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Iran exports 52 tons of Saffron worth $75m in H1
TEHRAN: In the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (started on March 21), more than 52 tons of...
Chittagong Customs discovers powder instead of copper inside bag
CHITTAGONG: After import of cocaine and rough water declaring the import of edible oil, customs authority detected bag filled power...
Japan playing a laudable role in economic uplift of Pakistan: LCCI Vice President
LAHORE: The head of 3-member Japanese delegation Shingo Shinozaki said that Japanese investors have shown keen interest in joint ventures...
Dar discusses financing of Dasu hydropower project
ISLAMABAD: Federal Finance Minister, Mohammad Ishaq Dar here chaired a combined meeting of the officials of World Bank, Water and...
GDP in world’s second largest economy grow at 6.9% in Q3
BEIJING: China on Monday logged its worst economic performance since the global financial crisis with analysts warning it is likely...
China’s property investment swells 2.6% to $1.1tn in first 3 quarters
BEIJING: Investment in China's property sector rose 2.6 percent year on year to 7.05 trillion yuan (1.1 trillion U.S. dollars)...
China retail sales surges 10.9% to $3.4tn in Sept.
BEIJING: China's retail sales of consumer goods grew 10.9 percent year on year in September, slightly higher than 10.8 percent...
China’s industrial output expands 5.7% in Sept
BEIJING: China's value-added industrial output expanded 5.7 percent year on year in September, down from 6.1 percent in August, the...
Chinese bank inks deal with Zambia for $30m loan to develop SMEs
BEIJING: China Development Bank has signed a deal with its Zambian counterpart on a $ 30 million loan to support...
$2bn trade contracts signed at China-Russia Expo
HARBIN: The second China-Russia Expo, which concluded in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, saw more than $2 billion...
China’s patent applications rise 22% in first three quarters
BEIJING: China's State Intellectual Property Office said Friday it received 1.88 million patent applications in the first three quarters of...
China’s GDP growth beats market expectations to grow 6.9%
BEIJING: China's GDP growth in the third quarter slightly beat expectation to grow 6.9 percent, National Bureau of Statistics said...
ADC Khalid Jamali’s outstanding performance adds Rs 80.871m to national kitty
KARACHI: Additional Collector (ADC) of the Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) Preventive Khalid Hussain Jamali’s outstanding performance and untiring efforts has...
China, Russia target bond connect
SHANGHAI: China and Russia are set to launch a cross-border settlement infrastructure to allow direct investment of government bonds between...
SHC orders provisional release of Telenor’s consignment
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has ordered the customs authorities to provisionally release the Telenor Pakistan (Private) Limited’s consignment...
FTO to present more proposals at OICOA meeting in Turkey
ISLAMABAD: Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) secretariat is preparing suggestions to present at OIC Ombudsman Association (OICOA) upcoming meeting. According to...
Rs 21m evasion: Customs asks SHC to reject petition of alleged tax evader
KARACHI: Pakistan Customs asked the Sindh High Court (SHC) to reject the constitutional petition of a developer, who is facing...
Customs seizes smuggled items worth Rs 1.2b during July, August
ISLAMABAD: Directorate General Customs Intelligence and Investigation (I and I) Islamabad has seized Rs 1.2 billion smuggled goods and registered...
Customs Exports foils bid to export 1,200 donkey hides to Hong Kong
KARACHI: The Model Customs Collectorate Export has foiled an attempt to smuggle 1,200 donkey hides to Hong Kong. The customs...
2 more Customs officers to start duty at EPZ after Ashura
KARACHI: The Customs Department has posted two more officers at the Export Processing Zone (EPZ), Karachi, and they will assume...
