Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Myanmar teak exports to US bypassing coup sanctions: activists

Myanmar

YANGON: Nearly 1,600 tonnes of teak from Myanmar were exported to American companies last year, circumventing the US sanctions imposed to deny the junta millions of dollars in profits, an activist group said on Tuesday. The Southeast Asian nation has been in turmoil since a February 1 coup triggered widespread unrest that the military has sought … Read more

US companies can benefit from facilities being offered by Pakistan: FM Qureshi

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday said Pakistan was offering several important facilities to foreign investors, including e-visa. “American companies can benefit from these facilities and earn profit by investing in different fields,” Shah Mahmood Qureshi said talking to US Democrat leader Tahir Javed in Islamabad. He said Pakistan gave special importance to … Read more