Covid-19 vaccine will be available in March 2021, says P&SHC secretary
LAHORE:Â Following the federal cabinet's decision to purchase the Covid-19 vaccine from a Chinese company and regarding its purchase and availability, Punjab Primary and Secondary...
PM announces extension of fixed tax regime for construction sector till end 2021
Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Thursday announced that the fixed tax regime for the construction sector that was introduced earlier this year had...
Bitcoin rises above $29,000 after climbing 50pc in December
NEW YORK: Bitcoin vaulted above $29,000 to reach yet another record level on the last day of 2020, showing no signs of slowing down...
Karachi to close restaurants early, celebrate NYE responsibly
All businesses and restaurants in the port city are closed down by 8 pm on New Year's Eve, directed Karachi Commissioner Navid Ahmed Shaikh...
Engro Polymer & Chemicals Ltd. initiates IPO listing
LAHORE: Engro Polymer & Chemicals Limited has successfully undertaken the Initial Public Offering of its Preference Shares. The public subscription was held successfully on...
Pakistan LNG seeks two cargoes for April delivery
SINGAPORE: Pakistan LNG is seeking two liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes for delivery in April, a tender document posted on the company website showed.
The...
Pakistan to purchase 1.2m Covid-19 vaccine doses from China’s Sinopharm
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will purchase 1.2 million Covid-19 vaccine doses from China’s Sinopharm, a minister said on Thursday, the first official confirmation of a vaccine...
China approves first homegrown vaccine said to be 79.3pc effective
Chinese health regulators said on Thursday that they have given conditional approval to a coronavirus vaccine developed by state-owned Sinopharm.
The two-dose vaccine is the...
US slaps tariffs on French and German wines, aircraft parts amid EU dispute
WASHINGTON: The US government on Wednesday said it would raise tariffs on certain European Union products, including aircraft components and wines from France and...
Families claim Kashmiri youths killed in encounter were not militants
In a rare protest, the families of three people killed in a gunfight in Kashmir have said that they were not militants, adding that...
Covid-19 shook, rattled and rolled the global economy in 2020
MONTREAL: When 2020 dawned, the global economy had just notched its 10th straight year of uninterrupted growth, a streak most economists and government finance...
Emergency cash calls, tech IPO frenzy push 2020 banker fees to record high
MONTREAL: Emergency corporate fundraising and a clamour for tech stock market listings pushed equity capital market volumes to over $1 trillion in 2020 and...
NAB gets more time to file reference against former Sindh minister
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday extended interim bail granted to former Sindh minister Jam Khan Shoro and others till February 4...
Maryam holds PM Imran responsible for Kashmir’s woes
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz on Wednesday held Prime Minister Imran Khan responsible for for the suffering the citizens of Kashmir.
Addressing...
Silkbank launches visa contactless credit cards
LAHORE: Silkbank Limited, a dominant player with a substantial market share in the credit cards industry, announced the successful launch of its contactless Visa...