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No load shedding for industrial sector till year end
The Ministry of Water and Power has announced that all industrial sectors will be exempt from electricity load shedding till…
Traders want upgradion of ill-equipped, expensive ports
Small traders are demanding the "upgrading the country’s ports in order to improve maritime trade, reduce cost of imports and exports,…
Pakistan to launch $1b Eurobond later this week
Pakistan will attempt to raise at least $1 billion from international debt markets in the next two days, choosing the…
ADB pessimistic over deficit, growth targets
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has questioned Pakistan’s ability to achieve the budget deficit and economic growth targets in the…
Govt may subsidise LNG supply to fertiliser units
The government is in the process of considering provision of subsidy on imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply to fertiliser…
Dar meets adversary to bridge trust deficit
After being severely criticised for manipulation of figures to show a good health of economy, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar met…
Current account balance improves: Deficit shrinks by over $1b
Pakistan’s current account deficit in the first two months of 2015-16 remained $394 million, according to data released by the…
Oil and gas reserves discovered in Punjab
Mari Petroleum Company Limited announced earlier yesterday it had struck another significant crude oil, condensate and natural gas discovery in…
Pakistan Steel Mills: ECC approves another Rs.1 billion while Hinting at cutoff
Despite injecting Rs21 billion in Pakistan Steel Mills under the name of enhancing capacity utilisation, the Privatisation Commission admitted on…