Hong Kong stocks surge at open, Hang Seng soars 0.51%

SYDNEY: The Australian market looks set to open flat despite solid gains on Wall Street following a decent US jobs...

Almost 17,000 marine species unprotected in natural habitat, scientists

CANADA: An international team of scientists revealed that more than 17,000 species of marine life worldwide are still largely unprotected...

Seed Co receives $50 mln from regional banks for local, foreign operations

HARARE: Seed Co Limited has received $50 million from regional banks for its local and foreign operations so far this...

Singapore stocks jump at start, STI up 0.87%

SINGAPORE: Singapore shares opened higher on Monday (Dec 7), with the benchmark Straits Times Index at 2,904.09 in early trade,...

Taiwan stocks ascend at start, TAIEX upgrades 1%

TAIPEI: Taiwan stocks posted broad gains on Monday in line with overseas markets. Asian share markets bounced on Monday after...

Cement sale increases by 15.64%

LAHORE: The domestic cement sale has increased by 15.64 per cent during July to November 2015 as compared with the...

Econet Wireless adds $300 mln to debt stock in Zimbabwe

HARARE: Econet Wireless has added to its huge debt stock after announcing yesterday it will get $300 million of the...

South Korean stocks jump at open, KOSPI advances 7.64pts

SEOUL: South Korean shares started higher Monday as tech firms, cosmetics and other large-cap issues gathered ground. The benchmark Korea...

Tokyo stocks higher at open, Nikkei 225 gains 1.06pc

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks opened higher on a weaker yen Monday, following solid gains on Wall Street after a strong US...

Chinese thermal coal exports fall down in Oct 2015

BEIJING: Chinese thermal coal exports collapsed in October, falling 32.1% to 7.3 million tonnes. The decline left total imports down...

NASA postpones Cygnus cargo spacecraft Launch because of bad weather

LONDON: NASA announced on Thursday that the scheduled resupply mission involving the Cygnus freighter spacecraft has been delayed because of...

Customs Intelligence seizes Indian gutka worth Rs 2m

KARACHI: The Custom Intelligence and Investigation seized Indian origin gutka worth Rs 2 million, which was recovered from a truck...

Customs Intelligence confiscates 4 cartons of smuggled medicines

KARACHI: The Custom Intelligence and Investigation seized Indian origin smuggled medicines worth Rs 550,000 during an operation against smuggled cosmetics...

FCCI urges govt to adopt independent economic policies

FAISALABAD: Pakistan is unable to formulate independent economic policies as long as it is in the shackles of International Monitory...

ANF recovers 12-ton drugs worth Rs10.2b in countrywide raids

ISLAMABAD: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) has seized mega cache of 12 tons of drugs, including 7.8 ton opium, 4.4 ton...

Mobile phone import up by 7.95% to $242.45m in Q1

ISLAMABAD: The mobile phone import in to the country surged by 7.95 per cent in first four months (July-October) of...

Food minister visits Sunday bazaars

LAHORE: Provincial Minister for Food Bilal Yasin Sunday said that process of holding Sunday bazaars regarding provision of quality of...

Customs Appraiser censured over unauthorised absence

ISLAMABAD: Moazzam Ali Virk, an Appraiser (BS-16), posted at Model Customs Collectorate of Appraisement, Lahore, has been censured over unauthorised...

FIA arrests most-wanted human smuggler