Medical equipment manufacturing zone set up in Faisalabad: Fawad Chaudhry
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Ahmed Chaudhry on Sunday announced the successful setting up of a medical equipment manufacturing...
Food Security Ministry launches markup subsidy scheme for agriculture sector
ISLAMABAD: The National Food Security and Research Ministry on Sunday launched a markup subsidy scheme for the agricultural sector under the fiscal...
Dual oil pipeline likely to begin supplying petrol from October
ISLAMABAD: The Petroleum Division has completed the dualisation process of the Machike-Tarujabba white oil pipeline from Karachi to Sheikhupura to ensure a...
Sri Lanka seeks fresh currency swap facility with India
MUMBAI: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa sought an additional currency swap facility and deferment of debt payments from India during an...
Pak-Afghan trade important for national economy: NA speaker
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly (NA) Speaker Asad Qaiser has stressed the need for increasing trade and cultural relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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US tightens exports to China’s top chipmaker citing risk of military use
SHANGHAI/WASHINGTON: The United States has imposed restrictions on exports to China’s biggest chip maker SMIC after concluding there is an “unacceptable risk”...
India opens dumping probe on Malaysia, Vietnam, Thai copper tube, pipe imports
NEW DELHI: India is investigating imports of copper tubes and pipes from Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand, to determine whether producers in these...
China’s industrial profits grow for fourth straight month
SHANGHAI: Profits at China’s industrial firms grew for the fourth straight month in August, buoyed in part by a rebound in commodities...
Crash survivor shows confidence in PIA
KARACHI: Bank of Punjab President and CEO Zafar Masud, one of the only two survivors of the tragic PIA air crash on...
Wilmar Int’l invests Rs701mn in Pakistan’s Unity Foods, increases shareholding to 23.47pc
LAHORE: Wilmar Pakistan Holdings (WPH) Private Limited, a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Wilmar International, has subscribed for some 70.2 million ordinary shares in...
India unlikely to revoke PUBG ban despite Tencent license withdrawal
NEW DELHI/SEOUL: India is unlikely to revoke a ban on PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) following PUBG Corp's decision to withdraw the mobile game's...
Internet services disrupted by downtime at Microsoft’s data center in Singapore: PTA
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Saturday clarified that the recent disruption in internet services was caused due to latency issues on...
Real-estate projects in Karachi to carry QR codes to identify illegal constructions
KARACHI: Under-construction residential and commercial buildings in Karachi will now display a board carrying a Quick Response (QR) code, enabling the citizens...
Lahore High Court moved against hike in drug prices
LAHORE: A lawyer invoked Lahore High Court (LHC) jurisdiction on Saturday, challenging the recent 262 per cent hike in prices of essential...
Ghulam Khan border reopened for trade, automation system deployed for customs clearing
PESHAWAR: The Government of Pakistan (GoP) has decided to reopen the Ghulam Khan border crossing for transit trade from October 1 to...