ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing committee on Industries and Production has directed Pakistan Stone Development Company (PASDEC) to improve its performance...

LASHKARGAH : The revenue of the municipality in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, has increased by 47 percent...

ISLAMABAD: The city administration has announced to plant 28,000 saplings along the signal-free Islamabad Expressway to keep the surroundings environment-friendly,...

BUDAPEST: Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó on Wednesday discussed Hungarian-US political ties and energy cooperation in Washington, DC. Szijjártó told MTI...

ATHENS: The business plan of the General Secretariat of Public Revenues provides for the confiscation of state debtors’ safe deposit...

AMSTERDAM: Anglo Dutch oil giant Shell has confirmed it is being investigated by Dutch officials for possible bribery in Nigeria,...

OSLO: Adjusted for seasonal variations, the unemployment rate was 4.8 percent in January, according to figures released by Statistic Norway...

COPENHAGEN: Parliament appears to be in favour of forcing Danes to register all earnings made through shared economy schemes such...

ISLAMABAD: As many as 7,695 non-taxpayers filed 1 per cent taxes of Rs 731 million till March 31 under Voluntary...

ISLAMABAD: The Model Customs Collectorate, Peshawar is making all efforts to fairly collect the customs duties and taxes on imports...

‏ISLAMABAD: Additional Collector Waheed Marwat said that he has provided initial training to business community, exporters and importers how to...

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry has called upon the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to expedite the repair work...

QUETTA: The Customs Department has sealed three godowns in the provincial capital and seized Rs 80 million worth of smuggled...

KARACHI: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) has foiled a bid to smuggle 1.1 kilogramme heroin at Jinnah International Airport and arrested...

BRASILIA: Brazil's central bank raised its inflation forecast for 2016 and 2017, signaling policymakers will not cut interest rates yet...

TOKYO: The Bank of Japan is likely to cut its inflation forecasts for the coming two fiscal years at a...

WARSAW: Poland has launched a US$1.75bn 10-year bond at 150bp over Treasuries, according to a lead manager. The bond was...

WASHINGTON: Consumer-price growth in Zambia, Africa’s second-biggest copper producer, slowed for the first time since May this month, the statistics...

KATHMANDU: India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) is all set to hold a bilateral meeting of the taskforces constituted to...

DHAKA: Flower is there in all our occasions -- be it a happy one or otherwise. It makes us feel...