Mainly because of lower prices in the international market, the caretaker government on Thursday reduced the prices of petroleum products by about Rs4 to Rs7 per litre, except that of petrol, for the next fortnight starting Dec 1. However, it increased the price of liquefied petroleum gas for the month. In a late-night announcement, the ministry of finance said the government had decided to rev
With a slight decrease in share prices, the stock market underwent a correction on Wednesday following an extended bull run. Topline Securities Ltd said trading began on a positive note with rising share prices propelling the benchmark index beyond the 61,000-point mark for the first time. However, selling pressure emerged within an hour and led to a reversal of the trend. The subsequent fal
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Wednesday announced that Saudi Arabia had extended the term for a deposit of $3 billion to Pakistan for one more year. “The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), on behalf of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has extended the term for the deposit of $3bn, maturing on December 5, for another year,” the bank said in a statement posted on social media platform X. The
The life insurance subsidiary of TPL Corporation Ltd is going to have a reverse merger with Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Ltd to achieve the listing status. A reverse merger allows a private entity — TPL Life Insurance Ltd in this case — to become a publicly traded firm simply by acquiring controlling shares in a listed entity. In other words, the private firm goes public without going through th
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,