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Print - 2018-09-23
The Weather

The Weather

The weather report on Saturday (September 22, 2018) and the forecast for Sunday (September 23, 2018).

Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Bullion Rates

Bullion Rates

Gold and silver rates in rupees per 10 grams prevailing in major cities on Saturday (September 22, 2018).

Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Bullion Rates

Bullion Rates

Gold and silver rates in rupees per 10 grams prevailing in major cities on Saturday (September 22, 2018).

Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Cotton Spot Rates

Cotton Spot Rates

Official KCA spot rates for local dealings in Pakistan rupees on Saturday (September 22, 2018).

Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Lahore Grain Market Rates

Lahore Grain Market Rates

Grain and other commodity rates in rupees on Akbari Mandi on Saturday (September 22, 2018)

Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Hides and skin rates

Hides and skin rates

Hides and skin rates in rupees prevailing on the commodity markets in Karachi on Saturday (September 22, 2018).

Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Automart: car prices in Karachi

Automart: car prices in Karachi

The prices of different makes and models of cars prevailing in Karachi in the week ended Saturday (September 22, 2018).

Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
World Shipping Schedule

World Shipping Schedule

Karachi Port's world-wide shipping schedule beginning Saturday (September 22, 2018).

Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
World Shipping Schedule

World Shipping Schedule

Karachi Port's world-wide shipping schedule beginning Saturday (September 22, 2018).

Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
THE RUPEE: firm trend
Currency

THE RUPEE: firm trend

No major changes were seen on the money market on Saturday as the rupee did not budge any side in relation to the dollar in process of trading, dealers said.
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
THE RUPEE: firm trend
Currency

THE RUPEE: firm trend

No major changes were seen on the money market on Saturday as the rupee did not budge any side in relation to the dollar in process of trading, dealers said.
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Member to Member

Member to Member

The following transactions member to member subsequently reported on Saturday (September 22, 2018).

Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Asian naphtha cracks fall to three-session low

Asian naphtha cracks fall to three-session low

Asia's naphtha crack eased for the second day, this time by 0.1 percent to reach a three-session low of $96.20 a tonne on Thursday as high supplies dragged. Asia's gasoline crack was also down, touching a 1-1/2 week low of $8.36 a barrel.
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Canadian canola futures rise

Canadian canola futures rise

ICE Canadian canola futures rose on Thursday for a second day, pulled up by strength in soyabeans and soyaoil. Canola lagged soya's gains as the market is "fundamentally weak," a trader said. Statistics Canada on Wednesday estimated canola productions at
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
CBOT corn futures rise on US export sales

CBOT corn futures rise on US export sales

Chicago Board of Trade corn futures climbed nearly 2 percent on Thursday, with the benchmark December contract hitting a one-week top as larger-than-expected weekly export sales and prospects for US harvest delays sparked a round of short-covering, analys
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
CBOT soyabean futures climb on short covering

CBOT soyabean futures climb on short covering

Chicago Board of Trade soyabean futures closed higher Thursday as higher-than-expected weekly US export sales data and wetter forecasts for the Midwest sparked a round of short-covering, traders said. CBOT November soyabeans settled up 20-1/4 cents at $8.
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Russian wheat prices up on stronger rouble
Currency

Russian wheat prices up on stronger rouble

Russian wheat export prices rose at the end of last week due to strengthening in the rouble currency and risks related to tougher quality controls at ports, analysts said on Monday. Russia's food safety watchdog beefed up quality controls on grain exports
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Shanghai steel rebar prices fall after four-session rally

Shanghai steel rebar prices fall after four-session rally

Prices for Shanghai construction steel rebar slid 1.2 percent on Thursday, following four sessions of gains that were triggered by China's moves to boost infrastructure spending. The most-active rebar contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange finished dow
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Indian rice prices recover; low Thai rates dampen Vietnamese offers

