Algiers imports of pharmaceutical products decline in 2016
ALGIERS: Imports of pharmaceutical products reached $127.92 million in January 2016 against $133.78 million in January 2015, drop by 4.38%,...
Secretary-IR Uzma’s performance allowance restored
ISLAMABAD: The performance allowance of Uzma Munir, a BS-19 officer of Inland Revenue Service, has been restored. The performance allowance...
Turkmen investors want to invest in Pak’s medicine, marble, sports, agri sectors
ISLAMABAD: The Turkmen investors have shown their keen interest to invest in several Pakistani sectors including medicine, pharmaceutical, marble, sports...
150,000 cubic meters gas: First LNG ship arrives at Port Qasim
KARACHI: The first ship with a load of 150,000 cubic meters of super chilled fuel has arrived at Port Qasim...
Defence imports decline by Rs 10,990 crore in 2014-15
NEW DELHI: The expenditure on import of defence equipment in 2014-15 stood at Rs 24,992 crore, a decline of Rs...
Bond’s 200mph Aston Martin DB11 unveiled with £155,000 price tag
GENEVA: Now you can drive like James Bond as the model of the car, the Hollywood hero drove in movie...
Global exports fall 11.3%, imports 13% in 2015
WASHINGTON: The Organisation for Economic and Cooperation Development (OECD) announced Tuesday that global trade had slowed down significantly in 2015,...
Public money being spent only on uplift projects: Shahbaz
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that every single penny of public money is being spent only on the...
Mombasa port traffic rise 7.5% in 2015
WASHINGTON: Container traffic through Kenya's biggest port grew by 7.5 per cent in 2015. This is after new cargo-handling infrastructure...
At least 11% of Russian dairy products counterfeit in 2015
MOSCOW: Up to 11 percent of all dairy products in Russia were found to be counterfeit by the country's agricultural...
China Investment Corp teams to buy Australian Port Company
CANBERRA: The ambitious One Belt, One Road initiative undertaken by China, is a way to create a 21st century revival...
Twofour54 inks new deal with Abu Dhabi Ports
ABU DHABI: Twofour54 and Abu Dhabi Ports have inked a 12-month deal to enhance the development of the film and...
Ex-U.S. customs officer to be sentenced in tax fraud conspiracy
WASHINGTON: Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles are expected to recommend a five-year prison term for a former U.S. Customs and...
US Customs seizes 30 pounds of opium
CHICAGO: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at Chicago O’Hare International Airport seized more than 30 pounds of Opium...
India announces plans to build new ports
NEW DELHI: The Indian government has announced that it will invest Rs 800 crore (US$118m) for the development of new...
US Customs seizes heroin worth $90,000
JAMAICA: An arriving passenger at John F. Kennedy International Airport tried to ‘sneak’ past U. S. Customs and Border Protection...
Chinese Customs foils attempt to smuggle 9,000 memory cards
BEIJING: A man has been caught with thousands of memory cards attached to his body after he tried to smuggle...
HK Customs seizes cocaine, meth
HONG KONG:The day before yesterday, customs arrested a 29-year-old man at the Macau Ferry Terminal after they found 13 grams...
Chinese customs officers stop traveller returning from Ethiopia with bag of toxic beans
BEIJING: Customs officials in southern China have stopped a traveller returning from Ethiopia with a bag containing hundreds of highly...
Eurozone inflation falls into negative territory in Feb
BRUSSELS: The inflation in the 19-country Eurozone unexpectedly fell into negative territory in February, official data showed on Monday, suggesting...
