‘Thailand wants more imports from Pakistan’

KARACHI: Consul General (CG) of Royal Thai Consulate in Karachi Thatree Chauvachata has that his country is keen to increase the volume...

Pakistan, Uzbekistan agree to form JWG on energy

ISLAMABAD: In a meeting with Uzbekistan Ambassador Furqat Sidiqov, Power Division Minister Omar Ayub Khan asserted that Pakistan wanted to take benefit...

Oil prices dip, set for biggest weekly gains since July 2017

TOKYO: Oil prices edged lower on Friday but are set for their biggest weekly gains since last July following a jump to...

Oil prices hold firm, as Iran tensions keep market on edge

Brent crude oil futures were at $74.94 per barrel at 0035 GMT, up 7 cents, or 0.1 percent, from their last close

Cotton research station to be set up at Rajanpur

Secretary Agriculture Punjab Wasif Khursheed said Friday that a cotton research station would soon be established in Rajanpur district to improve cotton crop quality and increase per acre production.

Oil edges up as China, U.S. set for trade talks

International Brent crude oil futures were at $70.93 per barrel at 0335 GMT, up 17 cents, or 0.26 percent, from their last close

Asian stocks fall on risks, while US closes for Thanksgiving

South Korea’s Kospi shed 0.7 percent to 2,055.30. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index dropped 0.7 percent to 25,845.78 and the Shanghai Composite gave up 1.4 percent to 2,608.32

Pakistan’s capital market up for another big liquidity event, analyst report

KSE-100 Index rallies 1.75 percent ahead of Nasdaq delegation’s visit The selloff of up to 40 percent stakes of Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX)...

Turkey unveils $3.7bn home-grown electric car project

ISTANBUL: Turkey said it plans to produce up to 175,000 vehicles annually under its domestic electric car project, set to be unveiled...

China eases restrictions on foreign ownership of securities ventures

BEIJING: China’s securities regulator has released new guidelines for foreign investment in Chinese security joint ventures in which it eased some restrictions...

SECP sees ‘no insider trading’ in OGDCL shares

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has found no insider trading in the shares of the Oil & Gas...

Auto sales picking up after months of downslide, Senate panel told

ISLAMABAD: Although the auto industry had reported over 60pc decline in sales during the past few months "owing to inflation, price hikes and...

Bears pull PSX down 493 points

The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Monday saw bears rule the bourse as the benchmark KSE-100 shares index shed 493 points and...

Stocks rally as nations begin to slowly reopen

Equities and crude rallied Tuesday as investors cheered a further easing of lockdowns in some countries, which offset a brewing row between...

Mazda Motor seeks $2.8bn in loans to ride out pandemic

TOKYO: Mazda Motor Corp has sought loans totalling about 300 billion yen ($2.8 billion) from Japan’s three megabanks and other lenders to ride...