Business & Economy

ISLAMABAD, DEC 26 (ONLINE): Finance Minister (FM) Muhammad Aurangzeb has said Tax to GDP ratio will be taken to 13 percent in next three years. He said this while addressing a joint press conference with state minister Ali Pervaiz and information minister Atta Ullah Tarar […]

Lahore (PNI) The recent claims regarding the closure of indigenous gas fields in favor of imported RLNG require clarification. The gas was closed in some part of December when Power was not off taking RLNG per its demand. All the gas producing fields are OPEN […]

ISLAMABAD, Dec 24 :Pakistan Railways has planned to induct around 80 new High-Capacity freight Wagons and 32 passenger AC standard coaches this year which would help increase the revenue of the department. The department has also assembled 92 freight wagons in Mughalpura Workshops during the […]

ISLAMABAD, Dec 23 :Agricultural and other chemicals imports into the country during first five months of current financial year increased by 4.77 per cent as compared to the imports of the corresponding period of the last year. During the period form July-November 2024 agricultural chemicals […]

ISLAMABAD, Dec 20 : Pakistani rupee on Friday depreciated by 06 paisa against the US dollar in the interbank trading and closed at Rs 278.41against the previous day’s closing of Rs 278.35. However, according to the Forex Association of Pakistan (FAP), the buying and selling […]

ISLAMABAD, Dec 20 :Imports of soya bean oil into the country during the first five months of the current financial year decreased by 10.01 per cent and palm oil increased by 7.13 per cent as compared to the imports of the corresponding period of the […]

Rawalpindi (PNI) FACE (Food Security & Agriculture Centre of Excellence) a not for profit organization has joined hands with the Punjab Government to advance the agriculture sector. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Punjab Agriculture Department and FACE on Thursday, 19th December. […]

KARACHI, Dec 19 :Following are the selling/buying rates of major currencies issued by the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), here on Thursday. CURRENCY SELLING BUYING USD 281.08 275.32 GBP 353.77 346.50 EUR 291.74 285.67 JPY 1.8113 1.7740 SAR 74.82 73.26 AED 76.53 75.47 […]

ISLAMABAD, Dec 19 :Rice exports from the country during the first five months of the current financial year registered growth of 35.40 per cent as compared to the exports of the corresponding period of the last year. During the period from July-November 2024, over 2.377 […]

ISLAMABAD, Dec 18 :Food group exports from the country during the first 05 months of the current financial year grew by 19.58 per cent as compared to the exports of the corresponding period of the last year. During the period from July-November, 2024, food commodities […]