Xinhua Beijing: The People’s Bank of China this week said that two foreign lenders have been added to the list of financial institutions that can provide firms with low-cost loans through a supporting tool for carbon emission reduction. Deutsche Bank (China) Co., Ltd. and Societe Generale (China) Ltd. are the two banks that have just […]
Read MoreMehmoodul Hassan Khan As usual, the western media was very enthusiastic about the US president Joe Biden’s latest trip to the Middle East and rated it as “successful” and “fruitful” in terms of economic partnerships, security deals and political consultations on different regional as well as international issues. In this connection, the shades of brutal […]
Read MoreAgnes Javed The U.S. Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) on Wednesday released the minutes of the committee meeting for July 2022. It shows that policymakers remain committed to raising interest rates as high as necessary in order to bring consumer prices closer to their 2% goal. “Participants agreed that there […]
Read MoreAamer Sheikh Water is not only a critical component of our food system, but a fundamental human right. It is also an essential resource for the growth and prosperity of communities worldwide. For Saudi Arabia — the eighth most at-risk country in terms of water stress according to the Washington-based World Resources Institute’s 2019 Aqueduct […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: hardworking Ambassador of Italy to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese has been exploring investment opportunities in Pakistan. In a recent reception, he emphasised on the enormous investment opportunities for mutual trade between Pakistan and Italy that can prove to be beneficial for both countries. The envoy – during whose ongoing term Pakistan and Italy […]
Read MoreXinhua Beijing: From cutting-edge biomimetic robots to medical robots to agricultural robots which can pick fruits — more than 500 sets of robots have shown up at the World Robot Conference 2022 (WRC 2022) which have brought visitors closer to what life will be like in the future. The four-day event, with more than 130 […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Gwadar: Pakistan will soon receive Chinese trainers for Pakistan-China Technical and Vocational Institute in Gwadar. Gwadar Port Authority (GPA) Chairman Naseer Khan Kashani held meetings with the Shandong Institute of Commerce and Technology (SICT) on Thursday on the exchange program to introduce courses in Pakistan-China Technical and Vocational Institute. The technical and vocational […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Islamabad: Pakistan’s National Database Regulatory Authority (NADRA) has decided to purchase 126,000 digital tablets from China for the upcoming 7th Population and Household Digital Census in December 2022. The delivery of tablets started today (August 20) and will be completed in eight batches by December 11, 2022, NADRA said. Among them, the first […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Ambassador of Italy to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese said this week that Italy will enhance cooperation in technology transfer with Pakistan. He said green economy, transfer of technology for the industrial sector including textiles and agro industry, construction sector, education and health were major areas of focus to extend the bilateral cooperation. Ambassador […]
Read MoreAli Farid Khwaja The US foreign policy shift towards China can end up creating a very divided global society, one filled with intrigues, conspiracies, and suspicion. The riots in Sri Lanka and Pakistan’s current political scene are examples of this. Such fissures will not be limited to the emerging markets but are likely to have […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Ambassador of Italy to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese said this week that Pakistan’s exports to Italy reached an all-time high of $805 million during the first 9 months of this financial year according to the Pakistani official reports. He maintained Italy was now home to the largest Pakistani diaspora in the European Union […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Beijing: The Chinese box office this summer has reached 7.382 billion yuan (about 1.095 billion U.S. dollars) as of Saturday, already surpassing the total revenue for the last summer movie season, said the China Film Administration. The top earners include the Chinese sci-fi comedy “Moon Man” and the movie drama “Lighting Up The […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Karachi: The Ambassador of Italy to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese this week inaugurated Beretta store, a leading Italian brand of firearms at Karachi. The Italian Consul General in Karachi Danilo Giurdanella also joined the inaugural event. After ribbon cutting ceremony, the Italian Ambassador visited different departments of this store. Speaking on this occasion, the […]
Read MoreHu Xijin Five Chinese state-owned giants – China Life Insurance, PetroChina, Sinopec, Aluminum Corporation of China, and Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical – have announced they will delist from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). It is important to understand exactly what the delisting means, without either underestimating or overstating the significance. The five companies’ choice, as […]
