Dy Superintendent Gulzar Ahmad exonerated from allegations
ISLAMABAD: Gulzar Ahmad Sehar, a Deputy Superintendent (BS-16), posted at Regional Tax Office, Lahore, has been exonerated from allegations levelled...
Quality Group to invest QR55m in India
DOHA: Quality Group International, one of the leading Qatar-based Indian companies, has announced to invest QR55m in the Southern Indian...
TIER manufacturing indicator points to further contraction
TAIPEI: The manufacturing sector continued to flash “blue” last month, indicating a contraction at a time when the local economy...
Customs Inspector allowed to avail voluntary retirement
ISLAMABAD: The competent authority has allowed voluntary retirement from the government service to Nazar Hussain, a BS-16 Customs officer, on...
Foreign employees on the surge in Bangladesh
DHAKA: The number of foreign nationals employed in the country is on the rise in the absence of adequate manpower...
Dy Asst Chemical Examiner Aziz granted performance allowance
ISLAMABAD: Aziz-Ur-Rehman, a Deputy Assistant Chemical Examiner, (BS-16) Model Customs Collectorate of Exports, Karachi, selected through the process of internal...
Indonesia’s palm oil exports to fall 8.7% YOY
JAKARTA: The Indonesian Palm Oil Board (DMSI) expects Indonesian crude palm oil (CPO) exports to drop 8.7 percent (y/y) to...
S. Africa posts first trade surplus in 5 months in Nov
SOUTH AFRICA: South Africa posted its first trade surplus in five months in November as exports of precious metals, such...
Turkish scrap import prices drop to $189
ANKARA: Turkish HMS 1/2 80:20 scrap import average prices (CFR Iskenderun Port, Turkey) slipped to $189 a ton week-on-week during...
Punjab govt to give technical training to industrial workers
MULTAN: The Punjab government has set up Punjab Skills Development Fund (PSDF) with partnership of Multan Chamber of Commerce and...
Kenya apex bank plans to inject 8 bln shillings into money market
NAIROBI: Kenya's central bank said on Wednesday it planned to inject 7 billion shillings ($68.46 million) into the money markets...
Zimasco shuts down Kwekwe refinery in Zimbabwe
HARARE: Zimasco, a unit of China's Sinosteel Corporation has completely stopped operations at its ferrochrome refinery in Kwekwe after switching...
China foreign debt at $1.53t by Sept
BEIJING: China's outstanding foreign debt settled at $1.53 trillion by the end of September, data from the country's forex regulator...
China foreign service trade deficit narrows to $15bn in Nov
BEIJING: China continued to see a deficit in foreign service trade in November but the volume has narrowed, data from...
Bank of China ready to sell 20% stake in power company
BEIJING: Bank of China Ltd has agreed to sell a 20 percent stake in a power company, Huaneng International Power...
Barclays Bank to pay out $13.75 mln
HARARE: Barclays Bank is to pay out $13,75m (£9,3m) to settle a US regulator’s claims that some of its customers...
Apple ready to pay Italy $348m fine to settle tax feud
ROME: Apple has agreed to pay Italy 318 million euros (US$348 million) to settle a tax dispute after the US...
Phoenix Commodities secures tender to supply 50,000 tons of wheat
PHOENIX: Phoenix Commodities has secured a tender to supply 50,000 tonnes of wheat to Bangladesh after submitting the lowest offer...
Japan stocks climb over 9% to end year on a high
TOKYO: Tokyo’s shares ended the year on a high note, climbing more than 9 percent in 2015 to rank among...
Petrol price may up by Rs2.17/litre from Jan 1
ISLAMABAD: The price of petrol will likely be hiked from January 1, however, prices of other petroleum product will be...
