IMC announces another plant shutdown
Karachi: Indus Motor Company (IMC), assembler of Toyota vehicles in Pakistan has once again announced that it will shut production citing inventory shortages. This time production will be suspended from September 28 to October 9. Automaker shared de...
Saudi Arabia amid Israel talks, sends envoy to West Bank
JERICHO : Saudi Arabia which has engaged in US-brokered talks with Israel to potentially normalise relations sent delegation to occupied West Bank for first time in three decades. It was led by Saudi non-resident Ambassador to Palestinian territories...
Compliance of labour standards in conformity with Islamic guidelines: Minister Soomro
KARACHI: Caretaker Minister for Law and Religious Affairs and Human Rights Sindh Barrister Muhammad Omer Soomro said that most of labour standards are already in conformity with Quran and Sunnah that was revealed 1,500 years ago. It is incumbent upon...
PM lauds British Pakistani diaspora for their contributions
LONDON: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul-Haq Kakar commended dynamic British Pakistani diaspora for their significant contributions to both countries’ development and urged them to consider Special Investment Facilitation Council as valuable p...
Cumulative inflow under RDA hits $6.62bn: SBP
Karachi: Inflow through Roshan Digital Account (RDA) has now crossed $ 6.6-billion by August-end, State Bank of Pakistan said. Central bank shared that total number of RDA accounts opened reached 606,865 from 596,268 month ago at July-end. As per lat...
PSX sheds 116pts on dreary session
Karachi: 100-index of Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) shed 116.02 points, showing negative change of 0.25 percent, closing at 46,277.66 points against 46,393.68 points previous day. Total of 259,046,624 shares valuing Rs 6.688 billion were traded durin...
President for enhancing trade, economic, cultural cooperation with Jordan
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi asked Pakistan's Ambassador-designate to Jordan to work for further enhancing bilateral cooperation with brotherly country in areas of trade, economy, culture and people-to-people contacts. He said that Pakistan cher...
Planning Minister asks provinces to go after hoarders, profiteers
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Muhammad Sami Saeed in meeting of National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) reviewed prices of essential commodities, directing quarters concerned to maintain food prices and prov...
UK investors show keen interest in Pakistan's capital market
LONDON: Investors of United Kingdom's capital and financial market in meeting with caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar expressed their keen interest in exploring investment opportunities in Pakistan. Leaders of notable investment firms who me...
Ufone 4G, JoChaho join forces to transform online shopping experience
Karachi: Ufone 4G has joined forces with JoChaho, leading e-commerce mobile application to revolutionize online shopping experience for millions of customers across country. Partnership is in line with Ufone 4G’s sustained commitment to enable...
