Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Bank of Baroda will profit from the government’s push for infrastructure

Bank of Baroda

Bank of Baroda is set to benefit from the government’s thrust on increased infrastructure spending. Chairman Hasmukh Adhia said BoB has a positive outlook for 2022-23. The banking industry would be benefited due to an increase in the demand for bank credit. Bank of Baroda (BoB) is set to profit from the public authority’s push … Read more

Dazzling but empty stadiums a symbol of China’s fading football dream

football

Experts warn that gleaming football stadiums built for the Asian Cup could become “white elephants” once China withdraws as hosts, putting President Xi Jinping’s World Cup hopes even more out of reach. For the Asian Cup next summer, ten Chinese towns have spent billions of dollars to build eight new stadiums and rehabilitate two others. … Read more

Infantino says Qatar migrant workers take pride from hard work

qatar

When asked about the conditions of workers building World Cup stadiums and infrastructure in Qatar, FIFA President Gianni Infantino replied that migrant employees take pride in their hard work. Infantino said workers would feel proud about building stadiums for this year’s tournament in the Gulf nation. The head of football’s world governing body was asked … Read more

Pak vs Aus: The series was a huge success, says Ramiz Raja

ramiz raja

The Pakistan-Australia series was a huge success as it attracted cricket fans from all over the country as the Aussies toured for the first time in 24 years. As a huge number of fans made it to the stadiums to witness the matches, it generated a huge profit for Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). PCB chairman … Read more

Octopus secures Rs120m infrastructure contract

octopus

KARACHI: Octopus Digital Limited has secured a five-year IAAS (Infrastructure as a Service) contract of Rs120 million on BTMI (build, train to operate, maintain and improve) basis, a statement said on Monday. The digitalisation subscription will see Octopus Digital provide supply and maintenance services to a major cement manufacturer in Pakistan, whose name is withheld … Read more

Timely completion of uplift work ordered

economic

LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Industries and Commerce Mian Aslam Iqbal has directed timely completion of development work in special economic zones, a statement said. Chairing a meeting on Thursday, he said, the target of 100 per cent colonisation of industrial estates would be achieved at all costs. Iqbal said that every plot in the industrial … Read more

Tibet beefs up investment during 14th five-year plan

Tibet

LHASA: Southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region plans to invest 601.5 billion yuan (around $94.3 billion) during its 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021/25), according to local authorities. The number sees a growth rate of 58 per cent, compared with that of the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016/20), the fifth session of the 11th People’s Congress of Tibet … Read more

Supernet secures deployment project worth Rs150 million

Supernet

KARACHI: Supernet Limited has secured a telecommunications infrastructure development project from a Pakistani mobile network operator worth over Rs150 million, a statement said on Wednesday. The project includes the supply of optical fibre and associated equipment and its deployment in different areas of Punjab, with the total length of different segments constituting this project is … Read more

Minister reviews infrastructure improvement

Mian Aslam

LAHORE: Minister for Industries and Commerce Mian Aslam reviewed colonisation and improvement of infrastructure for the Export Processing Zone Sialkot, a statement said. During a meeting, Iqbal urged the allottees to start construction after paying outstanding dues, adding that 100 per cent colonisation of industrial zones would be ensured. The meeting was informed that 121 … Read more

Govt taking steps to increase investment, business: PM Imran Khan

PM Imran Khan

LAHORE: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the government is taking steps to provide a conducive environment for an increase in investment and expand business. Chairing a meeting regarding regional economic growth strategy for the Gujranwala division, he said the federal and provincial institutions were working for industrial progress in the country. After the … Read more

Consortium to buy Aramco’s gas pipeline seeks $14.7 billion loan

Saudi Aramco

JEDDAH: The consortium for Saudi Aramco’s largest energy infrastructure deal, is looking to obtain a $14.7 billion loan. The source revealed to CNBC Arabia that the consortium sought to take advantage of current low financing rates. The loan will last for seven years. Saudi Aramco signed on December 6 a $15.5 billion leaseback deal involving its gas … Read more

Site Limited keen to improve infrastructure of area

Site Limited

KARACHI: Site Limited managing director Munawar Ali Mahesar has expressed keen interest in the development of the Site area through sound and secure infrastructure, a statement said. He agreed with the industrialists about the strategic importance of the first industrial estate of Pakistan that is also responsible for a large percentage of total exports and … Read more

Aramco signs $15.5 billion gas pipeline deal with global consortium

Aramco

RIYADH: Saudi Aramco signed a $15.5 billion lease and leaseback deal involving its gas pipeline network with a consortium led by BlackRock Real Assets and Hassana Investment Co, Arab News quoted a statement, as saying. Considered to be one of the largest energy infrastructure deals, it represents Aramco’s asset optimization program and is the second such infrastructure … Read more

Double taxation, high cost of doing business big challenges: LCCI

LCCI

LAHORE: Double taxation, high cost of doing business and the lack of infrastructure in the market were big challenges, an official said. Talking to a delegation of the Textile Traders Association of Pakistan, Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Mian Nauman Kabir said that the resolution of these issues is in the interests of … Read more

Zhang Gaoli: Former China vice premier accused by Peng

Zhang Gaoli

BEIJING: With his clean record and the austere air of a Chinese Communist Party cadre, nothing seemed to indicate Zhang Gaoli would, at the age of 75, find himself embroiled in a sex scandal with global repercussions. The former vice-premier (2013-18) has been accused by tennis champion Peng Shuai — in a message promptly censored … Read more

