MUMBAI: Sellers wait for customers in a wholesale market at a fishing port on Friday. Reuters BENGALURU: Moody's Investors Service reduced the outlook for India's ratings to "negative" as "stable," citing the growing risks of Asia's third largest economy growing at a slower pace than in the past, sending to the markets Securities almost 1 […]
ISLAMABAD: The president of the Federal Revenue Board (FBR), Shabbar Zaidi, set up three high-level advisory committees on Friday to make proposals on the restructuring of the fiscal authority to make the reforms a more exclusive exercise. The committees were formed three days after FBR chief commissioners and members of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
QUETTA: The Chinese ambassador to Pakistan, Yao Jing, said Friday that his government was going to establish 19 factories in Gwadar to create job opportunities for Balochistan's youth. “China seeks to contribute to the overall development of the mining, agriculture, fishing and water sectors of Balochistan. The Chinese consulate is facilitating the visa procedure for
WASHINGTON: There has been a dramatic increase in burning stubble in the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana, which is causing an equally dramatic increase in air pollution throughout the region, says a report published by the US space agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (Pot) NASA collected data from October 21-29 and has
NEW DELHI: The government of India announced that it would revoke the Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card to author and journalist Aatish Taseer for his alleged attempt to "hide information" that his father, Salmaan Taseer, was of Pakistani origin . In an official statement, which Aatish denied, the Interior Ministry said it had "not
ISLAMABAD: Concluding the first quarterly review on a successful note, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has asked the government to definitely achieve the revenue objective, maintain a limit on the issuance of new guarantees and effectively implement the circular strategy of debt reduction. "The conversations with the visiting mission have been very successful," said a
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan may remain on the gray list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) beyond February 2020, mainly due to its risk profile and in view of two simultaneous assessments. Senior officials provided this information to a parliamentary panel on Thursday. They also revealed that the government recovered only Rs5.6 billion in taxes on
Custodian of the sanctuary of Kartarpur Ramesh Singh Arora photographed during the interview. – AFP KARTARPUR: On Saturday a corridor will open that will allow the Sikhs to cross from India to Pakistan to visit one of the most sacred sites of the religion, and thousands of people are expected to make a pilgrimage interrupted
LAHORE: Former Prime Minister and Supreme Leader of the Muslim League of Pakistan (PML-N), Nawaz Sharif, acceded to the advice of doctors and the persuasion of the family to go abroad for the treatment of their diseases. “Nawaz Sharif finally agreed to go to London after doctors told him categorically that they had already exhausted
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs regretted on Thursday that the Indian government has decided not to make use of the "concessions" announced by Prime Minister Imran Khan for Sikh pilgrims visiting Kartarpur Gurdwara on the occasion of the 550th anniversary of the birth of the founder of Sikhism Baba Guru Nanak “As a special
