Tag: Industry

Power sector circular debt gives LCCI the creeps

The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Saturday expressed grave concern over fast rising power sector circular debt that has touched alarming levels...

$30 billion? Sounds realistic enough

The Attock Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) said business community will help government realise export targets under the new three-year Strategic Trade Policy...

Indian film actor Rajesh Khanna passes away

Actor Rajesh Khanna died at his home in Mumbai. He was 69 and suffering from cancer. Mr Khanna will be cremated on Thursday while his...

ICCI suggests decrease in interest rates

The government should reduce the high banking spread and bring down the mark up rates to encourage savings, investment and easy credit facility for...

FBR to try harder to get money back from defaulters

The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) President Irfan Qaiser Sheikh has said that the new FBR Chairman would have to take special...

Taking the wheels off?

This is with regard to the recent news that appeared in the press concerning the so-called ‘inducements’ extended by the local car assemblers to...

FPPCI and the chamber of regrets

Haji Fazal Kadir Khan Sherani, President of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) has strongly condemned the statement by the...

Implementing planned projects, for a chance, would indeed help industry

With the implementation of various projects, the overall Industrial sector is projected to grow at 4.1 percent during the ongoing fiscal year (2012-13) with...

Gas supply to Faisalabad industry suspended

Gas supply to industries in Faisalabad has been suspended for two days disrupting industrial output and rendering daily wagers unemployed. As per the new...

Anushka to romance Ranbir, Aamir

Among the new bunch of talent which inundated Bollywood to break the monotony of same old faces on the big screen; Anushka Sharma is...

LCCI informs govt that they’re in low cotton

The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry Thursday urged the government to announce a special package for ailing cottage industry to offset the financial...

Ailing economy needs a trip to Kashmir

The former president of Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Chaudhry Saeed Thursday said there was a pressing need for the...

Bears breed on paranoid investors

Pakistan Stocks closed lower amid record low trades on cautious activity in blue chip stocks after verdict on speakers ruling case. This was viewed...

An unholy nexus

It was President Eisenhower of the US who had warned that the US should not allow the formation of a military industrial complex in...

KCCI feels UN doesn’t care about them

Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s (KCCI) President, Mian Abrar Ahmad has urged the United Nations for positive consideration and registration of KCCI...

ICCI lashes out at power outages

Expressing deep concern over prolonged electricity load shedding, the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) urged the Government to seriously resolve the power...

Our decrepit Pakistan

Since 2008, the time when PPP took the reins, the government has been a victim of the worst controversies. From NRO to the judiciary...