(April 30 2010): 16th Saarc Summit concluded here on Thursday with adopting the joint declaration and Thimphu Statement on climate change for development in the region, improving inter-connectivity, promoting people-to-people contacts and evolve joint strategy for resolving the issues of water shortage,...

Government admiral said backward Wednesday night that oil ability be aperture from a able-bodied in the Gulf of Mexico at a amount 5 times that appropriate by antecedent estimates. In a agilely alleged account conference, Rear Adm. Mary E. Landry of the Bank Guard said a scientist from the National Oceanic...

(April 29 2010): Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves slipped to $14.98 billion in the week ending on April 23 from $15.05 billion a week ago, the central bank said on Wednesday. Reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) fell to $11.06 billion from $11.11 billion a week earlier, while those...

(April 28 2010): Chief Collectorate of Customs (North) has so far achieved 90 percent of its total revenue target set for the current fiscal year by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR). Chief Collector Customs, North Region, Umar Farooq told APP here on Tuesday. “Through good governance and team...

(April 28 2010): The heads of governments of the South Asian Association of Regional Co-operation (Saarc) are to ink the long-awaited pact on trade in services and draft on co-operation on environment at the two days’ Saarc Summit scheduled to start in Thimphu (Bhutan) from Wednesday April 28,...

(April 28 2010): The board of directors of Karachi Stock Exchange has approved 7-day futures contract. The new product committee of the exchange had recommended the 7-day futures contract to the KSE board for approval. The KSE board of directors in its meeting held here on Tuesday discussed various products.

(April 27 2010): Local pharmaceutical manufacturers have sought the help of Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) for capturing new markets in Sri Lanka, which has recently banned at least six Indian firms exporting ‘sub-standard’ drugs to Colombo. According to sources, Pakistan...

(April 27 2010): The Asian countries including Pakistan are doing well economically. This was stated by the Consul General of Japan in Karachi, Masaharu Sato. He was speaking at a dinner hosted by the Chairman of the Pakistan Japan Business Forum (PJBF), Abdul Kader Jaffer. The new Consul General of...

(April 27 2010): Pakistan and Nepal on Monday agreed to sign Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) and also decided to start talks on Free Trade Agreement (FTA) aimed to promote bilateral trade. Prime Minister (PM) Yusuf Raza Gilani, during his short visit on Monday night met his Nepali counterpart Madhave...

(April 27 2010): The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), for the week ended on April 22, for the lowest income group upto Rs 3,000, has registered nominal decrease of 0.55 percent over the previous week. The SPI for the week under review in the above mentioned group was recorded at 256.59 points as against...