Two women arrested for smuggling $7 million methamphetamine

WASHINGTON: Compared to the exceptionally good first half of 2015 (when throughput increased by 6.8%), Rotterdam handled 3.0% less cargo...

Pakistan keen to expand trade with Sri Lanka

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's second largest trade partner in SAARC Pakistan has proposed for a new, turnaround level trade between the...

FBR asks banks to give details of transactions by non-filers

KARACHI: In bid to curb bank transactions by the non-filer without submitting withholding tax, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has...

Construction work starts at $2.1bn gas complex in Saudi Arabia

RIYADH: A ground-breaking ceremony has taken place to mark the start of construction of a $2.1 billion industrial gas complex...

Two Syrians arrested at airport with forged documents

ATHENS: Two Syrians were arrested on Thursday while trying to board flights from Iraklio airport on Crete with forged travel...

Nigeria spends $11b on food imports

ABUJA: Africa imports over $35.4 billion worth of food items yearly, with Nigeria accounting for $11 billion of the bill,...

Ukraine to reach gas imports of 40 mcm per day by late July

KIEV: Ukraine plans in late July to reach natural gas imports from Europe in the amount of about 40 million...

Lack of credit holding up steel imports into Brazil

BRASÍLIA: The difficulties in obtaining credit in Brazil have been holding up an increasing volume of imports of steel products,...

Adani Ports can climb to Rs 230, Ashok Leyland Rs 100

WASHINGTON: Prakash Gaba of prakashgaba.com told CNBC-TV18, " Adani Ports can climb to around Rs 230, keep stop loss below...

S. Korea ports in cross hairs

TOKYO: North Korea said Wednesday that it had been practicing to blow up South Korean ports and airports with nuclear...

Russian sea ports increased grain handling by almost 30%

MOSCOW: According to the Association of Russian Seaports, over January-June 2016 grain handling in ports of the country increased by...

Bilal Mustafa chairs meeting with LCCI SVP, VP about clean Lahore

LAHORE: The Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) is performing its duties well in a city having population of over 10...

Apportionment of expenditures: FBR issues draft amendments to income tax rules

ISLAMABAD: The top revenue body of the country, Federal Board of Revenue, has issued draft amendments to Income Tax Rules,...

FBR introduces centralised system to maintain cases record: SC told

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has told the Supreme Court that it has prepared a model to introduce a...

ANF seizes 60.27kg drugs, arrests 56 drug traffickers in 45 raids

RAWALPINDI: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF), under special countrywide anti drug drive launched on the directives of the ANF director general...

UK sales fall in six months

LONDON: UK retail sales last month had their biggest drop in six months, adding to signs that the vote to...

Turnover in industry drops 13.4 pct from a year earlier

ATHENS: The industrial turnover index stayed at particularly low levels for another month, with data on products heading to foreign...

Washington unemployment rate hovers at 5.8%

WASHINGTON: Washington state lost 500 jobs from May to June, but its unemployment rate is hovering at 5.8 percent for...

Burundi inflation up to 3.9% in June