Ghandhara Nissan Ltd (GNL), the assembler of Dongfeng and JAC vehicles, on Monday announced production suspension from March 6-10 due to a shortage of parts. In a stock filing, the company also informed that from March 13 it would start production activities on an alternative weekly basis until further notice. The company said its vendors continued to face major hurdles in the import of raw
Following Pakistan’s exit from the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) grey list, a global body of banking supervisory authorities has acknowledged the progress made by the country in the overall regulation of the financial affairs slightly lowering the risk score of the country. However, experts believe that the recently-released Basel AML [anti-money laundering] Index briefing on Pakistan wo
The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Monday rubber-stamped the government decision of imposing Rs3.82 per unit surcharge on electricity consumers across the country for four months with retrospective effect from March 1 and then continue it at a reduced rate of Rs1.43 per unit throughout the next fiscal year. The additional surcharges have been imposed on the demand of th
Shares at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) fell on Wednesday, with analysts attributing the downtrend to a delay in signing the staff-level agreement (SLA) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a desperately needed economic bailout, as well as, the impending rate hike. The benchmark KSE-100 index reached an intraday low of 480.65 points, or 1.19 per cent, around 11am. However, it clos
IT is all a bit confusing. Is it its familiarity with Pakistan’s poor track record or some sinister international ‘plot’ that is keeping the IMF from finalising the staff-level agreement with Islamabad for the revival of the stalled loan, despite the government’s implementation of several politically tough ‘prior actions’? At a rare background briefing arranged for journalists on the current st