Indian rice prices recover; low Thai rates dampen Vietnamese offers

Rice export prices in India recovered this week after demand improved, while rates for the Vietnamese variety eased despite the prospect of orders from typhoon-hit Philippines, as Thai rates were more competitive. Rates for top exporter India's 5 percent
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Wait-and-see mood seen on cotton market
Cotton

Wait-and-see mood seen on cotton market

Buyers kept on the sideline in the absence of motivating factors on the cotton market on Saturday, dealers said. The official spot rate was unchanged at Rs 8200, they added. Prices of seed cotton in Sindh were at Rs 3700-3800, in the Punjab, rates at Rs 3
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Palm oil easier on European vegoils market
Vegetable Oil

Palm oil easier on European vegoils market

Palm oil on the European vegetable oils market was lower on Thursday, following the weaker trend in Malaysian palm oil futures, which eased on expectations of increased production and growing palm oil stocks in both Malaysia and Indonesia.
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
China's diesel demand to grow at fastest pace in at least five years

China's diesel demand to grow at fastest pace in at least five years

China's diesel demand will grow at its fastest in at least five years as a pick-up in diesel-intensive sectors in the world's second-biggest economy coincides with lower output from domestic refineries, several sources and analysts said. Estimates of the
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
EU wheat futures steady in late trade

EU wheat futures steady in late trade

Euronext wheat futures steadied in late trade on Thursday in step with Chicago wheat that drew support from a rally in corn and soybeans. Benchmark December milling wheat on Paris-based Euronext was trading flat by 1623 GMT at 202.50 euros per tonne. It h
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Super typhoon not to damage China's sugar cane crop

Super typhoon not to damage China's sugar cane crop

Typhoon Mangkhut did not damage China's sugarcane crop as severely as expected and its impact on sugar output is likely to be limited, two analysts and a sugar producer told Reuters. Shares in China's major sugar producers jumped on Monday as investors wo
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Vietnam's coffee demand up; Indonesia slows after harvest
Currency

Vietnam's coffee demand up; Indonesia slows after harvest

Coffee demand picked up slightly in Vietnam this week as buyers switched destination, after supplies dropped in Asian rival Indonesia at the end of harvest, traders said on Thursday. Exporters offered Vietnam's 5-percent black and broken grade 2 robusta a
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Ivory Coast cocoa crop remains healthy despite humidity

Ivory Coast cocoa crop remains healthy despite humidity

Above average rainfall in most of Ivory Coast's cocoa regions last week continued to boost the October-to-March main crop, farmers said on Monday, despite fears the humidity could impact bean drying. Farmers said they were expecting an abundant crop this
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
China's iron ore demand to remain flat

China's iron ore demand to remain flat

China's iron ore demand is expected to stay flat, said an official from Baoshan Iron & Steel Co, the country's biggest listed steelmaker, as Beijing's stricter environmental rules boost the use of scrap steel. China's growing stockpiles of scrap steel sho
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Suedzucker cuts earnings forecast due to low sugar prices
Currency

Suedzucker cuts earnings forecast due to low sugar prices

Expectations that low sugar prices will fail to recover in the near-term prompted Europe's largest refiner Suedzucker to cut its full year earnings forecast on Thursday, sending its shares down as much as 8 percent. Suedzucker now expects group operating
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Zimbabwe's new finance minister says 'fiscal shock' needed for reform

Zimbabwe's new finance minister says 'fiscal shock' needed for reform

Newly appointed Zimbabwean Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube would like to employ a "big bang" economic reform program to the battered economy where unemployment is running above 80 percent, but recognizes politics will limit the speed for change. "My prefere
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Asian firms' confidence sinks to near three-year low
Currency

Asian firms' confidence sinks to near three-year low

Confidence among Asian companies slumped to the weakest in almost three years in the third quarter as businesses feared blowback from a worsening global trade war, a Thomson Reuters/INSEAD survey showed. Representing the six-month outlook of 104 firms, th
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
UK budget deficit jumps

