Scientists asked to expedite research in agro-biotechnology on March 29, 2017KARACHI: Pakistani agro-scientist should expedite their research activities in agro-biotechnology in order to create significant impact in enhancing agriculture production in the country. Talking to the Daily Times, agro-biotechnology experts and agriculturists on cotton, maize, corn and other crops said Pakistan should follow the developed world and developing nations like The Philippines and India who […]
Prices of textbooks to witness 5% to 10% increase on March 26, 2017KARACHI: The retail prices of text books for secondary school will witness a surge of up to 5 percent to 10 percent. The increase will take place in the garb of using quality cardboard for title covers, including glossy fine paper for text pages. Book publishers Oxford University Press, Gaba, FEP International and Paramount have […]
Prices of textbooks to witness 5% to 10% increase on March 26, 2017KARACHI: The retail prices of text books for secondary school will witness a surge up to 5 percent to 10 percent. The increase will take place in the garb of using quality cardboard for title covers, including glossy fine paper for text pages. Book publishers Oxford University Press, Gaba, FEP International and Paramount have more […]
Demand for discarded plastic material increases by 35% in Sept-Feb on March 15, 2017KARACHI: The demand of discarded plastic material including poly bags and sheets for recycle purposes, used for making wide range of plastic items from third country import from Dubai has risen by over 35 percent during September 2016-February 2017. It was mainly because of 30 percent increase in plastic items, as the polyethylene and pro […]
Absence of competent trade officials at various missions inflicts huge export earnings to Pakistan: exporters on March 12, 2017KARACHI: The absence of competent commercial attaches at Pakistan missions in Saudi Arabia (SA), Russia, China, European Union countries, Kuwait and Jordan has been causing export earning losses to millions of dollars as around 90 percent businessmen in these countries remained unaware of Pakistan’s large textile, leather, surgical goods, stone deposits and its status, as […]
Hike in POL prices to increase cost of doing business on March 3, 2017KARACHI: Increase in petroleum prices will increase the cost of doing business, termed representatives of prime industrial and export-oriented value addition sector of the country. The government has raised the price of petrol from Rs 71.29 per litre to Rs 73 per litre and high-speed diesel to Rs 82 per litre with an increase of […]
Govt urged to boost dwindling leather exports on February 27, 2017KARACHI: Non-rectification in relevant harmonised system (HS) codes by the Commerce Ministry has made the incentive package – announced on January 10, 2017 – in-effective and unproductive for export-oriented leather sector. “All major relevant HS codes have been missed out in the recent SRO 52(1)/2017 and almost 95 percent of leather and allied products cannot […]