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FIA detects illegal electrification of 112 houses
LAHORE: The FIA raided Johar Town area of Lahore and found 112 houses getting electricity illegally. According to the Federal...
K-Electric signs accord with China’s CMEC for 700 MW
KARACHI: In order to overcome the growing demand of electricity in the metropolis, KE has signed an accord...
FBR’s report raises apprehension about single stage sales tax system
ISLAMABAD: An analysis report of the Federal Board of Revenue has raised apprehensions over the concept of single stage sales...
LSE downs by 38.64 points
LAHORE: Lahore Stock Exchange here on Wednesday witnessed bearish trend by losing 38.64 points, as the LSE Index-25 opened with...
Sales tax refund claims to be cleared by February 28
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Textile Industry Abbas Khan Afridi was informed that all deferred claims of textile sector would be disposed...
ISE-10 index witnessed bearish trend
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Stock Exchange here on Wednesday witnessed bearish trend as the ISE-10 index was down by 24.67 points and...
68 criminals including 57 POs nabbed, arms and drugs recovered
MULTAN: Police claimed on Wednesday to have arrested 68 criminals including 57 Proclaimed Offenders during separate raids across the district....
KCA announces spot rates for cotton crop 2014-2015
KARACHI: Karachi Cotton Association (KCA) on Wednesday announced the following KCA spot rates for local dealing in Pak rupees for...
Eight POs along with three others arrested, contrabands seized
SARGODHA: The police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested eleven drug pushers and recovered narcotics, illegal weapons from their possession....
Customs seizes huge cache of hashish, opium, two held
PESHAWAR: The Customs Department seized huge cache of hashish and opium worth millions of rupees during last one week crackdown...
South Africa suffers R5b losses due to cyber crime in 2014
CAPE TOWN: Businesses are warned to take heed as cyber crime is on the increase in South Africa with losses...
Sri Lanka’s export fall 10.7% to $921 million in 2014
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's exports declined 10.7 percent, to 921 million US dollars in November 2014 from a year earlier due...
Singapore: 19% fall in immigration offenders arrested in 2014
SINGAPORE: There was a 19 per cent drop in the total number of immigration offenders arrested in 2014 compared to...
Hong Kong Customs seizes cannabis, meth; nabs two smugglers
HONG KONG: Hong Kong Customs nabbed two persons in Tin Shui Wai and Sau Mau Ping and seized 2.5 kilograms...
Taiwan authorities sentence life imprisonment to six Malaysians for smuggling drugs
TAIPEI: Six Malaysian men have been arrested on charges of smuggling heroin into Taiwan, an offence punishable by life imprisonment,...
Pak strengthens vs dollar, gains 10 paisas in open market to reach 101.65
KARACHI: The Pakistani rupee Wednesday interrupted the bearish trend in currency market, gaining value against US dollar open market and...
Qatar’s QIC profits rise to over QR1bn in 2014
DOHA: Qatar Insurance Company (QIC) has reported a significant growth in its annual profit to over QR1bn for the year...
China currency rank at 5th place in global currencies
BEIJING: China’s currency, yaun, has become the fifth widely used currency in global currencies. Now yaun trails the US dollar,...
Malaysia Customs seizes illicit 1.51kg meth, nabs Fijian woman
NILAI: The Royal Malaysian Customs Department has seized 1.51 kg methampethamine and arrested a foreign woman at the KL International...
Indonesia DEA destroys illicit 860kg meth worth $170 million
JAKARTA: Indonesia's drug enforcement agency has destroyed more than 860 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, which authorities say is the biggest...
