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Pakistan, Turkiye to review trade agreement

Pakistan and Turkiye discussed on Thursday the need to revamp their preferential trade agreement with a view to addressing existing challenges and unlocking the business potential between the two countries. The understanding was reached at a meeting between Commerce Minister Jam Kamal Khan and his Turkish counterpart, Prof Dr Omer Bolat. According to an official announcement, the two ministe

Trump launches ‘reciprocal tariffs’ for allies, rivals

US President Donald Trump announced plans Thursday for sweeping “reciprocal tariffs” hitting both allies and competitors, in a dramatic escalation of an international trade war that economists warn could fuel inflation at home. Speaking in the Oval Office, Trump said he had decided to impose the reciprocal duties, telling reporters that US allies were often “worse than our enemies” on trade iss

Nissan, Honda scrap $60bn merger talks

Nissan and Honda ended merger talks to forge a $60 billion car company on Thursday, pitching Nissan deeper into uncertainty and highlighting the pressure on legacy automakers from Chinese rivals upending the industry. The talks between Honda, Jap­an’s second-largest automa­ker, and Nissan, its third, were anno­unced in December but were soon strained by disagreements, inclu­ding over the balanc

FBR details ‘massive over-invoicing’ in solar panels import

Startling revelations continued to unfold on Thursday before a Senate panel that confirmed more than Rs110 billion of fraud and money laundering in the garb of solar imports by more than 80 companies, some of which were found to be dummy entities. The sub-committee of the Senate Standing Committee on Finance, led by Senator Mohsin Aziz, vowed to continue its investigation into the scandal and h

Stocks end slightly lower after MSCI review

Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Wednesday experienced volatile trading as the benchmark KSE-100 index see-sawed throughout the day and closed slightly lower by 85 points following the latest MSCI market review. The bourse faced headwinds in the face of a series of challenging factors. Foreign financing outflow weighed on investor sentiment while uncertainty surrounding the Tax Amendment Bill 2