Category: Business

ISLAMABAD, Nov 28 (APP):Advisor to the Prime Minister on Commerce, Textiles and Investment Abdul Razak Dawood on Wednesday said Indonesia had notified unilateral concession on 20 tariffs to Pakistan to provide more market access through expansion of Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) between the two countries.

ISLAMABAD, Nov 28 (APP):Senate Committee Wednesday directed the concerned authorities to submit the audit report of tax collection of tobacco sector during the year 2016-17 when the tax collection witnessed sharp decline to Rs 74 billion from Rs 111 billion a year ago.

RAWALPINDI, Nov 28 (APP):Suzuki Motor Corporation (SMC) Chairman Osamu Suzuki Wednesday said the company is planning to invest $450 million by setting up another production plant in Karachi.

KARACHI, Nov 28 (APP):Following are the selling/buying rates of major currencies issued by the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), here on Wednesday. U.S.A 135.24/ 132.09 S.ARABIA 35.79/ 34.47 U.K 172.76/ 168.74 JAPAN 1.1888/ 1.1605 EURO 152.95/ 149.40 U.A.E 36.91/ 33.85

KARACHI, Nov 28 (APP):Treasury Management Division of National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) on Wednesday issued the following exchange rates. Selling Buying Buying TT & OD TT Clean OD/T.CHQ U.S.A 133.90 133.70 133.43 U.K 171.05 170.79 170.44 EURO 151.44 151.22 150.91 CANADA 100.60 100.45 100.18 SWITZERLAND 134.05 133.85 133.50 AUSTRALIA 96.84 96.70 96.44 SWEDEN 14.81 14.79… Continue reading NBP Exchange Rates

ISLAMABAD, Nov 27 (APP):Minister for Finance Asad Umar on Tuesday said the Suzuki Motors has expressed its interest to invest $450 million in Pakistan.

ISLAMABAD, Nov 27 (APP):Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday directed that a comprehensive plan be chalked out to address the issues related to the livestock sector.

ISLAMABAD, Nov 27 (APP):State Minister for Revenue, Muhammad Hammad Azhar Tuesday said the government was focused on improving and simplifying taxation system by introducing new technology to facilitate the taxpayers.

ISLAMABAD, Nov 27 (APP):Minister for Planning, Development and Reform Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar Tuesday said that Pakistan was committed to make meaningful contribution in the reconstruction and rehabilitation effort of Afghanistan by carrying out various development activities.

ISLAMABAD, Nov 27 (APP):Security and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has issued a practices guide for conducting board of directors (BoDs) and general meetings.

ISLAMABAD, Nov 26 (APP):The Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) on Monday hailed the government decision to build the Kartarpur corridor and said that it would also help to resolve other issues with India.

ISLAMABAD, Nov 26 (APP):The import of gold in the country during the first four months (July-October) of current fiscal year witnessed a decrease of 12.86 percent as compared to same period of previous year.

ISLAMABAD, Nov 26 (APP):The government has released Rs 151.17 billion under its Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) 2018-19 for various ongoing and new schemes against the total allocations of Rs 675 billion.

ISLAMABAD, Nov 26 (APP):Brazil was keen to boost bilateral trade with Pakistan as both countries have great potential to enhance trade in many sectors as the Brazil has great expertise in producing renewable energy and it was producing 65 percent of energy from water and was using ethanol as bio-fuels.

ISLAMABAD, Nov 26 (APP):Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) Aquaculture and Fisheries Program is organizing SAARC consultation meeting on “Small Scale Fisheries In South Asia” which is going to be held here from November 27 to 29.