The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended 13 January 2022 recorded a decrease of 0.43 percent, stated the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).During the week, out of 51 items, prices of 16 (31.37 percent) items increased, nine (17.65 perce…
The National Assembly has passed the National Information Technology Board (NITB) Bill, which would not only enable the Board to harness the latest solutions ICT’s have to offer but would also induct and mainstream these technologies in the processes o…
Banks’ loans to the private sector dropped from 5.3 percent of GDP to 1.2 percent in the last 20 years, as per the World Bank (WB) data showing credit trends from 2001 to 2020.The WB is busy streamlining a picture of the current situation where the US …
Pakistan’s leading doctor booking and teleconsultation platform, Oladoc, has raised $1.8 million as part of its Pre-Series A round.The round was led by Sarmayacar Ventures along with participation from Doha Tech Angels and other angel investors. Althou…
All Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA), Islamabad Thursday termed its meetings with the federal and provincial governments as futile as they did not produce any solid outcome in the issues facing the sugar industry.In a statement, a PSMA spokesman…
Amid the National Assembly session on the Finance (Supplementary) Bill, 2021 and the prevailing LNG shortage, the electricity consumers have again been burdened with fuel cost adjustment for the month of November, as National Electric Power Regulatory …
The National Assembly is in progress to vote on the Finance Supplementary Bill 2021. The session started with Speaker Asad Qaiser in the chair.Meanwhile, a motion seeking to circulate the Finance (Supplementary) Bill, 2021 for eliciting opinion on it f…
The Senate Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat, in its meeting, on Thursday, at Parliament Lodges, discussed in detail the impact of furnace oil import on oil refineries and recurrent LNG issues.It also took stringent notice of the issues related…
