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GULF STATES| ECONOMICS & FINANCE UAE is the fastest growing region: Zoho Zoho, a global provider of cloud-based business software,…
INDIAN ECONOMY: OVERVIEW, GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT Indigo airlines continues to recruit expat and ‘out-of-job’ pilots At a time when Jet…
ECONOMICS TIMES OF PAKISTAN CPEC likely to contribute 3.5 percent to Pakistan’s GDP China’s investment of over $60 billion in…
INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING INDUSTRY UK hydrographic office works with Seychelles govt to help tackle piracy in the Indian ocean The UK…
PAKISTAN NEWS: Edotco & Jazz partner to expand telecom coverage in Pakistan: Edotco Group (edotco), the leading end-to-end integrated telecommunications…
WORLD COMMODITIES TRADING Oil prices near 2019 highs Oil prices on Friday hovered close to 2019 peaks reached the previous…
GULF STATES – ECONOMICS & FINANCE FlyDubai issues travel advisory after grounding 737 max fleet Flydubai has issued a travel…
INDIAN ECONOMY: OVERVIEW, GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT SC asks Ex-Ranbaxy promoters to apprise it The Supreme Court Thursday asked former Ranbaxy…
ECONOMIC TIMES OF PAKISTAN FDI drops 23pc after completion of many CPEC projects Foreign investment in different sectors of Pakistan’s…
New supertankers carrying gasoil west hits record Ship builders in Asia are sending a record number of supertankers west carrying…
US oil eases on soaring production US crude futures eased slightly on Friday after hitting a 2019 high, as worries…
GULF STATES – ECONOMICS & FINANCE UAE offers platform to harness skills The UAE is known to set trends and…
INDIAN ECONOMY: OVERVIEW, GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT IL&FS board asks SFIO, ED To Probe 14 IFIN Directors With fresh revelations of…
ECONOMIC TIMES OF PAKISTAN Over 3 mn consumers receive inflated bills Public gas utilities have charged inflated bills from 3.2…
Asian lpg premiums surge on supply tightness, houston shipping delays Asian LPG premiums have ballooned amid supply tightness in the…
PAKISTAN NEWS: Pakistan has the 33rd cheapest mobile data in the world: Pakistan is ranked 33rd in the global index…
World oil falls on weaker demand, slow economy Oil prices fell about 1 percent on Friday after disappointing US job…
GULF STATES| ECONOMICS & FINANCE Dubai’s private sector continues to foster innovation Companies across Dubai are increasing their efforts to…
INDIAN ECONOMY: OVERVIEW, GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT SBI has found fraud worth Rs 7,951.3 crore in Apr-Dec: RTI reply The State…
ECONOMIC TIMES OF PAKISTAN Revenue shortfall widens to pkr 228 bn in Jul-Feb fy19 The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)…
Ships with scrubbers must lock in high sulfur fuel oil needs to avoid supply hassles Shipowners with scrubber-equipped vessels may…
PAKISTAN NEWS: Redmi Note 7 Pro launched with a better chipset: As if the previous Redmi Note phone wasn’t good…
World oil prices settle 2pc lower Oil prices settled down about 2 percent on Friday, ending around 3 percent lower…
GULF STATES| ECONOMICS & FINANCE Majid Al Futtaim to launch ‘carrefour business’ Majid Al Futtaim has announced its plans to…
INDIAN ECONOMY: OVERVIEW, GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT Procter & gamble announces newest commitment to gender equality Procter & Gamble (P&G) announced…
ECONOMIC TIMES OF PAKISTAN Cabinet shoots down ‘sin tax’ proposal The federal cabinet on Thursday rejected a proposal to impose…
UAE eases Qatar shipping ban The United Arab Emirates has eased a ban on the shipping of goods between it and…
Pakistani startup makes it to Google’s launchpad accelerator: Google has announced its fifth accelerator batch, and it includes a Pakistan…
World oil prices touch 2019 highs Oil prices touched their highest since mid-November on Friday and posted weekly gains for…
UAE boosting financial inclusion for SMEs Small and medium enterprises represent around 96 per cent of registered firms in the…
Bankers told to back stalled realty projects Giving a fillip to the realty sector, Union Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on…
Pak, Malaysia expected to finalise lng supply deal Pakistan and Malaysia are likely to finalise a multibillion-dollar liquefied natural gas…
Trade spats could dampen shipping growth this year An escalation of tariff wars between China and the United States could…
PAKISTAN NEWS: StormFiber and Peshawar Zalmi come together to bring the Yellow Storm to PSL: Peshawar Zalmi has pulled off…
World oil prices rise to this year highs Oil prices rose more than 2 percent to their highest this year…
Etihad, Royal Jordanian ink new codeshare deal Etihad Airways and Royal Jordanian have announced a new codeshare partnership which will…
RBI fines Rs 1 crore on SBI State Bank of India on Thursday said that the Reserve Bank of India…
Punjab to organize 6-8 new industrial zones The Punjab government is striving to extend maximum facilities to promote local industry…
Global container freight market bearish as lunar new year hits Sentiment in the container freight market has turned largely bearish…
PAKISTAN NEWS: PTA & ICANN Hold a Workshop on DNS Abuse and Misuse: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), in collaboration with…
World oil futures move higher Oil futures edged higher on Friday but ended the week with a loss on renewed…
Free zones lift UAE non-oil trade by 2.5% to dh1.2 trillion The UAE’s non-oil foreign trade grew 2.5 percent to…
Air India remains a knotty problem What started as a massive exercise to privatize the loss-making state-run carrier Air India,…
