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Oil Tankers Association strike: Petrol crisis in Karachi
A strike called by the Oil Tanker Association has caused an acute shortage of petrol in Karachi. Chairman Petroleum and…
Tajikistan allows Pakistani industrialists to hire workers from Pakistan
Tajikistan has allowed Pakistan’s investors to hire 40% of workforce from their home country if they set up textile manufacturing…
India should bypass Pakistan for gas pipeline with Iran: Indian Chamber of Commerce
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) has insisted that India should take advantage of the removal…
All Indian attempts to halt Pak China projects fail
There have been some major developments on the trade and investment front recently. Among these, the friendship between Pakistan and…
New strategy needed for tax-strapped telecom sector
Any indirect tax policy is usually designed around incentives to encourage socially desirable behaviour, but in Pakistan, it is another…
Restructuring: Need to focus on value-added textile, says Dastgir
Lahore: Federal Minister for Commerce Khurram Dastgir Khan underlined the need for serious and well-planned efforts to increase value-addition in the…
OGRA recommends steep slash in POL prices
The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has sent its summary to the petroleum ministry to slash prices of petroleum,…
NAB starts probing LNG imports from Qatar
Islamabad: As Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) bigwigs like former petroleum minister Dr Asim Hussain face charges of corruption, the National Accountability…
SBP faces calls for discarding Rs.5,000 banknotes
The central bank has been approached by certain quarters to discontinue the Rs5,000 denomination currency notes, said State Bank of…