Doha, Qatar 05 Feb. 2017 Qatar Duty Free, in partnership with HMSHost Int'l has opened Doha’s very first Harvest Market restaurant, providing travelers with an exciting open-air food market dining experience inside the Middle East’s only five-star terminal, Hamad International Airport (HIA). Open 24-hours and conveniently located in the main Departures Terminal within HIA, Harvest...

05 Feb 2017 Int'l Media Qatar Airways launched the world's longest scheduled commercial service with its inaugural flight from Doha to Auckland taking off eight minutes early on Sunday (Feb 5), a company spokeswoman said. Flight QR920 left the Qatari capital at 5:02am (0202 GMT) and is set to land in New Zealand at 7:30am...

Doha, Qatar 02 Feb. 2017 (QNA) Qatar Electricity and Water Company (QEWC), Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) and Japanese CHUBU Electric Power Company signed the 5th amendment of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) of The Partnership Project. Qatar Minister of Energy and Industry Dr. Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada, was present on the...

GENERAL TRIAS CITY Cavite, Philippines 02 Feb. 2017 (PNA) – A Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) top official on Thursday placed the damage of House Technology Industries (HTI) facilities that was gutted by fire late Wednesday afternoon to reach around Php 10 billion. In a press interview here, Charito Plaza, PEZA Director General said the...

Islamabad 31 Jan 2017 (APP): CPEC project would provide employment opportunity to over 700,000 people, Dr.Zubair Iqbal Ghauri, Member Development and Communication, of Pakistan Planning Commission said on Monday. In an interview with Radio Pakistan, he said that China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project was not only confined to building roads but it is comprehensive...

Islamabad 30 Jan. 2017 (APP): The Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz, Monday reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to regional cooperation under the umbrella of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) for acceleration of economic and commercial growth. Talking to a delegation of SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) led by...

Moscow 25 Jan. 2017 (QNA) Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Saud Al-Thani, Chief Executive Officer, Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), Ivan Glasenberg, CEO Glencore PLC and Carlo Messina, Managing Director and CEO of Intesa. President Putin lauded their contribution towards Rosneft privatization program and investments. Igor Sechin, Chairman of the...

BEIJING, Jan 23 (Reuters) China has agreed to cooperate with Philippines on 30 projects worth $3.7 billion focusing on poverty reduction, the two countries said after a meeting in Beijing on Monday. Chinese Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng told that it was still in initial stages and the banks still required their paperwork to finalize. Philippine...

ISLAMABAD 21 Jan. 2017 (APP) Joint Co ordination Committee (JCC) has agreed in principle to include Keti Bunder Sea Port Development project and Naukuridi Mashkhel Panjgur road project (connecting M 8 & N 85) in China-Pakistan Economic Corridor portfolio. Sources said that according to JCC minutes of meeting dated 29 December 2016, Pakistan and China...

DAVOS, (Switzerland) 18 Jan '17 (APP): Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Wednesday shared with his Swedish counterpart the gruesome human rights violations in the Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir and urged a greater role of international community in that regard. He was talking to Prime Minister of Sweden Stefan Löfven here at the Congress...