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72% Indians, 60% Pakistanis report irregular payments in bilateral trade: Study
LAHORE: The integrated check posts (ICPs) of Attari and Wahga are the most preferred ways of bilateral trade between Pakistan...
Gold price plunges four-year low down to Rs 48,000 per tola in Nepal
KATHMANDU: Gold buyers thronged bullion shops in the Kathmandu Valley after the price of the precious metal plunged Rs1,500 per...
Pak rupee gains value against dollar
KARACHI: The Pakistani rupee Thursday strengthened against the US dollar in open market. As per the local currency market, the...
India to take proposal on TPP trade agreement in Vietnam
HANOI: The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement, of which Vietnam is a member, will come to a conclusion late this...
Deputation of four Inland Revenue officers of BS 18-19
ISLAMABAD: The services of four Inland Revenue Service officers of BS 18-19 have been placed at the disposal of Punjab...
Chinese delegation visits BoI to seek investment opportunities in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Board of Investment (BoI) Secretary Iftikhar Babar has briefed the Chinese investors about investment opportunities available in Pakistan. Iftikhar briefed...
Singapore Customs seizes 2,300 trademark-infringing goods
SINGAPORE: Singapore Customs seized more than 2,300 trademark-infringing goods from a Kaki Bukit Avenue warehouse. It said in a press...
Researchers use CSIRO’s Parkes radio telescope to find evidence of alien life
CANADA: Matthew Bailes isn’t convinced aliens exist but he’s going to give it his best shot to find out. Professor...
HK Customs seizes 1100 bottles of fake Bioderma cleansing water
HONG KONG: Hong Kong customs agents have confiscated hundreds of bottles of fake Bioderma cleansing water and arrested 16 suspects....
Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite captured view of the sunlit side of Earth
MEXICO: It has been reported that a NASA camera on the Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite has captured view of...
Malaysia police seize 25kg heroin worth RM500,000
GEORGE TOWN: It was a well-planned sting operation to catch suspected heroin dealers and the police operation went without a...
Malaysian police seize 90 packets of ketum juice
MERSING: Police detained a 32-year-old man and seized 90 packets of ketum juice worth RM4,500 during a raid at a...
Sea-level rise rapidly, research
LONDON: Former NASA scientist James Hansen and now an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s Earth Institute has termed his latest...
Sri Lanka to blacklist import, export firms for violating Customs law
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan exporters and importers who break the rules will be blacklisted for life once better systems that improve...
Taiwan export orders fall to $36.58b for third straight month
TAIPEI: Export orders last month declined for a third straight month to US$36.58 billion as a faltering global economy curtailed...
Yahoo suffers $22 loss in 2Q
SAN FRANCISCO: Yahoo Inc is still limping along as the Internet company prepares to shed the financial crutch that has...
Apple profit jumps 38% to $10.7b
SAN FRANCISCO: Apple Inc’s latest quarterly profit leaped as people around the world snapped up big-screen iPhones, but its shares...
Kuwait’s KIPCO net profit increases 17% to $84.1m in H1
KUWAIT: KIPCO ,the Kuwait Projects Company has announced a net profit of KD25.4 million ($84.1 million) in the first six...
Saudi Customs gives 40 sniffer dogs to King Fahad Airport
RIYADH: Saudi Customs Department is the first line of defense for the country providing integrated customs services to meet development...
Gwadar port to CPEC route: FWO constructs 502km of 870km road
ISLAMABAD: On the special directives by Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif, the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) has completed...
