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| November 26, 2006 | Sunday | Ziqa'ad 4, 1427 |
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Bridging the gap
KARACHI, Nov 25: Pakistan and China have been the best of friends in the geo-political arena. But how far up the Great Chinese Wall has to be scaled on the economic front, has not really received a serious thought.... 
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Language, security hurdle to investment
KARACHI, Nov 25: Language is identified as a key factor that has discouraged local businessmen from investing in China. On the contrary, law and order is considered to be the key...
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China has no banking service in Pakistan
KARACHI, Nov 25: Money is like blood circulating in any economy. Without proper financial facilitation, the true potential of Pakistan-China trade relation cannot be realised....
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Gwadar port milestone of time-tested friendship
KARACHI, Nov 25: The Gwadar deep water port project is yet another milestone of the glorious and time-tested friendship between China and Pakistan. The port is expected to start functioning by...
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First phase of duty reduction from July 2007
ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: Pakistan and China have agreed to implement the first phase of customs duty reduction from July 1, 2007 under the Free Trade Agreement (FTA), says a senior official of the commerce ministry....
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Right time to explore Chinese market
KARACHI, Nov 25: This is the right time, many an economist and businessman think, for Pakistan to seriously explore the Chinese market of over 1.5bn people after signing the FTA and...
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Body formed to monitor industrial production statistics
ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Saturday set up a committee to monitor the entire process of statistics collection, compilation and analysis, particularly the figures regarding industrial production....
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Experts adopt three reports at tax moot
ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: Tax experts of the 20 Islamic countries have adopted three reports on resource mobilisation, voluntary compliance and Shariah taxation with particular reference to Zakat....
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Cotton prices rise on panic buying
KARACHI, Nov 25: Cotton prices on Saturday rose further higher by Rs25 per maund as spinners and mills continued to make panic buying amid fears of a short crop....
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Metals hit historic highs
LONDON, Nov 25: The price of nickel and platinum hit historic highs this week, while other dollar-sensitive metals such as gold, silver and copper also posted strong gains....
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Procedure for refund claims
ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: The Central Board of Revenue has asked exporters to file all necessary documents till December 31, 2006 for getting their sales tax refunds pending with the sales tax department....
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CFS investment shows fresh increase
KARACHI, Nov 25: The investment under CFS on the Karachi Stock Exchange showed fresh increase at Rs35.8 billion as compared to Rs32 billion last week as demand for funds remained on the higher side in a bullish market....
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Tata Steel keeps quiet on Corus intentions
NEW DELHI, Nov 25: India’s Tata Steel would not comment on Saturday on whether it was staying in the race for Corus Group after investors allied to Brazilian steelmaker CSN were...
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KCA election
KARACHI, Nov 25: Mrs Naseem Usman, Mehboob Shabbar Siddique, Abdul Aziz Abdullah, Abdul Jalil Khan, Muhammad Taufique and Girdhari Lal have been elected as members of the Brokers Advisory Committee of...
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