2020 will be a great year for Pakistan’s economy: Jahangir

LAHORE: Sahibzada Jahangir – who accompanied a delegation from Dutch oil giant Vitol last month –  has stated that the company has decided to increase its...

Saudi Aramco names first woman to head overseas office

RIYADH: Saudi Aramco, the world's top oil exporter, has appointed its first woman head of an overseas office, two sources with knowledge of the...

Cabinet approves Electric Motor Vehicle Policy

--PM tells bureaucrats not to be scared of NAB if they haven’t done anything ‘wrong’ ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Tuesday approved the Electric Motor...

RIL to hand out free 4K TV sets as it threats streaming giants with...

MUMBAI: Three years after elbowing into the Indian wireless phone market with free calls and data, billionaire Mukesh Ambani is back at it. This time,...

Elon Musk, Jack Ma talk aliens and AI, skip trade issues

SHANGHAI: Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Alibaba founder Jack Ma discussed Mars and artificial intelligence (AI) but steered clear of the US-China trade war...

Indians are going to the movies to ‘escape slowing economy’, says cinema owner

NEW DELHI: Cinemas are seeing brisk business even as India’s economy slows to a six-year low and unemployment swells, according to PVR Cinemas, the...

Venezuelans buy gas with cigarettes to battle inflation

CARACAS: Motorists in socialist Venezuela have long enjoyed the world’s cheapest gasoline, with fuel so heavily subsidized that a full tank these days costs...

Trump moves ahead with new tariffs on Chinese products

WASHINGTON: Washington moved ahead Sunday with new tariffs on Chinese imports as it stepped up a high-pressure campaign aimed at coercing Beijing to sign...

Malaysia files criminal charges against Goldman Sachs execs over 1MDB scandal

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia filed criminal charges Friday against 17 current and former directors of three Goldman Sachs subsidiaries, piling further pressure on the Wall...

Indian economy set for weakest quarter of growth in 5 years

NEW DELHI: The Indian economy likely expanded at its slowest pace in more than five years in the April-June quarter, driven by weak investment...

Corporate Social Responsibility in Pakistan

While different organisations have derived different meanings for the term corporate social responsibility, however there continues to be much in common between all the...

24K gold price touches Rs 48,748/tola in Pakistan

Gold prices in Pakistan slightly inched up on festive demand, but dealers are not happy as its local demand decreased owing to the instability...

The brutal side of Chartered Accountancy

On April 22, 2012, residents of Kararian locality reported to police of stinking smell coming out of a house rented by Mr. Tariq Mehmood....

Punjab Seed Council approves cotton varieties

Punjab Seed Council has approved 18 cotton varieties for cultivation in Punjab. 42nd meeting of Punjab Seed Council was held at Agriculture House, Lahore...

Toyota globally recalls Prius hybrid over glitch

ONLINE- Toyota Motor Corp. launched a massive global recall of its popular Prius hybrid to fix a software glitch that could cause the car to...

Uber, Careem or A-Taxi: Which online taxi service would you use?

For those who have to travel on a daily basis, the cost of these taxis can be forbidding

Pakistan and China relations: 65 years of friendship to strategic partnership

Pakistan and China are celebrating 2016 as an year of friendship to mark 65 years of diplomatic relations which are constantly moving on an...