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Addl Commissioner-IR dismissed over misconduct
ISLAMABAD: Tahir Tanveer, an Inland Revenue Service officer of BS-19 and was posted as Additional Commissioner-IR, RTO-II, Lahore, has been...
China Customs seized 131.36kg ivory worth RMB3.87m
BEIJING: Officers of the Customs Office stationed in the Post Office by Qingdao Customs District said they had found 16...
China’s Guangzhou Customs seized 12 drug smuggling cases in luggage control at the airport
BEIJING: Baiyun Airport Customs House (affiliated to Guangzhou Customs District) intercepted two illicit drug trafficking cases by body packing in...
Airport Customs confiscates illegal endangered animal products
BEIJING: Airport Customs House intercepted a smuggling case in which some endangered animal products were illegally brought in by the...
Balochistan govt launches Rs50m projects in horticulture, livestock sectors
QUETTA: With the aim to improve production and quality, the Balochistan government has launched several projects worth Rs50 million in...
China Customs seizes frozen product worth RMB1b
BEIJING: On the early morning here the other day mobilizing Guangdong Sub-administration and 11 directly affiliated Customs Districts, China Customs...
SECP starts inquiry to find out real owner of Axact, issues show-cause notice
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has launched an inquiry to find the real owner of the...
China’s Xiaomi launched online stores in US, Europe
BEIJING: Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi launched an online store targeting the United States and European market, but stops short of...
Indian rupee gains in early move against US dollar
MUMBAI: The Indian rupee gained in the early trade on Thursday. It has opened higher by 9 paise at 63.73...
Australian dollar holds gains in Asian trade after China HSBC PMI improves mildly
SYDNEY: The Australian dollar held early gains on Thursday in Asia with a slight pickup in the HSBC China manufacturing...
Bamboo-eating giant pandas not adept at digesting bamboo
EALING: Unless those lovable, cute giant pandas do something about their bamboo-only diet, they will have something more dire to...
Discovery of 3.3m yrs old stone confirms theory of early humans
WSHINGTON: Researchers in Kenya have discovered stone tools 3.3 million years old — the oldest on record by 700,000 years...
United States air force’s secret plane X-37B all set for its fourth mission
FRANCE: The military has been doing some secretive testing in low-Earth orbit, and reporters may have figured out just what...
China aims to be 1st to land on ‘dark side’ of moon
EUROPE: The Pink Floyd album aside, the “dark” side of the moon is not actually dark—it receives just as much...
Birdlife launches Europe’s most ambitious bird project
CANADA: The European Union (EU) has adopted a new report that details the most comprehensive picture on the 'State of...
US dollar trades at lower 121yen level in tokyo trade
LONDON: The U.S. dollar traded narrowly at the lower 121 yen level Thursday morning in Tokyo, slightly off its two-month...
UAE national caught at Allama Iqbal int’l airport in money laundering case
DUBAI: Customs officials arrested a man identified as Abdul Basit at Allama Iqbal airport and recovered gold along with foreign...
China ‘s yuan strengthens against US dollar
BEIJING: China’s yuan strengthened against the US dollar on Thursday trading after a key manufacturing output report showed the sector...
UAE, UK struggle to expand $25b trade volume till 2020
DUBAI: The governments of the United Kingdom and UAE aim to double the value of trade between the two countries...
UAE trade delegation in Georgia to strengthen trade, investment relation
DUBAI: Sultan Al Mansouri, the Minister of Economy, met Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili during his three-day official visit to...
