Cement manufacturers have expressed serious concern over the “deteriorating law and order situation”, which is putting at stake their heavy investment in expansion of production capacity. “Law and order situation in Dera Ismail Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Kohat, Mianwali and adjacent areas has jeopardised day-to-day operations of cement units there,” said a spokesman for the All Pakistan Cement Manu
TPL Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Fund-I is scheduled to offer a minimum of 1.25% (22.94 million) units at Rs17.59 per unit to the general public with the aim of raising Rs403 million in the ongoing week at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX). Fund runners may opt for selling an additional 1.22% (22.39 million) units through unlocking a green shoe option, taking total fund raising to a maxi
Intelligence agencies have unearthed a racket involving 738 petrol filling stations, smugglers and officials, who collaborated to smuggle the Iranian petroleum products, inflicting an annual loss of Rs227 billion to the national exchequer. Some 533 petrol pumps, 100 corrupt officials and 105 Iranian oil smugglers are part of this racket, who have indulged in illegal trade of petroleum products.
Dr Shamshad Akhtar, a macroeconomist and the previous caretaker finance minister, said that no one believed a woman could stabilise the economy while recounting her “compressed” time in the finance ministry on Tuesday. While speaking as the chief guest at the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) women empowerment awards, Akhtar talked about her career in Pakistan and abro
With payables touching almost Rs550 billion ($1.98bn), the government is contemplating finalising a schedule of payments to Chinese Independent Power Producers (IPPs) before convening the 13th Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. This will be followed by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s visit to Beijing, expected in the first week of June. Informed sources