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Indonesia’s govt extends export permit of giant miner Freeport
JAKARTA: Giant miner PT Freeport Indonesia has secured assurance from the government that it can continue exporting copper concentrate, despite...
Indian police seize 72 bundles of contraband ganja, clutches two Sri Lankan smugglers
COLOMBO: Indian police seized 72 bundles of illicit ganja worth Rs 144 crore and nabbed three smugglers including two Sri...
Hong Kong Customs seizes 4,467 mobile phones, clutches five smugglers
HONG KONG: Hong Kong Customs smashed a syndicate suspected of cross-boundary smuggling of mobile phones here the other day. Hong...
665,000 bpd oil imports rise 36%; China set record of Russian Oil purchase in 2014
BEIJING: China increased the quantity of crude oil it imported from Russia by 36 percent last year to average about...
Enhancing cooperation: GCC customs union becomes fully operational
DOHA: The long-awaited GCC customs union became fully operational from January. The move signifies a qualitative leap towards a full-fledged regional...
Swiss Engineers create drone that can fly and walk
NEW YORK: The members of Swiss engineers at the National Centre of Competence in Research created a drone that can...
1.5 trillion yuan project: China plans 7,000km rail link with Russia
BEIJING: The municipal authorities of China have planned to build a 7,000 kilometer long railway between Moscow and Beijing at...
Malaysia imposes new citrus import protocols
KAUALA LUMPUR: Shipments of citrus to Malaysia will now have to comply with phytosanitary requirements following amendments to citrus import...
Chinese fake bank embezzles $32m from depositors, 4 managers arrested
NANJING: Chinese fake bank cheated 200 million yuan ($32mln) from unwitting depositors in an eastern Chinese city. One legal representative...
Taiwan’s Asia Pacific Telecom suffers NT$10.207b pre-tax loss in 2014
TAIPEI: Asia Pacific Telecom (APT), a CDMA 2000 and a 4G operator in Taiwan, suffered pre-tax losses of NT$10.207 billion...
Kuwait Customs seizes contraband 19,000 ‘Black Label’ liquor bottles
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait Customs officers of Shuwaikh Port have seized 19,000 ‘Black Label’ liquor bottles, 14,400. cans of Henkel beer,...
In early trading, KSE-100 index loses 120.38 points to reach 34026.59
Karachi – In early trading on Saturday, the benchmark KSE-100 index plummeted 120.38 points or 0.35 percent to reach 34026.59...
China crude oil imports from Iran up 30% in 2014: Customs
BEIJING: China's crude oil imports from Iran jumped by nearly 30 percent last year to their highest average level since...
FBR recovers Rs 1300 million in 12 tax evasion cases against housing societies
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has recovered Rs 1300 million in twelve cases of tax evasion committed by...
2,500 feet drilling of Antarctic ice: New fish discovered in depth of cold & dark water
EALING: Stunned researchers in Antarctica have discovered fish, crustaceans and jellyfish in a cold and dark underwater world of Antarctica,...
Evidence of alien life: Mysterious radio signal picked by astronomers
WASHINGTON: Astronomers picked mysterious radio signals and they believed that the signal came from an alien civilization. Scientists have for...
Agencies to investigate TCS, Smartzone case: PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Pakistan Nawaz Sharif has handed over the investigation case of Korean Company TCS and Smartzone to agencies...
Recovery notice worth Rs2.8m issued against Mohsin Ali & Co
KARACHI: The Special Recovery Cell (SRC) of Model Customs Collectorate-MCC of Exports in its continued recovery campaign in recent...
TDAP launches ‘GSP Plus Guide’ to facilitate exporters
KARACHI: The Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) has launched a book “GSP Plus Guide” in collaboration with the Ministry...
Labor union: Govt will not be allowed to privatize WAPDA
MULTAN: The WAPDAHydro Electric Labor Union has held a protest demonstration against the proposed privatization of Water and Power Development...
