Stubbornness Of Milk Sellers Continues As Rs 10 Per Liter Increase Announced
Karachi: The dairy mafia in Karachi has become uncontrolable as they tried to impose increase in prices of milk by Rs 10 while Commissioner Karachi...
OGRA Jacks Up LPG Prices
ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Monday announced to hike the price of LPG by Rs 27 per kg. OGRA has issued notification of new price...
PSX Gains 467 Points
KARACHI: The KSE 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed bullish trend on Monday, gaining 476.77 points, with a positive change of 1.08 percent,...
Pakistan Rupee Continues To Plunge Against US Dollar
KARACHI: The Pakistani rupee continued to lose ground against the United States (US) dollar in the interbank currency market on Monday. According to the data...
NEPRA Approves Rs 6 Increase In Electricity Prices Under Fuel Adjustment Charges For January
Islamabad: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) on Monday approved a raise of Rs 5.94 per unit in electric prices under the fuel adjustment charges...
Govt Approves Strategic Trade Policy: Razak
ISLAMABAD: Advisor to Prime Minister on Commerce and Investment Abdul Razak Dawood says the government has approved the “strategic trade policy framework” to diversify the...
ECC Allows Regulatory Cover to Barter Trade with Afghanistan, Iran
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet has allowed regulatory cover to barter trade arrangements with Afghanistan and Iran by amending relevant provisions...
KSE-100 Index Plunges Over 1,300 Points Owing To Ukraine Crisis
KARACHI: The KSE-100 index plunged over 1,300 points or 2.89%, falling below the 44,000 level with political uncertainty and the Ukraine crisis doing enough to...
Rupee Depreciates Against US Dollar To Reach 176. 39
KARACHI: The rupee on Thursday resumed its slide against the US dollar to reach Rs176.39 in the inter-bank market due to the “geopolitical situation” in...
Gold Prices Increase By Rs 3,400 Per Tola Owing To Ukraine Conflict
KARACHI: Gold prices in Pakistan Thursday surged over 2.67% to Rs130,300 per tola The raise in Gold prices reflect Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ratcheted up...
PM Imran And Russian President Discuss All Aspects Of Bilateral Relations
Moscow: A meeting between Prime Minister Imran Khan and Russian President Vladimir Putin is in progress at Kremlin, Moscow. The two leaders are discussing all...
Govt’s Endeavors Set To Turnaround Pakistan’s Economy: Tarin
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin on Thursday said that the government’s endeavors in rectifying the past government’s wrong economic policies, which put...
Oil Breaches 100 Dollar Per Barrel Owing To Russia’s Attack On Ukraine
BEIJING: Oil breached $100 a barrel for the first time since 2014 on Thursday as Russia attacked Ukraine, sparking concerns that a war in Europe...
Oil nears $100 as West Prepares Russian Sanctions
LONDON: Oil prices surged close to $100 per barrel Tuesday as major crude producer Russia prepared to send troops into two breakaway regions of Ukraine,...
PM Summons Key Meeting To Discuss Situation
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Tuesday has summoned a key meeting to discuss ongoing economic situation in the country. Sources told that the...
PSX Sheds 338 Points
KARACHI: Pakistan Stock Exchange starts second day of business week at bearish trend. Market lost 338 points on the initial trading and being traded at...
Gold Price Decreases In Pakistan
KARACHI: The price of 24 karat per tola gold witnessed a decrease of Rs 100 and was sold at Rs 127,000 on Monday against its...
Sindh Cabinet Approves Formation of Provincial Finance Commission
KARACHI: The Sindh cabinet on Monday approved the formation of the Provincial Finance Commission (PFC) — which it had agreed to do in separate deals...
Asian Markets Pare Losses, Oil Drops on Biden-Putin hope
HONG KONG: Equities pared losses and oil prices sank Monday after presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin agreed in principle to hold a summit to...
Measures Being Taken To Promote SME Sector: Tarin
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister on Finance and Revenue, Shaukat Tarin said Friday that government was actively carrying out all measures that could boost the SME sector...
Electricity Prices Likely To Go Up By Rs6.10 Per Unit
ISLAMABAD: Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA) on Saturday recommended increasing power tariff by Rs6.10 per unit. According to details, in a request submitted to the...
Steps Being Taken For Development of Industrial Growth: PM Khan
ISLAMABAD; Prime Minister Imran Khan says government is taking steps on priority basis for industrial development. Chairing a high level meeting in Islamabad, he said...
Food Exports ulaup By 20.87pc in 7 Months
ISLAMABAD; Food group exports from the country during 07 months of current financial year increased by 20.87% as compared to the exports of the corresponding...
Prices of 28 Items Go Up In Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive price Indicator (SPI) based weekly inflation for the week ended on February 17, for the combined consumption group, witnessed a slight increase...