Read MoreKarl Crowther Alongside the pandemic, 2022 continues to be marred by a significant and ongoing supply chain crisis. Disruption to shipping, increasing freight prices and shortages of everything from semiconductors to HGV drivers has led to empty shelves for consumers and rising costs for retailers. For the last two years, with shattered supply chains and […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Ambassador of Italy in Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese this week said that Italy and Pakistan will touch new heights in bilateral trade in the coming years. The envoy said that Italy and Pakistan have a potential of €4 billion bilateral trade, saying it’s perfectly doable with collective efforts of both governments and private […]
Read MoreNewswire Beijing: China is willing to restore and expand air routes and personnel exchanges with Pakistan in an orderly manner, a senior Chinese official said. Last week, talking to Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on the sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Chin’s State Councilor and Foreign […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Italy’s Ambassador to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese this week welcomed the rapid increase in Pakistani exports to Italy. Speaking to Covert, the envoy said that Italy was facilitating Pakistani exports as Rome wanted to enhance trade ties with Islamabad. “This is a good development. The trade ties are getting a boost. I wish […]
Read MoreYusaku Yoshikawa On 10 June 2022, Japan finally started allowing international tourists into the country for the first time in two years after the COVID-19 pandemic began. Seeking to balance its reopening and preventing the spread of infection, the Japanese government requires all tourists to wear face masks, and to be privately insured and chaperoned. […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Italy’s Ambassador to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese this week said that Pakistan and Italy had the potential to enhance cooperation in many fields. In a meeting with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar here, the envoy emphasized the need for further enhancing bilateral cooperation in trade and investment. During the […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Islamabad: Pakistan and China are closing in to deal in Renminbi (RMB) and Pakistani Rupees (PKR) as Pakistan faces financial challenges, a Pakistani minister said. Federal Minister for Board of Investment (BOI) Chaudhry Salik Hussain told Gwadar Pro that the talks between Pakistan and China were ongoing to finalize the matter. “We can […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Fuzhou: “As one of the main olive producing areas in China, the processing industrial chain in Fujian Province is still far from perfect. The supply of high-quality olives is in short supply; besides, the by-product market also contains unlimited potential. Namely, the market space is huge. In the future, if we can […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Beijing: Pakistan’s export to China crossed $1.918 billion in the first half (H1) of this year, up 10.97 percent from $1.728 billion in the same period of the previous year, which continue to increase on yearly basis, shows the official data from the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of […]
Read MoreMakiko Yamazaki Tokyo: Japan’s asset managers nudged the volume up another notch at shareholder meetings this year, increasingly opposing management proposals and adding momentum to a policy of attracting foreign investors initiated by slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Nikko Asset Management, Asset Management One and others have become distinct voices in Japan’s new-found activism, […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Ambassador of Denmak to Pakistan Lis Rosenholm this week appreciated Pakistani manufacturers for creating opportunities for local communities. “Pakistani manufacturers create development for local communities & more women in the workforce. Call on Pakistani manufacturers to be more present in the global debate on sustainability. Move from ‘standard takers’ to ‘standard makers’,” […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Italy’s Ambassador to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese said this week that Pakistan and Italy needed to come together in an effort to strengthen bilateral business cooperation and investment opportunities. In a meeting with Pakistani businesspersons here, Ambassador Ferrarese praised that new economic and operational businesses and equipment were being opened in all major […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Italy’s Ambassador to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese said this week that around 150,000 expatriate Pakistanis were living in Italy. He mentioned that they had been sending massive amount of remittances back home for the past couple of years. The envoy said Italy and Pakistan