Tue, 21-Oct-2025

More than just packing

packaging

LAHORE: The registered packaging companies are estimated to worth Rs20 trillion but their market share is merely 30 per cent of the total volume. At least 70 per cent of the local packaging requirements are fulfilled by the informal sector, depriving the national exchequer of the much-needed revenue, besides enhancing difficulties for the registered companies. … Read more

Husband on sale with ‘No Return or Exchange’

Husband on sale

John is 6 feet 1, 37 years old, a “shooting and fishing sort of person,” and a beef farmer. An Irish woman has put her husband up for ‘sale‘ on an auction site after he left her at home with the kids to go fishing. As per Linda McAlister’s ad on TradeMe, a New Zealand … Read more

Kati slams 100 basis points increase in interest rates

Kati

KARACHI: Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (Kati) president Salman Aslam has expressed concern over 1 per cent increase in the interest rates and said that the latest decision of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to increase the key policy rate to 9.75 per cent would increase inflation. He said 9 per cent to … Read more

Pakistan T20 World Cup squad to start training from Sunday

Pakistan squad to start training from Sunday

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday announced that the national T20 squad will start their training for T20 World Cup from Sunday, October 10. The PCB, in their official statement, said that the players will hold “a seven-day training and conditioning camp” under biosecure protocols at the National High Performance Center (NHPC) and LCCA … Read more