Canada stocks rise for 2nd day as health-care, commodities gain

FRANKFURT: European stocks finished in negative territory on Tuesday with major benchmarks dragged lower by the autos industry. The pan-European...

U.S. stocks drop on expectations for higher interest rates

NEW YORK: U.S. stocks fell Tuesday as investors fretted about the prospect of higher interest rates. A handful of upbeat...

Pakistan to showcase leather, textile, surgical goods in Bishkek

LAHORE: Pakistan's trade caravan has reached Kyrgyzstan for a two-day road show in Bishkek from May 18 to 19. The...

Sialkot FIA arrests five human smugglers, travel agent

SIALKOT: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Gujranwala has nabbed five red book accused, including human traffickers and owner of a...

LCCI President calls to resolve double taxation, refund claim issues

LAHORE: President of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) Sheikh Muhammad Arshad has said that it would be...

China plans steps to slow exodus of processing trade exporters: commerce ministry

BEIJING: China will take steps to stem the outflow of processing trade businesses to other countries by encouraging them to...

Russia’s oil exports up, but revenues down sharply

MOSCOW: Revenue from crude exports in Russia fell by 38 percent from January through March compared to the same period...

Migrant-Smuggling Worth up to $6 Billion in 2015

AMSTERDAM: Smuggling networks cashing in on the huge flow of migrants into Europe had an estimated turnover last year of...

Police arrest Pole suspected of people smuggling

WARSAW: Dariusz Z. (surname withheld under Polish privacy laws) was arrested in Warsaw’s Targówek district on a European Arrest Warrant...

Poland’s PGNiG says analyses offers for June LNG spot supplies

WARSAW: Poland's state-run gas firm PGNiG said on Tuesday it completed the process of receiving offers for spot deliveries of...

Jordan, Morocco examine ways to increase trade

AMMAN: Jordanian and Moroccan businessmen on Monday pledged to step up efforts to increase joint trade and to eliminate trade...

GDP growth rate to touch highest level this year: Dar

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar Tuesday expressed the hope that the GDP growth rate during the current year (2015-16)...

Islamic banking captures 15% of total financial market share in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Islamic banking sector is growing in Pakistan as it captured at least 15 per cent the overall financial market...

Bangladesh Customs seizes 1.20 lakh addictive tablets

DHAKA: Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 1.20 lakh addictive tablets from Changram village at Hili border in Hakimpur...

Ireland’s largest sheepmeat market sees import volumes drop

DUBLIN: Ireland’s largest sheepmeat market – France has posted a reduction in imports during the first three months of the...

Lapland’s growth speeds up in 2015

HELSINKI: The growth trend forecast for Lapland in 2015 was largely positive. The trend of turnover growth accelerated in a...

LSM growth increased by 4.7% in 9 months

ISLAMABAD: The country's large scale manufacturing (LSM) sector growth surged by 4.7 percent during the first nine months of ongoing...

Ukraine to boost natural gas production 40% over next 4 years

KIEV: Ukraine will boost natural gas output by 40% over the next four years to 28 billion cu m per...

Oman fund to invest $50m in Chinese aviation firm’s $1.1b share offer