Akram Durrani asks investors to avail benefit from industrial sector in Karak

SIALKOT: High Commissioner of Australia to Pakistan Margaret Adamson has assured the Sialkot exporters to provide level playing field for...

FBR realizes Rs 1664b revenues till February 15

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has realized Rs 1664 billion revenues upto February 15 against the collections of...

Misperception about Pakistan incorrect, biased: Spanish envoy

LAHORE: Spanish Ambassador to Pakistan, Carlos Morales said that Pakistan is a land of opportunities and misperception about its reputation...

APAT rejects govt tax amnesty scheme, WHT

LAHORE: President All Pakistan Anjuman-e-Tajran (APAT) Naeem Mir said that traders community collectively decided that government must withdraw withholding tax...

Punjab to export 3 million ton potatoes this year: Dr Farrukh

ARIFWALA: Provincial Minister for Agriculture Dr Farrukh Javed said the process of potato export to international markets had been started...

China ships record 117.3 mln smart phones in Q4 of 2015

BEIJING: China has shipped a record 117.3 million smartphones in the fourth quarter of 2015, with sales fuelled in part...

Silicon wafer shipments rise 3% in 2015

WASHINGTON: SEMI has reported that worldwide silicon wafer area shipments increased 3% to a record high of 10.434 billion square...

Nagpur sends first banana exports to Iran

MUMBAI: A Nagpur-based company, Merchandise Venture Private Limited, exported a sample container of bananas to Iran. The company states that...

South Australia’s uranium exports may triple by 2040

CANBERRA: South Australia’s uranium exports could triple by 2040 but the overall economic impact of an expansion in the uranium...

Thai food exports to Myanmar surge 24% in 2015

BANGKOK: The institute revealed that Thai food exports to Myanmar increased 24 per cent last year. That makes Myanmar the...

Goods exports soar by 20% in 2015

LONDON: Goods exports soared by 20 per cent in 2015 up to €111 billion, pushing the trade surplus up to...

Iraq’s economy to appear stronger from current crisis

BAGHDAD: On Thursday, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi expressed his confidence that the Iraqi economy will overcome the current financial crisis,...

BP extends scope of Khazzan gas field development in Oman

MUSCAT: Britain's BP and partner Oman Oil signed an agreement on Sunday to develop a second phase of the Khazzan...

PSX among top 10 best stock exchanges: Haroon

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) Deputy Managing Director Haroon Askari Monday said that stock exchange is a great platform to...

Senate body seeks details of property, encroachment cases from KPT

ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on Ports and Shipping Monday directed Karachi Port Trust (KPT) to provide detail about its property...

Pakistan to export over $1b worth goods to Iran after lifting of sanctions

ISLAMABAD: Federal Commerce Minister Khurrum Dastgir has said the lifting of sanctions on Iran by major powers has provided historic...

Portuguese reduces consumption of plastic bags

LISBON: The Portuguese are using less plastic bags since the charge was introduced a year ago. In 2015 the average...

Pakistan, Korea near free-trade agreement

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's envoy to Korea has said that Islamabad and Seoul are struggling to launch a free-trade agreement (FTA) following...

FBR’s annual tax collection from Sargodha region up by Rs 1b to Rs 7b