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Five export-oriented sectors: Govt hints at restoring zero-rating regime

ISLAMABAD: The government has hinted at possible restoration of zero-rating regime for the five leading export...

Published 21 Jan, 2021 04:23am

Business

Six months: Punjab witnesses 9pc surge in indigenous revenue generation

LAHORE: Punjab Finance Minister Hashim Jawan Bakht said that the province witnessed an increase of 9 percent in...

Published 21 Jan, 2021 04:23am

Business & Finance

Flawed economic policies of previous regime: Change in public debt due to correction: MoF

ISLAMABAD: The change in the public debt under this government is due to a correction of the flawed economic ...

Published 21 Jan, 2021 04:23am

World

UK's Johnson says record COVID-19 death figures are appalling

Britain reported a record daily number of deaths with 1,820 people dying within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test.

Published 20 Jan, 2021 11:31pm

World

Biden to assume U.S. presidency amid deep divisions, raging pandemic

Democrat Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, assuming the helm of a country beset by deep political divides and battered by a raging coronavirus pandemic.
Biden, 78, will become the oldest U.S. president in history at a scaled-back ceremony in Washington that has been largely stripped of its usual pomp and circumstance.

Published 20 Jan, 2021 03:51pm

Business & Finance

Ivory Coast cocoa backlog threatens forward sales, sector sources say

Unlike in previous years, no forward sales for next season have yet been agreed due to the backlog, the two CCC sources said.

Published 20 Jan, 2021 03:28pm

World

EU's Michel calls on Biden to form new transatlantic pact

"Today is more than a transition. Today is an opportunity to rejuvenate our transatlantic relationship, which has greatly suffered in the last four years. In these years, the world has grown more complex, less stable and less predictable".

Published 20 Jan, 2021 03:17pm

World

Partial lockdown in Beijing over Covid-19 outbreak

China reported 103 new cases on Wednesday, including the seven in Beijing.

Published 20 Jan, 2021 01:19pm

Markets

Business investments into Singapore rise 13%, highest in over a decade

Singapore's economy is on the path to a slow and patchy recovery after marking its deepest contraction in 2020.

Published 20 Jan, 2021 10:54am

World

Mexico to ramp up distribution of Sputnik V vaccine through March

Over the first three months of the year, more than 21 million total doses are expected from US drugmaker Pfizer Inc , China's CanSino Biologics Inc, Britain's AstraZeneca, and Sputnik V.

Published 20 Jan, 2021 10:23am

World

How Biden plans to fight climate change

The political and technical challenges are great, and there will be pressure on Biden not to cut fossil fuels loose too quickly -- particularly natural gas, which has helped the US lower its net emissions for a decade and is seen as a crucial "bridging" energy.

Published 20 Jan, 2021 10:05am

World

North Korean defector numbers plunge amid pandemic

"It looks like the number of (North Korean) people entering the South decreased due to the effects of North Korean-Chinese border control and restrictions of movement from third countries due to Covid-19," Seoul's unification ministry said in a statement.

Published 20 Jan, 2021 09:40am

World

Biden’s top diplomat vows US will lead but restore alliances

WASHINGTON: Antony Blinken, President-elect Joe Biden’s choice to be secretary of state, will vow Tuesday that the...

Updated 20 Jan, 2021 09:51am

Sports

Tetra Pak partners up with Islamabad United

LAHORE: Tetra Pak Pakistanis partnering with Islamabad United Team as its Official Nutrition Partner in the upcoming...