Tag: Commerce

Federal Secretary commerce Zafar Mehmood has said that India would have to dismantle all Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs) to Pakistan’s satisfaction to get MFN status. “We...

Punjab University (PU) Hailey College of Commerce (HCC) organised an orientation ceremony on Sunday, presided over by Vice Chancellor Dr Mujahid Kamran. Addressing the...

Yassar Sakhi Butt was elected as the president of the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) while Asad Farid and Shahid Zaman Shinwari...

Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar held a bilateral meeting with the Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al...

Billions of people are using mobile phone and handheld wireless devices worldwide. Global shipments of mobile phones (and other wireless devices) have surpassed shipments...

The Ministry of Commerce has approved Rs.31.62 million for the establishment of Research and Development Cells in three chambers of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The approval...

The federal government is trying to get illegal amendments in the Sales Tax Act approved by the assembly, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chamber of Commerce and...

The Ministry of Commerce on Thursday announced that it is imposing a ban on the export of meat and live animals for three months,...

With the reshuffling of the federal cabinet just a matter of days now, PML-Q leader Pervaiz Elahi is likely to get the Ministry Of...

Advent of computers and collaborative Internet technologies has changed the ways we do business. Beyond desktop and mainframe computing, Internet has emerged as a...

Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) and Saarc Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SAARC CCI) has demanded that the government overturn...

Though the government claims to have instilled stability in prices during the next financial year through a public friendly budget, the huge reduction in...

HONG KONG - The world's highest hotel opened its doors in Hong Kong on Tuesday, housed in the city's tallest skyscraper and offering unrivalled panoramic views of the world famous Victoria Harbour.
Towering some 490 metres (1,600 feet) above the bustling, chaotic streets of the Southern Chinese city, the Ritz-Carlton Hotel is making a grand comeback after temporarily closing in 2008.
Visitors peered out of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the 118th floor of the International

KARACHI - Export deals, worth millions of dollars, are likely to hit a snag as the Ministry of Defence, citing security reasons, is reluctant to issue VIP protocol passes to exporters for receiving their buyers at airports.
Though extended dates of the protocol passes, issued to the exporters, are going to expire by February 9, 2011, both the ministry of Defence and Ministry of Commerce are yet to arrange the new passes despite repeated requests by the country's exporters,

ISLAMABAD: Commerce Ministers of Pakistan and Afghanistan are expected to sign a final draft of the Afghanistan Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA) in Kabul in the next few days.
Official sources at the Commerce Ministry informed that the visit of Commerce Minister, Makhdoom Amin Fahim was being worked out with the Afghan government. They said the agreement was likely to be signed by the two commerce ministers, either this week or next week.
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The government has convened a meeting of stakeholders to evaluate the implications of the trade concessions offered by the European Union (EU). The meeting will be held in Karachi on October 14.
The Commerce Minister, Makhdoom Amin Fahim will consult stakeholders and officials of Trade Development Authority (TDA) of Pakistan and analyse the offered package. The Ministry of Commerce will also share its analysis on trade concessions with the stakeholders.
The meeting will