Pakistan will be free of power, gas load shedding by 2018, claims Nawaz on September 8, 2016KARACHI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has reiterated that load shedding of electricity and gas will be eliminated from the country by 2018, and that a number of power projects are being executed in Hub, Port Qasim, Thar and other parts of the country. As part of the government’s economic vision, efforts are underway to provide […]
Trucking cost surges due to suspension of trade at Chaman border on August 30, 2016 Karachi: The cost of trucking is continuously rising following the suspension of trade activities between Pakistan and Afghanistan from Pak-Afghan Friendship Gate at Chaman border. The bilateral trade remained suspended on the 13th consecutive day on Tuesday. All Pakistan Oil Tankers Owners Association (APOTOA) has claimed that around 3000 trucks on both sides of […]
Instead of buying books, people prefer to go online on August 22, 2016Karachi: The Frere Hall, also know as Bagh-e-Jinnah, has worn a deserted look as consumers are preferring online reading instead of buying books. For the past many years, bookstalls have been set up under the makeshift canopies in the courtyard of the hall, where once a large number of people used to visit to buy […]
First SME Exchange will start operations by end of current year: Nadeem Naqvi on August 18, 2016 Karachi: Pakistan first SME Exchange will be operational by the end of current year as relevant preparations are being finalized, says Nadeem Naqvi, Managing Director of Pakistan Stock Exchange PSX. The paid up capital requirement for listing SMEs at the Exchange would be only Rs 25 million as compared to the Rs 200 million […]