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Pakistan deputes envoys in China to attract investors

Islamabad:  Pakistan has deputed new counselors in China to promote foreign investment in industrialisation under the second phase of the latter-financed economic projects in the sou ...

Bangladesh eagerly waiting for preferential trade agreement with Sri Lanka

Bangladesh is eagerly awaiting a preferential trade agreement with Sri Lanka for a mutually beneficial and robust trade relationship between the two countries supported adequately by stro ...

Amid COVID job losses, ‘high food prices are hunger’s new best friend’, WFP warns

New York: Job losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic combined with high food prices are making it hard for millions of families to get enough to eat, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned ...

Pakistan: Russian gas line project stands in jeopardy

Islamabad:  Pakistan Stream Gas Pipeline (PSGP), also known as North-South Gas Pipeline, is finding a tough situation as the Petroleum Division has started finalizing an alternate ga ...

Chinese banks facing unwanted headache as currency deposits pass US$1 trillion: Reports

Beijing: Analysts have said Chinese commercial banks are facing a massive headache owing to the country's post-coronavirus export boom.

China disliking its millennials' trend of 'lying flat' , do little work

Beijing: The Chinese authorities are not happy with the attitude of the millennials who are lying down and doing as little as possible, according to a New York Times report.

Pakistan: Self-inflicted power crisis blacks out nation

Pakistan government has now signed an agreement to borrow US$ 4.5 billion to alleviate oil and gas shortages that are crippling the economy and people’s livelihoods through power cu ...

Turning crisis into opportunity: World leaders meet at UN to help drive pandemic recovery

New York: Leading figures from government, business and civil society are preparing to take part in this year’s High Level Political Forum on sustainable development (HLPF), where t ...

Acute power shortage may hit Chinese economic recovery

Beijing: Extreme weather is leaving China in the middle of  a huge power crunch which has left demand for energy surging and even the strict limits on coal usage delivers a triple bl ...