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Navigating the agriculture sector
KARACHI: Pakistan is an agrarian economy, and the agriculture sector includes crops, livestock, fisheries, and forestry.…
PSHRM and Engage Consulting hosted Best Place to Work Pakistan Awards 2023
Pakistan Society of Human Resource Management (PSHRM), in partnership with the Engage Consulting, hosted the 'Best Place to Work…
Transit trade widely misused
ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan’s imports through Pakistan under the transit trade facility rose nearly two-thirds to $7.3 billion in the…
PNSC to expand dry cargo operations
KARACHI: National flag carrier Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) has devised a strategy to expand its footprint in dry…
IT sector set to become third largest exporter
KARACHI: Pakistan’s software and IT sector is on the verge of becoming the country’s third-largest export sector, with industry…
Government debt soars to Rs64 trillion
ISLAMABAD: The federal government debt has surged to a staggering Rs64 trillion by the end of August 2023, reflecting an alarming…
1% rate hike adds Rs600b to debt cost
ISLAMABAD: A senior official from the finance ministry claimed, on Wednesday, that a 1% increase in the interest rate adds a…
KE hikes power tariff by Rs4.45 per unit
ISLAMABAD: In a setback for the citizens of Karachi, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Wednesday gave…
Rupee surges to seven-week high
KARACHI: Pakistani currency continued its impressive rally for the sixteenth consecutive working day, reaching a new seven-week…
Bank customers gradually adopting digital channels
KARACHI: Pakistanis are gradually migrating from cash-based to digital banking as internet and mobile banking, branchless banking…