ISLAMABAD, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP): The Senate Committee on Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization is scheduled to meet here Wednesday, April 12 to consider various bills and take up the issues of Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) brokers and National Bank of Pakistan’s (NBP) financial fraud. According to Senate notification, the committee is scheduled to meet […]
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Senate Body to consider various bills on Wednesday
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“Cooperation rather than conflict” are hallmark of foreign policy: PM
RISALPUR, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Tuesday said “cooperation rather than conflict” were the hallmarks of Pakistan’s policy of maintaining friendly relations, with other countries, particularly its neighbours. Addressing the passing out parade of graduates here at the PAF Academy Asghar Khan, the Prime Minister said Pakistan was a peace loving country pursuing […]
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Dutch cycle makers gear up in giant merger talks
THE HAGUE, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – Dutch transport importer Pon Holdings announced Tuesday it was talking to bicycle maker Accell over a multi-million-euro takeover, which, if approved, will create the “world’s biggest bicycle manufacturer”. “Pon Holdings confirms that it has provided a non-binding, conditional proposal to Accell Group to combine Accell Group with its own bicycle […]
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Money sent home by migrants a “critical lifeline” for millions of people worldwide: UN agency
UNITED NATIONS, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP): A senior official from the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Tuesday highlighted the vital development benefit of the nearly half a trillion dollars that migrants send home each year to poor families and countries. “We hear concerns raised about migrants and refugees entering countries, but let’s not forget […]
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Toshiba warns over survival as it reports delayed results
TOKYO, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – Toshiba on Tuesday warned its survival was at risk as the troubled Japanese industrial giant reported a loss of $4.8 billion in long-overdue financial results. “There are events and circumstances that may bring about significant questions about the idea of (carrying on) as a going concern,” it said in a Japanese […]
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Mexico City construction site collapse kills at least 7
MEXICO CITY, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – At least seven people died and 10 were injured in Mexico City after a collapse at a construction site for a multi-story parking garage, officials from the mayor’s office said. The accident took place Monday afternoon when many workers were in the area, which forms part of a building site […]