Dollar on defensive at start of 2018; Asian currencies shine
SINGAPORE Jan 02 (TNS): The dollar languished near a three-month low versus a basket of major currencies on Tuesday as markets reopened at the...
Nuclear energy becomes top electricity source for Pakistan
ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: Nuclear energy became Pakistan’s top power source for the first time, as it met over 27 percent of the country’s energy demand in...
Commerce Adviser asks German companies to take advantage of investment opportunities in SEZs
Islamabad, Oct 23 (TNS): Adviser on Commerce Razak Dawood has asked the German companies to take advantage of investment opportunities in Special Economic Zones...
Rice to be grown over 2,957 thousand hectares
Islamabad: July 14, 2020 (TNS): Rice crop cultivation targets for Kharif season 2020-21 was fixed at 2,957 thousand hectares in order to produce about...
Textile owners threaten strike over import clearance delays
LAHORE: Textiles owners on Thursday warned of a strike over non-clearance of imported cotton containers at Karachi Port amid the country’s struggle to boost...
TAPI would solve issue of energy security in region: CEO
New York, July 20 (TNS): Muhammetmyrat Amanov, CEO of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline Company Ltd Consortium, said that commissioning of TAPI would make it...
Gold imports increase over 62% in first quarter
ISLAMABAD, Nov 05 (TNS): The imports of gold into the country increased by 62.40 percent during the first quarter of the current fiscal year...
Work on Karak Oil Refinery to be started this year: KP CM
Peshawar: Jan 07, 2020 (TNS): Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan said work on Karak Oil Refinery will be started this year.
Addressing a public...
Textile exports surge by 28.26% to $17.6 bln in 11 months
ISLAMABAD, Jun 17 (TNS):The exports of textile commodities surged by 28.26 percent during the first eleven months of the current fiscal year (2021-22) as...
Rs2,080 billion taxes collected in last six months: Chairman FBR
Islamabad: Jan 03, 2020 (TNS): Chairman Federal Board of Revenue, Shabbar Zaidi has said that two thousand and eighty billion rupees tax collection has...
