Tag: Trade

Pakistan-Nigeria Joint Commission on bilateral trade to be established

Nigeria-Pakistan Joint Commission would start working soon to further strengthen bilateral trade and investment relations as all arrangements have been finalised to ink an...

Pakistan to attend trade fair in China

The South Asia trade fair 2013 will be held at Kunming city in China in June. A large number of textile exporters, traders from Faisalabad,...

Services trade deficit shrinks to 78.91%

The services trade deficit during July-November (2012-13) decreased by 78.91 percent as compared to same period of last year as its exports surged by...

SCCI demands flexible regime for Pak-Indo trade

The SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry, an apex body of the chambers in the region, on Sunday demanded flexible regime to augment Pak-Indo...

KCCI, BMG chiefs concerned over proposed changes in trade laws sans...

Businessmen Group (BMG) Chairman Siraj Kassam Teli and Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) President Muhammad Haroon Agar expressed concerns over proposed...

Pakistani exhibitors put up a good show at Heimtextil Trade Fair

219 companies from Pakistan participated in the Heimtextil Trade Fair in Frankfurt where Pakistan was ranked 4th in terms of numbers of exhibitors from...

China to encourage purchases with countries who signed FTA

In future, China will encourage more purchases from its main trading partners, having free trade agreements with the country, such as Pakistan, New Zealand...

Thailand to sign FTA with Pakistan

Thailand has expressed its intention to sign a Free Trade Agreement with Pakistan to further promote trade and economic relations between the two countries. The...

India mulls setting up dry port at Attari to promote trade...

The Indian government is considering setting up a container depot close to the Attari-Wagah border in order to facilitate trade between India and Pakistan,...

Trade policy to be announced by end of month: secretary

The Commerce Ministry is planning to announce the trade policy 2012-13 by the end of this month after approval from the cabinet, Commerce Secretary...

Senate body recommends amendments in Trade Organisation Bill, 2012

The Senate Standing Committee on Commerce on Wednesday recommended certain amendments in the “Trade Organisation Bill, 2012”. Chairing the meeting, Senator Haji Ghulam Ali said...

Oil down on fears over next US budget battles

Oil prices were down in Asian trade Friday as looming budget battles in the United States weighed on sentiment, analysts said. New York’s main contract,...

Sherry for greater trade access to US markets

Pakistan's ambassador to US Sherry Rehman has urged the United States Congress on helping realize greater market access for Pakistani products to the American...

Pakistan, Indonesia to start implementing PTA during the current month

The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Pakistan said on Wednesday Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) between two countries will be implemented during the...

Mauritius willing to ink FTA with Pakistan

The traders and industrialists here have stressed the need for signing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Mauritius which is willing to further economic...

Oil prices jump ahead of renewed ‘fiscal cliff’ talks

Oil prices jumped Wednesday as President Barack Obama headed back to Washington for a last-ditch attempt to secure a “fiscal cliff” deal with Republicans...

‘Let’s enhance trade with India’

Federal Minister for Commerce Makhdoom Amin Fahim has said that Pakistan’s stance to enhance trade relations with India is a new era between the...