Latest in: Pakistan Economy
Measures to contain COVID-19 impact worked well...Read More
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The gold mountain will benefit natives and the country alike...Read MoreMarch 22, 2022
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In a promising development for entrepreneurship, Pakistani businesses would now be able to use the global e-commerce platform Amazon...May 7, 2021
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Pakistan switches to e-visa; No more manual visa from February 1, 2021
Pakistan has announced that it will move entirely to e-visa services from February 1, 2021, as a part of its efforts to encourage business and tourism. “Pakistan government has decided to stop manual processing of visa...January 29, 2021 568 0 -
AirSial gears up for first flight in mid-December as the first plane arrives in Sialkot
AirSial, Pakistan’s newest privately owned company, is all set to take off in mid-December from its headquarters in the industrial city of Sialkot. The airlines got its first aircraft, an Airbus A320-232 that flew into the...November 29, 2020 1779 0 -
Pakistan claims ventilator manufacturing breakthrough amid COVID-19 crisis
Pakistan says it has successfully manufactured inexpensive ventilators that would soon be supplied to the local market amid coronavirus outbreak that has infected more than 200,000 people and claimed thousands of lives. Ventilators are expensive equipment...June 29, 2020 954 0 -
Coronavirus, locust invasion push Pakistan into negative growth for the first time in 68 years
The twin monsters of coronavirus and locust invasion have pushed Pakistan into negative territory, causing a contraction of 0.38 per cent in growth – something that the country has not witnessed in almost seven decades. Even...June 12, 2020 747 0 -
Pakistan’s wheat potential beyond bumper harvest
By Dr Bettina Robotka and Ikram Sehgal With a population of more than 200 million people, more than half of which are living below or close to the poverty line, the production and distribution- of...April 30, 2020 2177 1 -
Pakistan, India may see worst growth in 40 years due to coronavirus outbreak
Pakistan, India and other South Asian countries are likely to record their worst growth performance in four decades this year due to the coronavirus outbreak that has halted economic activities across the region, according to a...April 19, 2020 634 0 -
EDITORIAL: Pakistan must make tough decisions to stave off coronavirus catastrophe
In dealing with the coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Imran Khan faces a huge challenge, which may prove to be even bigger than the dire economic conditions he inherited at the start of his government in 2018 summer....March 22, 2020 710 0