» Currency outlook
15/05/24 08:52 from Business Recorder - Latest News
The IMF’s latest country report has a special focus on external account assessment within its emphasis on the exchange rate to act as a buffer for shocks and emphasizes refraining from restrictions on any imports. The report also mention...
» Circular debt target: Optimistic much?
15/05/24 08:54 from Business Recorder - Latest News
The IMF program review report is out and it reads much of the same for the energy sector, in terms of progress and plans. What stands out is the power sector circular debt which the IMF projects to stay virtually unchanged from FY23 at R...
» Century Paper & Board Mills Limited
15/05/24 08:46 from Business Recorder - Latest News
Century Paper & Board Mills Limited (CEBP) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in 1984 and began its commercial operations in 1990. The principal activity of the company is the manufacturing of paper, board and r...
» SAU to assist PBS in Digital Agricultural Census
15/05/24 05:47 from Business Recorder - Latest News
HYDERABAD: Sindh Agriculture University will assist the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) in conducting the digital census of the agriculture sector, Experts and students from the university will jointly provide awareness services. Pak...
» Parents urged to protect children from dengue
15/05/24 05:47 from Business Recorder - Latest News
LAHORE: The Technical Working Group on Dengue Virus, which met with the provincial Health Minister Khawaja Salman Rafique in the chair, expressed resolve to tackle the threat of dengue with joint efforts. During the meeting, the provinci...
» First meeting of SATRC: Pakistan urges regional collaboration in addressing common ICT challenges
15/05/24 05:47 from Business Recorder - Latest News
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday underscored the importance of regional collaboration in addressing common ICT challenges through dialogue and knowledge sharing. The first meeting of the South Asian Telecommunication Regulators’ Council (S...
» Nation suffering due to wrong priorities of policymakers
15/05/24 05:47 from Business Recorder - Latest News
KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum, Mian Zahid Hussain said that the entire nation is suffering because policymakers have the wrong priorities, and now the countr...
» Minorities rally in Karachi to support Palestinians
15/05/24 05:47 from Business Recorder - Latest News
KARACHI: Minorities in Karachi took out a march to express solidarity with Palestinians on Monday. The march was taken out, under the aegis of the JI Karachi Minorities Wing, from the Trinity Church to the Karachi Press Club (KPC). The m...
» Meeting discusses role, reforms of Planning Commission
15/05/24 05:47 from Business Recorder - Latest News
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal presided over a high-level meeting to discuss the role and reforms of the Planning Commission with a committee formed on the instructions of the pr...
» Muhammad Ali Randhawa chairs Islamabad Development Working Party meeting
15/05/24 05:47 from Business Recorder - Latest News
ISLAMABAD: Chief Commissioner Islamabad Muhammad Ali Randhawa on Tuesday met the Islamabad Development Working Party. The meeting was attended by the representatives of the Ministry of Interior, Planning Commission, Pakistan EPA, PWD, Is...
» Petition against property tax revision: IHC issues notices to ECP and MCI
15/05/24 05:47 from Business Recorder - Latest News
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC), Tuesday, issued notices to the Metropolitan Corporation of Islamabad (MCI), the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), and other respondents in a petition filed against revised property tax in t...
» Global team visits Guard Agricultural Research, Services
15/05/24 05:47 from Business Recorder - Latest News
LAHORE: A high level 9-member delegation of internationally acclaimed food and agriculture scientists and researchers led by former caretaker Federal Minister for National Food Security Dr. Kauser Abdullah Malik on Tuesday visited the Gu...
» Five Chinese scholars awarded PhD degrees in PU
15/05/24 05:47 from Business Recorder - Latest News
LAHORE: For the first time, five Chinese scholars have been awarded PhD degrees in Punjab University’s 133rd Convocation while 343 PhD degrees, 120 MPhil, 12 Master's and 116 BS gold medals were distributed among the students. The 133rd ...
» Afghanistan: Deteriorating ties pose challenges in addressing terror threat
15/05/24 05:47 from Business Recorder - Latest News
ISLAMABAD: The deteriorating bilateral relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan, coupled with a lack of meaningful state-to-state engagement, pose significant challenges for Islamabad in addressing the terror threat, especially from th...
» Dar briefs CTGI chairman over FDI scope in Pakistan
15/05/24 05:47 from Business Recorder - Latest News
BEIJING: Executive Vice President of China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG) and Chairman of China Three Gorges International Limited (CTGI) Wu Shengliang called on the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar ...
» Coca-Cola’s solar-powered water filtration plant benefits Megwarh villagers
15/05/24 05:47 from Business Recorder - Latest News
ISLAMABAD: Coca-Cola’s Solar-Powered Water Filtration Plant in Megwarh Village near Umerkot Sindh has benefited 800 households. With 800 households, Megwarh is a small village near Umerkot Sindh, birth place of the great Mughal Emperor A...
» Legal education: CCP inks MoU with DLE
15/05/24 05:47 from Business Recorder - Latest News
ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) and the Directorate of Legal Education (DLE) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at raising awareness among law students and lawyers. The signing ceremony was atte...
» Better production: Agri dept, private sector should coordinate: minister
15/05/24 05:47 from Business Recorder - Latest News
LAHORE: Punjab Agriculture Minister Syed Ashiq Hussain Kirmani has said that the Agriculture department and the private sector should collaborate and cooperate to increase per acre production of crops. He expressed these views during a m...
» CCPO disposes of 1956 service appeals
15/05/24 05:47 from Business Recorder - Latest News
LAHORE: CCPO Lahore Bilal Siddique Kamyana heard police employees 1956 appeals this year, issuing warnings to 1541 employees for minor violations while rejecting 415 appeals. He emphasized that the purpose of appeals’ review through orde...
» Gary Kirsten to join Pakistan team ahead of England series
15/05/24 05:47 from Business Recorder - Latest News
LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board on Tuesday announced that Gary Kirsten will join the national men’s side in Leeds on 19th May, to commence his two-year tenure as the white-ball head coach. Kirsten’s arrival will be three days prior to the...