Business & Economy

ISLAMABAD – June 28 (ONLINE) Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has hinted at yet another hike in prices of petroleum products, Online has learnt. Talking to a private news channel, Miftah said government is planning another price hike for petroleum products by July 1. He said, […]

Islamabad; June 28, (PNI) The Government of Japan today announced grant aid worth 313 million Japanese Yen (around 2.4 million USD) for the Human Resource Development Scholarship (JDS) program in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Mr. ISHII Kensuke, Charge d’ Affaires ad interim of Japan […]

ISLAMABAD, June 28 (Online): Minister for Finance Miftah Ismail has said Pakistan has received draft Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies (MEFP) from the International Monetary Fund for the combined 7th and 8th reviews. He tweeted the new tranche of loan is likely to be […]

ISLAMABAD, Jun 27 (APP):Federal Minister for Finance Miftah Ismail said that the government has reduced 10 to 15 percent of non-energy import bill to strengthen the rupee value. Talking to a private news channel, he said the staff level agreement would be signed with IMF […]

PHNOM PENH,June 27 (Xinhua/APP):– Cambodia on Monday organized a national consultation workshop on economic diplomacy in the new normal, aiming at promoting the effective implementation of the strategy in the post-COVID-19 pandemic era. Supported by the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Special Fund, the hybrid workshop was […]

ISLAMABAD, Jun 27 (APP):The tea imports witnessed an increase of 8.17 percent during the first eleven months of the current fiscal year as compared to the corresponding period of last year. The tea imports during July-May (2021-22) were recorded at $580.911 million against the imports […]

ISLAMABAD, Jun 26 (APP): The exports of electric fan from the country witnessed an increase of 2.33 percent during the eleven months of fiscal year (2021-22) as compare to the corresponding period of last fiscal year. The country exported electric fan worth US $28.520 million […]

ISLAMABAD, Jun 26 (APP): Ambassador of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan to Pakistan Ulanbek Totuiaev on Sunday hoped that the CASA-1000 projects would be completed soon to meet Pakistan’s energy needs for enhancing the bilateral cooperation in this sector. The CASA-1000 project, which was aimed to […]

SINGAPORE, June 24 (Xinhua/APP) –:: The Singapore Economic Development Board said on Friday that the country’s manufacturing output increased 13.8 percent year on year in May, compared to the revised 6.4 percent increase in April. Excluding biomedical manufacturing, the output grew 18 percent year on […]

ISLAMABAD, Jun 26 (APP): Chairman Federation Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI),Capital office, Qurban Ali on Sunday said the government 15 percent cut on Gilgit- Baltistan’s annual budget 2022-23 not a good omen for GB’s economy, which is experiencing severe unrest. The local Annual […]