Business & Economy

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 […]

Barneveld, Netherlands, Aug 3 (AFP/APP): Dutch farmers’ rowdy protests against government climate plans have caused a stir at home and abroad, with populists worldwide jumping on the bandwagon and even former US president Donald Trump backing them. “We take all the support that we can […]

BEIJING, Aug 3 (APP): Pakistan’s exports to China have registered 11% increase in the first half of this year and with this momentum it is likely to reach $4 billion by the end of this year. Pakistan’s export to China crossed $1.918 billion in the […]

ISLAMABAD, Aug 2 (APP): The imports of agriculture machinery and implements into the country during financial year ended on June 30,2022 witnessed about 18.32 percent increase as against the imports of the corresponding period of last year. During the period from July-June 2021-22, agriculture machinery […]

PHNOM PENH, Aug. 2 (Xinhua/APP):– Cambodia imported oil products worth 1.91 billion U.S. dollars in the first half of 2022, up 25 percent from 1.52 billion dollars over the same period last year, according to a report from the General Department of Customs and Excise. […]