Pakistan International Airways (PIA) has signed a three year agreement with Symphony’s distributor Business Dynamics for conversion of the airline's normal plastic packaging into d2w biodegradable plastic. PIA, which is the first ...
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on Thursday said Pakistani and Chinese political leadership were determined to further consolidate the all-weather and time-tested Pak-China friendship. The speaker said that CPEC ...
Tags: CPEC, socio-economic development, China-Pak Friendship
The Banking Business Service Protocol of the Service Trade of the Free Trade Area between the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( herein after referred to as the ...
The Third Meeting of the Second Phase of the Negotiations on the China-Pakistan Free Trade Area was successfully held in Islamabad on January 6-8, 2015. The two sides had talks on such topics as the implementation effect of lowering taxes ...
Tags: China-Pakistan Free Trade Area, lowering taxes, service, investment
Two top scientists from the Agricultural Research Service of the US Department of Agriculture are in Islamabad this week to lead the annual review of the US-Pakistan Cotton Productivity Enhancement Programme, Pakistani newspapers have ...
Tags: Cotton, cotton industry
The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) has hailed the restoration of GSP Plus programme by the US for Pakistan, describing it a highly positive development for the economy of Pakistan. In a press release, it said the US ...
Tags: Pakistan's exports, US market
Pakistani Food Minister Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan has said that scientists must pay attention to the scourge of the leaf curl virus disease that has been causing colossal loss of two to three million bales of cotton every year. His comments ...
Tags: cash crop, cotton, Cotton Virus
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Pakistani textile ministry held a meeting on July 2 in Islamabad to work out parameters for the project of “Skill Development and Market Diversification” (PSDMD) for the ...
Tags: Japan International Cooperation Agency, Textile Sector
The Quaid-e-Azam Apparel Park, the most modern project in South Asia, proposed to come up on 1,500 acres near Motorway-2 that connects Lahore with Islamabad, has been handed over for its management and development work to the Punjab ...
Tags: job opportunities, exports, Apparel
A small team of workers at a New York based non-profit organization called Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) has announced its intention to build an "Outernet"—a global network of cube satellites broadcasting Internet data to ...
Tags: Free Internet, Outernet, human right, WiFi
Across large parts of the world Christmas is fast approaching. Retail stores are already stocking the usual tat associated with the festivity while young children begin to prepare their wish lists. Those who have behaved well this year or ...
Tags: Uranium
Cement imports from Pakistan through Attari-Wagah route has almost come to a halt with record rise in US dollar against rupee, eliminating the viability for its import, traders said here. "There are no fresh orders taking place for import ...
Tags: Cement, Construction
The government of Pakistan’s Punjab province is fully aware about the gas and power crisis issue hindering the textile industry and is working on war footing to address the same, state Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif said ...
Tags: Energy Crisis, APTMA
Raymond, an Indian firm that specializes in suiting and shirting, has opened its store in Karachi, the financial hub of neighbouring Pakistan. The opening of Raymond outlet in Pakistan may pave way for more Indian brands to open their ...
Lahore, Pakistan -- The Lahore Development Authority during its governing body meeting on December 6, 2012, had approved the installation of LED lights. The idea behind the decision was to conserve electricity. The Traffic Engineering and ...
Tags: LED Street Light, LED Light, LED