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Finance minister says hiding behind the constitution will not yield results.

Govt asked to impose tax on middlemen and elite.

Teaming up with USAID, helps farmers recover from the flood.

Move part of strategy to maximise ratio of hydropower.

Participation in privatisation, power also offered.

Benchmark share index rises 52 points.

Country to import the fruit from this year.

Analyst terms govt’s collection target ‘ambitious’.

Say gas company not taking action against unlawful usage.

SNGPL claimed that the suspension was part of a weekly gas load management programme to overcome energy shortages.

Staff at filling stations said stocks had finished as oil marketing companies were not making fresh supplies.

Marketing companies asked to supply all stock, gas outages reduced.

Rasheed Bank desires to adopt innovative banking technologies.

Fahim urges roadmap to boost trade and survive challenges.

Divisional administration has established complaint cells to readdress complaints of farmers acquiring loans.

Next round of high-level talks scheduled for August.

Benchmark KSE-100 index gains 103 points.

Thai and Pakistani food research institutes sign MoU to explore halal food science.

Inquiry report blames LNG-II project for long-term project controversy.

Promotion of economic activities urged.

PM directs that all refineries be asked to work at full capacity and ensure swift supply to all areas.

Marketing companies are required to keep stocks of oil products for 20 days.

Province sticks to claim to not take aid or grants, but plans to go for loans.

Govt to formulate National Coal Policy in upcoming financial year.

Provinces deny agriculture tax collection rights to FBR.

Upcoming provincial budget expected not to feature any new taxes.

Colombo to increase investment, says diplomat.

70,000 tons of rice and 40,000 tons of cotton seeds provided via notified sales points and registered dealers.

SBP-IFC booklets cover 10 sectors which will expand and create jobs.

KASB Bank plans to provide microfinance, mobile banking in Tajikistan.

‘Almost 25% energy conservation potential exists in every sector’.

If oil supply remains stable, outages will not increase.

Acknowledge the presence of tax thieves within the business community.

Company to introduce super-speed internet soon.

Analysts expected the market to plummet following the budget.

Prices of 22 items increased last week.

PM denies gap between demand and supply of energy.

Privatisation Commission announced that it will undertake roadshows in five countries to raise $500 million in bonds.

Defaulters use political connections to pressurise tax officials.

Socialist nation hopes to break new ground with sukuk offering.

Govt promises another hard year for businesses and the poor.

Tax collection needs to be revamped as the economic scenario changes.

BB is allaying the customer demand for touch-screen phones by rolling out its own touchscreen sets.

Do seven hundred thousand new taxpayers, assuming they even come, really add up to documentation of economy.

Pakistan’s growth potential is being wasted because of power shortage.

There needs to be a change in the way we look at our relationship with the US.

Journalists continue to focus on the wrong issues when covering the economy.

China has greatly increased the number of banned imported products from Taiwan.

Marchionne said a public share offering for Chrysler was more likely in 2012 than this year.

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