Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Accounting and HR teams are interdependent, as per business leaders

business leaders

The ICMA International and HR Dost on Saturday organized a communication on ‘collaborative management on finance and HR’. HR experts and finance officials of various corporations participated in the event and expressed their perspectives on the interdependence of HR and finance departments in firms. It became said that HR specialists knew the language of expertise … Read more

SME representation must in advisory committee: Unisame

Unisame

KARACHI: The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (Unisame) expressed disappointment over the economic advisory committee not having a single representative of the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) sector, a statement said on Friday. Unisame President Zulfikar Thaver while felicitating Prime Minister Shebaz Sharif on constituting the 22 member economic advisory committee, lamented that the … Read more

Foster world-class enterprises: Xi

Xi Jinpag

President Xi Jinping has urged efforts to speed up fostering world-class enterprises to play a bigger role in the country’s march toward the second centenary goal of fully building a modern socialist country. Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remark on Monday while presiding over … Read more

Minister inaugurates e-balloting for annual audit of firms

Ansar Majeed Khan

LAHORE: Minister for Labour Ansar Majeed Khan has inaugurated the electronic balloting for annual audit of businesses establishments, a statement said. The Punjab Employees Social Security Institution (Pessi) arranged the event at its head office. The minister said 18,269 enterprises and factories have been included in the balloting, which choose a self-assessment scheme. Through this … Read more

Pakistan’s external debt, liabilities rise $13 billion in a year

Pakistan’s external

KARACHI: Pakistan’s external debt and liabilities have increased $13 billion, or 11.4 per cent, during the last one year, according to the statistics released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday. The outstanding debt and liabilities of the country stood at $127 billion by September 2021, compared with $114 billion over the same … Read more

Govt should make policy to boost Small and Medium Enterprises: FPCCI

Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry

The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) on Thursday demanded of the government to formulate a new and modern policy to boost the important sector of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). It also asked the government to appoint a competent and well-versed Chief Executive Officer of Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority … Read more