Business & Economy

Tokyo, Aug 4 (AFP/APP): Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei index closed higher on Thursday with investors emboldened by Wall Street gains and a weaker yen. The Nikkei 225 climbed 0.69 percent, or 190.30 points, to end at 27,932.20, while the broader Topix index was flat at 1,930.73. […]

ISLAMABAD – August 3 (ONLINE) The Islamabad High Court (IHC) will hear Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s plea challenging the ‘gradual acceptance’ of their resignations today (Thursday). Earlier, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday directed the PTI to remove the objections of Registrar’s Office on party’s petition […]

Islamabad, August 3, 2022 (Online): Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Miftah Ismail presided over the first meeting of spectrum auction advisory committee for improvement of mobile broadband services in Pakistan at Finance Division today. Minister for Information Technology and Telecom Amin-ul-Haq, Minister of Economic […]

ISLAMABAD, Aug 3 (APP): Federal Minister for Finance Miftah Ismail on Wednesday said that the incumbent government was paying special attention to increase exports and reduce inflation as well. We were busy with international monetary fund’s (IMF), to make soft agreement and the major issues […]

ISLAMABAD, Aug 03 (APP): The government of Pakistan and OPEC Fund for International Development (OPEC Fund) signed Financing Agreement amounting to US$ 72 million for Mohmand Dam Hydropower Project (MDHP) The OPEC Fund for International Development (OPEC Fund) and the Government of Pakistan signed a […]

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 03 (APP): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged governments on Wednesday to tax huge oil and gas profits to support the most vulnerable people, as the world grapples with energy, food and finance crises, resulting in part by the war in Ukraine. […]

ISLAMABAD, Aug 03 (APP):A National Child Labour Survey was continuing to serve since March 2019 in collaboration with UNICEF and expected to be completed in December 2022. This was said by an official of National Commission on the Child Rights (NCRC) on Wednesday that the […]

ULAN BATOR, Aug 3 (XINHUA/APP: Mongolia’s central bank said Wednesday that it purchased a total of 9.7 tons of gold from legal entities and individuals in the first seven months of this year. As of July, the bank’s average gold purchase price had been 185,224.93 […]

BEIJING, Aug 3 (XINHUA/APP): China’s advertisement industry registered rapid expansion in 2021, data from the State Administration for Market Regulation shows. The combined business revenues of major companies and public institutions in the sector surged 20 percent year on year to approximately 1.18 trillion yuan […]

ISLAMABAD, Aug 3 (APP):The KSE 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued with stayed bullish trend on Wednesday, gaining 877.26 points, a positive change of 2.18 percent, closing at 41,068.87 points against 40,191.61 points on the last working day. A total of 333,028,028 shares […]