Category: Business

ISLAMABAD: Undeterred by the recent failure of the much hyped Kekra project, the Petroleum Division has sought security clearance of a dozen offshore blocks before inviting international oil and gas exploration and production companies for bidding. A senior government official told Dawn that a list of 12 exploration blocks in the deep and ultra-deep sea […]

ISLAMABAD: The Direc­torate General of Intelligence and Investigation (DG I&I) of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has unearthed several cases involving business concerns that park money in far-flung areas after making cash transactions in order to avoid taxes. Preliminary investigations have revealed tax evasion of billions in just three cases that fall under the […]

LONDON: Financial firms in Britain should be ready in case no trade agreement is struck with the European Union by December, a senior UK regulator said on Thursday. Britain leaves the EU next week, followed by a “business as usual” transition that ends in December. Britain and the EU will formally begin trade talks in […]

KARACHI: Outflow of profits and dividends from the country during the first half of current fiscal year increased by 10 per cent despite lower outflows from the foreign portfolio investment. The outflow during July-Dec FY20 was $836 million compared to $759.5m in the same period last fiscal year. However, portfolio investment outflows fell to $93m […]

KARACHI: The future of Datsun car project hangs in the balance as Ghandhara Nissan Ltd (GNL) has not received any road map from Nissan Motor Company Ltd (NMCL) regarding localisation of parts. In the project progress report filed to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Thursday, GNL said the company together with NMCL has invested […]

ISLAMABAD: The government and the country’s big businesses entered into a serious tug of war over electricity tariff that has increased by almost 35 per cent on average over the past 18 months. Pakistan Business Council — an alliance of about 82 of the largest Pakistani business houses claiming about 18 per cent share in […]

ISLAMABAD: Confirming economic slowdown due to stabilisation programme, the government on Thursday said the operations of local refineries had slowed down because of high production of residual fuel oil (RFO) and the international ban on its use for bunkering with effect from Dec 31, 2019. In a statement, the petroleum division said that because of […]

ISLAMABAD: The government has increased development spending to about 55 per cent of its budgetary allocations, significantly higher than last year’s 35pc during the corresponding period. The data released by the Planning Commission shows that it has approved Rs384 billion disbursements for development projects as of January 17 against a budgetary allocation of Rs701bn, accounting […]

KARACHI: From deep in red, the KSE-100 index re­­bounded in the last hour to close at marginal loss of 65 points (0.15 per cent) at 42,561. The market performance on Wednesday was mainly directed by one heavyweight scrip: Oil and Gas Develop­ment Company. It opened positive and the index rose to intraday high 48 points. […]

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary body on Wednesday was informed that international companies investing in liquefied natural gas (LNG) will bring in roughly $500 million foreign direct investment without any financial subsidy and off-take guarantees from the government which earlier placed unnecessary financial burden on the state. During the meeting of Standing Committee of National Assembly on […]