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PTCL Group posts Rs14.2bn loss

PTCL Group posted revenue growth of 25.8 per cent to Rs190.6 billion during 2023 from Rs151.5bn in 2022, but faced a higher net loss of Rs14.2bn versus Rs10.4bn in 2022. The company announced the financial results for 2023 at its board of directors’ meeting held on Tuesday. The biggest highlight for PTCL Group during 2023 was the signing of a Share Purchase Agreement with Telenor Pakistan B.

Demand for Saudi riyals jumps by 30pc

The dem­a­nd for Saudi riyals suddenly jumped by 30 per cent in the open market but the price remained stable, Exchange Compa­nies Association of Pakistan (ECAP) Chairman Malik Bostan said on Tuesday. “Buying of Saudi riyals usually starts before Ramazan for Umrah. Within three to four days, the buying of Saudi currency jumped 30pc, reflecting the rush for Umrah this year,” he said. Last yea

Infrastructure, development get Rs190bn

ISLAMABAD The utilisation of funds for development schemes of the former parliamentarians appeared to taper off on the eve of elections yet remained the second-largest expenditure portfolio in the Rs190 billion overall disbursements for a struggling Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) in the first seven months of 2023-24. The latest data on development expenditure released by the Plannin

Auto sales surge 81pc in January

Despite unprecedented interest rates, unbearable auto financing, higher prices and political and economic instability, the combined sales of cars, jeeps, vans and pickups surged 81 per cent to 10,536 in January from 5,816 in December 2023. However, the sales in the above segment remained 5pc lower compared to 11,124 units during January 2023. According to the Pakistan Automotive Manufacturer

Economic Coordination Committee defers plan to recover Rs100bn from gas consumers

While approving an already allocated Rs7.5 billion subsidy package for the upcoming Ramazan, the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet could not decide how to recover Rs100bn in additional money from gas consumers in the remaining four and a half months of the current fiscal year as the commerce minister pressed for reducing cross-subsidisation burden on industry. The meeting of