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A customer using a tumble dryer in a laundromat A row of washing machines at a laundromat in Walden, New York Coin laundry in Kanagawa, Japan (2023). A self-service laundry, coin laundry, or coin wash, is a facility where clothes are washed and dried without much personalized professional help.
The OLX marketplace is a platform for buying and selling services and goods such as electronics, fashion items, furniture, household goods, cars and bikes. In 2014, the platform reportedly had 11 billion page views, 200 million monthly active users , 25 million listings, and 8.5 million transactions per month.
Ghandhara Industries Limited (GIL) (Urdu: گندھارا انڈسٹریز لمیٹڈ), formerly known as National Motors Limited, doing business as Isuzu Pakistan, is a Pakistani truck and buses assembler based in Karachi. [2] It is the authorized assembler of Isuzu vehicles in Pakistan. [3]
According to the Economic complexity index, Pakistan is the 67th largest export economy in the world and the 106th most complex economy. [10] During the fiscal year 2015–16, Pakistan's exports stood at US$20.81 billion and imports at US$44.76 billion, resulting in a negative trade balance of US$23.96 billion. [11]
Pakistan Steel Mills is the current largest industrial corporation undertaking having a production capacity of 1.1—5.0 million tonnes [2] of steel and iron foundries. Built with the contributions of the Soviet Union in the 1970s, it is the largest industrial mega corporation complex, [3] vastly expanded in an enormous dimensions construction inputs, involving the use of 1.29Mn cubic meters ...
Karachi the economic capital of Pakistan. Following the international credit crisis and spikes in crude oil prices, Pakistan's economy could not withstand the pressure, and on 11 October 2008, the State Bank of Pakistan reported that the country's foreign exchange reserves had gone down by $571.9 million to $7,749.7 million. [ 64 ]
In line with its status as a major port and the country's largest metropolis, it accounts for most of Pakistan's revenue generation. According to the Pakistan Federal Board of Revenue's 2006-2007 year-book, tax and customs units in Karachi were responsible for 70.75% of direct taxes, 33.65% of federal excise tax, and 23.38% of domestic sales tax. [3]
Karachi is now Pakistan's premier industrial and financial centre. The city has a formal economy estimated to be worth $190 billion as of 2021, which is the largest in the country. [36] [37] Karachi collects 35% of Pakistan's tax revenue, [38] and generates approximately 25% of Pakistan's entire GDP.