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Mine mouth Thar coal project: SECMC wants to extend support for KE offtake

ISLAMABAD: Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC) is said to have shown willingness in extending support for the...

Updated 24 Jan, 2024 09:58am

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Forex repatriation against remittances: Govt striving to ink G2G pact with Saudi Arabia, UAE

ISLAMABAD: The government is reportedly making hectic efforts for a government-to-government (G2G) agreement with...

Updated 23 Jan, 2024 09:41am

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‘Hurdles’ to copper ingots’ export to China: Exporters move SIFC against FBR

ISLAMABAD: Exporters have approached the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) against the Federal Board of...

Updated 23 Jan, 2024 09:08am

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A detailed anatomy of IMF report

EDITORIAL: There are three important declarations contained in documents on the first review of the Stand-By...

Published 23 Jan, 2024 05:14am

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SIFC clears proposal: APTMA urges govt to expedite power tariff cut process

ISLAMABAD: All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has asked the government to expedite process to slash...

Published 23 Jan, 2024 05:14am

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SIFC orders tax audit of urea cos

A report by caretaker Minister for Power and Petroleum Muhammad Ali says fertiliser companies are making huge profits due to stagnancy in gas prices for the sector

Updated 22 Jan, 2024 10:53am

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SIFC asks for resolving Volkswagen licence issue

ISLAMABAD: The Apex Committee (AC) of Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) has directed the Ministry of...

Published 21 Jan, 2024 03:10am

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Trade settlement in Chinese RMB soars 600pc

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade settlement in Chinese RMB has increased by 600 percent, ie, from 2 percent in 2018 to...

Updated 20 Jan, 2024 05:29pm

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Business environment and economic growth outlook

According to the recent report entitled “World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) 2024” by the United...

Published 18 Jan, 2024 05:54am

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Chairman tells Senate panel on finance: Govt asked to implement FBR restructuring within 30 days

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Amjad Zubair Tiwana, Wednesday, informed the Senate Standing...

Updated 18 Jan, 2024 09:52am

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PMUs at Discos: Army officers’ posting not approved by Cabinet

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet has reportedly not approved physical presence of Pak Army officers in Performance...

Updated 17 Jan, 2024 08:43am

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Optics are important

EDITORIAL: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar’s decision to attend the fifty-fourth annual meeting of the...

Published 16 Jan, 2024 05:44am

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FS briefs new TIOs about policy, SIFC

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Secretary Mohammad Syrus Sajjad Qazi on Saturday briefed the newly-appointed Trade and Investment...

Published 14 Jan, 2024 03:13am

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9-cent tariff: Govt yet to cross several bridges?

Issues of rationalization of tariff and circular debt stock reduction were recently discussed at a meeting of the Apex Committee of Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC)

Updated 13 Jan, 2024 05:01pm

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Industrial sector: Nine cent energy tariff approved: minister

CAIRO (Egypt): The Apex Committee of the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) has approved an energy...

Updated 12 Jan, 2024 09:42am

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Hopium – II

Energy pricing fortnightly (fuel, LPG and LNG), monthly (power) and 6 monthly (gas) needs an approach that smoothens...

Published 10 Jan, 2024 05:22am

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Incentives to PV solar sector: SIFC set to finalise recommendations for TPB

ISLAMABAD: The Working Group (WG) of the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) has decided to hold a...

Updated 10 Jan, 2024 12:57pm

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4th Pak-Africa Trade Development Conference, exhibition opens in Cairo

CAIRO: The 4th Pak-Africa Trade Development Conference and Single Country Exhibition, a major trade and investment...

Published 10 Jan, 2024 05:22am

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Discos likely to be put under army’s microscope

The Federal Cabinet is all set to approve establishment of Performance Management Units (PMUs) in five high loss-making power Distribution Companies

Updated 09 Jan, 2024 10:15am

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Restructuring of FBR on the cards

ISLAMABAD: The caretaker government has constituted a high-level committee to submit specific recommendations on the...

Updated 09 Jan, 2024 08:39am

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Domestic borrowing

EDITORIAL: Domestic borrowing rose to 40.955 trillion rupees by end November 2023 as per data uploaded by the State...

Published 09 Jan, 2024 04:18am

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SIFC making waves

EDITORIAL: The apex committee of the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC), comprising the country’s...

Published 08 Jan, 2024 05:23am

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Determination in first arbitration award: SHPL: CPPA-G/ NTDC advised to fulfil payment commitment

ISLAMABAD: The Attorney General Office has advised CPPA-G/NTDC to honour payment of amounts to Star Hydro Power...

Updated 08 Jan, 2024 11:47am

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Hike in security deposits, connections: Nepra asks Discos to file petitions

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) is said to have asked power Distribution...

Updated 07 Jan, 2024 02:46pm

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Legal framework for Saudi investment

EDITORIAL: SIFC (special investment facilitation council) is in the news yet again; this time for helping overcome...

Published 07 Jan, 2024 02:43am

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FBR restructuring plan finalised

A summary is likely to be moved in the next meeting of the federal cabinet for the approval of the FBR’s restructuring plan

Updated 06 Jan, 2024 09:50pm

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PBF demands govt declare 2024 ‘the year of exports’

KARACHI: Pakistan Business Forum (PBF) demands that Federal Government may declare the 2024 year of exports for...

Published 05 Jan, 2024 03:12am

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Team reaches UAE to remove bottlenecks

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s key team comprising caretaker Minister for Commerce and Industries, Gohar Ijaz has reached...

Updated 05 Jan, 2024 09:17am

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PM brings role of SIFC under the Gulf focus

Pakistan desires to expand bilateral cooperation across all spheres, particularly trade and investment, says Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar

Updated 05 Jan, 2024 02:12pm

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Pharma Park construction: Health minister says all initiatives handed over to SIFC to cut red tape

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Health Services and Regulations in a bid to avert bureaucratic hurdles in the...

Published 04 Jan, 2024 05:41am