NEW DELHI: India may import 5 million tonnes of wheat in 2016/17 as its local production is hit by back-to-back...

KARACHI: The country’s foreign exchange reserves have decreased by $335 million to $21.266 billion in the week ended on June...

RABAT: Morocco will raise the custom duty on soft wheat imports to 65 percent from 30 percent from June 15...

KARACHI: The American Business Council of Pakistan (ABC) has pointed out that the recently-announced federal budget for 2016-17 lacks initiatives...

KARACHI: The state-owned Pakistan State Oil has signed an agreement for fuel supplies to Thar coal mines. According to an...

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister of Planning, Development & Reform Ahsan Iqbal has said that the government is facilitating Power China to...

BEIJING: CHINA'S export growth in yuan-denominated terms slowed to 1.2 percent year on year in May from 4.1 percent in...

ISLAMABAD: Pervaiz Sadiq, a BS-16 officer of Customs Department, is going to retire from the government service on attaining the...

ISLAMABAD: Feroz Ahmed, an Inland Revenue officer of BS-17, has retired from the government service on attaining the age of...

ISLAMABAD: Zahid Mahmood has been appointed against the post of Deputy Assistant Chemical Examiner (BS-16) in Customs Department. The officer,...

NEW DELHI: India plans to introduce a 25 percent tax on sugar exports to maintain local supplies, the government said...

CAPE TOWN: Nampak reported a solid 21% increase in adjusted headline earnings per share for the six months to March...

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board Revenue has converted Pakistan Customs Service officer Syed Jawad Ali’s leave into extra ordinary leave without pay....

TEHRAN: Royal Dutch Shell will begin importing Iranian crude from next month, becoming the second European oil major after France's...

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is considering taxing its foreign residents as the country wants to reduce its reliance on oil revenue...

ANKARA: Turkey’s current-account deficit narrowed for a ninth month in April as the cost of imported energy fell. The shortfall...

LONDON: Eastland Port handled more than 200,000 tonnes of logs in May and the June bookings indicate a similar throughput...

KARACHI: The local bank’s profitability has increased by 1.5 per cent or Rs816 million to Rs52.9 billion in the first...

WASHINGTON: The Port of Olympia’s maritime terminal is a unique community asset that contributes significantly to the economic and cultural...

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has allowed power generation companies to sell electricity to consumers anywhere in...