Business & Economy

New York, Nov 9 (AFP/APP):Facebook owner Meta will lay off more than 11,000 of its staff in “the most difficult changes we’ve made in Meta’s history,” boss Mark Zuckerberg said on Wednesday. He said the cuts represented 13 percent of the social media titan’s workforce […]

Paris, Nov 8 (AFP/APP):France’s competition authority Tuesday slapped Lensmaker Essilor International and its parent company with 81.1 million euros ($81.6 million) in fines for a decade of discriminatory trade practices against online spectacles vendors. The authority said it was handing down the fine for practices […]

FAISALABAD, Nov 08 (APP):Agriculture department has advised the growers to adopt off-season cotton management strategy to save next crop from the attack of Gulabi Sundi (pink bollworm). A spokesperson for agriculture (extension) department told APP on Tuesday that pink bollworm went in winter nap during […]

ISLAMABAD, Nov 07 (APP):Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Umar Ata Bandial on Monday said that the Supreme Court was looking at legal issues, not financial ones, in the presidential reference regarding Reko Diq. A five-member larger bench of the apex court headed by Chief […]

ISLAMABAD, Nov 07 (APP):Advisor to Prime Minister on Tourism and Sports – Awn Chaudhry on Monday inaugurated the Pakistan Pavilion at World Travel Market, London, 2022. Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation – PTDC along with provincial tourism departments and private sector stakeholders setup an impressive pavilion […]

LAHORE – November 7 (ONLINE) Senior Vice Chairman of Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (PPMA) Nadeem Zafar said Monday the industry currently meets 95% of the country’s medicine requirements, country only imports 5 percent medicine based on new molecules and compounds and new research-based products. The […]

ISLAMABAD, Nov 7 (APP):Minister for Finance Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Monday said that Imran’s party (Pakistan Tehree-e-Insaf) had “damaged the economy” of Pakistan after (sensing a threat) of a no-confidence vote. The no-confidence move against Imran Khan was the correct decision taken by opposition parties, […]

ISLAMABAD, Nov 06 (APP):President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) Ahsan Zafar Bakhtawari on Sunday called upon the trade officers to cooperate with the private sector in promoting Pakistan’s trade and exports. He said that Pakistan is facing a serious economic crisis and promoting […]

ISLAMABAD, 5 NOVEMBER 2022: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) held a learning and awareness session with the members of Overseas Investors Chambers of Commerce & Industry (OICCI) hosted by one of its members, Unilever Pakistan. The purpose of the session was to sensitize OICCI […]

Islamabad, Nov 5 (Online) Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar chaired a meeting on PM’s relief package through USC at Finance Division, today. Federal Minister for Industries and Production Makhdoom Syed Murtaza Mehmood, SAPM on Finance Tariq Bajwa, SAPM on Revenue […]