More than 12 million houses are required across the country and the demand is rising due to negative growth in this sector. Some banking experts said the liquidity coming out from banks due to falling interest rate is expected to enter the property market and this could stimulate growth in the housing and construction sector. Builders and developers are, however, hopeful the housing sector w
While acknowledging that the government holds the ownership of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL) with the majority of shares, IT and Telecom Minister Shaza Khawaja has admitted that subsidiary Ufone is not sharing its loss-making balance sheet with the government. “Ufone is operationally under Etisalat. Therefore, the government is not responsible for its constant loss-making,”
The textile and clothing exports rebounded 15.85 per cent in January from a year ago, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics data showed on Monday. From the start of the new fiscal year, the textile exports maintained a bullish trend with robust growth of 13pc in August, 17.92pc in September, 13.11 pc in October, 10.81 pc in November, and 5.55pc in December. However, export growth bounced back to dou
The oil import bill grew a paltry 1.35 per cent in the first seven months of the current fiscal year to $9.46 billion from $9.33bn over the corresponding period last year, showed data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Monday. The data analysis suggests that all the groups, including petroleum goods, consumer durables and raw materials, have witnessed a growth in imports dur
The opposition in the Senate staged a protest after the chair set a new precedent, withholding the results of the count after hesitantly allowing voting on a motion for the immediate consideration of the State Bank of Pakistan (Amendment) Bill. The bill, moved by PTI Senator Mohsin Aziz, proposes to raise the minimum credit limit extended to the private sector by banks in each province. Obje