Possible light flash from black hole collision spotted

NEW DELHI: Apple recently launched the iPhone SE catering to the 4-inch display lovers and even before we could estimate...

Apple has obliged government requests for user data before

CALIFORNIA: Even as Apple continues its high-profile campaign of resistance to the FBI’s attempts to hack into one of its...

Dinosaurs struggled to survive long before asteroid hit

MIAMI: Dinosaurs struggled to survive for tens of millions of years before they finally went extinct, an event widely blamed...

Pedestrians are reflected on an electronic stock quotation board at the window of a securities company in Tokyo on April 8, 2016.
Tokyo stocks fell morning trade on April 8 as market heavyweight Fast Retailing, operator of the Uniqlo clothing chain, plunged more than 11 percent after forecasting a big decline in annual profit. / AFP / TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA (Photo credit should read TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images)

Asian stocks extend rally after commodities jump; oil retreats

SINGAPORE: Asian stocks rose to a four-month high after the biggest jump in commodities prices since August boosted U.S. equities....

European stocks end at 3-month high as oil rallies

FRANKFURT: European stock markets finished firmly higher on Tuesday as a round of upbeat earnings reports and a solid rebound...

Stocks grind out another blue-chip day

NEW YORK: The Dow industrials have climbed for five of the past six trading days and risen 15% from a...

Gujranwala FIA arrests two human traffickers

SIALKOT: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), Gujranwala, nabbed two human traffickers involved in looting innocent citizens in guise of sending...

Dar chairs meeting to review progress of budget 2016-17

ISLAMABAD: The federal minister for finance Mohammad Ishaq Dar chaired a meeting to review the progress with regard to revenue...

Privatization of PSEs a big challenge in Pakistan: Muhammad Zubair‏

ISLAMABAD: Muhammad Zubair, Minister of State for Privatization and Chairman Privatization Commission of Pakistan said that the government was making...

PBC urges govt to declare export as tax free

KARACHI: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has completed its assessment for making national economy documented. Additional Commissioner Ghulam Rasool Khan...

Leakage of confidential info: FTO rejects two review petitions

ISLAMABAD: Federal Tax Ombudsman Abdur Rauf Chaudhary, rejecting two review petitions filed by the director general of FBR’s Intelligence &...

Visa: New Technology for Chip Cards to Speed Checkout Times

Visa says its improving its smart chip-embedded cards, which have been the source of grumbling from businesses and customers forced...

Alabama unemployment rate holds steady at 6.2%

LONDON: The Alabama Department of Labor released labor statistics for the month of March on Friday, April 15. The state's...

Inland Empire unemployment rate steady at 5.8%

WASHINGTON: Riverside and San Bernardino Counties posted a combined unemployment rate of 5.8 percent in March, on par with January...

Iraq may sell $2 bln in bonds, betting on aid to lower costs

BAGHDAD: Iraq may go ahead with plans to sell $2 billion in bonds in the next three months, hoping that...

Ukraine’s early spring grain sowing 92% complete

KIEV: Ukrainian farmers had sown 2.3 million hectares of early spring grain, or 92 percent of the initial area as...

Ashhad Jawwad takes charge as Collector at Karachi Appraisement (East)

ISLAMABAD: Ashhad Jawwad, a Pakistan Customs Service officer of BS-20, has assumed the charge of the post Collector, Model Customs...

Four Assistant Collectors assume charge

ISLAMABAD: Four Pakistan Customs Service officers of BS-17 have assumed charge as Assistant Collectors in different cities. Kaleemullah assumed the...

Secretary (Mgt.IR-I) Uzma relinquishes charge