UK budget deficit jumps

Britain's budget deficit unexpectedly widened in August, driven by subdued tax receipts, a rise in the state pension and higher EU budget payments, but finance minister Philip Hammond probably still has room to ease his grip on spending later this year. T
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
White House optimistic on China trade; no date for more talks

White House optimistic on China trade; no date for more talks

The United States is optimistic about finding a way forward in its trade dispute with China, but it does not have a date scheduled for further talks as it assesses Beijing's response to the latest round of tariffs, a senior White House official said on Fr
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
US airlines score win as Congress drops 'reasonable fee' rules

US airlines score win as Congress drops 'reasonable fee' rules

The US airline industry scored a win on Saturday as bipartisan congressional legislation dropped plans to mandate "reasonable and proportional" baggage and change fees, but included other new passenger protections. After weeks of negotiations, a 1,200-pag
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Wells Fargo to cut up to 26,500 jobs within three years

Wells Fargo to cut up to 26,500 jobs within three years

Wells Fargo announced plans to cut five to 10 percent of its workforce, a move that would affect up to 26,500 jobs based on current headcount. The bank, which has struggled to regain its footing following a series of scandals, said the job cuts and attrit
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Police arrest 21 over data theft at Alibaba's delivery arm

Police arrest 21 over data theft at Alibaba's delivery arm

Chinese police on Friday arrested 21 suspects in connection with the theft of customer information from Alibaba Group Holding's logistics affiliate Cainiao Network, state news agency Xinhua reported. More than 10 million pieces of client data - including
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Luxembourg wary of EU anti-money laundering plan, Denmark in favour

Luxembourg wary of EU anti-money laundering plan, Denmark in favour

Luxembourg is among EU states that have urged caution in beefing up the bloc's supervision of banks against money laundering, while Denmark is in favour, an EU official familiar with talks on the matter told Reuters on Friday. The positions were taken in
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
US may aid Liberia in search for missing millions

US may aid Liberia in search for missing millions

The US government is considering helping Liberia track down more than $100 million in missing cash, an embassy spokesman said, in a case that has triggered a political crisis in the impoverished country. Several shipments of freshly printed Liberian dolla
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
German agency pours doubt on incentives to trade old diesels

German agency pours doubt on incentives to trade old diesels

The German Environment Agency (UBA) said on Saturday it was doubtful about the environmental benefits of introducing incentives for drivers of older diesel vehicles to trade them in for newer models. Chancellor Angela Merkel is due to hold a high-level me
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Lehman Brothers workers share memories 10 years after the fall

Lehman Brothers workers share memories 10 years after the fall

Ex-employees of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc met at Irish pubs near their former office in Midtown Manhattan on Thursday night to reminisce 10 years after the bank's collapse, in gatherings with the atmosphere of high school reunions despite marking the l
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
China drafts new nuclear energy law, focus on global market

China drafts new nuclear energy law, focus on global market

China will provide more support for its nuclear firms to go overseas and strengthen their position on the international market, according to new draft legislation submitted to the industry for consultation on Friday. "The state will encourage and support
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Liberian leader Weah signs land-reform law

Liberian leader Weah signs land-reform law

Liberian President George Weah has signed a long-sought land reform law that gives local communities greater rights over "customary land" and lets foreigners and charities own property. First drafted in 2014, the Land Right Act has nonetheless been critic
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Nigeria withdraws Skye Bank's operating licence

Nigeria withdraws Skye Bank's operating licence

Nigeria's central bank has revoked Skye Bank's operating licence and a bridge bank called Polaris has been created to take over the lender's assets, the financial regulator said on Friday. Isaac Okorafor, a central bank spokesman, said state-run bad bank
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Blackstone looks to manage $1 trillion by 2026

Blackstone looks to manage $1 trillion by 2026

Blackstone Group LP, the world's largest manager of alternative investments such as private equity and real estate, said on Friday it could be overseeing $1 trillion in assets by 2026. The firm currently manages $439 billion, a five-fold increase since it
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Cryptocurrency exchanges at risk of manipulation
Currency

