Business & Economy

SEOUL, April 5 (Xinhua/APP) –: South Korea’s ratio of sovereign debt to gross domestic product (GDP) rose last year due to an increased fiscal expenditure to counter the COVID-19 pandemic, government data showed Tuesday. The debt-to-GDP ratio gained 2.7 percentage points to 49.6 percent last […]

Islamabad (PNI) Unity Foods Limited, a leading food producer and supplier to the nation’s food security system, entered into a Communications and Strategic Engagements partnership with Nutshell Communications (Private) Limited. An agreement in this regard was signed by both parties recently, at Nutshell Group’s Head […]

TOKYO, Apr 5 (Xinhua/APP): Prices of gold in Japan leaped to a new high on Wednesday as investors have been switching out of riskier assets like stocks and into perceived safe havens like gold amid concerns over a U.S. economic slowdown. On the Osaka Exchange […]

Paris, April 4 (AFP/APP):A meme-inspired cryptocurrency’s price jumped on Tuesday after Elon Musk changed the bluebird logo of Twitter to a dog associated with the digital token, despite the mogul being sued over his previous promotion of the coin. Musk bought Twitter in October last […]

FAISALABAD, Apr 04 (APP): The food department will procure 532,810 metric tons of wheat in the division. As many as 40 procurement centers have been set up at various points to facilitate farmers and issuance of gunny bags (bardana). Deputy Director Umar Sarwar told APP […]

ISLAMABAD 02 April (Online): The Khunjerab Pass between Pakistan and China is likely to be re-opened for all kinds of traffic after almost three years on Monday. All arrangements in this regard have been completed and the local customs have worked round the clock to […]

TOKYO, Apr 2 (Xinhua/APP): Japan’s Tokyo area is expected to sustain a tight supply-demand situation for electricity this summer, according to projections made by the government. According to the latest estimates released by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the reserve power supply capacity […]

BEIJING, Apr 2 (APP):Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Deputy Secretary-General Sohail Khan took part in the session Regional Decisions for Sustainable Development: The Case of the EAEU and Other Structures. The event was organized by the Eurasian Economic Commission during the 10th Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable […]

ISLAMABAD 2 April (Online): Commerce ministry spokes person said on Sunday there are no trade diplomatic relations with Israel nor we want to build. Rumers of building trade relation between Pakistan and Israel are propaganda: commerce ministry. He said wrong meaning were drived from the […]

ISLAMABAD, Apr 01 (APP): The finance ministry on Saturday clarified that the notification circulating on social media about the increase in petroleum prices is “fake”. According to the official of the finance ministry, there is no change made in current petroleum prices. The government, the […]