Foodpanda, Wasl Investment to offer riders affordable motorcycle financing
KARACHI: To help address needs of its delivery riders, country’s leading online delivery service foodpanda has teamed up with Wasl Investment Finance Ltd a non-bank finance company (NBFC) to provide accessible and flexible motorcycle loan optio...
PTCL, NOWPDP, Deaftawk launch programme for persons with disabilities
ISLAMABAD: PTCL Group signed an agreement with Network of Organisations Working for People with Disabilities Pakistan (NOWPDP) and Deaftawk to launch third cohort of its flagship skill training programme, Justuju for professional development of perso...
Import payment pressure weighs rupee down by nearly Re1
KARACHI: Rupee lost nearly Re1 against dollar in interbank market after coming under pressure due to import payments and political uncertainty. Domestic unit was gaining ground against greenback in last three consecutive sessions and gained Rs 1.1 an...
ADB credits $1.5bn to SBP’s account, Dar says
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar announced Asian Development Bank (ADB) had released $ 1.5 billion to Pakistan to help boost social protection, promote food security and create jobs in wake of super floods as well as global supply chain disrupti...
WhatsApp services resume after global outage
KARACHI: Popular messaging app WhatsApp stopped working for many people across world, with users in Asia, United Kingdom, South Africa and Europe reporting issues sending and receiving texts and videos. However, platform resumed its services after ou...
Targeting $100bn exports in 5 years vital to address external financing issues: Ahsan Iqbal
ISLAMABAD: Minister of Planning, Development and Special Measures Ahsan Iqbal said that there is a need to increase domestic exports from $ 30 billion to $ 100 billion in next five years to cope with external financial needs of country. He said annu...
US, KMBL sign $25m commitment to empower women, micro, small businesses
KARACHI: United States government, through US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) and US Agency for International Development (USAID) launched new partnership with Pakistan’s leading financial institution Khushhali Microfinanc...
PM attends Future Investment Initiative Summit in KSA
RIYADH: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif attended Future Investment Initiative Summit being held in capital of Kingdom of Saudi Arab to discuss challenges of global economy. Prime Minister, who is visiting Kingdom at invitation of Saudi Crown Prince Moh...
Pak-Iran cooperation critical to regional eco growth, stability: Mohsin Dawar
Islamabad: Chairman of National Assembly Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs Mohsin Dawar and Iran’s Ambassador to Pakistan Syed Muhammad Ali Hussaini exchanged views on deepening Pak-Iran relations and making joint efforts to uplift regional...
Govt on friendly policies to attract investment in hydropower projects: Ahsan
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal said that government is promoting investor friendly policies to attract investment in environment friendly hydropower projects. Addressing an event here, he said that government is strivin...
