The Banking Mohtasib of Pakistan (BMP) provided the complainants with almost Rs1 billion in relief in the first nine months of the current calendar year. However, what is more serious is the increasing number of online frauds damaging the State Bank of Pakistan’s move to digitise the entire payment system. According to a BMP press release, 18,836 complaints were disposed of during the Januar
Secure Logistics Group Ltd (SLGL) has entered into an agreement to provide transport services to Maersk West and Central Asia Ltd. In a stock filing on Tuesday, SLGL said this corporate on-boarding of SG as one of the transport service provider to Maersk aligns with SLG’s objectives to become a leading domestic logistic service provider. In addition, SLGL is also engaged in discussion wit
Pakistan’s trade deficit with nine Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) countries widened by over 41 per cent to $11.703 billion in FY24 from $8.298bn in the preceding fiscal year due to a sharp increase in imports from China, Russia and India. The heads of state from SCO nations are in Islamabad to attend the 25th summit, which aims to strengthen multilateral cooperation among member states
Improvements in the external front of the economy helped the country attract $125 million during the four days of October, taking the total above $570m since July FY25. According to the latest data released by the State Bank, inflows have reached $125 million, reflecting a sign of confidence in the economy. The inflow was not much different from June, when foreign inflows had reached $194m, rai
The government has increased the price of diesel by Rs5 per litre, while the rate of petrol has been kept the same for the next fortnights, according to an official announcement. This is the first hike in the prices of petroleum products in three months, which have been constantly going down due to the falling prices in the international market. In a late-night announcement on Tuesday, t