Cryptocurrency exchanges at risk of manipulation

Several cryptocurrency exchanges are plagued by poor market surveillance, pervasive conflicts of interest and lack sufficient customer protections, the New York Attorney General's office said in a report published on Tuesday. The study found that online p
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Canadian edges lower
Currency

Canadian edges lower

The Canadian dollar edged lower against its US counterpart on Friday, but was on track to gain for the second straight week as data showing a pickup in underlying inflation boosted bets for a Bank of Canada interest rate hike next month. Canada's annual i
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Pound plunges after no-deal Brexit fears rise, boosting dollar
Currency

Pound plunges after no-deal Brexit fears rise, boosting dollar

Sterling plunged on Friday, driving the US dollar up, after fears rose that Britain would leave the European Union without a trade deal. British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday the European Union must supply an alternative Brexit proposal, sayin
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Turkish lira weakens
Currency

Turkish lira weakens

The Turkish lira eased on Friday, a day after Finance Minister Berat Albayrak announced the government's three-year economic forecast, disappointing investors who wanted a more sober assessment of the fragile economy. The lira weakened to 6.2250 against t
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Speculators raise net long dollar bets
Currency

Speculators raise net long dollar bets

Speculators' net long bets on the US dollar rose after declining for three straight weeks, according to calculations by Reuters and Commodity Futures Trading Commission data released on Friday. The value of the net long dollar position rose to $22.98 bill
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
India's struggle to defend rupee shifts focus to rate hikes
Currency

India's struggle to defend rupee shifts focus to rate hikes

Investors have increased bets that India's central bank will need to raise interest rates at least two more times this year to shore up the battered rupee after previous efforts to defend the currency failed to sway markets. The government's latest measur
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
'Thanks, bro' - Ozil grateful for Boateng's backing

'Thanks, bro' - Ozil grateful for Boateng's backing

Mesut Ozil has thanked Jerome Boateng for public support in the wake of Ozil's controversial retirement from international football. Ozil, 29, walked away from the Germany squad in July, claiming he was made a scapegoat for the national team's disastrous
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Smith, Warner make smashing return to Australian cricket

Smith, Warner make smashing return to Australian cricket

isgraced cricketers Steve Smith and David Warner made stunning returns to Australian cricket Saturday, with the pair both notching up big scores in front of some of the largest grade-level crowds the country has seen. Former captain Smith looked as though
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
PCB to review position on global cricket leagues

PCB to review position on global cricket leagues

New Pakistan cricket chief Ehsan Mani said on Saturday his board would review their stance on global leagues and seek assurances from the game's governing body. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) earlier this year restricted its players' participation to one le
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Badminton star Lee has cancer, in Taiwan for treatment

Badminton star Lee has cancer, in Taiwan for treatment

Malaysian badminton star Lee Chong Wei has early-stage nose cancer and is being treated in Taiwan, sports officials said Saturday, after weeks of speculation about his health. The country's most successful Olympian ever, who enjoys superstar status in his
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Pakistan team leaves for Socca Football World Cup

Pakistan team leaves for Socca Football World Cup

Pakistan Socca Football team has reached Lisbon, Portugal on Saturday to participate in the 32-team inaugural six-a-side ISF Socca Football World Cup, which commences today (Sunday). The players in green will play their first match against top class footb
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Modric reaches Spanish tax settlement

Modric reaches Spanish tax settlement

Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric has reached a deal with Spanish prosecutors, admitting he evaded taxes and agreeing to an eight-month jail sentence likely to be converted into a fine, daily El Mundo reported Saturday. The Croatian star, one of the favo
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Liverpool, Man City cruise as Man Utd held on Ferguson's return