Gold Prices Increase By Rs 100 Per Tola
KARACHI: Gold rose on Friday as it prices in the local bullion market recorded an increase of Rs100 per tola and Rs85 per 10 grams...
Bullish Trend Witnessed In PSX As It Gains 234 Points
ISLAMABAD: The KSE 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) turned around on Friday and witnessed bullish trend, gaining 234.7 points, with a positive change...
Rupee Depreciates Against US Dollar
KARACHI: The rupee closed marginally lower in the inter-bank market on Friday with a widening trade deficit continuing to take a toll on the currency....
Gold Prices Increase in Pakistan
Karachi: The rate for 24kt gold per tola surged by Rs600 rupees to settle at Rs126,350 on Thursday. The precious metal also gained by Rs515...
Bearish Trend Prevails at PSX
KARACHI: The KSE 100-index of the pakistan stock exchange (psx) witnessed bearish trend on Thursday, losing 243.70 points, with a negative change of 0.53 percent,...
ECC Meeting Held In Chair Of Finance Minister Shaukat Tareen
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet on Thursday approved expansion of Kamyab Pakistan Programme (KPP) throughout Pakistan. The summary for expansion of...
CNG Stations Closure Announced In Sindh Just Its Restoration After Two and Half Months
Karachi: Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) on Thursday once again announced closure of the CNG stations across Sindh. Just three days ago, the CNG stations...
Senate Passed Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Amendment) bill, 2022
Islamabad: The Senate today unanimously passed Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Amendment) bill, 2022, the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Second) Amendment Bill, 2022 and...
PSX 100-Index Sheds 47 Points
KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a dull trading session on Wednesday, as it reacted strongly to a massive hike in petroleum prices which...
Gold Prices Up By Rs50 to Rs 125,750 Per Tola
KARACHI: The price of 24 karat per tola gold witnessed an increase of Rs50 and was sold at Rs125,750 on Wednesday against its sale at...
Govt Approves Textile Policy To Boost Capacity Of Textile Industry
Islamabad: The government has approved textile policy to boost the capacity of textile industry with the aim to ensure sustainable growth in textile exports. Addressing...
Petrol Price Jacked up By Rs12.03 Per Litre
ISLAMABAD: The government has jacked up the price of petrol by Rs 12.03 per litre with immediate effect. The prices of high-speed diesel (HSD) was...
Gold Prices Decline By Rs 700
KARACHI: The price of 24 karat per tola gold witnessed a decrease of Rs700 and was sold at Rs 125,700 on Tuesday against its sale...
KSE 100-Index Gains 87 Points
KARACHI: Investors of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a tug of war between bulls and bears on Tuesday, with the indices swaying in both...
Oil Prices Further Increased Amid Ukraine Tensions
SINGAPORE: Oil prices on Monday hit their highest in more than seven years on fears that a possible invasion of Ukraine by Russia could trigger...
CNG Stations Reopen in Sindh, Balochistan
KARACHI: The compressed natural gas (CNG) stations across Sindh and Balochistan have reopened nearly after a gap of nearly three months. A statement from the...
Complaints of Business Community tlTo Be Addressed on Priority Basis: Tarin
KARACHI: Finance Minister, Shaukat Tareen says equal opportunities for business are the right of every Pakistani citizen and the economy of the country is in...
NEPRA Increases Power Tariff By Rs3.10 Per Unit
ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) on Saturday decided to increase the power tariff by Rs3.10 under monthly fuel adjustment. According to an order...
Weekly Inflation Goes Down
ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based weekly inflation for the week ended on February 10, for the combined consumption group, witnessed decrease of 0.08...
Pakistan Would Soon Be Removed From Grey List: Tarin
ISLAMABAD: Federal Finance Minister Senator Shaukat Tarin on Friday said that it was an injustice that Pakistan was not removed from the grey list of...
Circular Debt Surges to Rs2.47 Trillion
ISLAMABAD: Breaking all previous records, the power sector circular debt during Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has reached the highest level of Rs 2,476 billion in the...
Tarin Assures Govt’s Support For Farmers of Drought Hit Area
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin has assured the government’s full support for drought hit farmers of Thal region and directed the...
Services’ Exports Increase By 20.24% in 1st Half of Fiscal Year
ISLAMABAD: The exports of services from the country witnessed an increase of 20.24 percent during the first half of the current financial year (2021-22) as...
Pakistan Railway’s 10 Trains Handed Over To Private Companies Under Privatisation
Islamabad: Under the privatisation in Pakistan Railway more 10 trains have been handed over to private companies. The 10 trains which are handed over to...
Tarin Directs To Keep Prices Of Essential Items In Check
Islamabad: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin on Tuesday underscored the efforts being made for keeping the prices of essential items in check...
Rupee Decreases 0.02 Percent After One Week Uptick
KARACHI: The Pakistani rupee snapped its seven-day winning streak to settle 0.02% lower at Rs174.50 against the US dollar in the interbank market on Tuesday....