SYDNEY: Australia has foiled an Islamist-inspired terrorist plot to bring down an aircraft with an improvised explosive device, authorities said on Sunday, after four people were arrested in raids across Sydney...
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the plot appeared to be “elaborate” rather than planned by a lone wolf, as security was strengthened at major domestic and international airports across the nation
THE solar-powered aeroplane on a globe-circling voyage that began more than a year ago in the UAE reached a milestone on Saturday, completing a trip across the US with a Statue of Liberty fly-by before landing in New York...
ISLAMABAD: Fruity sweets and packets of chicken soup that fall foul of halal laws are disappearing from shop counters as Pakistan looks to clean up its Islamic food credentials to boost exports to Gulf states...
At the start of the year the government published a list of around 20 imported food products it said were not halal, or permitted under Islamic law...
LAHORE: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has allowed transportation of halal products from Pakistan via sea which would bring down freight cost by one third, Punjab Halal Development Agency (PHDA) Chairman Justice (retired) Khalil-ur-Reman Khan said on Tuesday...
He said the Pakistan Halal Authority has also been operational and the first meeting of its Board of Directors is being held on April 13...
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain said on Tuesday that Pakistan is producing state of the art defence products, which have also been exported to friendly countries, according to a report on Radio Pakistan...
The president was also of the opinion that better marketing policies need to be developed in order to enhance export of Pakistani defence products to international clients, said the report...
Huawei on Tuesday released a statement denying allegations that it spied on Pakistan and stole trade secrets, saying there is no evidence it ever implanted any "backdoor" in its products...
In its complaint, the company also accused the Chinese tech giant of using its technology to create a "backdoor" that allowed it to collect sensitive data "important to Pakistan's national security"...
LAHORE: Air Link Communication Limited has been appointed as the authorised reseller of Apple Inc products in Pakistan for which the two firms have signed an agreement, a stock filing said on Thursday...
“…Air Link Communication Limited has entered into an ‘Apple-authorised reseller’ agreement with the Apple South Asia Pte limited whereby our company has been authorised to resell Apple-authorised products in Pakistan,” the Air Link...
2bn through domestic sales of petroleum products in 2014-15 was 1...
The major reason behind this low growth was falling international prices of petroleum products during the year...
In a world where fair is usually associated with lovely, fairness products rake in a lot of business, especially when superstars endorse them...
But the times are changing — celebrities like Anushka Sharma are now turning their back on such products by their plain refusal to endorse them...
PESHAWAR: Leaders of various local trader bodies unanimously adopted a resolution on Wednesday announcing the boycott of American products and the staging of a joint rally in the city today (Thursday) to condemn US President Donald Trump’s diatribe against Pakistan...
The speakers said the new US policy on Afghanistan was an insult to the huge sacrifices rendered by Pakistan’s law-enforcement and security personnel and civilians...
ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday increased prices of all petroleum products by up to 11 per cent with immediate effect for the month of November...
His argument for the increase in the prices of kerosene oil and LDO was that the move would minimise huge price difference of the two products with petrol and that would discourage mixing of kerosene in petrol...
Production of six petroleum products including jet fuel oil, motor spirits, high-speed diesel, furnace oil, jute batching oil and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) witnessed an increase, while kerosene oil, diesel oil, lubricating oil and solvent naphtha showed negative growth, according to official data available with APP...
The petroleum products that contributed to the positive growth included jet fuel, production of which grew by 5......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue witnessed Rs8 billion decline in sales tax collection from petroleum products during the first half of this fiscal year from a year ago because of lower oil prices...
7 per cent in sale of domestic taxable petroleum products during July-December 2014 from a year ago...
OKARA: The 20-day Jashan-i-Baharan or spring festival concluded here on Wednesday with a big sports show at the district stadium by students of six schools for children with special needs...
They took part in a race, a wheelchair race, a song competition, a tableau and a march past
DUBAI: Islamic finance continues to expand globally but the industry risks losing its differentiation from conventional financial products and lacks official data to ensure better supervision, an oversight body said...