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Standard Chartered Bank to give $200m loan to Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The Standard Chartered Bank will give a $200-million commercial loan to Pakistan to help the country finance its liquefied...
Incoming govt to start laying TAPI pipeline
ISLAMABAD: In a bid to cope with the daunting challenge of energy shortages, the incoming government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)...
Bulk of Chinese financing goes to three CPEC projects
ISLAMABAD: Just three projects of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) – all of them on the eastern route – received 90% of...
IMF, finance ministry way off on Pakistan’s economic misery
ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Pakistan’s finance ministry have failed to make accurate forecasts about the...
FBR includes offshore income in scope of tax amnesty scheme
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) announced to include offshore income under the scope of the tax amnesty scheme, changing...
Three economic zones set to take off under CPEC
ISLAMABAD: Three prioritised Special Economic Zones of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) are set to take off, as Beijing has...

Standard Chartered Bank to give $200m loan to... ISLAMABAD: The Standard Chartered Bank will give a $200-million commercial loan to...	Incoming govt to start laying TAPI pipeline ISLAMABAD: In a bid to cope with the daunting challenge of energy shortages, the...
Bulk of Chinese financing goes to three CPEC... ISLAMABAD: Just three projects of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) – all...	IMF, finance ministry way off on Pakistan’s... ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Pakistan’s finance ministry...
FBR includes offshore income in scope of tax... ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) announced to include offshore income...	Three economic zones set to take off under CPEC ISLAMABAD: Three prioritised Special Economic Zones of the China-Pakistan Economic...
Washington’s reservations over CPEC Of late, the US has raised objections on the multibillion-dollar China-Pakistan...	If Pakistan does not want to be pushed to ‘do... Nothing remains constant in Pakistan, not even perceptions. Such is the sad state of...
Pakistan gets $230m loans to cushion forex... ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has received two short-term loans worth $230 million from...	Reko Diq gold mine project: Pakistan may face... ISLAMABAD: An arbitration tribunal of the World Bank has ruled in favor of Tethyan...
Pakistan borrows another $700m to ease pressure... ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has obtained another $700 million loan from a European...	Oil prices rise as Arab states cut ties with... Oil rose on Monday after top crude exporter Saudi Arabia and other Arab states cut...
China to invest $50b to develop Indus River... ISLAMABAD: In a major development that may attract $50 billion Chinese investment to...	Pakistan Development Fund: Billions in hand, none... ISLAMABAD: It has now been three years since the government parked the $1.5-billion...
When buildings rise, the real losers are the... KARACHI: When approvals were handed out for high-rise buildings in Karachi, a lot of...	Chinese firms eye Pakistan amid Beijing's 'Silk... Chinese companies are in talks to snap up more businesses and land in Pakistan after...
Consumer giants court Muslims with halal face... LONDON/JAKARTA: Some of the world's biggest consumer groups are making halal face...	Confusion over capital gains tax fate hitting... GUJRAT: The ambiguity over the fate of the Capital Gain Tax (CGT) imposed by the...
Asian factories struggle Brexit throws up new... SYDNEY: China's factories flatlined in June as exports shrank and jobs were cut, a...	Worrying cash surplus THE Shahbaz Sharif government will try to persuade the centre to cut down the cash...
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