Taiwan stocks close below 8,400pts
TAIPEI: Shares in Taiwan closed below the 8,400-point mark Tuesday as investors were motivated by a fall on Wall Street...
China stocks end: Shanghai Composite drops 1.9pc
BEIJING: Chinese stocks fell the most in a week after trade data signalled a deepening slowdown in the nation’s economy...
Nasir Ghouri made Commissioner-IR (BTB) in Lahore
ISLAMABAD: Muhammad Nasir Khan Ghouri, a BS-20 officer of Inland Revenue Service, presently posted as Chief (BTB), Federal Board of...
Tiwana takes charge as SA to FBR chairman
ISLAMABAD: Malik Amjad Zubair Tiwana, a BS-20 officer of Inland Revenue Service, has assumed the charge of the post of...
Muzaffar Soomro assumes charge as Commissioner-IR (OPS)
ISLAMABAD: Muzaffar Ali Soomro, a BS-19 officer of Inland Revenue Service, has assumed the charge of the post of Commissioner-IR...
Why monstrous early galaxies do not exist in modern universe?
HONG KONG: Astronomers have discovered a nest of massive baby galaxies 11.5 billion light-years away, which are seemingly placed at...
Finance Ministry to cut import duty on pipeline
WASHINGTON: The Finance Ministry is poised to cut import duty on up to 1,000 items in a bid to strengthen...
Astronomers discovered faintest galaxy ever detected
EUROPE: Astronomers have discovered the faintest galaxy ever detected, dating back to the early universe. The ancient structure, which has...
Banks directed to establish special counters for pensioners
KARACHI: The Central Bank has directed all the banks to facilitate the pensioners, by establishing special counters for them in...
NASA releases best close-up images of Pluto’s stunning surface
WASHINGTON: New images taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft offer the clearest, closest view yet of Pluto's stunning surface. The...
Smeda organises workshop for textile-related SMEs of Swat
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Small & Medium Enterprises Development Authority (Smeda) has organised a four-day training workshop for textile...
Hong Kong stocks close at 1 month low, Hang Seng tumbles 1.3pc
HONG KONG: Hong Kong stocks closed at a two-month low on Tuesday, tracking sluggish global markets, as slumping oil prices...
South Korean stocks slip 0.75% at end of trade
SEOUL: South Korean shares dipped 0.75 percent Tuesday as a free-fall in oil prices dampened investors' appetite for risky...
Germany’s oil import bill declines 34.4% in Jan-Oct 2015
FRANKFURT: Lower prices helped cut Germany's oil import bill by 34.4 percent to 28.0 billion euros ($30.30 billion) in the...
Shareholders sue Toshiba for seeking $2.45m
TOKYO: Fifty individual shareholders of Toshiba Corp sued the Japanese conglomerate in Tokyo yesterday, seeking 301.99 million yen (US$2.45 million)...
Ministries directed to expedite work on gas-based power plants
ISLAMABAD: Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has directed ministries of Water & Power and Petroleum & Natural Resources to keep...
Sindh govt developing Marble City to promote industry
KARACHI: The Sindh government is developing a Marble City Industrial Enclave on 300 acres for the promotion of marble and...
China’s foreign trade falls 4.5% to $337bn in Nov
BEIJING: China's foreign trade in November dropped 4.5 percent year on year to 2.16 trillion yuan (US$337 billion), the ninth...
China forex reserves drop by $87.2 billion in Nov
BEIJING: China's foreign exchange reserves, the world's largest, fell by $87.2 billion in November to $3.44 trillion, central bank data...
Speed up construction of small dams in KP, Sherpao directs authorities
PESHAWAR: Senior Minister for Irrigation Sikandar Hayat Khan Sherpao has ordered the authorities concerned to speed up construction work of...
