Tag: Sector
$243 million loan sought from ADB for power sector
To increase transmission capacity and reliable power supply, Pakistan has approached the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the release of third tranche of $243...
US willing to help Pakistan in energy sector: Munter
United States Ambassador Cameron Munter has said that the US is willing to assist Pakistan’s hydro energy power projects to overcome the energy crisis,...
SECP extends facilitation to the corporate sector
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) extends facilitation to the corporate sector in collection of annual returns and accounts for filing of...
PR handing over 3 trains to private sector after Eid
Pakistan Railway (PR) has decided to hand over three passenger trains to private sector to continue its mail train operations.
According to the PR authorities,...
Fertiliser sector leads bulls with 82 point gain
Massive stock swapping in fertiliser stocks allowed the sector to lead the turnover, which has been on decline mainly due to low interest ahead...
Bank advances being eaten up by non-productive public sector
Funds-starved government continues to rely heavily on the easy money with its budgetary borrowings from the risk-averse banks surging by Rs60.904 billion or 32...
Japan to provide Rs 9 million for health sector
Japan has decided to extend financial support of US$ 106,973 (Rs 9 million) to Shehri Ijtamai Taraqiati Council (SHATAC) for the construction of a...
Banking sector reforms
Pakistan’s banking sector has come a long way since the reforms of ’97, with more than 80 per cent now consolidated in private hands....
AHL a vibrant manufacturing sector
Motorcycle industry is one of the most vibrant manufacturing sectors of Pakistan. It has been maintaining an average growth rate of around 15 per...
Swift action needed to regulate energy sector
There is a need to control line-losses, rationalise energy tariffs, establish a single coordinating agency for energy development in Pakistan, appointing competent professional CEO’s...
Cut in public sector development
In the backdrop of worsening economic health, dwindling forex reserves, widening fiscal and current account deficits, deteriorating security situation, and falling investment-to-GDP ratio, government...
Gilani offers ‘bleeding’ public sector enterprises to private sector
Prime Minister (PM) Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday offered Pakistan’s private sector the control of ‘bleeding’ public sector enterprises (PSEs) to rebuild the...
First impact study of microfinance sector in Pakistan discussed
The existing studies on the impact of microfinance in Pakistan have looked at the impact of microcredit on clients and have not studied the...
Law and order, power crisis multiplying woes of marble sector
The volatile law and order situation in the country especially in Karachi during the last few months coupled with worsening load shedding has badly...
Fertiliser sector: Bureaucracy exacerbates woes
Due to gas curtailment Engro has once again raised urea prices by Rs176 per 50 kilogram bag (excluding GST) effective from October 4, the...
SC tells CDA to submit details of plots’ remodeling in Sector...
A three-member bench of the Supreme Court ordered the Capital Development Authority’s (CDA) Land Planning Wing head on Monday to submit within two days,...
Poultry sector seeks government support
Hubbard Parent Stock arranged a function in connection with its successful completion of 20 years of operations in Pakistan. LCCI President Shahzad Ali Malik,...