have the potential to become huge trading partners in […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Despite Western propaganda about the so-called “weak” prospects of the Chinese economy, the Chinese economy continues to recover, and it is picking up the pace according to many regional and international research studies and published reports (2022). Unfortunately, geopolitics has staged a new game theory pertaining to US unilateral sanctions against Russia […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Central China’s Hubei Province saw its foreign trade exceed 290.91 billion yuan (about 43.1 billion U.S. dollars) in the first half of 2022, a year-on-year increase of 18.4 percent, according to local customs. In the first half, the province’s exports rose 27.9 percent year on year to 193.66 billion yuan, while imports increased […]
Read MoreNewswire Tokyo: Japan’s Itoki Corp. and Koyoju Gohan KK are partnering to release vertical “nap boxes” to help bring a healthier office culture to the country. The partnership was born out of a business-matching event where Tokyo-based Itoki, a furniture specialist, came in contact with plywood supplier Koyoju Gohan from Hokkaido. The two signed a […]
Read MoreWang Wen The US Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 9.1 percent year-on-year in June, the highest rate in almost 41 years and way above estimations. In fact, in the past six months, the US inflation rate has exceeded 7 percent, 8 percent, and 9 percent successively. Many economists already believe that the US economy has […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Ambassador of Italy to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese this week said that the Italian embassy was considering giving long-term business visas to prominent Pakistani businesspersons on the recommendation of Pakistani chambers of commerce and industry. In a meeting with Pakistani businessperson here, he said that the business environment in Pakistan was much better […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Lahore: Solidarity, Stability and Security (3S) in the host country can ensure the timely and quality implementation of projects under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Chinese Consul General in Lahore Zhao Shiren said. Addressing the conference on “Significance of the Belt and Road Initiative in Regional Connectivity, he maintained that CPEC was more […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Xianyang: “Compared with wheat, cotton, rapeseed or beans, tomatoes require more fertilizers. Nitrogen, phosphorus and potash fertilizer are all essential. Besides, zinc, boron and other micronutrients can make it grow better. This means that farmers have to spend more to grow it. However, in recent years, the price of tomatoes in Pakistan […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: UK is the third largest global trading partner of Pakistan and is keen to double its bilateral trade up to £7b with Pakistan in a few years to achieve mutual prosperity for both countries. This was stated by Mahesh Mishra, Counsellor and Group Head (Economic and Trade), British High Commission, while addressing the […]
Read MoreStaff Writer ISLAMABAD: Italy’s Ambassador to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese this week vowed to further boost Pakistan-Italy friendship. In a meeting with Chairman Senate Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani at the Parliament House, the Ambassador appreciated Pakistan’s role in regional stability. Ambassador Andreas Ferrarese assured that he would play active role in further enhancing diplomatic cooperation with Pakistan. […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Ambassador of Italy to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese said this week that the importance of olives was mentioned in the holy religious books including Holy Quran, Gospel and Bible. The Ambassador hosted an event to highlight Italy’s contribution to the promotion of Olive and Olive Oil and its Value Chain in Pakistan, through […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Islamabad: Pakistan will announce more facilities for the Chinese investors in the coming days to further cement the longstanding friendship, Federal Minister for Board of Investment (BOI) Chaudhry Salik Hussain told Gwadar Pro. “We (the government) have a policy of facilitating investors and for China we have a special regard. In days to […]
Read MoreGlobal Times The US public opinion appeared sour after three major Chinese airlines announced on Friday they will buy a total of 292 planes from Airbus. The order valued at more than $37 billion is said to be one of the largest ever for Airbus. According to Bloomberg, this is China “sending a sign, and […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Faisalabad: In a meeting with Lis Rosenholm, Ambassador of Denmark to Pakistan, Nighat Shahid, President Faisalabad Women Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FWCCI) this week discussed in detail the economic well-being of women. Lis Rosenholm assured all possible cooperation in this regard. Nighat Shahid said that Women- led -businesses need to be facilitated […]
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