ISLAMABADHigh inflation might have weakened the purchasing power of many common citizens but when it comes to buying delicious foodstuffs they seem undeterred by the price hike.Business Expo 2013 held at Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST) Islamabad Campus ...

lahore - The Pakistan Economy Watch and the All Pakistan Anjuman-e-Tajiran on Friday observed that business community wants Shahbaz Sharif as energy minister to resolve energy crisis. “We have full faith in skills and selflessness of the former chief minister Punjab who can resolve the crisis ...

ISLAMABAD (PR): A delegation of Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI) led by its President, Zafar Bakhtawari visited the office of newly-appointed Chief Commissioner of Islamabad, Jawad Paul for congratulating  him on his appointment as Chief Commissioner of Islamabad. Jawad Paul ...

istanbul - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is considering ways to help small businesses in emerging Europe, including through direct lending, as the region suffers lacklustre growth, its president said on Saturday.The European Central Bank and the International Monetary ...

sialkot - Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturer and Exporter Association (PRGMEA) former chairman Ijaz A Khokhar has underscored the need of setting up “Business Promotional Board” here for finding out ways and means for growth of different industrial sectors. In an interview with ...

BRUSSELS: Private sector business activity remained weak across the eurozone in April, with Germany registering its first decline since November, a widely-watched survey showed on Monday. The Markit Eurozone Composite Purchasing Managers Index registered 46.9 points, slightly up on an initial ...

KARACHI : Routine life and business activities have been badly affected in the city because of unscheduled and prolonged power load shedding. Several areas of the city face 10-12 hours long power failures. KESC had alerted citizens about the inevitable increase in the duration of loadshedding in ...

The stereotypical Afghan woman is still very much alive and struggling to survive, every single, often painful, step of the way towards what increasingly looks like a return to a hefty measure of Talibanisation. That, frankly speaking, will make very little difference for rural women at all, ...

ISLAMABAD : The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Sunday said some influential industrial lobbies are trying to influence the outcome of the upcoming parliamentary elections. The highest-spending lobbyists are pumping heavy amounts into political campaigns while most of the money is flowing towards ...

lahore - Trakker Private Limited (TPL) has hosted a wonderful play for its business partners and dealers. The company held an exclusive viewing of the play ‘Two Muska Tears’ in Lahore at Ali Auditorium followed by a finale show with exclusive and elite invitations for the who is who of ...

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso has directed the Ministry of Finance to work with the Ministry of Production and the management of Pakistan Steel Mills and work out a financial package so that this strategic financial asset can be made a feasible entity.These directions were given ...

islamabad - Pakistan on Wednesday urged United Arab Emirates (UAE) to allow multiple-entry business visas to Pakistani businessmen for Dubai and facilitate exports of meat and poultry to UAE from Pakistan.The demand was made by Federal Minister for Commerce and Textile, Maqbool Rahimtoola during ...

ISLAMABAD :-Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry celebrated World Intellectual Property Day in collaboration with Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan (IPO) and SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry here.  All the organizations agreed to initiate joint ventures for awareness ...

KARACHI : KCCI, being the vital stakeholder and chamber of business and industrial community of Karachi, contributes a major chunk to the national exchequer.  This was stated by Wajid Ali Khan Durrani, Director General NAB Sindh during his visit to KCCI. He said that NAB is committed to ...

ISLAMABAD : The 4th undergraduate convocation ceremony of National University of Science and Technology (NUST) Business School was held here on Saturday.  Mian Muhammad Mansha, a renowned industrialist, graced the ceremony as the chief guest. As many as 240 students were conferred bachelor ...

islamabad -  ahmad ahmadani - High-ups of the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) have approved hike of Rs1.05/unit in tariff as interim relief to Halmore Power Generation Company Ltd (HPGCL) on account of capacity charge ostensibly in a dubious bid to favour the private power ...

LOS ANGELESSSJUSTIN Timberlake wants to go into business with Rihanna!The star apparently has big plans to reinvent himself as a technology mogul, and he’s determined to enlist Rihanna for his reboot of the social network MySpace. However, Timberlake’s wife, Jessica Biel, isn’t ...

LAHORE  - A 12-member delegation of Pakistani businessmen will leave for Kathmandu Nepal on April 19 to attend 57th Executive Committee meeting and the 18th General Assembly of the SAARC CCI being held from 20-21 April.The delegation include Tariq Sayeed, Iftikhar Ali Malik, Zubair Ahmed ...

ISLAMABAD – With the advent of spring, the nursery business is booming and becoming competitive in Capital as the people taking keen interest in variety of plants and flowers.The nurseries are filled with hundred of flowers like chambeli (jasmine), motia (another jasmine variety), champa ...

ISLAMABAD - Zubair Ahmed Malik, newly elected President of Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), has said that government should finalise the budget 2013-14 with consultation of business leaders to steer the country out of difficult economic situation.Zubair Ahmed Malik, ...

LAHORE - The traders have demanded the trial of former president Musharraf under Article 6 of the Constitution and the High Treason Act, 1973, for suspending the Constitution and imposing a state of emergency on Nov 3, 2007, and ordering the arrests of some 60 judges including Chief Justice ...

Chief Election Commissioner Fakhruddin G Ebrahim has done well to issue a categorical albeit stern message to all concerned with the elections, including political parties, that no one would be allowed to sabotage the electoral process. This caveat was necessary just in case anyone was harbouring ...

ISLAMABAD – The Islamabad Stock Exchange (ISE) is planning to launch the second phase of Islamabad Electronic Exchange System (IEES) by mid of May, 2013 to enhance the business volume of ISE.“The volume of business is expected to increase by 100 per cent from the existing volume of the ...

NEW DELHI - India’s government is appealing to corporate leaders to “keep the faith” as it struggles to revive a staggering economy, but the reply from business is they need more than talk to win back their support.Business confidence in the Congress party-led government has ...

SAHIWAL -A business lounge at the district courts was inaugurated in collaboration with the Sahiwal Chamber of Commerce and Industry to provide facilities to tax payers and traders.On the occasion, Commissioner Nabeel Ahmad Awan said that industries play a vital role in economic development for ...

LAHORE - Pakistan Railways has suspended the Business Train service for an indefinite period on the request of the train administration (private partner).According to the PR spokesman here on Sunday, Business Train administration was bound to pay Rs 3.1 million per day which were not paid and now ...

NEW DELHI  – Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday there could be no ‘business as usual’ with Pakistan after a clash last week along the Line of Control.Speaking to reporters at a ceremony to mark India’s Army Day, Singh said that the killings on January ...

In what is his first response to the recent escalation of tensions with Pakistan, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said that it "cannot be business as usual with Pakistan."Speaking off the camera to journalists in the national capital, the PM when asked about options vis-a-vis ...

LAHORE – SALMAN ABDUHU  - The business community Friday welcomed the Lahore High Court’s decision on Kalabagh Dam and termed it inevitable because of an acute shortage of energy, fast depleting irrigation water resources and frequent occurrence of floods in Indus basin.LCCI ...

ISLAMABAD – The business community of the country can play vital role in economic development of the country. “The nations who gave importance to its business community, have always succeeded,” Zafar Bakhtawari, President of Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) ...