Australian defence export licence figures revealed
CANBERRA: Australia's defence equipment exports reached nearly AUD1.8 billion (USD1.3 billion) in 2015, according to figures provided to IHS Jane's...
Pak rupee depreciates by 10 paisas in open market
KARACHI: The Pakistani rupee depreciated against the US currency in open market and remained unchanged in interbank. As per the...
Seven Inland Revenue officers of BS 18-21 transferred
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue has transferred/posted seven Inland Revenue Service officers of BS 18-21 with immediate effect. According to...
Imperial Tobacco NZ full-year profit jumps 50%
WELLINGTON: Imperial Tobacco New Zealand, the local unit of the UK's Imperial Brands Plc, posted a 50 percent jump in...
Audit Officer Mian Ibrahim punished
ISLAMABAD: Mian Muhammad Ibrahim, Inland Revenue Audit Officer BS-17, Regional Tax Office, Rawalpindi, has been punished for inefficiency, misconduct and...
Romania exports EUR 360 mln worth of electricity
WASHINGTON: Romania’s electricity exports totaled EUR 360 million last year, according to the European Network of Transmission System Operators for...
Australian exports face troublesome future
CANBERRA: Australia’s export concentration is posing an existential threat to its economy, according to a leading trade economist. Andrew Charlton, former...
Foreign reinsurer expands business in Korea
SEOUL: According to industry sources, a lot of foreign reinsurance companies such as Asia Capital Reinsurance Group and Pacific Life...
Syed Imran takes charge as Customs Valuation Add Director
ISLAMABAD: Syed Imran Sajjad Bokhari, a Pakistan Customs Service officer of BS-19, has assumed the charge of the post of...
Kuwait bans poultry products from India over bird flu scare
NEW DELHI: In what could be a major setback for Indian exporters, the government of Kuwait has banned import of...
Thailand’s low cost airline hub opens new terminal
BANGKOK: Don Mueang International Airport, Thailand's hub for low-cost airlines, officially opened a second terminal on Tuesday to cope with...
Fakhar Ul Islam assumes charge as Chief (OPS)
ISLAMABAD: Fakhar Ul Islam, a Cost Accountant (BS-19), has assumed the charge of the post of Chief (OPS) (Accounting wing),...
Addl Commissioner-IR Behzad relinquishes charge
ISLAMABAD: Behzad Anwar, a BS-19 officer of Inland Revenue Service, has relinquished the charge of the post of Additional Commissioner-IR,...
FBR remembers Customs Superintendent Akhund Qadir
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue has announced deep regret over sad demise of Akhund Qadir Dad, a BS-16 officer of...
Rizwan takes charge as Additional Director (IPR)
ISLAMABAD: Rizwan Basharat, a Pakistan Customs Service office of BS-19, has assumed the charge of the post of Additional Director...
Iran bank team to visit India for settling oil dues
TEHRAN: Even as the RBI sought the concurrence of the government to restart Asian Clearing Union mechanism to pay for...
Iran may export gasoline as refinery plans August start
TEHRAN: Iran, a net importer of gasoline, may start exporting the fuel once the Gulf Star oil refinery begins operating...
Saudi softwood lumber imports increase 24%
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has recorded a 24 per cent increase in imports of softwood lumber during the period between January...
Saudi Aramco to double gas production in next decade
RIYADH: Saudi state oil giant Aramco is planning to double its gas production over the next decade, according to reports....
South Africa current account deficit widens
CAPE TOWN: South Africa’s South Africa’s current-account deficit widened more than economists estimated, reaching 5.1 percent of gross domestic product...
