Business & Finance JazzCash aims to expand its user base to 100m in five years: CEO ISLAMABAD: JazzCash has been playing a pivotal role in supporting Pakistan’s financial inclusion ambitions and ... Updated 13 May, 2022 10:06am
Pakistan Minister urges all govt depts to shift data towards NTC’s secure system ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication Syed Aminul Haque has urged all government departments to... Published 12 May, 2022 05:40am
Print Country likely to miss 3.5pc agri growth target ISLAMABAD: The country is likely to miss the agriculture growth target of 3.5 percent set for 2021-22, after missing... Updated 12 May, 2022 09:56am
Pakistan PTA begins accepting applications for LPWAN licence to proliferate usage of IoTs ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has started accepting applications for Low Power Wide Area... Published 11 May, 2022 04:58am
Business & Finance Promoting SHS market in Pakistan: WB for addressing barriers limiting mobile wallet uptake ISLAMABAD: To leverage mobile wallets for growing the solar home systems (SHS) market in Pakistan, regulators,... Published 11 May, 2022 04:58am
Print GoP’s websites hit by major cyber attack ISLAMABAD: A major cyber attack was reported on the government of Pakistan’s websites, confirmed by the Ministry of... Updated 11 May, 2022 09:56am
Print EFF’s 7th review: IMF says expecting to field mission this month ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Tuesday said that it is expecting to field a mission during May to... Updated 10 May, 2022 10:39am
Print SBP urged to remove HS Codes: Rationalisation of AIT on telecom services proposed ISLAMABAD: Telecom industry has proposed to the government rationalization of the Advance Income Tax (AIT) on ... Updated 08 May, 2022 08:50am
Print Jul-Apr trade deficit widens 64.79pc to $39.264bn YoY ISLAMABAD: Trade deficit widened by 64.79 percent during the first 10 months (July-April) of the current fiscal... Updated 07 May, 2022 10:05am
Markets April CPI inflation surges 13.4pc YoY Inflation in ten months of the current fiscal year 2021-22 averaged 11.01 percent against 8.62 percent during the same period of last year Updated 02 May, 2022 03:12pm
Print New power capacity: Competitive bidding yet to be implemented: WB ISLAMABAD: Competitive bidding for new power capacity in Pakistan has yet to be implemented, delaying the expected... Updated 01 May, 2022 09:08am
Print NFC sector in Pakistan hit hard by Covid shock, says IMF Warns going forward limited policy space in many of the region’s countries could add to the woes of the corporate sector Updated 01 May, 2022 02:11pm
Pakistan Senate panel concerned at increase in toll rates ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Communications on Friday expressing concerns over rise in toll rates... Published 30 Apr, 2022 05:53am
Business & Finance Inflationary, external pressures creating macroeconomic imbalances: MoF ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Finance, while admitting slowdown in growth, has warned that geo-political tensions and... Published 30 Apr, 2022 05:53am
Business & Finance SPI up 0.43pc WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended April 28, 2022 recorded an increase of 0.43 ... Published 30 Apr, 2022 05:53am
Business & Finance Budget FY23: RCCI submits proposals to FBR ISLAMABAD: The Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) while urging for lowering sales tax rate from the... Published 29 Apr, 2022 05:43am
Print CPI to go up to 11.2pc: IMF sees Pakistan's GDP growth to moderate to 4pc this year Pakistan’s exports for goods and services is projected at $37.8 billion for 2022 Updated 28 Apr, 2022 10:17am
Business & Finance Output of telecom activities estimated at Rs492.956bn ISLAMABAD: The output of the telecommunication activities has been estimated at Rs492.956 billion, whereas,... Published 27 Apr, 2022 05:19am
Print Macroeconomic stability: Fiscal consolidation, policy reforms key to success: ADB ISLAMABAD: Continued efforts toward fiscal consolidation and policy reforms will be key to sustaining improvements ... Updated 26 Apr, 2022 10:01am
Print SBP governor Dr Baqir’s term will end next month ISLAMABAD: The government has decided, in principle, not to reappoint Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Dr Reza... Updated 26 Apr, 2022 10:17am
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