Six dead in mine blast in Kazakhstan

Kazakastan

ALMATY: Six workers died and two more were in “critical condition” Sunday after a methane explosion at an ArcelorMittal mine in Kazakhstan, the company and the emergencies ministry said. A sudden blast took place Sunday morning at the Abaiskaya coal mine operated by ArcelorMittal Temirtau, a Kazakh unit of the steel giant in the Central Asian … Read more

Chairman PCB appeals for money to strengthen cricket infrastructure

Chairman PCB appeals for money to strengthen cricket infrastructure

KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja on Tuesday sought support from the business community to inject money into the infrastructure of cricket. While addressing the business community at a gong ceremony held at Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), he said that the main purpose of his visit to Karachi was to boost the cricket … Read more

US Senate approves $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill despite deficit concerns 

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WASHINGTON: The US Senate on Tuesday approved a long-awaited bipartisan infrastructure bill after months of strenuous negotiations, though analysts are concerned that this legislation falls short of its promise to be fully paid for. In a rare stroke of bipartisanship, more than a dozen Republicans joined Democrats to back the legislation. The final vote was … Read more

Huawei organises Pakistan ICT Summit to digitalise energy sector

Huawei

ISLAMABAD: Huawei Pakistan organised the Pakistan Power ICT Summit with the aim to digitalise the power sector in Pakistan with modern practices and solutions that are used globally, a statement said on Monday. Tariq Mahmood, CIO of the National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC), Aamer Rashid, additional director general, Muhammad Farooq Shaukat, director general of … Read more

Pakistan leads South Asia in BRI infrastructure development: report

BRI infrastructure

BEIJING: Despite the unexpected shock from the Covid-19 pandemic, Pakistan has elevated one place to the fifth in infrastructure development, against the trend of an overall decline in the South Asian region. According to the annual report on the Belt and Road Infrastructure Development Index (2021), 71 countries were covered in the report, including 63 … Read more

Mastercard Strives to Take the Lead in Crypto Markets

Mastercard

Mastercard (MA), the world’s largest payments company, wants to make it easier for people to acquire, spend, and hold cryptocurrencies.

Mastercard also wants to be a major player in the Decentralized Finance (DeFi) with cryptocurrencies developer ecosystem.

Mastercard’s Start Path program is now open to startups and entrepreneurs who are focused on crypto and digital assets. The program allows new businesses to use the credit card network’s technology.

Mastercard established a Start Path global engagement program to support fast-growing digital assets, blockchain, and cryptocurrency startups, in order to make crypto holders’ transactional lives easier.

“As a leading technology player, we believe we can play a key role in digital assets, helping to shape the industry and provide consumer protection and security,” Mastercard’s executive vice president of new digital infrastructure and fintech, Jess Turner, said.

The Start Path program will provide cryptocurrency companies access to Mastercard’s most up-to-date tools and solutions, allowing them to scale their innovations and cutting-edge technology.

“These startups use the program to connect with our ecosystem of banks, merchants, partners, and digital players across the globe to deliver new solutions,” Mastercard explained.

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Digital 9 to invest £50 million in fibre system

fibre

LONDON: The Digital 9 Infrastructure has entered into definitive agreements to deploy over £50 million into the development of a new intercontinental fibre system, which will connect key locations in Europe, the Middle-East and India, a statement said on Wednesday. The new system is an innovative, carrier-neutral network platform between Europe, the Middle East and India, … Read more

IMF downgrades growth outlook for India 

IMF Pakistan

WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) maintained its 6 per cent global growth forecast for 2021, upgrading its outlook for the United States and other wealthy economies but cutting estimates for a number of developing countries struggling with surging Covid-19 pandemic. The Fund has cut this year’s economic growth forecast for some Asia countries including India, … Read more

Pakistan, Korea sign deal to expand electric vehicles charging infrastructure

Electric vehicles

KARACHI: Zi Solar Pvt Ltd, a leading renewable energy solution provider in Pakistan, has entered into an exclusive partnership with Aeonus Co Ltd, a Korean global leader in renewable energy, to expand electric vehicles charging infrastructure, a statement said on Monday. The partnership will pave the way for the deployment of state-of-the-art Korean-manufactured electric vehicles … Read more

By 2035, Europe will be emission-free for new cars, according to a report

New cars

Mercedes just announced that it would accelerate its electric vehicle plans this morning, and now, according to a new report, the European Union is considering doing the same.  The European Commission aims to require emissions from new vehicles and vans to decline by 65 percent by 2030 and by 100 percent by 2035 compared to … Read more

Digital Pakistan focuses on improving infrastructure, promote entrepreneurship: secretary

Digital Pakistan focuses on improving infrastructure

KARACHI: Pakistan has re-energised its digital transformation journey with the launch of Digital Pakistan that aims at enhancing the connectivity, improve digital infrastructure, increase investment in digital skills, promote innovation, and technology entrepreneurship in Pakistan. Addressing through a video link at the GSMA Roundtable, held in Barcelona, Spain, on Tuesday, Federal Secretary for the Ministry … Read more

Sindh Govt has spent Rs 2.5 billion in industrial zones of Karachi

Sindh Govt

Sindh Govt has spent Rs 2.5 billion to improve infrastructure in industrial zones and CM Sindh Murad Ali Shah is personally looking after its process. According to a press release, Provincial Minister of Sindh for Industries and Commerce & Cooperative Department and Anti-Corruption Jam Ikramullah Dharejo said this while presiding over a meeting of the … Read more

Trump wants Apple to help assemble U.S’s 5G network

Trump wants Apple to help assemble U.S's 5G network

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he had asked Apple Inc Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook to look into helping develop telecommunications infrastructure for 5G wireless networks in the United States. “They have it all – Money, Technology, Vision & Cook!” Trump tweeted, without elaborating on how he expects the iPhone maker to … Read more