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Record-breaking growth of 2.9% during the first eight months, says APCMA.

Director of learning says change in response to technology development.

Supports policy amendments to encourage investment in Thar.

Benchmark KSE-100 index gains 312.61 points.

International traffic falls 11% YoY in February 2014.

Dismisses talk that company is going to sell its downstream business.

Clears misunderstanding about location of hydropower project.

Auditors point to lack of planning and mismanagement of funds.

A decade ago, as director of administration, I had suggested setting up a PIA hospital on build-operate-transfer basis

ANC Holdings to construct two coal-fired plants of 660MW each and a jetty in Pakistan Power Park, Gadani.

Says fabric, furniture, fish, rice, mango products have a huge market in France.

Puts emphasis on education, agriculture and trade.

PTEA Chairman Sheikh Ilyas Mahmood said that the GSP Plus will help the sagging economy of Pakistan.

Three companies submitted proposals for 100MW project.

Unilateral changes in pricing, payment mechanism anger travel agents.

Businessmen asked to exploit huge market.

Move to contribute towards exports growth of country.

No need to convert gas purchase agreement into treaty to avoid sanctions.

Expresses hope that 2014 will see lower provisioning against non-performing loans .

Benchmark KSE-100 index gains 355.84 points.

ECC asks PSO to conduct due diligence before issuing letter of comfort.

Scaling down development budget may result in short-term gains at the expense of medium-to-long term economic loss.

Between APTMA, sugar millers, they seem to have decided to secure, promote their profits even at the cost of Pakistan.

Turkcell set to send a high level delegation to study the Pakistani market closely.

The current shortfall is 1,250 mmcfd, but the company will restore gas supply to both sectors to meet the need.

FIA books firm for supplying substandard goods, causing big loss.

FCCI confident over bilateral trade potential.

Regulations, infrastructure that could benefit trade with India lacking.

Benchmark KSE-100 index gains 70.26 points.

Provision for bad loans increases 77%.

Data supports govt’s initiatives to control expenditure, experts remain skeptical.

CEO Dawood says Modaraba still making money despite zero income from its building.

Revenues do not reflect increase in traffic on highways and motorways.

68 of the 131 properties have been transferred to PTCL.

New aircraft, additional airport facilities to boost revenues.

Rs19b, accumulated since 2006, is lying unspent with finance ministry.

A platform for students to self-reflect, critique and rise.

SECP says it will be ‘appropriate’ for minimum amount to be Rs500m.

Country ranks nine Preview Changesin development of Islamic financial services industry.

Policymakers have failed to pay attention to country’s textile sector.

One-and-a-half-year old Dolphin Show attracts decent crowd.

Experts, politicians vow to use all means necessary to overcome the crisis.

SEDF will provide legal, institutional mechanism for value addition in agriculture, livestock, dairy and fisheries.

Collection of sales tax on the basis of a single MRP across the country is anomalous.

Processing plants meeting international standards, looking to increase exports.

PMI falls to 50.2 for third straight drop since November 2013.

Govt seeks to reduce budget gap by withdrawing tax exemptions.

Amid inquiry, Bosal claims aircraft was sold without paying off CAA liabilities.

Govt plans to float $500m Eurobond in global market this month.

Index jumped sharply on Friday following PSO’s earnings announcement.