China services industry picks up ahead of party plenum
BEIJING: China's services industry picked up in October, a private survey showed on Tuesday, with gains in new business and employment providing further evidence the economy has found its footing as...
View ArticleMinister inaugurates hydel turbine at Khanpur Dam
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Senior Minister for Irrigation and Energy and Power Sikandar Hayat Khan Sherpao on Tuesday said completion of Rs 5.0 billion micro-hydel power projects by next year...
View ArticleChina premier warns against loose money policies
BEIJING: China needs to sustain economic growth of 7.2 percent to ensure a stable job market, Premier Li Keqiang said as he warned the government against further expanding already loose money policies....
View ArticleOil prices diverge amid US supply glut
LONDON: Global oil prices diverged on Tuesday, with New York crude weighed down by a US stockpiles glut, while Brent gained slender support from Libyan supply disruptions, dealers said. New York's main...
View ArticleFBR issues Rs 2m to upgrade WEBOC system
MULTAN: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has issued Rs 2.0 million for the ungradation of Web Based One Customs (WEBOC) introduced by native experts. Collector Custom, Model Custom Collectorate Touseef...
View ArticleSri Lankan HC, Dar discuss matters of mutual interest
ISLAMABAD: High Commissioner (HC) of Sri Lanka to Pakistan Air Chief Marshal Jayalath Weerakkody discussed matters of mutual interest with Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Tuesday. During the meeting they...
View Article'D-8 set to become world's most promising trade bloc'
ISLAMABAD: D-8 with a combined population of around 1.0 billion and a market size of more than $1 trillion is set to emerge as one of the world's most promising trade blocs. We are looking forward to...
View Article800,000 Pakistanis benefit from Saudia's amnesty scheme
RIYADH: Pakistanis have emerged as the biggest beneficiaries of Saudi Arabia's amnesty scheme for undocumented or illegal workers in the kingdom. Pakistan's envoy in the kingdom Muhammad Naeem Khan...
View ArticleUSC increases sugar price by
Rs 3 to Rs 50/kg KARACHI: In pursuance of its policy to make frequent upward revision in prices of all essential commodities, Utility Stores Corporation (USC) of Pakistan once again made upward...
View Article222 exhibitors from Pakistan to participate in Heimtextil
Staff Report KARACHI: Pakistan has become one of the largest participants in world's biggest home textiles fair Heimtextil 2014 - with a big contingent of 222 exhibitors. Heimtextil, Frankfurt is the...
View ArticleNA divided over NATO supply blockade
* Fazlur Rahman says 'solo flight' of the PTI has not sent a good signal ISLAMABAD: Despite being in agreement over the need to hold dialogue with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) the lawmakers in the...
View ArticleQuake victims
Relief work to continue until all settled: COAS Staff Report QUETTA: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani said on Tuesday that Pak Army would continue extending support to the...
View ArticleKarachi divided into six districts
KARACHI: Sindh government on Tuesday carved out Korangi district, increasing the number of districts in the city to six. The newly made Korangi district is comprised of Korangi, Shah Faisal Colony,...
View ArticlePakistan reaches out to Saudis, Turkey against drones
* Islamabad wants Riyadh, Ankara to convince US against drones ISLAMABAD: Annoyed over US drone strikes, the Pakistan Muslim League's (PML-N) government has approached Saudi Arabia and Turkey to help...
View ArticleSC disposes of petitions for disqualification of Punjab CM
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday disposed of petitions filed for the disqualification of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif. Petitioner Shahid Aurakzai pleaded in his petitions that...
View ArticleHigher education key to development: Mamnoon
* President asks PRCS to be prepared for any eventuality ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain said on Tuesday higher education is the key to the nation's socio-economic development and urged...
View ArticlePresident, PM stress national unity, brotherhood
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday stressed upon the nation to nurture mutual respect, affection, brotherhood and tolerance as there was no room for...
View ArticleBilawal greets PWU
KARACHI: Pakistan People's Party Patron-in-Chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has congratulated Peoples Workers Union (PWU) on its victory in the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) referendum to become CBA for the...
View ArticleGovt has decided to pursue talks with Taliban: Fazl
* JUI-F chief says govt should restore confidence of Taliban Staff Report PESHAWAR: JUI-F chief Fazlur Rahman said on Tuesday that the federal government has decided in principle to pursue peace talks...
View ArticleDenmark for more cooperation in various Pakistani sectors
LAHORE: Danish Minister for International Development and Cooperation Christian Friis Bach called on Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif on Tuesday. Matters of mutual interest and cooperation...
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