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Islamabad reinforces its decision to fence Pak-Iran border

Envoy stresses expediting process to complete details prior to meeting

Move aims to encourage use of modern technology in agriculture

Arif Alvi says there are immense opportunities in renewable power projects

Wapda official chairs meeting to discuss land acquisition and financing issues

Manufacturers unable to pay taxes due to delay in refunds, which will aggravate revenue collection

Hammad Azhar says revenue collection, foreign reserves are showing progress

Shabbar Zaid agrees to take input from all stakeholders after officials caution him of implications

Benchmark KSE-100 index increases 80.85 points to settle at 35,358.31

Power distribution companies will recover Rs24b from consumers in December bills

Calls for immediate measures to ensure a cut by Rs100 per bag

Cites financial constraints, environmental conditions behind shutdown

Announces it does not find African market commercially viable

Business team will visit Faisalabad, Lahore and Karachi

IAF Convention will allow young graduates to present their work and establish businesses

Company spokesperson argues people with required experience, qualification have been hired

Erdogan plays role in out-of-court settlement

Heads of FBR’s 23 field formations are against government’s plan

The aim is to provide funding for airport infrastructure development projects and to enhance airport services

Country issued law last year permitting federal govt to begin issuing sovereign debt

Jinping, Trump are in continuous touch through various means to resolve trade row

Delhi delays decision owing to significant differences over tariffs, other issues

Benchmark KSE-100 index rises 899.85 points to settle at 35,277.46

Economy can leap forward with
focus on auto and
housing sectors

It will help avoid impact of shocks faced by low value-added commodities

Owing to industrial backwardness, Pakistan faces high wastage, low productivity

Spot market has developed; its prices are now lower than long-term contract prices

This comes despite liberal trade and investment regime, large market

Ms Kamil’s career and extraordinary success are an inspiration to all of our students, says Professor Steven Spier

Crown prince's ambitious economic reform so far is the push to state energy giant Aramco towards a stock market debut

Aramco is the most profitable company globally and the offering could be the world's largest

Production and sale of cars has declined by nearly 40% due to rising interest rate, rupee depreciation

Buoyed by positive developments, investor participation increases 34%

India raises demand to create world’s largest trading bloc

Officials talk about technology-based transit systems

A free trade pact with India has been a long-pending demand from Germany

China had asked the WTO for permission to hit the US with more than $7 billion in tariffs in the case

Demand rises to 4.98m tons against 4.56m tons last year

Officers file petitions to secure right of appearing in competitive examination

Plans to invest $100m more in increasing number of towers in Pakistan

Branch headed by officer of additional inspector general rank and assisted by DIG

Italian envoy says documentation of economy will help country prosper

Receipts are double the amount got in previous year but are lower than estimates

Board member calls for convening meeting to resolve outstanding issues

Schemes include construction of Lahore Ring Road (Southern Loop-III) at cost of Rs10b

Step taken to compete with cheaper imported coils

These include Taunsa hydropower project, North South Gas Pipeline, others

Federal, provincial govts’ combined spending on uplift in first quarter was less than one-tenth of annual allocations

SBP will launch mobile app, install 1m digital access points over next 3 years

Paris deal enjoins nations to limit temperature rises to well below two-degree Celsius