Tajik Ambassador visits RCCI
RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) in collaboration with its 11 partner universities kicked off Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) here on...
Exports witness 3.82 percent decrease in six months
ISLAMABAD: The exports from the country during July-December 2016-17 were recorded at $9.912 billion compared to the exports of $10.306 billion, showing decrease of...
Rupee recovers 1.5 per cent, hits Rs132 in inter-bank trade
KARACHI: The Pakistani currency recovered around 1.5 per cent to hit an intra-day high at Rs132 to the US dollar in the inter-bank market on...
Tokyo shares open lower despite Wall Street gains
TOKYO: Tokyo shares opened modestly lower on Tuesday following a jump the previous day, despite a positive lead from Wall Street.
The benchmark Nikkei 225...
Pakistan plowed an independent trajectory this year: Bloomberg
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has plowed an independent trajectory this year, outperforming both its fellow frontier markets and members of the emerging-market grouping that it is...
Sahiwal coal power plant to be completed by end of 2017:...
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday said that Sahiwal coal power plant would be completed by the end of 2017.
Planning Minister Ahsan...
25pc cut on additional electricity bill for industries, a good omen:...
Karachi: Ismail Suttar, President Employers’ Federation of Pakistan (EFP), while citing the recent 25 per cent electricity tariff subsidy on additional billing and uniform...
PSX surpasses 90,000 mark
The Pakistan Stock Exchange has surged to reach all-time high 90,000 points with investors taking strong interest in rate-sensitive sectors today.
The investors are expecting...
US stocks drop with oil prices
NEW YORK: US stocks began a heavy week of earnings reports on a down note Monday, with a drop in oil prices sending leading...
Asian markets boosted by Fed but dollar sinks
HONG KONG: Asian markets rallied and the dollar sank Thursday after the Federal Reserve lifted US interest rates but gave a more dovish outlook...