Business Recorder

Kundi calls for tapping KP’s economic potential

PESHAWAR: The Governor ofthe Khyber Pakhtnkhwa, Faisal Karim Kundi, while addressing the opening ceremony of the refurbished Mohsin Hall at the Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry here on Saturday, eulogized the role of the business community …

#FaisalKarimKundi #KPK

Business Recorder

PTI urges AJK govt to resolve JAAC ‘issue’ through dialogue

ISLAMABAD: The opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Saturday expressed concern over the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government’s decision to declare the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) a proscribed organisation and urged…

#PTI #JAAC

Business Recorder

KP to achieve food self-sufficiency by 2030: CM

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Muhammad Sohail Afridi has said that by 2030, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa would attain self-sufficiency in s food and other key sectors. He further announced that the upcoming provincial budget would include enha…

#KPK

Business Recorder

France, allies eye national measures to pressure Israel over West Bank, diplomats say

PARIS: France is working with several countries to step up pressure on Israel by pressing ahead with coordinated national sanctions targeting individuals linked to violence in the occupied West Bank, three European diplomats said on Saturday. The …

#Palestine

Business Recorder

Geothermal energy in Pakistan: an untapped strategic resource

As the world accelerates toward cleaner and more reliable energy systems, geothermal energy is rapidly emerging as one of the most promising renewable resources of the future. International media has recently described the global race for geotherm…

#Innovation

Business Recorder

Lebanon army chief visits US-Iran mediator Pakistan: Lebanese military

BEIRUT: Lebanese army chief Rodolphe Haykal left Lebanon for Pakistan on Saturday where he will meet Field Marshal Asim Munir, the Lebanese military said, with a source telling AFP the visit is linked to broader Iran-US talks. In a statement, the …

#IranNegotiation

Business Recorder

Naqvi meets PM Shehbaz before Tehran visit

Pakistan Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi met Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday ahead of his upcoming visit to Tehran, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said. During the meeting, Naqvi briefed the PM on his meetings held on the sidelines of …

#MohsinNaqvi #ShehbazSharif #Tehran

Business Recorder

‘Cockroach’ youth group founder leads first street protest after arrival in India

NEW DELHI: The founder of India’s viral Cockroach Janta Party led a street protest in New Delhi on Saturday demanding the resignation of the federal education minister, taking the online youth movement from social media to the streets for the firs…

#CockroachYouthGroup #India

Business Recorder

Trump pardons former US congressman convicted of securities fraud

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has pardoned former U.S. Representative Stephen Buyer, an Indiana Republican, who was convicted of securities fraud for engaging in insider trading in 2018 as a T-Mobile US consultant ahead of a $23 billion merge…

#DonaldTrump #USCongress

Business Recorder

Israeli forces shoot dead Palestinian baby, wound his parents in West Bank

Israeli forces killed a seven-month-old Palestinian baby and wounded his parents in the Tel Rumeida area south of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron on Friday evening, the Palestinian health ministry said. The ministry identified the infant as …

#Palestine #AlAqsaMosque