ISLAMABAD – Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday hoped that two million Pakistanis will go abroad for employment in the next two years. In a tweet, he claimed that Pakistan sent more than 1.1 workers to different countries in three years of the PTI government ...

ISLAMABAD – Prices of basic commodities have skyrocketed as November inflation in Pakistan rises to 11.5 percent – a 21-month high. Reports in local media said the inflation rises to 11.5 percent in November 2021 – the fastest pace in 21 months – in wake of the PTI government’s stern ...

The Economic Coordination Committee of the cabinet has approved the proposal for the donation of 50,000 Metric Tons of wheat to Afghanistan. The meeting, presided over by Minister for Economic Affairs Omar Ayub Khan in Islamabad, also recommended relaxation of ban on export of wheat/wheat flour ...

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain says textile exports are nearing the target of 20 billion dollars. In a tweet today (Tuesday), he said the country witnessed a record rice crop of nine million tones and its exports will be around 4.75 billion dollars. The ...

A deposit agreement between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, represented by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), has been signed today by the Chief Executive Officer of SFD, H.E. Sultan ...

The Pakistani Rupee (PKR) slid to a new record low against the US Dollar (USD) and depreciated by 74 paisas against the greenback in the inter-bank market today. It hit an intra-day low of Rs. 176.3 against the Dollar during today’s open market session. The local currency depreciated by 0.42 ...

ISLAMABAD – Minister Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry Thursday announced that all legal arrangements have been finalised for $3 billion deposits from Saudi Arabia and the amount would be released during the ongoing week. Making the announcement on Twitter, the information minister ...

PESHAWAR- The Chief Minister of KPK province, Mr. Mahmood Khan, was called on by Mr. Amer Hashmi, the Chairman of the Special Technology Zones Authority (STZA) in Peshawar. During the meeting, the Minister for S&T, IT, and Food, Mr. Atif Khan was also present. The meeting took place as a ...

Karachi: The US dollar has depreciated by 6 paisa against the Pakistani rupee in the interbank, on Thursday. According to the data released by the State Bank of Pakistan, the dollar has depreciated by 6 paisa and is trading at Rs174.98 in the interbank market against Rs175.04 recorded the earlier ...

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Wednesday approved Pakistan Optical Remote Sensing Satellite (PRSS-02) project of SUPARC. A meeting of ECNEC, presided over by Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin, approved the project worth ...