Efforts underway to bring down street crimes: Mushtaq Maher
KARACHI: Additional Inspector General of Karachi Police Mushtaq Ahmed Maher has said that controlling street crimes was a serious challenge...
Low input cost to make Pakistani products competitive in int’l market: LCCI
LAHORE: The cut in the low input cost would make Pakistani products competitive in the international market where Pakistan was...
Kasur Excise launches operation against tax defaulters
LAHORE: The Excise and Taxation, Kasur has started crackdown against cable operators and property tax defaulters on non-payment of taxes....
SMEDA will provide support to SMEs in human resource development: Muhammad Alamgir
SIALKOT: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Small And Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) Muhammad Alamgir Chaudhry has said that SMEDA is...
Businessmen utilizing best abilities for economic progress of the country: LCCI
LAHORE: 87-member delegation of 45th Course of Pakistan Navy War College visited the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry to...
Businessmen hails PTA among D-8 countries as it will improve Pakistan’s trade prospects
ISLAMABAD: Atif Ikram Sheikh President, Sheikh Pervez Ahmed Senior Vice President and Sheikh Abdul Waheed Vice President, Islamabad Chamber of...
Police should perform their duties honestly: SCCI
SIALKOT: A meeting of Sialkot Chamber of Commerce (SCCI) held under the auspicious of President Major (R) Mansoor Ahmed here...
Taiwan customs arrests Japanese to smuggle banknotes
TOKYO: A Japanese man was stopped by aviation police at Taiwan’s Taoyuan International Airport on Friday while carrying Japanese banknotes...
Tin-Can Customs generates N24.85 bln in Jan
NIGERIA: The Tin-Can Island Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it generated N24.85 billion in January, up from N20.95...
ADB to fund $1.5 bln for Bangladesh-Myanmar railways
DHAKA: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will fund $1.5 billion for building a rail line that will connect Cox's Bazaar,...
Nickel shipments stop by new Madagascar levy
ANTANANARIVO: The Madagascan arm of Sherritt International said on Thursday containers carrying nickel had been prevented from leaving the island’s...
ZTE secures over 30% of global 4G shipments in 2015
WASHINGTON: ZTE, a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the mobile internet, today announced that...
Jordan expands medical services with 2 new hospitals
AMMAN: Progress on two new medical facilities, located in Irbid and Amman, could add much-needed capacity to Jordan’s health sector...
Egypt, Iraq sign $216 m worth framework agreement
BAGHDAD: Egypt’s Minister of Trade and Industry Tareq Qabil and his Iraqi counterpart Mohammed Shia' Al-Sudani signed an urgent framework...
Nepali man arrested in heroin smuggling case
KATHMANDU: A Nepali youth has been arrested and 160 gm heroin has been seized from him at a place along...
Rwanda’s exports to East Africa Community decline in 2015
KIGALI: Rwanda's exports to East African Community (EAC) countries recorded a slight drop in 2015, according to official data released...
Polish 2016 deficit must below expectations
WARSAW: The budget deficit of Poland in 2016 will amount to less than the previously-assumed PLN 54 billion, Polish Development...
Oman’s bank credit grows 8% to OMR18.3 bln
MUSCAT: Oman’s commercial banks have achieved a robust 8.39 per cent growth in total credit at OMR18.32 billion for 2015,...
Bulgaria increases sunseed exports
SOFIA: Sunflower seed domestic prices in Bulgaria are fluctuating around the level of USD 400 / MT with relative price...
Guatemala starts exporting avocados to Germany
BERLIN: “We used to have a production period from December to March. Over the last 2 years, we grew 42%...
