie, from $5.51 billon to...
Cotton prices hit season’s high
KARACHI: Cotton prices hit season’s high as buyers remained in forefront on the local market on Wednesday, dealers said.
The official spot rate was higher by Rs 50 to Rs...