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Nissan, Honda scrap $60bn merger talks

Nissan and Honda ended merger talks to forge a $60 billion car company on Thursday, pitching Nissan deeper into uncertainty and highlighting the pressure on legacy automakers from Chinese rivals upending the industry. The talks between Honda, Jap­an’s second-largest automa­ker, and Nissan, its third, were anno­unced in December but were soon strained by disagreements, inclu­ding over the balanc

FBR details ‘massive over-invoicing’ in solar panels import

Startling revelations continued to unfold on Thursday before a Senate panel that confirmed more than Rs110 billion of fraud and money laundering in the garb of solar imports by more than 80 companies, some of which were found to be dummy entities. The sub-committee of the Senate Standing Committee on Finance, led by Senator Mohsin Aziz, vowed to continue its investigation into the scandal and h

Stocks end slightly lower after MSCI review

Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Wednesday experienced volatile trading as the benchmark KSE-100 index see-sawed throughout the day and closed slightly lower by 85 points following the latest MSCI market review. The bourse faced headwinds in the face of a series of challenging factors. Foreign financing outflow weighed on investor sentiment while uncertainty surrounding the Tax Amendment Bill 2

As economy stabilises, focus turns to reforms

Federal Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has emphasised that the government has achieved macroeconomic stability over the course of 12 months and now it is working on critical reforms. He expressed these views while addressing the Insure Impact Conference, held under the aegis of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), via Zoom on Wednesday. Aurangzeb noted that Prime M

PTCL incurs Rs14.4b consolidated loss

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has continued to face massive losses that amounted to Rs14.39 billion on a consolidated basis for the year ended December 31, 2024. In comparison, the company had incurred a loss of Rs16.73 billion in 2023. According to a public notice issued to Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Wednesday, the PTCL group sustained a loss per share of Rs2.82, whic