ISLAMABAD: The minor penalty of ‘withholding of increment for two years’ has been imposed on Shams-uz-Zaman, Deputy Chemical Examiner (BS-18),...

ISLAMABAD: Dr Tahir Iqbal Khattak, Pakistan Customs Service officer of BS-17, has been punished after a departmental inquiry. The minor...

HANOI: The whopping rise in trade deficit that Viet Nam ran up with China last year has reiterated its alarming...

HANOI: The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) in Viet Nam, an indicator of manufacturing performance, increased from 49.4 in November to...

WASHINGTON: Exporters estimated Thailand in 2015 will shipments contract 5.5% year-on-year, as fourth-quarter exports shrank more than expected. Nopporn Thepsithar,...

WASHINGTON: Americans are buying more new cars than ever before as automakers reported December and full-year sales Tuesday. U.S. auto...

NEW YORK: News of a possible nuclear test in North Korea and lingering concerns over China kept investors cautious Wednesday,...

KARACHI: The Pakistani rupee Wednesday gained value against the US dollar both in interbank and open market. According to the...

LAHORE: The Punjab government has okayed Rs9,519.201 million (over Rs9.5 billion) worth of three development projects of Irrigation Department. The...

KATHMANDU: Restrictions on the export of paddy and seeds from India to Nepal have been in effect since October 7...

ISLAMABAD: Shaukat Ali, a BS-21 officer of Pakistan Customs Service, currently posted as Director General, Directorate General of Input Output...

DOHA: Qatari stocks declined below the 10,000 mark second time in two weeks yesterday shedding 0.82 percent or 82.03 points...

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue has issued the provisional seniority list of 144 Officer Superintendents, Inland Revenue Department. According to...

SANTIAGO: According to the Cherry Committee of the Fruit Exporters Association of Chile (Asoex), the Chilean cherry export supply for...

TAIPEI: Largan Precision Industry Co, which supplies camera lenses for Apple Inc’s iPhone, yesterday reported its lowest monthly sales in...

MONTEVIDEO: Uruguay's exports of goods totaled $8.96 billion in 2015, an 11.6 percent decrease from the previous year, Uruguay XXI,...

JAKARTA: The government is sounding out the possibility of importing rice from India and Pakistan amid low rice stocks following...

WELLINGTON: New Zealand honey exports doubled in November as the country benefited from demand for high-value manuka honey. The value of...

ISLAMABAD: Ahmad Nawaz, presently posted as General Manager, Pakistan Revenue Automation (Pvt) Limited (PRAL), Islamabad, has been assigned to hold...

MUMBAI: In India, while the exports of cashew nuts have continued their downward spiral in the current fiscal year, imports...