UK firms announce £100m investments in Pakistan
LONDON/ISLAMABAD - UK and Pakistan trade ministers welcomed almost £100 million of new British business investment into Pakistan on Thursday. UK Trade Minister Greg Hands and Minister of Commerce,...
FBR seeks tax proposals for upcoming budget
ISLAMABAD - The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has sought proposals from all the stakeholders for upcoming budget 2018-19, urging that the suggestions must reach the board by January...
Latin America Food Additives Market
The Latin America Food Additives market has been estimated at USD 4.05 Billion in 2016 and is projected to reach USD 5.55 Billion by 2021, at a CAGR of...
FBR likely to support super tax continuation
ISLAMABAD - The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) would likely to recommend the government to continue with the super tax for next fiscal year -a tax imposed for the...
Trade deficit surges 19.5pc in September
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan`s trade deficit widened by 19.49 per cent to $2.391 billion in September, compared to $2.001bn during the same month last year, data released by the Pakistan Bureau...
Punjab APTMA seeks announcement of new textile policy
LAHORE: The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) Punjab Chairman Abdul Rahim Nasir has urged the government to announce the new textile policy forthwith to attract new investment to...
Textile, clothing exports grow 8pc
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan`s exports of textile and clothing products posted nearly eight per cent growth year-on-year to $3.25 billion in the first quarter of 2017-18, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics...
Export industries need better technology to acquire global competence
LAHORE: Industrial growth without exports have not served Pakistan well as industrialisation in the country is based on domestic consumption, and many exporting industries in fact have closed down...
PCDMA elects office-bearers
KARACHI: Mirza Nadeem Baig elected un-opposed Chairman and Mubasher Umer Vice Chairman of Pakistan Chemicals & Dyes Merchants’ Association (PCDMA) for the Year 2020-21, While Mrs Shirin M Arif...
Ease of doing business
According to the World Bank’s latest rating on ease of doing business Pakistan’s position further declined three places to 147 amongst 190 countries. Based on its recent narrative precedence,...