Business & Economy

ISLAMABAD, Jul 17 (APP): The two state-owned companies, SNGPL and SSGC, would collectively spend funds amounting to Rs 113.899 billion on the reinforcement of gas transmission networks in their operational areas across the country during the current fiscal year. “The Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited […]

ISLAMABAD, Jul 17 (APP): The government has imported oil worth $ 17.03 billion during the first 10 months (July-April) of the last fiscal year to meet energy needs of the country, which showed almost 96 percent increase in the oil import bill as compared to […]

BEIJING, July 16 (APP): Deputy Secretary-General of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Sohail Khan led a SCO Secretariat delegation at the opening events of the 28th China Lanzhou Investment and Trade Fair in China’s Gansu Province. The delegation met with the leadership of the province and […]

WASHINGTON, JULY 16 (Online): World Bank (WB) has accorded approval to provide 260 million dollars assistance to Pakistan. WB will provide this assistance for Punjab province which will be spent for uplift of agriculture sector and projects related to small farmers. According to press release […]

NEW YORK, Jul 15 (APP): Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal Friday presented the Voluntary National Review (VNR) of Pakistan at the 15th meeting of ministerial segment of Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC 2022) at the United Nations. While presenting the VNR, […]

ISLAMABAD, Jul 15 (APP): Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Miftah Ismail on Friday said that government was making all-out efforts to address governance and circular debt issues. Talking to a private television channel, he said, furnace oil is expensive for producing energy, while LNG […]

ISLAMABAD, Jul 15 (APP): The prices of various food items went down during the week ending on July 14 as compared to the previous week, according to the Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) data released by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) here Friday. According to the […]

ISLAMABAD, Jul 15 (APP): Pakistan International Airlines Spokesperson Abdullah Khan Friday disclosed that PIA has been adding more long-haul aircraft to their fleets with new seats, comfortable cabins which would further provide inflight entertainment to passengers. “PIA has been exerting all out efforts to provide […]

JAKARTA 08 July (Online): The G20 Foreign Ministers’ meeting has begun in Indonesian city Bali on Friday. The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov are also attending the meeting. A senior US official Retno Marsudi said that it is […]

ISLAMABAD 08 July (Online): The government has constituted a 10-member committee to ensure the implementation of austerity measures, as it sought to cut expenditures to reduce fiscal debt, it emerged on Friday. The move comes as Pakistan is seeking the resumption of the IMF’s extended […]