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ISLAMABAD, Feb 23 (ABC): The use of the mango bag is likely to hit nearly 10 million in 2026 as export prices jump around 70% for protected fruit, reflecting growing industry confidence in the quality-enhancement technique. The protective bags, introduced by the Pakistan Horticulture Development & Export Company (PHDEC), are aimed at reducing post-harvest losses,…
ISLAMABAD, Feb 23 (ABC): The Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development (OP&HRD) has proposed the establishment of a Labour Market Research Cell (LMRC) to strengthen evidence-based policymaking in labour migration and employment sectors. According to official documents available with Wealth Pakistan, the LMRC will be set up as a centralized, secure and scalable…
KARACHI: Yango Pakistan, part of the global tech company Yango Group, has partnered with NowPDP, a non-profit organization, to launch ‘Baikhtiyar Pakistan’ — an inclusive mobility and livelihood program designed to create earning opportunities for persons with disabilities through the Yango platform. The launch ceremony took place at the NowPDP Centre of Excellence for Disability…
Gold prices in Pakistan held steady on Friday, February 20, 2026, with no change reported in the local bullion market. The gold rate in Pakistan today stands at Rs. 523,962 per tola for 24-karat gold, reflecting stable market conditions amid consistent trading activity. What are the latest gold prices? According to verified market data, the…
ISLAMABAD, Feb 23 (ABC): The use of the mango bag is likely to hit nearly 10 million in 2026 as export prices jump around 70% for protected fruit, reflecting growing industry confidence in the quality-enhancement technique. The protective bags, introduced by the Pakistan Horticulture Development & Export Company (PHDEC), are aimed at reducing post-harvest losses,…
ISLAMABAD, Feb 23 (ABC): The Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development (OP&HRD) has proposed the establishment of a Labour Market Research Cell (LMRC) to strengthen evidence-based policymaking in labour migration and employment sectors. According to official documents available with Wealth Pakistan, the LMRC will be set up as a centralized, secure and scalable…
KARACHI: Yango Pakistan, part of the global tech company Yango Group, has partnered with NowPDP, a non-profit organization, to launch ‘Baikhtiyar Pakistan’ — an inclusive mobility and livelihood program designed to create earning opportunities for persons with disabilities through the Yango platform. The launch ceremony took place at the NowPDP Centre of Excellence for Disability…
ISLAMABAD, Feb 20 (ABC): The Ministry of Industries and Production (MoIP) plans to establish a state-of-the-art dates processing, storage, and packaging facility in Khairpur district of Sindh to strengthen the country’s date industry. According to official documents available with Wealth Pakistan, the project carries an estimated cost of Rs998.97 million. The government has proposed an allocation…
Gold prices in Pakistan held steady on Friday, February 20, 2026, with no change reported in the local bullion market. The gold rate in Pakistan today stands at Rs. 523,962 per tola for 24-karat gold, reflecting stable market conditions amid consistent trading activity. What are the latest gold prices? According to verified market data, the…
ISLAMABAD, Feb 20 (ABC): The government has planned to provide 22,000 scooters to women in next three years across the country under the Prime Minister’s Strategic Reforms Initiative for Women’s Mobility – “Women on Wheels”, with a total cost of Rs4.476 billion. According to official documents of the Ministry of Human Rights available with Wealth…
By Liao Ruiling Recent reports on China’s 2025 economic performance reveal significant milestones. As China’s total economic output surpassed the 140-trillion-yuan ($20.18 trillion) mark, many Chinese cities also achieved fresh breakthroughs in economic scale. Data released by local authorities shows that 29 Chinese cities recorded a GDP exceeding 1 trillion yuan in 2025. These cities…
By Chang Qin, People’s Daily Agricultural products, once limited to local markets, are now reaching significantly larger stages, gaining recognition and value far exceeding their places of origin. This shift is driven not only improved quality but also by an increasing reliance on a less visible yet increasingly decisive force: intellectual property (IP). In the…
By Wang Yinxin, People’s Daily At the Shanghai 6G AI-Valley Future Industry Park in the Songjiang district, Zhao Xi, chairman of GKXN, one of the first companies to settle in the park, ordered a cup of coffee prepared by a robotic barista. “Once our project launched, ordering coffee won’t require a touchscreen; a mere thought…
By Qi Zhiming, Liu Xiaoyu, Hong Qiuting, Dou Hao, People’s Daily Neikeng township in Jinjiang, southeast China’s Fujian province, may sound unfamiliar to many, yet on average, one in every eight people worldwide wears a pair of sippers produced there. This township is home to nearly 2,000 enterprises engaged in the slipper manufacturing business. It…
