Business & Economy

Rawalpindi (PNI) Fauji Fertilizer Company (FFC) held its 45th Annual General Meeting on March 28th, 2023 thus establishing a quorum of 58.98 percent with representation either in person or through Video Conferencing and proxies. Individual shareholders as well as all major equity holders including Fauji […]

ISLAMABAD, Mar 28 (APP): President of Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) Ahsan Zafar Bakhtawari on Tuesday demanded the government to cooperate with the private sector in value addition of pink salt which would enable the country to earn billions of dollars through its […]

BEIJING, March 28 (Xinhua/APP) –: The People’s Insurance Company Group of China (PICC), China’s leading insurer, registered an increase in revenue and net profit in 2022. The business revenue of the insurer was 625.8 billion yuan (about 91 billion U.S. dollars) last year, up 6.9 […]

KARACHI (PNI) Sohail Nisar, Senior Vice Chairman, Pakistan Yarn Merchants Association (PYMA), while expressing deep concern over electricity, gas tariff huge hike, and rejected anti-business & industry initiative. He has termed it as disastrous for business & industry, and appealed Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Shehbaz […]

Brussels, March 27 (AFP/APP): The 27 EU member states approved Monday a deal between Brussels and Germany that lifted Berlin’s block on a planned phaseout of sales of new fossil fuel cars by 2035. A spokesman for Sweden, which holds the EU presidency, said ambassadors […]

Geneva, March 27 (AFP/APP):The Geneva watch fair opened Monday buoyed by booming growth in the watchmaking industry, but insiders warily eyed the banking sector turmoil, evoking painful memories of the 2008 financial crisis. Industry professionals were upbeat on the first day of the Watches and […]

Accra, March 27 (AFP/APP): US Vice President Kamala Harris met with Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo on Monday, bringing an aid package to shore up security, economic and development cooperation as part of a three-nation African tour. The trip to Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia until April […]

ISLAMABAD, Mar 27 (APP): The Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) would produce over 150,000 tonnes of high-quality fourth-generation seed potatoes to ensure the supply of virus-free seed to local growers to enhance per-acre output in the country. Accordingly, the PARC in collaboration with Korean Program […]

ISLAMABAD, Mar 27 (APP): Minister of State for Finance Aisha Ghaus Pasha on Monday informed the National Assembly that per capita public debt stood at Rs 216,709 by June 2022. Replying to a query during the Question Hour, the minister said Pakistan had maintained a […]

CHIKANKATA, Mar 26 (Xinhua/APP): Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema officially commissioned a Chinese-built hydropower plant, following the switching one of the plant’s fifth generator on Friday. The five generators at the Kafue Gorge Lower Hydropower Station, constructed by the Chinese firm Sinohydro Corporation Limited, added a […]