Textile, clothing exports grow 7pc
ISLAMABAD: Exports of textile and clothing recorded a growth of over seven per cent year-on-year in July-October, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported on Tuesday.
The increase was mainly...
LCCI opposes cancellation of vacant SIE plots
LAHORE - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) has opposed the cancellation drive of vacant plots of Sundar Industrial Estate (SIE), saying that this initiative has been...
LCCI for extension in returns filing date
LAHORE - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) has urged the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to extend the date for filing of income tax returns till...
Industry upbeat on govt support through regulatory duty
KARACHI (Staff Reporter): The recent tariff measures and removal of anomalies by the federal government should result in supporting growth of large scale manufacturing (LSM) in Pakistan thus giving...
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,...
Audit and reconciliation: WeBOC system to collect transactions records of taxpayers online
KARACHI: The WeBOC system will be able to collect transactions records of the taxpayers online for audit and reconciliation after the launch of e-payment system, likely to be operational...
No change witnessed on cotton market
KARACHI: Persistent demand helped the rates to sustain overnight levels on the cotton market on Wednesday in the process of trading, dealers said.
The official spot rate was unchanged at...
Businessmen asked to focus on improving quality of products
ISLAMABAD - Minister of Planning Development and Reforms and Interior Ahsan Iqbal on Friday called upon the business community to focus on improving quality of their products to make them...
Textile exporters stress value-addition
LAHORE: Pakistan Textile Exporters Association has termed their switching focus towards value-addition in textile industry a need of the hour, in view of the sustainable growth that hinges upon...
Austrian team visits FPCCI
LAHORE - An Austrian business delegation visited Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Regional Office Lahore on Monday.
Bruno Mellacher, Leonhard Lucki, Rudolf Edlinger and Saleem Shamshi from...