National Price Monitoring Committee review meeting held

Islamabad February 14 (Online): Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin presided over the meeting of National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC), held at the Finance Division on Monday. Deputy Commissioner ICT and other senior officers participated in the meeting. Economic Adviser Finance Division briefed […]

Mian Rehman Aziz Chan becomes LCCI acting president

LAHORE, Feb 14 (APP):Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) Senior Vice President Mian Rehman Aziz Chan will perform as the Acting President of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry in the absence of the LCCI President, who has left for Dubai. LCCI Acting […]

Cambodia announces additional fund of 100 mln USD for SME, agriculture banks

PHNOM PENH, Feb. 14 (Xinhua/APP):The Cambodian government on Monday announced an additional 100 million-U.S. dollar funding for two state-owned banks to assist small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and agriculture. Economy and Finance Ministry’s Secretary of State Ros Seilava said the two banks are the Small […]

Winter Olympics sets off ice, snow economy boom

BEIJING, Feb. 13 (APP):The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics has ushered in a rare development opportunity for China’s ice and snow economy. By October 2021, 24.56% of the Chinese population — some 346 million Chinese people — had taken part in winter sports and recreational ice […]

IMF loan has devastating effects on Pakistan economy

LAHORE February 12 (Online): The Pakistan Industrial and Traders Association Front (PIAF) has warned that continuous borrowing from International Monetary Fund (IMF) was the primary reason of ticking inflation, which would hurt economic growth in the country. Continuous borrowing from International Monetary Fund (IMF) for […]

European stocks open lower after US inflation surge

Paris, Feb 11 (AFP/APP):European stock markets opened lower on Friday following falls in Asia and Wall Street over fears the Federal Reserve will move more aggressively to tighten monetary policy to tame decades-high inflation. London’s FTSE 100 was down 0.7 percent at 7,617.19 points in […]

ECC approves Textiles and Apparel policy with certain amendments

Islamabad February 09 (Online): The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) after deliberation approved the policy with certain amendments on Wednesday. The Ministry of Commerce had submitted revised Textiles and Apparel Policy, 2020-25 after incorporating few changes along-with implementation report. Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat […]

SC issues notices in containers’ disappearance petition

ISLAMABAD, Feb 09 (APP): The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday issued notices to the parties concerned in a petition regarding alleged disappearance of over 900 containers of Afghan transit trade in Pakistan. The SC bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial heard […]

US House passes stop-gap fix to avert government shutdown

Washington, Feb 9 (AFP/APP): The US House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a third stop-gap spending bill in less than five months to keep the government funded and avoid a damaging shutdown. The current spending deal runs out on February 18 and, if no action […]