China inks $375m MOU’s at 18th International textile Asia exhibition

Lahore: A local newspaper reported that China signed $375m worth memorandum of understandings (MOUs) for investment in Pakistan at the 18th International...

Agri dept eyes to control fruit flies in 30 districts

MULTAN Agriculture (Extension) Director General, Zafar Yab Haider Tuesday said that the agriculture department had launched a special project to control fruit flies...

Plan to privatize Disco’s shelved

In a meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Water and Power held on Wednesday, the Secretary Water and Power Yousaf...

Asian stocks slip due to high yields, as oil prices remain high

SYDNEY: Asian stocks dipped on Monday as investors braced for a bevy of earnings from the world’s largest corporations while keeping a...

Trump poised to ratchet up trade dispute with China

Punitive import tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods soon WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump appeared poised to ratchet up his trade...

France presses Renault over executive compensation paid via Dutch holding company

PARIS: The French government has told Renault to provide more details on compensation paid to senior executives via a Dutch holding company...

Asia’s surging fuel exports depress refining industry profits

Since 2006, the Asia-Pacific has been the world’s biggest oil consuming region, led by traditional industrial users South Korea and Japan along with rising economic powerhouses China and India

Oil prices edge lower, as Iran supply worries loom

Global benchmark Brent crude futures were down 29 cents, or 0.4 percent, at $74.45 a barrel by 0302 GMT, after rising 1 percent on Thursday

Orientm McCann Pakistan lands prized MCB Bank Ltd account

In a much-anticipated development in the advertising industry of Pakistan, Orientm McCann Pakistan has been appointed by MCB Bank as their creative...

Macron pledges 700 million euros for new solar projects in developing countries

NEW DELHI: French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday pledged hundreds of millions of dollars for solar projects in developing countries, as world...

From zero to hero: Physical oil rally might be short-lived

LONDON: From Kazakhstan to the North Sea and the US, physical crude has jumped in value in recent days, but the rally...

Pakistan’s economy saw growth despite a fall in external trade says: ADB

Karachi: Asian Development Bank (ADB) in a statement on Friday said Pakistan’s economy had grown besides a decrease in external trade, reported a...

Trump readies tariffs on $200 billion more Chinese goods despite talks: source

Trump, who had already imposed 25 percent tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese goods, said a week ago that he would be adding tariffs on another $200 billion in goods

U.S. oil edges up after 3 percent drop on big stock build

Signs that Iranian oil exports have been falling more steeply than some in the market expected amid looming U.S. sanctions have underpinned the oil market

Mishal, WEF to conduct executive opinion survey in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The World Economic Forum in partnership with Mishal Pakistan is set to conduct the Executive Opinion Survey 2018 in Pakistan in the...