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$836 Million withdrawal from Pakistan economy in FY 2019-20
26 Jan, 2020
ISLAMABAD - Foreign and multinational companies in selected sectors continued to book profit in Pakistan despite the prevailing economic challenges. The overall profit repatriation of foreign investors showed an impressive double-digit growth of 10 percent in the first half of the financial year ...
Foreign and Multinational Companies book high profits, profit repatriation takes a toll on economy
25 Jan, 2020
ISLAMABAD - Foreign and Multinational Companies book high profits, profit repatriation takes a toll on economy of Pakistan. Foreign and multinational companies in selected sectors continued to book profit in Pakistan despite the prevailing economic challenges. The overall profit repatriation of ...
Big development reported over Pakistan and China bilateral trade
29 Dec, 2019
ISLAMABAD – With the construction of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and Pakistan’s domestic economic growth, the trade volume surged this year at a major border port between China and Pakistan. Cargo import and export reached 66,600 tonnes in the first 11 months at Khunjerab ...
In a surprise, Chinese social media App TikTok becomes most downloaded app in Pakistan
21 Nov, 2019
ISLAMABAD - According to Sensor Tower, a US-based Mobile App Store Marketing Intelligence, TikTok has become one of the most downloaded Chinese-owned social media applications in Pakistan. Currently, TikTok has been downloaded 16.3 million times in the past 11 months and is on the second position ...
In a surprise, Britain's Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph put on sale
27 Oct, 2019
LONDON: The owners of Britain´s Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph have put them up for sale, a rival newspaper reported on Saturday. According to The Times, the Barclay family is reviewing the ownership of all its holdings, including The Ritz hotel. The Barclays have owned the newspapers, ...
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu faces the worst setback
18 Sep, 2019
JERUSALEM - Israel’s right bloc led by premier Benjamin Netanyahu has failed to get the majority of votes essential to form coalition in the parliament, according to exit polls. Exit polls suggest that the right bloc led by Netanyahu’s Likud Party failed to secure 61 seats in the parliament ...
Diego Maradona arrested at Buenos Aires International Airport
23 May, 2019
ISLAMABAD - Diego Maradona, an Argentinian football legend now training the Mexican club Dorados de Sinaloa, was detained at a Buenos Aires airport after his ex-girlfriend Rocio Oliva sued him for a $6.3 million pay-out, local media reported. READ MORE: Maradona Punished for Dedicating His Club's ...
The Richest political parties of Pakistan and their wealth
7 May, 2019
*ISLAMABAD: Ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) emerged as the richest political party of the country as the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) released details of the assets of 81 political parties, ARY News reported on Tuesday.* After PTI, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz is the second richest ...
Indian PM Modi begs Bollywood celebrities, Cricketers for support in an early morning twitter blitz
13 Mar, 2019
NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched an early-morning Twitter blitz on Wednesday calling directly on Bollywood and sports stars and others to urge Indians to vote in the country's upcoming mammoth elections. In 29 rapid-fire tweets, Modi tagged cricketers Virat Kohli, Mahendra ...
Govt to implement transformative socio-economic agenda for New Pakistan: PM
9 Jan, 2019
Prime Minister Imran Khan says the government is determined to implement a transformative social and economic agenda for a ‘New Pakistan’. He was talking to Director General WHO Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in Islamabad today (Tuesday). He was accompanied by ...
