KARACHI ( TARIQ REPORT ) In keeping up with the excitement of online shopping in the country, the Great Online Shopping Festival (GOSF) – Pakistan’s biggest online shopping festival will be held from September 28–30, 2016 at www.gosf.live. The festival, supported by Google, JazzCash, Yayvo.com, Goto.com.pk and powered by JangRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Zammurd Khan, Patron-in-Chief, Pakistan Sweet Homes (PSH) said that orphan kids, especially in far-flung areas were vulnerable to become easy tools for terrorists and Pakistan Sweet Homes was working for their economic empowerment that would help in reducing terrorism in the country. He stressed thatRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Managing Director Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL) Amjad Latif has said LNG import project had proved a game-changer, it has resulted in the revival of local industry and provision of employment opportunities that would take its sales to record 3.2 BCFD by the endRead More →
LAHORE ( HAFEEZ REPORT ) The 10th Pakistan SME Conference 2016 organized by SHAMROCK Conferences International, concluded at the Pearl Continental Hotel in Karachi today. The experts and regulators deliberated upon broad-based solutions for accelerating growth in the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) sector. Assistant Director of State Bank of Pakistan (SBP),Read More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) The first meeting of the newly established National Advisory Council (NAC) on e-commerce, chaired by Minister of Commerce Khurram Dastgir Khan, will be held on August 18. The 48-member policy unit – comprising senior officers of various ministers and relevant stakeholders – was formed byRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) Dissatisfied with foreign investment outcomes, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has directed massive restructuring of the Board of Investment (BoI) including winding up of its regional offices. “The BoI was originally created to provide for one-window operations to facilitate international investment. It has failed to deliverRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Parliamentary Committee on CPEC meet today under the chairmanship of Senator Mushahid Hussain. The committee was briefed by the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Interior on security of CPEC and the various steps that the Government has taken to protect Chinese nationals andRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) The All Pakistan Business Forum (APBF) has expressed the need for ensuring consistent and abundant gas supply for the industrial and domestic sectors. Pakistan’s total gas production is around 4 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd), while the national demand stands at 6 bcfd, wherebyRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif has expressed concern over the inability of the Ministry of Commerce in achieving progress on developing a national e-commerce policy despite working on it for more than a year. An official letter of the PM Secretariat, a copy of whichRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Today, a two members bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, headed by Hon’ble Mr. Justice Mian Saqib Nisar and comprising Hon’ble Mr. Justice Faisal Arab heard Civil Petition No.1499-L of 2012 at Supreme Court Branch Registry, Lahore, regarding issuance of NOC for installation ofRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has issued a Show Cause Notice to Bahria Town (Private) Limited for prima facie violation of Section 3 of the Competition Act, 2010 for abusing its dominant position by not allowing Nayatel to provide cable, internet and telephony (CIT)Read More →
KARACHI ( J. Choudhry GUEST WRITER) Punjab, Sindh, KPK and Balochistan provinces have reported surplus budget in nine months of FY16 as the provinces could not utilize maximum development budget due to lack of capacity and interest as well. Punjab province has reported surplus budget in nine months of 2015-16.Read More →