NEW YORK: World number two Rafa Nadal confirmed on Tuesday that he will not defend his US Open crown this year at Flushing Meadows as organisers released the singles entry list for the Grand Slam. Spain’s Nadal had said in June that he had reservations about travelling to the US amid the Covid-19 pandemic and […]
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Skipper Azhar Ali and Asad Shafiq are the two most experienced pros in the current Pakistan squad touring England. Therefore, both must fire if the tourists are to defy Joe Root and his men in their backyard in the three-Test battle starting at Old Trafford today. The fully-equipped host team is brimming with confidence after […]
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Babar Azam struck a fluent unbeaten half-century as Pakistan closed a rain-shorted first day of the first Test against England on 139 for two at a gloomy and wet Old Trafford on Wednesday. Babar (69 not out) showed all his skill and class to weather an early storm from the England bowlers, and wrestle away the initiative […]
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ISLAMABAD: The overall business confidence in Pakistan fell all past year due to a combination of factors including high inflation and interest rates, currency devaluation and economic stabilisation programme coupled with Covid-19 related lockdowns and uncertainty. This has been revealed in Business Confidence Index (BCI) Survey — Wave 19, conducted by Overseas Investors Chamber of […]
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KARACHI: A massive jump of $66 per ounce in the world market on Wednesday took the local gold price to a new peak of Rs128,700 per tola and Rs110,340 per 10 grams — registering a sharp increase of Rs4,800 and Rs4,116, respectively. All Sindh Saraf Jewellers Association (ASSJA) fixed the price based on the world […]
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ISLAMABAD: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) on Wednesday lodged a complaint to the Directorate General of Trade Organisations (DGTO) against the Lahore administration for cancelling FPCCI’s Executive Committee and General Body Meeting that was scheduled to be held on Wednesday. In his letter, FPCCI President Mian Anjum Nisar said “it […]
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KARACHI: A huge consignment of active/inactive pharmaceutical ingredients, imported by local companies from India are stuck up at port awaiting no objection certificates (NOC) from the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap). Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (PPMA), in a letter to Minister for National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination Division Dr Faisal Sultan on August […]
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ISLAMABAD: In order to promote the free flow of trade, the government has introduced amendments in customs rules for overseeing international transshipment of goods and containers to an intermediate destination before being taken to a final one. The amendments were made as part of the trade facilitation agreement for the transshipment of imported cargo from […]
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ISLAMABAD: The government and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) on Wednesday discussed a strategy to increase wheat productivity through promoting high-yield wheat seed varieties to replace old and disease-susceptible ones. CIMMYT Country Representative in Pakistan Dr Muhammad Imtiaz briefed National Food Security Minister Fakhr Imam on the potential strategy to increase use […]
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SINGAPORE: Six companies have technically qualified for an import tender by Pakistan LNG to buy two cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for delivery in September, according to a notice on the company’s website. The six companies qualified among 11 offers that were placed into the tender, according to the notice. They are SOCAR Trading […]
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