China’s ByteDance challenges Trump’s TikTok divestiture order
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON: ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of video-sharing app TikTok, filed a petition late on Tuesday with a U.S. Appeals Court...
30,000kg unhygienic gram flour seized
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety and Halal Food Authority has seized more than 30,000kg of ‘unhealthy’ besan from a factory in...
Cabinet ratifies ECC’s decision to allocate 38mmfcd additional gas to SSGC
ISLAMABAD: The Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGC) will receive additional 38 Million Cubic Feet per Day (MMCFD) gas to meet its...
Three-day Pak-China industrial expo to commence from 13th
Pakistan China Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry would conduct its first ‘Offline/Online Pakistan China Industrial Expo 2020’ from 13 till 15...
NA committee questions legality of ‘headless’ CPEC Authority
ISLAMABAD: As the ordinance of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority had expired on May 31, 2020, the Ministry of Planning, Development...
PIA announces fares, rules as Umrah flights restart
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Tuesday restarted its Umrah flights from different parts of the country to Jeddah and Medina.
According to...
Rupee strengthens as dollar continues to shed value
KARACHI: Pakistani Rupee continued to gain value against US Dollar in the interbank market, adding another 22 paisas on Tuesday.
According to a State...
Beauty startup Conatural raises $825,000 in Pre-Series A round to scale click-and-mortar operations
LAHORE: Pakistan’s natural and organic skin and hair care brand, Conatural, has raised $825,000 in a Pre-Series A round from experienced institutional and...
Wedding industry refuses to shut down in defiance of govt order
LAHORE: The Punjab Marriage Halls Association (PMHA) and Punjab Caterers Association (PCA) have refused to implement the government's latest order to close...
GroupM chief strategy officer Kiran Khan Ali resigns
KARACHI: Kiran Khan Ali, the chief strategy officer of GroupM, has resigned from the media investment firm. Her resignation comes just as...
Former BDA chairman, TCC security officer remanded in Reko Diq scam
Quetta Accountability Court on Tuesday remanded former Balochistan Development Authority (BDA) chairman and former Tethyan Copper Company (TCC) security and government affairs...
KP govt approves handing over five more rest houses to tourism authority
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government on Tuesday approved to handover five more rest houses to the provincial tourism authority for the...
ADB to provide $300 million to support Pakistan’s forex reserves
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will lend $300 million to support Pakistan’s fragile foreign exchange reserves after Islamabad met almost all the...
CCP issues show cause notices to PSMA, 84 member mills over cartelisation
ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has issued show cause notices to Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) and its 84 member...
Govt assures APTMA of early resolution of all tax issues
LAHORE: The government has assured the All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) that all tax issues, including refund claims, would be resolved...