With the appointment of the three commissioners in the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) on Tuesday, the chairperson remains the only member of the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP). The finance ministry has notified Akif Saeed, Abdul Rehman Warraich and Mujtaba Ahmad Lodhi as commissioners in SECP for three years bringing its strength to five. However, Mr Lodhi is cu
Oil rose to more than $80 a barrel on Tuesday as investors bought up risk assets after US data pointed to slowing inflation. The market was also buoyed by concern about supply disruptions, including the ongoing shutdown of the Canada-to-United States Keystone crude pipeline following a massive leak. Brent crude futures were up $2.85, or 3.4 per cent, to $80.84 a barrel by 1641 GMT. US West T
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has exempted all assets of the Reko Diq gold and copper mining company from capital value tax, which is payable by individuals, firms and companies that acquire an asset by purchase or a right to use for more than 20 years. The exemption on assets of the Reko Diq Mining Company Limited, formerly Tethyan Copper Company Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd, will come into effect
Attock Refinery Ltd said on Tuesday it’s temporarily shutting down one of its main processing units for eight days owing to “ullage constraints” arising out of low demand for furnace oil. Ullage refers to the empty space in a refinery’s storage tanks. In other words, buyers of furnace oil aren’t lifting the product from the refinery, which has forced the crude oil processor to halt operations f
Two of the country’s financial managers — past and present — cannot agree on whether the national economy is still in the red or out of danger. In interviews with private media broadcast on Tuesday night, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and his predecessor Miftah Ismail put forward their views on the state of Pakistan’s economy: while Mr Dar argued that the country’s performance criteria were up to