Inflation hits highest in 4 and 1/2 years The inflation reading spiked 7.2percent in January, hitting the highest level in…
Asia resumes Iran oil imports at lowered rates Asian imports of Iranian crude oil have just started to return but…
PAKISTAN NEWS: New Guidelines for Registration of Imported Mobile Phones: The federal government has approved the extension in the launch…
World oil prices rise about 3pc Oil prices rose about 3 percent on Friday on upbeat US jobs data and…
Published in The Express Tribune, on Jan 24th, 2019, By Saleem Khaliq PCB Chairman Ehsan Mani was successful in convincing the…
Frenkie de Jong will finish the season at Ajax before joining Barcelona in the summer Published in Geo, on Jan…
Published in Samaa, on Jan 24th, 2019, Cricket continues its slow return to Pakistan as West Indies women are set…
UAE economy set for 3.8pc annual surge until 2023 Driven by an uptick in investment flows and private consumption, the…
SC issues notice to RBI on pleas alleging violation The Supreme Court Friday sought RBI’s response on two pleas seeking…
Government to dissolve transfer pricing directorate The federal government, in its supplementary finance bill, has recommended the withdrawal of legislation…
Northwest Europe RMK 500 cst bunker fuel strengthens An increase in fuel oil exports east from Rotterdam is supporting RMK…
PAKISTAN NEWS: Under-Invoicing of IT Products Has Cost Pakistan Rs40Bn in 5 Years: Pakistan is witnessing huge under-invoicing in information…
Oil falls 39 cents, settling at $52.62 The oil market fell on Wednesday as a widespread economic slowdown, which may…
GULF STATES – ECONOMICS & FINANCE Saudi Arabia to set up $10b oil refinery in Pakistan Saudi Arabia plans to…
INDIAN ECONOMY: OVERVIEW, GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT 25 pc increase in university seats will take years: officials A day after Union…
PAKISTAN’S ECONOMIC TIMES New 5-year plan faces hard choices The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government faces a tough choice between implementing…
Container shippers likely to face a bumpy year ahead IF there was ever a year when the outlook for reliability…
PAKISTAN NEWS: Govt to Launch Online Portal for Registration & Tax Payment of Phones: The government has come up with…
World oil prices move higher Oil prices rallied about 3 percent on Friday, boosted after OPEC detailed specifics on its…
Dubai customs, Indian firms explore ways to promote trade Dubai Customs’ director Ahmed Mahboob Musabih and Indian Consul-General in Dubai…
NITI Aayog ceo proposes nil road tax for electric vehicles NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Thursday said that he,…
Homegrown 5-year economic stabilisation programme The government has decided to present a ‘homegrown’ five-year economic stabilisation programme in the National…
Asia tanker markets may face unpredictability For the Asian dirty and clean tanker markets, 2018 was a mixed bag that…
World oil falls but ends week higher Oil prices fell nearly 2 percent on Friday as investors worried about a…
UAE salary guide: what you should be paid in 2019 The UAE continues to see strong demand from international brands…
Govt indicates printing of Rs 2000 note stopped for now The government Friday indicated that printing of Rs 2,000 bank…
Foreign exchange: SBP reserves dip 2.28pc, amount to $7.29bn The foreign exchange reserves held by the central bank shrank 2.28…
South korean shipbuilders to benefit from LNG ship orders in 2019 South Korean shipbuilders are expected to continue to benefit…
PAKISTAN NEWS: PTCL Partners With Cloudflare to Improve Internet Response Time: In an effort to further optimize network performance, PTCL…
World oil climbs on upcoming us-china talks Oil rose nearly 2 percent on Friday after proposed trade talks between the…
UAE consumers careful about spending in q3 Consumers across the UAE and Saudi Arabia were increasingly cautious about their spending…
India eyes USD 100 billion FDI in next two years: Suresh Prabhu India will aim to receive USD 100 billion…
Government to provide forex for CPEC debt repayment The government of Pakistan is legally bound to ensure the provision of…
Container market improving, but still shaky A less than convincing performance in the Asia to Mediterranean headhaul market and a…
PAKISTAN NEWS: E-Commerce in Pakistan witnesses a rapid growth of 94pc: According to a report released by the State Bank…
What’s in store for OPEC in 2019? OPEC has come through some turbulent times in the last few years as…
ADNOC awards Austria’s OMV 5% stake The Abu Dhabi government and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) have awarded…
Indian farmers get $9bn loan relief ahead of elections Three newly elected Indian state governments have waived up to $8.6…
No transmission lines for solar, wind energy plants The investors engaged in setting up solar and wind power plants are…
Korean shipyards almost sweep LNG ship orders South Korean shipbuilders have bagged over 80 percent of new orders placed around…
PAKISTAN NEWS: Microsoft launches all in one office app for Windows 10: Microsoft is making its MS Office suite more…
World oil prices tumble Oil prices fell on Friday to their lowest since the third quarter of 2017, heading for…
Boom years ahead for middle east Despite the general economic slowdown, there will be unprecedented growth in the region in…
Exports up 0.8 percent in November; trade deficit widens to usd 16.6 billion India’s exports grew by a meagre 0.80…
Pakistan has sufficient lpg stock Liquefied Petroleum Gas Distributors Association (LPGDA) Chairman Irfan Khokhar has claimed that the country has…
USGC clean tanker rates hit multi-year highs Rates in the Americas clean tankers market for vessels leaving the US Gulf…