China aims to kick Intel and AMD out of the semiconductor market
China is planning a $29 billion (204bn yuan) injection of cash to ease its overwhelming dependence on major US semiconductor companies, such as Intel...
SEZs, roads, motorways & energy projects under CPEC to change fate of country: Asim Bajwa
Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting, Lt. Gen (Retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa has said that Special Economic Zones, roads, motorways, and...
The gig economy is helping tackle COVID-19 unemployment in Pakistan
Due to COVID-19, the world's GDP will slide by -1pc in 2020. The unemployment rate will increase approximately two-folds. This menace of COVID-19 also...
US has poured over $40 billion into India so far
India has attracted over $40 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) from the US, after the latest funding spree from major tech giants, such...
Debunking 13 myths about China
China’s polity and society is shrouded in a cobweb of myths. Several countries with whom China has trade surplus suffer from an understanding deficit....
In Pakistan, online cattle markets replace physical ones
Traditionally, Karachiites visit the Sohrab Goth Maweshi Mandi – claimed as Asia's largest cattle market – to buy the animals of their choice to...
The textile industry needs state support to survive COVID-19
Last week SDPI (Sustainable Development Policy Institute) organized through webinar a “Consultative Dialogue on Textile & Garment Sector Outlook Amid Covid-19”, between the Government,...
Hong Kong leader says coronavirus now spreading ‘out of control’
The deadly coronavirus is spreading out of control in Hong Kong with a record 100 new cases confirmed, the finance hub's leader said Sunday...
CPEC, digital connectivity and Pakistan-China ties
The 820-kilometer-long fiber optic cable project at a cost of $46 million stretches from China’s western Xinjiang region and enters Pakistan through Khunjerab border...
Opposition by the ‘frugals’: EU chiefs try to negotiate virus recovery fund
EU leaders debated new proposals for a huge post-coronavirus economic recovery fund on Saturday, seeking to overcome resistance from the Netherlands and Austria on...
G20 “crisis meeting” in Saudi Arabia as world economy burns
G20 finance ministers and central bankers are set to hold talks Saturday aimed at spurring global economic recovery from a coronavirus-triggered recession amid growing...
EU leaders try to mend raging sores as they carve out economic plan
European leaders warned Friday that the future of their union was at stake as they embarked on a summit to thrash out the terms...