Saturday, February 19th, 2022
Pakistan requires 7% economic growth to ease debt burden, create jobs
KARACHI /DNA/ – The Businessmen Panel (BMP) of Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), expressing serious concern over the slowdown in growth of big industries in the first half of the current fiscal year, has emphasized the need for reforms agenda to achieve seven percent economic growth rate annually to create two million jobs per annum and reduce the public debt, which has already become unsustainable. BMP Chairman and FPCCI former president Mian Anjum Nisar said that the de-industrialization in the country began in 1988 due toRead More
‘Moment of truth’ for Iran nuclear talks: Scholz
Munich, Germany, /DNA/ – The chances of reviving the Iran nuclear accord are dwindling and the “moment of truth” has arrived for Tehran’s leadership, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Saturday. “We now have the chance to reach an agreement that will allow sanctions to be lifted. But if we do not succeed very quickly, the negotiations risk failing,” Scholz told the Munich Security Conference. “The Iranian leadership has a choice. Now is the moment of truth.” The 2015 Iran nuclear agreement had offered Tehran sanctions relief in exchange for curbsRead More
ICCI launches free ambulance service for members
Islamabad /DNA/ – The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI) has launched a free ambulance service for the welfare of its members. Deputy Commissioner Islamabad Hamza Shafqat along with President ICCI Muhammad Shakeel Munir formally inaugurated the ambulance service during a ceremony at ICCI. ICCI Senior Vice President Jamshed Akhtar Sheikh, Vice President Muhammad Fahim Khan, Chairman Founder Group Khalid Iqbal Malik, Mian Shaukat Masood, Muhammad Ejaz Abbasi, Zafar Bakhtawari, Baser Daud, Tahir Abbasi, Khalid Chaudhry, Saif-ur-Rehman Khan, Raja Abdul Majeed, Sardar Tahir a large number of business communityRead More