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World Bank to provide funds for the study.

Shipments will be dispatched every week from Lahore.

Proposed penalties against dealers include fines and revoked licences.

Benchmark KSE-100 index gains 28 points.

Strong exports, record remittances keep the account in the black.

Pakistani products are sold at very low prices in the global market.

Highest ratio of gap in taxation is in the income tax area: FBR .

Petroleum ministry forms body to implement changes.

Sindh finance minister says delays are a conspiracy.

The government is expecting to generate an additional Rs18 billion from 4.3 million commercial consumers.

PM’s adviser assures of timely construction with basic facilities.

Investment in steel, energy, oil and gas sectors to be invited.

SBP invites applications from interested financial institutions for appointment as primary dealers of govt securities

Transport via sea route much cheaper than rail and road.

Motor fuel sales go against the trend and rise.

Ten per cent of govt shares to be floated before June-end.

Federal government has estimated that the rupee will stand at an average of 91.5 against the US dollar.

Pakistan’s talks with IMF over the release of a tranche of the $11.3 billion loan package are going smoothly.

Balochistan to get 5% additional shares in the project.

Report says only 11% people have access to financing.

Value of traded shares at eight-month low.

Decline due to reduced foreign direct investment.

Commerce ministry lied by claiming that the EU parliament has cleared trade concessions for Pakistan.

Huge potential facing bottleneck of administrative hurdles.

Human resource development is the most neglected area of organisations operating in Pakistan.

Gold and silver present excellent investment picks at current rates.

Policy has focussed on investment, it needs to focus on the consumer.

Why, despite its vast unpopularity, the tax will be imposed on a revolting public.

Banking access key to economic success in developing economies.

KASB led consortium to provide financial advisory services for the privatisation of NPCC.

Asks government to tax agricultural income, introduce active taxpayer scheme.

Businessmen and investors urged to take advantage of the facilities provided by the government.

Body calls on government to consider the interest of common man and announce relief packages in the upcoming budget.

TDAP setting up web portal to cater to needs of businessmen.

‘Making polluted water drinkable’ idea clinches third place.

Budget-related news keeps investors at bay as index rises 0.7%.

Rates of 22 items increased last week.

Chief minister’s claim of power generation from this month put to rest.

OGRA orders sale; MGCL wants to recover price; insider say MGCL overpaid, recovery unlikely.

Rajat Gupta’s woes add up after a billionaire hedge fund manager is convicted.

Industry profit margins jump 69 per cent.

Ask government to reframe economic policies.

Businessmen reject government's plan to impose wealth tax.

Company to return money spent on purchase of land.

World Trade Organisation is the only hurdle now.

Decision taken to facilitate retail customers.

Benchmark KSE-100 index crawls up five points.

Software unlikely to make customers switch telecom services: analyst.

Other projects are in the pipeline.

Canadian lawyer being hired to fight the case in court.