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Shipping Ministry decides to utilise 20% of diesel requirement at 12 major ports
HALDIA: The Union Shipping Ministry has decided to utilise 20 per cent of its diesel requirement through bio-diesel at 12...
South Korea increases coal import tax on 1 July
SEOUL: Indonesia's coal exports to South Korea likely to face headwinds on 1 July 2015, when South Korea's revised coal...
Govt approves agreement for supplying up to 16.5MT of iron ore to steel plants in Japan, South Korea
SEOUL: The government today approved the renewal of agreement for supplying up to 16.5 million tonnes (MT) of high grade...
Japan Airlines aircraft sit parked at airport in Japan terminal
TOKYO: The plunging yen has sparked a tourism boom in Japan. Last year, more than 13 million people visited Japan,...
Korea’s import ban on Japanese fishery products at WTO meeting
TOKYO: Seoul and Tokyo will discuss Korea's import ban on Japanese fishery products, at the World Trade Organization's headquarters in...
Private flour millers to import 5 lakh tonne wheat from Australia
CANBERRA: Private flour millers from south India are importing wheat for the first time in a decade and have contracted...
Heatstoks, power outages: Demand for electricity generators rises in Karachi
KARACHI: After massive power outages and increasing death toll due to heatstroks, the demand for electricity generators has doubled. Pakistan...
Australian dollar slips after strong US economic data
CANBERRA: The Australian dollar is weaker after strong US economic data lifted the greenback. The Australian currency was worth 77.15...
Adani Mining suspends preparatory engineering work on its Carmichael project in Australia
CANBERRA: Adani Mining has suspended preparatory engineering work on its Carmichael project in Australia, one of the world’s biggest untapped...
Chinese investors call on PM, show interest to invest in LNG-based, coal-fired power projects
ISLAMABAD: The Chinese investors have showed their interest to invest in LNG-based and coal-fired power projects in Pakistan. This was...
Rs100 initial deposit: SBP issues guidelines for Asaan accounts
KARACHI: With the aim to improve outreach of financial services across the country, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has...
SBP to issue new currency notes on July 2
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will start issuing new currency notes to banks from July 2 to tackle...
Anti-narcotics force busts heroin smuggling gang from Afghanistan
KABUL: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) has busted a gang allegedly involved in smuggling of heroin from Afghanistan and Pakistan to...
Domestic cylinder by Rs60, commercial by Rs240: LPG price hiked by Rs5 per kg
ISLAMABAD: The price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) has been hiked by Rs5 per kilogram by the LPG marketing companies....
Australian stocks marginally higher at end of trade, S&P 200 soars 2.5pts
SYDNEY: The Australian share market has closed slightly better than flat as a rise in overseas markets reflected optimism about...
Hamid Hussain assumes charge as Director R&S
ISLAMABAD: Hamid Hussain, a BS-20 officer of IT Cadre of Inland Revenue, has assumed the charge of the post of...
Taiwan stocks ascend 6.17pts at end of trade
TAIPEI: Shares in Taiwan closed little changed Wednesday as investors feared more foreign selling after foreign institutional investors shifted to...
Assist Commissioner granted performance allowance
ISLAMABAD: Beenish Aruj, Assistant Commissioner, Regional Tax Office, Sargodha, has been granted performance allowance (equivalent to 100% of basic pay)...
Japan ‘s Nikkei close at highest level since 1996
TOYKO: Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 finished at its highest closing level since December 1996, rising for a fourth straight session....
Rs120 to Rs150b losses annually: Govt urged to take action against smuggling, cut duties
ISLAMABAD: The business community of the federal capital has urged the government to take stern action against the smuggling, which...
