ISLAMABAD  ( Web News ) Suljuk Mustansar Tarar, Pakistan’s Ambassador-designate to Netherlands said that the current government was focusing on trade diplomacy to promote Pakistan’s trade and exports with foreign countries and assured that he would play a role in cooperation with the private sector for promoting Pakistan’s trade withRead More →

ISLAMABAD ( Web News ) Sardar Yasir Ilyas Khan, President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) said that the coronavirus positivity rate in Islamabad has now come down to less than 1 percent and urged that the government should restore all businesses to normal timings without any restrictions alongRead More →

ISLAMABAD ( Web News ) As part of its commitment to facilitate its customers in more innovative ways, Pakistan’s leading cellular and digital services provider, Zong 4G, now allows its prepaid customers to activate international roaming services themselves from the convenience of their homes. Prepaid users of Zong can nowRead More →

ISLAMABAD ( Web News ) Pakistan is amongst the most vulnerable countries in the world to the negative impacts of climate change. To combat climate change impacts, Pakistan has spearheaded innovative initiatives such as the Billion Tree Tsunami for which it has received international recognition; biodiversity and nature preservation initiatives;Read More →

ISLAMABAD ( Web News ) The District Health Office, Islamabad would try to set up a Corona Vaccination Centre in collaboration with the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI) in its premises and in main markets and shopping malls of Islamabad for the vaccination of business community and theirRead More →

ISLAMABAD ( Web News ) The business community in a meeting at Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI) has expressed disappointment at maintaining the policy interest rate at 7 percent by the State Bank of Pakistan and demanded that it should have been brought down to at least 3Read More →

ISLAMABAD ( Web News ) Asad Umar, Federal Minister for Planning & Development said that the government was going to launch a national campaign for vaccination to control the Covid-19 pandemic and urged that the business community should fully cooperate in mass vaccination of their employees and general public thatRead More →

ISLAMABAD ( Web News ) Easypaisa, Pakistan has once again been at the forefront of empowering a shift towards digital payments. The platform facilitated 97,000 transactions amounting to PKR 23 million during the month of Ramadan. In Ramadan every year, philanthropic efforts reach an all-time high. With the COVID-19 pandemicRead More →

KARACHI ( Web News ) PayFast, the indigenous payments solution by APPS,is now the first payment gateway in the country to receive a commercial license from the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) under its rules for Payment System Operators / Providers (PSO/PSP). PayFast enables merchants, billers and aggregators to receiveRead More →

ISLAMABAD ( Web News ) The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI) and the Chakwal Chamber of Commerce & Industry (CCCI) said that the businesses have suffered huge losses due to the lockdown and restrictions imposed by the government to curb the spread of third wave of Covid-19 pandemic,Read More →

ISLAMABAD ( Web News ) The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI) has called upon the government to extend the business timings in markets from current 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm and for food outlets/restaurants up to 12 midnight so that business activities could flourish smoothly that would helpRead More →

ISLAMABAD ( Web News ) The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) will work with businesses to develop and declare e-commerce policy guidelines to build consumer confidence in the electronic marketplace and encourage fair trade practices to prevent any possible abuse and deceptive marketing practices in the e-commerce domain. The COVID-19Read More →