Business & Economy

Washington, Nov 10 (AFP/APP):US consumer prices cooled in October but remained at decades-high levels, according to government data released Thursday, keeping the pressure on President Joe Biden as his Democratic party struggles to retain control of Congress. The closely-watched report showed more evidence of rising […]

Islamabad, November 11 (PNI) Pakistan Single Window (PSW) and the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today to further expand their partnership for trade facilitation through the integration of cross-border business processes of DRAP. The integration of DRAP systems […]

Islamabad, Nov 9 (Online): Atadjan Movlamov, Ambassador of Turkmenistan to Pakistan and Dean of Diplomatic Corps said that Turkmenistan and Pakistan have huge potential of bilateral trade that can be enhanced through people-to-people contacts. He said that Turkmenistan is rich in energy and can meet […]

London, Nov 9 (AFP/APP):Made.com, the British online furniture store, collapsed Wednesday after it was hammered by supply-chain disruptions and a slump in consumer spending as inflation soared. UK clothing-to-furniture giant Next is to buy the failed group’s brand, websites and intellectual property. More than half […]

New York, Nov 9 (AFP/APP):Facebook owner Meta will lay off more than 11,000 of its staff in “the most difficult changes we’ve made in Meta’s history,” boss Mark Zuckerberg said on Wednesday. He said the cuts represented 13 percent of the social media titan’s workforce […]

Paris, Nov 8 (AFP/APP):France’s competition authority Tuesday slapped Lensmaker Essilor International and its parent company with 81.1 million euros ($81.6 million) in fines for a decade of discriminatory trade practices against online spectacles vendors. The authority said it was handing down the fine for practices […]

FAISALABAD, Nov 08 (APP):Agriculture department has advised the growers to adopt off-season cotton management strategy to save next crop from the attack of Gulabi Sundi (pink bollworm). A spokesperson for agriculture (extension) department told APP on Tuesday that pink bollworm went in winter nap during […]

ISLAMABAD, Nov 07 (APP):Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Umar Ata Bandial on Monday said that the Supreme Court was looking at legal issues, not financial ones, in the presidential reference regarding Reko Diq. A five-member larger bench of the apex court headed by Chief […]

ISLAMABAD, Nov 07 (APP):Advisor to Prime Minister on Tourism and Sports – Awn Chaudhry on Monday inaugurated the Pakistan Pavilion at World Travel Market, London, 2022. Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation – PTDC along with provincial tourism departments and private sector stakeholders setup an impressive pavilion […]

LAHORE – November 7 (ONLINE) Senior Vice Chairman of Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (PPMA) Nadeem Zafar said Monday the industry currently meets 95% of the country’s medicine requirements, country only imports 5 percent medicine based on new molecules and compounds and new research-based products. The […]