Gold hits 2-year of Rs55,800 per tola in Nepal
KATHMANDU: Gold hit a two-year high of Rs55,800 per tola, surging Rs1,000 per tola on Friday as world stock markets...
Dubai Customs seizes goods worth Dhs17 mln in 2015
DUBAI: Dubai Customs has said it carried out 135 seizures of fake goods worth Dhs16.8 million in 2015. The items...
Nigeria Customs Service to expect improve salaries
ABUJA: Officers of the Nigeria Customs Service should be looking forward to improved remuneration which is already being planned by...
Consumables seizes for customs duty evasion
RAJBIRAJ: A patrol team of Saptari-based Armed Police Force confiscated daily consumables worth Rs 300,000 that were being transported from...
Bangladesh aims for $3 bln in trade with Turkey by 2020
DHAKA: Bangladesh is working towards a goal of $3 billion in bilateral trade with Turkey by 2020 by diversifying its...
US Customs expands Global Entry to Germans
WASHINGTON: Travelers from Germany will be able to join the Global Entry program for trusted travelers, Customs and Border Protection...
Govt raises stipend for BISP beneficiaries
ISLAMABAD: Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said that he had consulted the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif regarding increase in the...
Afghan envoy to Pakistan calls on Dar
ISLAMABAD: The Ambassador of Afghanistan, Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal paid a courtesy met Finance Minister, Ishaq Dar here on Saturday. The...
UAE remains area of growth for India’s HCL
ABU DHABI: HCL Infosystems, one of India's premier IT services, distribution and digital solutions company, enabling organisations attain and sustain...
Saudi customs halts offer to smuggle 60,000 amphetamine pills
RIYADH: Customs officers at Dhiba port foiled an attempt to smuggle 616, 470 amphetamine pills into Saudi Arabia. They became...
Australia offers LNG supply to handle with energy shortages
CANBERRA: Australia has announced that it is ready to cooperate with Pakistan in a host of sectors ranging from energy...
Oman, India boost strategic relations
MUSCAT: Oman and India are intensifying their relations in a number of fields, the Indian Embassy’s Deputy Chief of Mission...
NAB chief says new anti-corruption strategy ‘bearing fruit’
LAHORE: The new campaign against the corrupt element (National Anti-Corruption Strategy) is very effective and yielding positive results and will...
Finland economy falls by 0.2% in Dec 2015
HELSINKI: Seasonally adjusted output of the national economy fell by 0.2 per cent in December 2015 from the month before....
Nausheen assumes charge as Karachi (LTU-II) Chief Commissioner
ISLAMABAD: Nausheen Javaid Amjad, a BS-21 officer of Inland Revenue Service, has assumed the charge of the post of Chief...
Rukhsana relinquishes charge as Lahore (RTO-II) Chief Commissioner-IR
ISLAMABAD: Rukhsana Yasmin, a BS-21 officer of Inland Revenue Service, has relinquished the charge of the post Chief Commissioner-IR, Regional...
Seema Shakil assumes charge as Karachi Chief Commissioner-IR (OPS)
ISLAMABAD: Seema Shakil, a BS-20 officer of Inland Revenue Service, has assumed the charge of the post Chief Commissioner-IR (OPS),...
Nazir Ahmad Shoro takes charge as Quetta Chief Commissioner-IR
ISLAMABAD: Nazir Ahmad Shoro, a BS-20 officer of Inland Revenue Service, has assumed the charge of the post of Chief...
Qasim Raza assigned look-after charge of Iris Project Director
ISLAMABAD: Qasim Raza Khan, a BS-20 officer of Inland Revenue Service, has been assigned the look-after charge of the post...
Cambodia’s garment exports rise to $5.7 bln in 2015
LONDON: Cambodia's garment and footwear exports earned around US$6.3bn in 2015, recording a growth rate of nearly 6.7% when compared...
