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Port sees spike in international shipping in 2015
BRUSSELS: The Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority reports that international shipping tonnage is up 37% for the first half of 2015...
EU agriculture ministers pummel GMO opt-out plan
BERLIN: EU agriculture ministers were almost unanimous in expressing their scepticism about a European Commission proposal to give individual member...
Punjab govt approves 10 development projects worth Rs108.55b
LAHORE: The provincial government, during its second meeting of Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP), has okayed 10 projects of various...
Mango production cut by 50%, export decreases to 5% in five years
MULTAN: The mango production has reduced to half as compared to last year and export slashed to 5 per cent...
Member HRM assigned additional charge of Member Accounting
ISLAMABAD: Khawaja Tanveer Ahmad, an Inland Revenue Service officer of BS-21, presently posted as Member (HRM), FBR (HQ), Islamabad, has...
Iram transferred to up-graded post of Commissioner-IR
ISLAMABAD: Iram Adnan, An Inland Revenue Service officer, on her promotion to BS-21 has been transferred and posted against the...
South Korea plans to transform Busan into world’s No. 2 transshipment cargo port by 2020
SEJONG: South Korea plans to transform Busan into the world's No. 2 transshipment cargo port by 2020 by building up...
WHT Director General given look after charge of Chief Commissioner-IR
ISLAMABAD: Shaukat Mahmood, an Inland Revenue Service officer of BS-21, presently posted as Director General (WHT), FBR (HQ), Islamabad, has...
Customs Dy Superintendent, Inspector suspended
ISLAMABAD: The Competent Authority of Federal Board of Revenue has suspended two BS-16 officers of Model Customs Collector, Quetta for...
Ukrainian Finance Minister announces Kiev to lowering natural resource royalty taxes to spur business
KIEV: Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko announced that Kiev will be lowering its natural resource royalty taxes to spur business....
Saad cuts 50pc fare for passengers travelling from Lahore to Karachi
LAHORE: The government has announced 50 per cent discount in railway fares on Eid for the passengers travelling from Lahore...
Govt reduces tax on transfer of vehicle ownership, increases 25% taken tax for nor-filers
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has increased annual token tax on vehicles by 25 per cent for non-filers, however, it decreased...
Pak rupee weakens against dollar
KARACHI: The Pakistani rupee Tuesday weakened against the US dollar in open market, however, it continued to remain unchanged in...
Tokyo stocks boost 1.47% at end, Nikkei 225 adds 295.56pts
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks rose 1.47 per cent on a weaker yen Tuesday after Greece and its creditors agreed on a...
Cocaine smuggling on rise at India-Bangladesh border
NEW DELHI: The police which seized Asia’s largest known shipment of liquid cocaine at a Bangladeshi port late last month...
Hong Kong stocks tumble at end, Hang Seng slips 0.4%
HONG KONG: Hong Kong stocks fell on Tuesday, ending three straight days of gains, as many investors cautiously watched a...
Bangladesh customs arrests 2 in liquid cocaine smuggling
DHAKA: Police who seized Asia’s largest known shipment of liquid cocaine – worth $14m – say it was headed for...
KSE sheds 50pts to drop to 35447 level
KARACHI: The Karachi Stock Exchange Tuesday again witnessed the negative trend in trading as benchmark KSE-100 index lost 49.73 points...
China stocks end 1.16% lower
SHANGHAI: Shanghai stocks ended 1.16 percent lower in volatile trade Tuesday after surging in the previous three sessions on government...
Saudi Arabia’s food, drugs authority bans poultry imports from US
RIYADH: The Saudi Food and Drug Authority said heat-processed poultry meat and egg products, and products treated in any other...
