KARACHI -UNS: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued gains as benchmark KSE-100 index on Thursday morning rose above 49,000 mark after six years. The index gained 578.13 points from yesterday’s close of 48,764.55 points to 49,342.68 points at 11:40am. According to Arif Habib Corporation, the KSE-100 index had last achieved […]
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LAHORE -UNS: The 58th Annual General Meeting of shareholders of Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) was held on Tuesday, August 01, 2023 at Pearl Continental Hotel, Lahore. The shareholders of the Company Approved the Annual Accounts for the FY 2021-22 with profit before tax of Rs. 15.50 billion, profit […]
ISLAMABAD -UNS: The ‘Pakistan Minerals Summit – Dust to Development – Investment Opportunities in Pakistan’, will be hosted by the Government of Pakistan on the 1st of August 2023. This one-day summit, to be held at a local hotel in Islamabad, is being sponsored by Barrick Gold Corporation with a […]
KARACHI -UNS: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday maintained the status quo and decided to keep the key policy rate unchanged at 22 per cent. The announcement was made by SBP Governor Jameel Ahmed after a meeting of the bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). The State Bank said […]
ASHGABAT -UNS: Comments, regarding the possibility of implementing a project for the supply of Turkmen natural gas in the Western direction, began to appear in a number of international media recently. It is about the construction of a gas pipeline along the seabed of the Caspian Sea in order to […]
ISLAMABAD -UNS: PPP’s Saleem Mandviwalla, who was part of the party’s economic team that met International Monetary Fund (IMF) representatives ahead of the finalisation of a new $3bn deal, said on Saturday the global lender’s reservation at the time of consultation was that elections should be held on time. The […]
HONG KONG — China’s economic growth missed forecasts in the second quarter of the year, adding to worries over surging youth unemployment and a weak property sector and raising the likelihood the government will double down on support for the faltering post COVID-19 recovery. The world’s second largest economy grew […]
ISLAMABAD -UNS: Pakistan is negotiating to buy a second shipment of discounted Russian crude oil, Petroleum Minister Musadiq Malik said on Wednesday, highlighting the success of a first deal in helping the cash-starved nation. Malik told reporters there was no scenario under which the country was “not benefiting” from Russian […]
By Qamar Bashir A renowned anchor of Pakistan in one of his highly rated program disclosed that the army chief soon after assuming the baton, has been meeting with businessmen,agriculturists, economists and imminent persons from many other important sectors to bring in some semblance in the way the country is […]
By Qamar Bashir Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) has launched its first product, the Livestock and Dairy Modernization and Improvement Support (LIMS) Program, with the support of the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank at a cost of $500 million. The purpose of this five-year program is to increase […]