Tag: Gold

India’s Mary Kom wins record sixth world boxing gold

NEW DELHI: India's Mary Kom on Saturday became the most successful female boxer in world championships history after clinching her sixth gold medal in New...

Pakistan’s Rabia Shahzad bags gold in weightlifting

SYDNEY: Pakistan’s talented weightlifter Rabia Shahzad on Saturday bagged gold at the Ralph Cashman Open Weightlifting Championship in New South Wales, Australia. 20-year-old Rabia participated...

Businessman who faced terror charges imports gold foil Lamborghini

ISLAMABAD:  A property mogul is Islamabad, who has been previously facing terrorism charges, has imported an 18k gold foil Lamborghini Aventador S luxury car. Kunwar...

Akshay Kumar’s ‘Gold’ is the first Bollywood film to release in...

Akshay Kumar-fronted sports drama Gold has become the first Bollywood film ever to release in Saudi Arabia. The film directed by Reema Kagti is only...

ASF foils bid to smuggle gold

RAWALPINDI: The Airport Security Force (ASF) on Friday foiled a bid to smuggle almost 1.436 kg of gold jewellery into the country and arrested...

Lahori groom wears gold shoes and tie on his wedding

LAHORE: Pakistan's relationship with gold goes far. Gold is literally part of every festive occasion and it is impossible to image Pakistani weddings without...

All 955 miners stuck in S Africa resurface unharmed

WELKOM: All 955 gold miners who were trapped underground for more than a day in South Africa following a power cut resurfaced unharmed on...

Customs thwart bid to smuggle 230 tolas gold at Peshawar airport

PESHAWAR: Pakistan Customs thwarted a bid to smuggle 230 tolas of gold on Friday at Bacha Khan International Airport, Peshawar. Peshawar Customs Public Relations Officer Naeem...

Ownership of 280kg gold, 1,880kg silver still unresolved: PAC informed

ISLAMABAD: The Avacuee Trust Property Board (ATPB), on Friday, informed the Sub Committee of Public Accounts Committee on Monitoring and Implementation that the ownership of...

ASF seizes three kg gold from smugglers

KARACHI: Airport Security Force (ASF) arrested two gold smugglers and recovered three kg gold from their possession at Jinnah International Airport Karachi in the...

Bids to smuggle drugs, gold to Turkey foiled

LAHORE: The Custom Department and Airport Security Force (ASF) foiled separate bids to smuggle 200g gold and 1.5kg drugs to Turkey and arrested a drug peddler at...

Four kgs of gold retrieved from passenger at Lahore airport

LAHORE: At least four kilogrammes of gold was seized by Customs authorities from a passenger travelling from Manchester at the Allama Iqbal International Aiport on...

Precious-Gold prices firm as dollar retreats from 14-year high

Gold steadied on Thursday as a rally in the US dollar showed signs of fatigue after the currency hit its highest in nearly 14...

Gold strikes two-year high on Brexit vote

    Gold prices surged Friday to the highest level in more than two years following Britain's shock decision to leave the European Union. The precious metal...

Ailing man robbed of valuables by relatives

An ailing man was allegedly deprived of gold and other valuables by his relatives who visited him to enquire after his health in the...

Pakistan hits ‘gold’, PM looks to break ‘begging bowl’

Addressing a briefing in Chiniot, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Wednesday greeted the nation on the Punjab government’s discovery of multi-billion dollars worth of gold, iron and copper ores at Rajoa, around three kilometres south of Chiniot.

Dar gives out some relief, pours in some gold!

 ECC announces Rs2b relief package for Ramadan 2014, decides to lift ban on the import of gold and gold jewellery   The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC)...