By Qamar Bashir President Donald Trump, in his latest tweet, made it clear that he will impose tariffs on all countries without exception. To ensure fairness, he announced a Reciprocal Tariff, meaning the U.S. will charge the same tariff rates that other countries impose on American goods—no more, no less. […]
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ISLAMABAD -UNS:Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif welcomed a $40 billion investment by the World Bank on Monday, stating that the inflow will open “a new chapter” in various sectors of the economy, according to a statement issued by his office. In January, an official statement announced that the World Bank pledged […]
Mehtab Haider Despite making progress in reducing the debt trajectory, the government has failed to meet the overall public debt reduction targets outlined in the Fiscal Responsibility and Debt Limitation Act, which was approved by parliament, The News reported. Although the government has fallen short of its commitment to parliament […]
BEIJING/WASHINGTON-Reuters: China on Tuesday slapped tariffs on US imports in a swift response to new US duties on Chinese goods, renewing a trade war between the world’s top two economies even as President Donald Trump offered reprieves to Mexico and Canada. Additional 10% tariff across all Chinese imports into the […]
ISLAMABAD -UNS: The public has demanded the withdrawal of increase in prices of petroleum products ,on Saturday. In a survay conducted by UNS,the public and business circles have termed the increase in the prices of petroleum products are unjustified and as a failure of the governments’ policies, saying that the […]
WASHINGTON -UNS/ :The United States, in coordination with the Dutch National Police, launched a crackdown against a Pakistan-based network of online marketplaces selling hacking and fraud-enabling tools. The action involved the seizure of 39 domains and their associated servers used by the cyber crime network, read a press release issued […]
By Our Correspondent ISLAMABAD :The United States plans to invest billions of dollars in Pakistan across various sectors, including minerals, real estate, energy, technology, and artificial intelligence. This was stated by the head of the US investors’ delegation, Gentry Beach, while speaking to the media in Islamabad on Wednesday. He […]
By Talha Aftab khan GUJRANWALA: Chairman All Pakistan Furniture Association Haji Muhammad Afzal said that the implementation of the ‘Uran Pakistan’ program by the government of Pakistan will become positive step and it will beneficial for furniture industry .Talking to World Tribune he said this program will enable Pakistani furniture […]
ISLAMABAD -UNS:President Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Atif Ikram Shaikh has said that one percent reduction in markup rate by State Bank is insufficient, the business community rejects it. Our demand was to reduce by at least five hundred basis points. State Bank revised its decision and […]
ISLAMABAD -UNS:President Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industries Atif Ikram Sheikh has said that the markup rate should be brought to single digit in the review on January 27. State Bank has scope to bring the policy rate down to 7 percent So this month the central bank […]