Rich nations tighten firehose of aid as virus outlasts early efforts
WASHINGTON: If Round One of the coronavirus relief effort was the economic equivalent of “shock and awe,” new plans being developed by...
Saudi Arabia calls for boycotting ‘everything Turkish’
RIYADH/ISTANBUL: The head of Saudi Arabia’s Chambers of Commerce has called for a boycott of Turkish products amid reports from merchants that...
Debt cancellation needed to help poorest countries: WB president
BERLIN: The COVID-19 pandemic could trigger a debt crisis in some countries, so investors must be ready for granting some form of...
Global stocks rise as signs of Trump’s improving health calm markets
TOKYO: Stock markets rose on Monday on hopes that President Donald Trump could be discharged from hospital later in the day, easing...
Creating second-class citizens
The biggest downside of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) obsession with Pakistani expatriates is that they have a tendency to bend over...
ECNEC approves Peshawar Northern Bypass, power projects
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister (CM) Mahmood Khan on Sunday announced that the Executive Committee of the Economic Coordination Council (ECNEC)...
Centre to ask Sindh govt to remove taxes on import of wheat, sugar
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to ask the Sindh government to remove taxes on the import of wheat and sugar.
According to...
‘US-China trade war opportunity for Pakistani businesses to tap Chinese market’
ISLAMABAD: Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Federal Secretary General Ahmad Jawad on Sunday said that Pakistan should immediately...
Unilever demands consistent transparency across all media
LAHORE: Advertisers, publishers, and industry trade bodies on Sunday called for the creation of a task force that will collectively create an...
Japan opens marketplace for Pakistani youth
ISLAMABAD: The government of Japan has offered Pakistani youth to make use of their skills to benefit from the employment opportunities offered...
AGP team formed to conduct forensic audit of loss-making SOEs
ISLAMABAD: The Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) on Sunday constituted a four-member team to conduct a forensic audit of major loss-making State-Owned...
Pakistan earns $161mn from IT services’ export in July
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan earned $161.980 million by providing different information technology (IT) services in various countries during the first month of the ongoing...
India, South Africa ask WTO to waive rules to aid Covid-19 drug production
VIENNA: India and South Africa want the World Trade Organization (WTO) to waive intellectual property rules to make it easier for developing...
Paytm, other Indian startups vow to fight ‘big daddy’ Google’s clout
NEW DELHI: Dozens of India’s technology startups, chafing at Google’s local dominance of key apps, are banding together to consider ways to...
Airbus executive says aviation outlook worse than expected
BERLIN: The outlook for the aviation industry has deteriorated again due to rising coronavirus infections and renewed travel restrictions, Airbus chief operating...