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These guards will provide special protection to businessmen.

Parco’s new price is slightly lower than the rates of other public sector producers.

Stored water from these will be utilised to irrigate agricultural land.

Companies request petroleum ministry to ease debt burden.

KSE’s benchmark 100-share index gains 92 points.

The death of Apple’s inspirational leader is likely to give major rivals a greater chance to catch up.

Former Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, kept a tight grip on his company as he resurrected the dying technology firm.

SBP asks banks for uninterrupted ATM services in flood-hit areas.

Bumper crop in Punjab compensates for losses in Sindh.

Law ministry approves changes to the regulations.

Price increase of 32 per cent does the trick for the sector.

Project to help ease power shortage in Faisalabad’s industrial areas.

Pakistan Microfinance to conduct study on the sector.

Most expect discount rate to be reduced by 100 basis points.

Terminal at Port Qasim will handle 400-500 mmcfd of gas imports.

KSE’s benchmark 100-share index crawls up 15 points.

Major trading centres remain closed while industries run as usual.

MD PEPCO says they are investigating the unscheduled power shutdowns.

An out of box solution has become an urgent need of the hour to deal with unprecedented energy shortage in Pakistan.

50 branches to be opened in province by year-end.

One-off gains by industry giants act as a catalyst.

Govt urged to step up exploration, improve management and supply.

New LPG policy forces all LPG producers to reduce LPG prices by Rs11,700 per ton, cut price on cylinders.

Seeks World Bank assistance to increase credit from Rs70b to Rs895b.

Citi selected for the job to advise on funding solution.

Poverty termed major reason for low demand.

Scarcity of resources cuts number of projects to 1,252 from over 1,900.

KSE’s benchmark 100-share index drops 29 points.

Further 52,000 tons coming next week that may ease shortage.

Investors encouraged to borrow from foreign banks.

Private sector will take decisions and enjoy financial autonomy without govt intervention.

Rates rise despite a cut in excise duty in budget.

Farmers purchase all agriculture inputs at very high rates, but the end crop is being purchased at very low price.

Industry welcomes move; asks ministry to engage with them.

PPL is the major beneficiary of increase in wellhead gas prices due to company’s heavy production profile.

Positive list to be replaced with negative one to expand product range.

Access to pipelines to be given on first-come-first-served basis.

Official claims refund cases being processed within time limit.

KSE’s benchmark 100-share index dips 65 points.

Decision taken on advice of IMF headquarters: finance ministry official.

Refutes accusations of impropriety; points out the need for such a project.

Poverty numbers may be released in a couple of months: Planning Commission.

Annual meeting of All Pakistan Paper Merchants Association held.

To create links, SMEs have to approach banks in big cities.

Processors say power outages have cut production to 30% of capacity.

It was 6% at time of independence, says expert.

To end circular debt, govt plans to impose petroleum levy on natural gas and LPG.

PM directs authorities to expedite import process.

KSE’s benchmark 100-share index surges 225 points.

PAS extends deadline for TV channels to December 31 to comply running ads without interruption.