Liverpool, Man City cruise as Man Utd held on Ferguson's return

Liverpool and Manchester City's shootout for the Premier League title intensified on Saturday with comfortable wins over Southampton and Cardiff, while Manchester United were held 1-1 by Wolves on the day Alex Ferguson returned to Old Trafford.
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Osaka romps into Tokyo final

Osaka romps into Tokyo final

Japan's Naomi Osaka crushed Italian Camila Giorgi 6-2, 6-3 in Tokyo on Saturday to set up a Pan Pacific Open final against Czech Karolina Pliskova. Third seed Osaka needed just 71 minutes to complete her 10th straight win after capturing a historic US Ope
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Pakistan and Afghanistan players fined

Pakistan and Afghanistan players fined

Pakistan's paceman Hasan Ali and Afghanistan's Asghar Afghan and Rashid Khan have all been fined on Saturday for violating the players' code of conduct, the International Cricket Council said Saturday. "Hasan, and Afghanistan's duo of Asghar and Rashid ha
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Malik thwarts Afghanistan in last over finish

Malik thwarts Afghanistan in last over finish

Experienced batsman Shoaib Malik hit a six and a boundary to pull off a sensational last over three wicket win for Pakistan against a spirited Afghanistan in the Asia Cup in Abu Dhabi on Friday. Malik pulled the second ball of the final over by paceman Af
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
US Supreme Court nominee accuser given deadline to decide on hearing

US Supreme Court nominee accuser given deadline to decide on hearing

The woman whose sexual assault allegation threatens to bring down Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee was given until Saturday afternoon to decide on testifying in the Senate, after the US president claimed her accusation could not be true. Christine Bla
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Eight Afghan children killed playing with unexploded mortar shell

Eight Afghan children killed playing with unexploded mortar shell

Eight children, including four siblings, were killed in Afghanistan when a mortar shell they were playing with exploded, relatives said Saturday, adding to the ever-growing civilian toll in the 17-year war. Another six children were wounded in the blast o
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
China opens embassy in Dominican Republic after break with Taiwan

China opens embassy in Dominican Republic after break with Taiwan

China's most senior envoy inaugurated a new embassy in the Dominican Republic on Friday after the Caribbean country cut ties with Taiwan in a move that prompted US concern over the Asian island's dwindling number of allies. Self-ruled Taiwan, which China
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Vatican announces historic deal on bishops with China

Vatican announces historic deal on bishops with China

The Vatican on Saturday announced an historic accord with China on who appoints bishops in the Communist country, paving the way for rapprochement between the Catholic Church and the world's most populous country.
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Japan space robots start asteroid survey

Japan space robots start asteroid survey

A pair of robot rovers have landed on an asteroid and begun a survey, Japan's space agency said Saturday, as it conducts a mission aiming to shed light on the origins of the solar system. The rover mission marks the world's first moving, robotic observati
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
20,000 march for wage equality in Switzerland

20,000 march for wage equality in Switzerland

Some 20,000 people marched in Bern Saturday demanding wage equality between the genders, organisers said, warning that women are prepared to go on strike if Swiss parliamentarians do not fix the pay gap. Women "are sick of sexism and discrimination, sick
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Police raid Maldives opposition HQ ahead of vote

Police raid Maldives opposition HQ ahead of vote

Maldivian police raided the opposition campaign headquarters on Saturday, the opposition said, on the eve of Sunday's presidential election that international monitors fear will be rigged.
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Australian filmmaker to be deported from Cambodia

Australian filmmaker to be deported from Cambodia

An Australian filmmaker who received a royal pardon from Cambodia will be deported Saturday, immigration officials said, a day after he was released from a six-year sentence in a case Human Rights Watch has called "a ludicrous charade". James Ricketson, 6
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Lebanon navy rescues dozens from sinking Cyprus-bound boat

Lebanon navy rescues dozens from sinking Cyprus-bound boat

Lebanon's navy rescued dozens of people, including Syrians, from a sinking boat off the country's northern coast on Saturday, the military and a security source said, adding one child had died. The military said in a statement it responded early Saturday
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Journalist murdered in Mexico, ninth of 2018

