The rupee, which has been falling against the dollar since Sept 2, lost another Rs1.07 in the interbank market on Monday. The PKR closed at Rs237.91 per dollar — a depreciation of 0.45 per cent, according to the State Bank of Pakistan. Saad bin Naseer, director of financial data and analytics portal Mettis Global, said the decline was reflective of the overall demand and supply situation in
Oil and Gas Development Company Ltd announced on the Pakistan Stock Exchange on Monday that the TAL joint venture — in which the energy explorer has a 30 per cent working interest — has discovered gas condensate from Lockhart formation in Tolanj West-2 development well in the Kohat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Other partners in the joint venture are MOL Pakistan Oil and Gas Company (operator
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has amended the Prudential Regulations to facilitate the banks to enhance the flow of credits to the farm and non-farm sectors. The central bank on Monday increased the maximum limit of unsecured or clean financing for agriculture from Rs1 million to Rs5m. “It has been decided to make the amendments in Prudential Regulations for Agriculture Financing to enabl
Pakistan State Oil Company (PSO), which is the largest gas importer and fuel retailer, is going to build an import terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG) at $500 million, Bloomberg News reported on Monday. The import terminal will be located near Karachi and will take four years to complete, the international news agency quoted PSO CEO Syed Muhammad Taha as saying. The company has an under
The Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) on Monday termed Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s performance unsatisfactory and urged him to deliver fast to put the country’s economy in the right direction. “This is a fact that he couldn’t come up to our expectations and perhaps he couldn’t deliver due to the much deteriorated economic situation,” LCCI President Mian Nauman Kabir told journali