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China to invest up to $10bn in Pakistan with new agreements

[ Federal Minister for Investment and Board of Investment (BOI) Chairman Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh. PHOTO: FILE KARACHI: China has signed new investment agreements worth billions of dollars with Pakistan and is set to invest up to $10 billion in the near future, Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Investment Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh said on Thursday. In an … Read more

Memory chip shortage threatens global smartphone and PC markets

RAM memory chips are seen in this illustration photo. SOURCE: REUTERS Global demand for smartphones, personal computers and gaming consoles is expected to shrink this year as companies from Britain’s Raspberry Pi (RPI.L) to HP Inc (HPQ.N) raise sticker prices to offset surging memory chip costs. The rapid build-out of artificial intelligence infrastructure by US tech firms such as OpenAI, … Read more

Gold prices in Pakistan Today

In 2006-07, a 1 percent withholding tax was imposed on commercial imports of gold in the country. Photo: Express News Gold and silver prices declined in both international and domestic markets on Thursday. In the international bullion market, the price of gold fell by $8 per ounce to $4,832. After the decline in the global … Read more