Caretaker IT Minister Umar Saif and the group chief executive officer of VEON, the parent company of Jazz Pakistan, met on Wednesday to discuss the company’s plans and the challenges facing the country’s telecom industry, primarily a high cost of doing business. Mr Saif said on X, formerly Twitter, that the discussion focused on four issues, including instalments-based smartphones in Pakistan,
The government on Wednesday raised Rs1.165 trillion by selling treasury bills exceeding the auction target by Rs265 billion at slightly reduced rates, reported the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). The investment pattern has shifted to long-maturity T-bills for the last two auctions, indicating investors are expecting a cut SBP policy rate in the upcoming monetary policy review. The highest bids
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday temporarily suspended a one-off 40 per cent tax imposed by the government earlier this month on bank profits reaped from foreign exchange transactions in the past two years. The court has suspended a statutory regulatory order (SRO) in this regard until Dec 8. According to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), the cabinet approved a proposal of the Fe
Pakistan has exported at least 125,000 cotton bales this season and the quantum is set to improve further during the current crop season. The cotton consignments are being destined for China, Vietnam and Indonesia and a significant point is that all these export deals have been clinched by only one cotton ginner from Sindh, Dr Jasso Mal, Dawn has learnt. It is hoped that a similar quantity o
The Senate Standing Committee on Finance on Wednesday regretted that the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) had shared insufficient information on over Rs70bn established trade-based money laundering through the import of solar panels and ordered immediate payment to teachers their salaries pending since the start of the current fiscal year. Senator Saleem Mandviwalla, who presided over the meeting,