2nd December, 2012
Industrialists prefer single digit
Industrialists believe that the best way out of the fiscal tight spots is to fight inflation by increasing supply of goods and services.
9th November, 2012
Cellphone service with India likely
The Ministry of Information Technology has agreed to allow mobile phone services between Pakistan and India but certain issues have to be settled in this regard.
28th September, 2012
Real gifts sold on Facebook as site taps commerce potential
a feature for users to buy and send real gifts worth as much as hundreds of dollars.
7th September, 2012
Pakistan has abiding interest in promotion of regional peace, stability: Zardari
President Asif Ali Zardari said regional peace would enable the people of the region to exploit enormous opportunities available in South Asia.
9th July, 2012
Oil trade talks with India this week
Pakistan and India are to hold third round of talks on petroleum products trade, with chances of bilateral oil business thinning down to only petrol.
11th June, 2012
‘Hunza lake blocking Pak-China trade’
The Gilgit-Baltistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry has criticised the FWO for not being able to release water from the spillway of the lake.
25th April, 2012
Traders want their voice heard before tariff review
KCCI President Mian Abrar Ahmad here Tuesday urged Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority to listen to the traders’ voice before tariff reviews.
29th February, 2012
Trade with India: Cabinet decision today
ISLAMABAD, Feb 28: Trade liberalisation with India looks heading for more brainstorming when the federal cabinet takes up the issue on Wednesday.
21st February, 2012
Restricted items for trade with India being finalised
ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: In what appears to be the last round of consultations on opening border for Indian goods, the ministry of commerce on Monday kicked off crucial consultations with relevant ministries/departments to finalise the proposed restricted items to be placed on
14th February, 2012
Anand stresses trade to foster peace
LAHORE, Feb 13: Anand Sharma created history on Monday when he became first Indian commerce minister to travel to Pakistan to sign three agreements for liberalisation of bilateral trade.
13th February, 2012
Indian minister due today for trade talks
ISLAMABAD, Feb 12: In what appears to be a step towards enhancement of trade with India, three agreements will be signed during Indian Commerce Minister Anand Sharma’s three-day visit to Pakistan beginning on Monday.
11th February, 2012
Indian minister arriving for trade talks
LAHORE, Feb 10: India’s Commerce Minister Anand Sharma will walk into Pakistan through Wagah border on Monday morning at the head of big trade delegation on a three-day visit to Pakistan for talks to normalise
14th November, 2011
Holidays and work culture
    It may irk some but it is hard to deny that there is a cost attached to man hours lost during holidays that…
21st October, 2011
Expo to promote soft image
  KARACHI: Commerce Minister Makhdoom Amin Fahim said on Thursday that the objective of holding Expo Pakistan was not only to attract foreign investment and…
18th October, 2011
Price body takes note of livestock smuggling
  ISLAMABAD: The National Price Monitoring Committee on Monday noted that the prices of meat and mutton were constantly increasing due to rampant smuggling of…
13th February, 2011
Pak-Afghan Transit Trade Agreement to benefit Pakistan: Amin Fahim
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Commerce, Makhdoom Amin Fahim said on Saturday that seventeen routes through Afghanistan have been identified with sound trucks tracking system for exports…