Apple moves Mac Pro production to China from US

Apple Inc is shifting manufacturing of its new Mac Pro desktop computer to China from the United States, the Wall Street Journal...

OGRA recommends Rs0.77 per litre decrease in petrol price

The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) on Friday recommended a decrease in the prices of petroleum products and forwarded a summary...

Business community calls for durable trade ties with Afghanistan

'Smuggling is obstructing legal trade between the two countries; this should be tackled through rationalisation of tariff barriers' LAHORE: The Federation of Pakistan...

PTA expects people to pay 1,000pc duty on imported phones

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority's (PTA) website must be malfunctioning. Because if it is not then the policymakers on top have actually thought...

Budget 2019-20 will prove disastrous for middle-income groups: moot

Former BOI chief Haroon Sharif says budget is a clear reflection of Pakistan's policy priorities, devoid of a medium or long-term...

Gold imports drop 38.5pc in 11 months

ISLAMABAD: The import of gold into the country dipped by 38.56pc during the first eleven months of the current fiscal year (2018-19) as...

KSE-100 shrugs off early losses to close in green

KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed volatility on Friday, as the indices that started the day in the red zone made a...

Dollar drops to Rs160 in interbank market

The dollar on Thursday dropped Rs4.05 in the interbank market and closed the session at Rs160. The drop comes a day after the...

SC voids Royal Palm lease, orders PR to assume control

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday declared void the lease of railways land granted in 2001 for developing Royal Palm Golf And Country Club...

Cement exports surge 25pc in 11 months

ISLAMABAD: The exports of cement from the country witnessed an increase of 25.97pc during the first eleven months of the ongoing fiscal year,...

No sovereignty without economic stability, Bajwa tells moot

ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Bajwa has said that there cannot be any sovereignty in the absence of economic stability, according...

Avanceon awarded multimillion-dollar contract in GCC

Avanceon has been awarded a contract for the provision of a state-of-the-art SCADA and business intelligence-based Decision Support System (DSS) to a...

Expats allowed to operate bank accounts without biometric verification

ISLAMABAD: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has allowed the expatriates to continue operating their bank accounts in the country without biometric verification...

Chinese envoy calls for ‘subsidising polices’ to attract investors at SEZs

ISLAMABAD: Chinese Deputy Chief of Missions Zhao Lijian on Thursday called for introducing "subsidising policies" to attract the investors at special economic...

Senate body recommends tax exemption for utility stores

ISLAMABAD: The Senate's Functional Committee on Problems of Less Developed Areas in its meeting on Thursday recommended that the Utility Stores Corporation (USC)...