Journalist murdered in Mexico, ninth of 2018

Gunmen on Friday killed a Mexican journalist who had received threats after reporting on corruption in the southern state of Chiapas, his newspaper said, in what was at least the ninth murder of a reporter in the country this year. Mario Gomez, a reporter
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Libya urges 'effective' UN action to end violence

Libya urges 'effective' UN action to end violence

Libya's internationally recognised government has called on the UN to take "concrete and effective" action to protect civilians and halt fighting near the capital that has killed more than 100 people since late August. In a statement late Friday, the Gove
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Yemen faces worsening threat of famine: UN
Currency

Yemen faces worsening threat of famine: UN

International aid agencies are losing the fight against famine in Yemen, where 3.5 million people may soon be added to the eight million Yemenis already facing starvation, the UN aid chief warned Friday. A sharp drop in the value of Yemen's currency that
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
France fountains protest against Total's Brazil oil project

France fountains protest against Total's Brazil oil project

Fountains were tinted black in several French towns Saturday during protests against plans by oil giant Total to drill near a coral reef at the mouth of the Amazon. The protesters insist the plan threatens a "unique" natural habitat. "The Amazon reef is n
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Hollande fuels Rafale fighter jet controversy in India

Hollande fuels Rafale fighter jet controversy in India

Former French president Francois Hollande has fuelled controversy over India's multi-billion-dollar 2016 purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets, saying that France was given no choice on the Indian partner for manufacturer Dassault. His comments on Friday sto
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
US, allied forces attacked in Somalia: Pentagon

US, allied forces attacked in Somalia: Pentagon

United States and allied forces came under attack in Somalia, triggering an air strike which killed 18 Al-Shabaab militants, the US military said on Saturday. The incident occurred on Friday 50 kilometers (30 miles) northwest of Kismayo in the south of th
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
3,000 march in Moscow against unpopular pension reforms

3,000 march in Moscow against unpopular pension reforms

About 3,000 people demonstrated in Moscow on Saturday against deeply unpopular government plans to raise the retirement age, which have sparked public anger. Proposals to raise the state pension age to 60 for women and 65 for men has led to a number of pr
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
May critics kick off 'Save Brexit' rallies

May critics kick off 'Save Brexit' rallies

Critics of Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit proposal across several parties staged the first in a planned series of rallies on Saturday aimed at mounting support for a clean break with EU. The "Save Brexit Campaign" kicked off at the football grounds o
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Trump border wall going up in Texas

Trump border wall going up in Texas

The United States was to begin construction in Texas on Saturday of part of President Donald Trump's border wall designed to curb illegal immigration, which he calls a security threat. Running along four miles (six kilometers) of the 2,000-mile border wit
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Firdous Shamim resigns as PTI Karachi president

Firdous Shamim resigns as PTI Karachi president

Leader of the opposition in the Sindh Assembly Firdous Shamim Naqvi stepped down as president of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Karachi chapter on Saturday. The PTI MPA said he wants to focus all his attention on resolution of the issues facing the pr
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Government finalises strategy to build 5 million houses

Government finalises strategy to build 5 million houses

The incumbent government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has finalised strategy to build five million houses as Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan is set to announce the details of the project in coming week. The government has decided to immediately start
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
FPCCI's BMP hails Saudi's interest in CPEC

FPCCI's BMP hails Saudi's interest in CPEC

The Businessmen Panel (BMP) of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) welcomed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia investment in China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) which would open another door of foreign direct investment into
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am
Customs value of fleece fabric revised

Customs value of fleece fabric revised

Directorate General Customs Valuation (DGCV) has revised the Customs values of fleece fabric under sub-section (7) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1969. According to details, the customs values of fleece fabric were determined vide valuation ruling No.6
Published 23 Sep, 2018 12:00am