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Rupee under pressure
KARACHI: Amid persistent delay in the resumption of IMF loan programme, the rupee under renewed pressure on Monday, losing 0.82%,…
Pak Suzuki posts staggering losses of Rs6.3b
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Monday back-pedaled from his statement about the nuclear programme, saying that neither…
Dar backtracks on ‘nuclear’ remarks
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Monday back-pedaled from his statement about the nuclear programme, saying that neither…
Govt’s subsidy plan raises red flags
ISLAMABAD: The chances of finalising the ninth review of the troubled $6.5 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF) from the…
SBP abolishes 1.5% fee on debit, credit card transactions
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has abolished the mandatory minimum fee of 1.5%, which was being charged by banks from…
Agricultural sector indispensable: minister
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Industries and Production, Tasneem Ahmed Qureshi said all possible steps are being taken to…
Power firms asked to adopt cyber security rules
KARACHI: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) Chairman Tauseef H Farooqi, while underlining the urgency of…
Petroleum product import falls 5% to $1.26b
KARACHI: Pakistan’s import of petroleum products, which is the largest contributor to its total import bill, has decreased by 5%…
Still importing to ‘Make in Pakistan’
ISLAMABAD: The “Make in Pakistan” mobile phones dream seems to have fallen flat, despite tax benefits of over Rs46 billion given…
Economic stability links to politics: PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday urged the national political leadership to forge unity in an effort to…