Business

MCB, UBL, Bank Alfalah all posted profits.

Industries will have to switch to alternative fuels in winter.

Upward trend of the industry is expected to continue thanks to higher cement prices, exports to India, Afghanistan.

Stable policies pivotal for the development of the sector.

KSE’s benchmark 100-share index crawls up 8 points.

Global market eases as refineries resume full operations after maintenance work.

He is the strongest among three names being sent to prime minister.

Damage to Thai crop likely to increase demand for alternatives, may raise global prices.

Poor harvest and lack of disease management major factors for the loss.

Country earned $13.8 billion from textile exports last year.

Regulator accepts application for hearing arguments.

Local unit likely to reach Rs94 against dollar by end of 2012.

Pakistan seeks Chinese investment for sectors such as energy, telecommunications, infrastructure and port development.

SECP says this will give demand, supply and price signals to policymakers.

Indus Motor announces new model of Hilux.

Deal has been finalised with Metro buying all Habib Group shares in Makro.

Contract farming arrangement likely to result in higher yields, higher margins for farmers.

Neighbouring country also proposes to set up a refinery and provide oil on long-term deferred payment.

US claims currency still grossly undervalued and controlled.

Speakers urge students to stick to ethics.

Foreign investment dipped 49 per cent in the first quarter of the current financial year.

Govt has been the biggest beneficiary of an expanding capital market.

Dearth of skilled managers holds Naheed Supermarket back, despite locally recognisable brand.

To compete, we need to be better, cheaper, faster.

Project may be extended to other districts.

Locally grown cotton, cheaper labour and developed industry bring in US business.

Venture capitalists, merchant bankers and large conglomerates are all piling in.

Truck with 9,500 bags of relief goods dispatched to lower Sindh on orders of Parvez Elahi.

Punjab’s share in total production surges 57%.

Levy was imposed ‘without proper legislation’.

Large number of business meetings held with foreign traders in Expo Pak.

Company obsessed with improving its customer experience in growing market.

Regional offices to form committees to address business issues.

KSE’s benchmark 100-share index sheds 463 points as foreigners continue to sell.

FBR chairman says Pakistan is running on loans and everyone will have to pay tax to steer it out of current crisis.

The two sides now have 120 days to meet and reach an agreement.

Millers say food dept supplies protein-deficient wheat stock of 2009.

Most of the foreign buyers were seen visiting apparel and leather stalls on the second day of the Expo.

Court orders the Sindh government to ensure that they were sent back to the parent departments immediately.

Shell Rs284 million did post a loss in the third quarter of 2011 due to lower sales volume and oil price volatility.

Overall gross margin fell 300 basis points to 4% in the period under review compared with 7% similar period last year.

Three Gorges Corporation will spend $15b by 2020 on different projects.

Aim is to attract foreign investment, create jobs.

Lahore-based investors already hold 82%.

KSE’s benchmark 100-share index falls 160 points.

Local demand grows 12 per cent in first quarter.

Deputy high commissioner hopes bilateral trade will reach 2.5b pounds in 2015.

Large-scale migration to cities and lack of technology cause decline.

Central Development Working Party okays 79 projects.

The Balochistan government is reluctant to grant the mining lease to TTC.