In the aftermath of Pahalgam attack, Pakistan and India plunged into tit for tat response and Islamabad declared that all trade with India including to and from any third country through Pakistan is suspended forthwith. This step requires implementation of the rules of origin of the products in their true letter and spirit, as multi-million […]
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US President Donald Trump imposed a reciprocal tariff over 180 countries including Pakistan and slapped 10 per cent universal tariff on almost all countries with immediate and in case of Pakistan this tariff would go up to 29 per cent next week.
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ISLAMABAD: In the wake of unprecedented surge in rooftop installation of solar and perpetual burden of capacity repayments worth over Rs 2 trillion per annum, the government brought key changes in solar net metering by slashing down buyback rate from Rs27 to Rs 10 per unit. The buyback rate of surplus units generated by rooftop
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Owing to multiple persistent underlying factors on the economic front, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan preferred to take a cautious decision for keeping policy rate unchanged at 12 percent in its latest verdict.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is all set to secure $1.2 billion additional funding from the IMF through Climate Finance in order to augment the existing $7 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF).
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ISLAMABAD: To lay the groundwork for a cleaner, smarter, and more resilient future, Pakistan will have to move towards the adoption of an Electric Vehicles (EV) policy to reduce its heavy reliance on imported fuel. This requires a new policy framework for New Energy Vehicles (NEW) and all relevant stakeholders are waiting for the launch
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has been devising an action plan in consultation with different ministries and departments aiming to fetch multimillion dollars in investments under the Digital Foreign Direct Investment Enabling WEF Initiative (DFDI) under the aegis of the World Economic Forum (WEF). Pakistan requires a coherent and stable policy regime aligned with all stakeholders, including the
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