Business & Economy

ISLAMABAD, Jun 22 (APP):A high-level trade delegation of Saudi Arabia visited Pakistan led by Fahad Bin Mohammed Al-Bash, Chairman, Saudi-Pak Business Council and held B2B meetings with the members of Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI). The delegation discussed to explore business collaborations in […]

Islamabad, June 21 (Online): We are short of 10 million housing units” has been the clarion cry in politics, media, and donor-driven research for the last ten years. Given an average household size of well over six persons, nearly one-third of the population iswithout housing. […]

Lahore, June 21 – A high-level delegation of Saudi businessmen and investors visited the Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry to explore new avenues for joint ventures and investment opportunities in Pakistan. LCCI President MianNaumanKabir, along with Senior Vice President MianRehman Aziz Chan and Vice […]

PESHAWAR, Jun 21 (APP):The World Bank (WB) team on Tuesday visited the office of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Revenue Authority (KPRA) to review the progress on the joint activities. The team was led by Raymond Muhala, the team leader for the Governance of Policy Programme of […]

Paris, June 21 (AFP/APP):Europe’s low-cost airlines face a summer of discontent as staff in Spain and France announced new strikes over labour conditions on Tuesday. Trade unions representing Ryanair cabin crew in Belgium, France, Italy, Portugal and Spain have called for strikes this coming weekend, […]

Islamabad (PNI) Pakistan Single Window (PSW) organized a Media Dialogue titled ‘Developing an Enabling Media Network Towards International Trade Facilitation.’ The dialogue provided a forum for the PSW team and media professionals to reflect on the media’s role in generating and promoting trade facilitation initiatives […]

Aboard Air Force One, June 8 (AFP/APP):The White House said Wednesday it expects US inflation was still “elevated” in May despite guarded hopes a key data report due for release later this week will show price increases had cooled. Consumer prices in the world’s largest […]

ISLAMABAD, Jun 07 (APP):Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) on Tuesday directed all Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) to ensure adequate fuel stocks at their petrol pumps across the country aimed at avoiding any inconvenience to consumers. “There is no price increase in petroleum products. Moreover, […]

ISLAMABAD, Jun 7 (APP): Business community on Tuesday urged the government to introduce special measures in the forthcoming federal budget for the fiscal year 2022-23 to promote exports and help producing import substitutions to curb twin deficits that had badly hit the country. They said […]

Washington, June 7 (AFP/APP): The global economy risks falling into a harmful period of 1970s-style “stagflation,” the World Bank warned Tuesday as it slashed its annual growth forecast. The toxic combination of weak growth and rising prices could trigger widespread suffering in dozens of poorer […]