Business

Urea price goes up from Rs850 to over Rs2,000 per bag.

Bogus input adjustment increasing.

Advanced methods to preserve commodities not being applied.

Pakistan can get up to 2,000 megawatts of electricity through a project.

KSE-100 benchmark index loses three points.

Petroleum ministry directed to resume interview process to appoint new head

Consumer giants Nestle and Unilever join the index.

Most PRACS projects are making profits, though major share goes to PR.

Rs105 billion revenues collected in July 2011, 36% more than last year.

OGDC's net profit rise 7% to Rs63.52 billion; Engro's profit rose Rs3.3 billion

Strong opposition from political parties forces ministry to abandon the move.

The dueling social gaming announcements underscored what may emerge as a key battleground between the two Web giants.

Prices per tola (11.7 grams) of the precious metal rose to Rs57,800 on Thursday

Decline in reserves due to scheduled debt repayments: central bank.

Kiosks will be set up at public places to help NTN holders file tax returns.

Evasion in duties and taxes by illegal cigarette manufacturers has caused losses of over Rs55 billion in last 7 years

Paint makers accused of indulging in deceptive marketing practices.

KSE-100 benchmark index loses 46 points.

Overall oil sales declined by 1.4% in July

Country to focus on regional markets as demand from US and EU falls.

Market leader Suzuki leads the way.

The draft of LNG Policy 2011 will soon be tabled before Economic Coordination Committee.

Ijaz A Khokhar invites textile industry associations for a roundtable conference.

Chairman advises regional heads to involve themselves to the grassroots level.

The short-term Sukuk, an Islamic alternative to commercial bonds.

Collects Rs38 billion less than the target of Rs1,588 billion.

Kitchen gardening programme to promote use of home-grown vegetables.

TRG fed up with incompetent university grads; hires high school students and educates them its own way.

Exporters say dry port cargo service costs more than private cargo service.

Yields drop after cut in benchmark policy rate.

Joint working groups have been set up for customs cooperation, trade in electricity and petroleum products.

Committee will devise a procedure to integrate sales tax, excise duty figures.

The figure has remained above $1b for five months in a row.

KSE-100 benchmark index takes a breather, gains 276 points

Facebook launches mobile messaging application for Apple's iPhone and Android devices.

The scope of trade expansion to be discussed.

Policy to ensure regulatory compliance by the participants of the securities market

Precious metals hits new highs nine times in the last 30 days.

Oil, electricity and gas prices increased this month.

First part of the report on Iran-Pakistan project to take 14 months.

Project will enable KPT to handle fifth and sixth generation ships.

Wants revenue statistics to be reconciled with AGPR data.

Benchmark KSE-100 index drops 369 points.

PSO posted an increase of 63 per cent in profit to Rs14.8 billion in fiscal 2011

Gas price will not increase as dealer margin will be cut.

Ogra says safety operations come under its exclusive domain.

The benchmark 30-share Sensex on the Bombay Stock Exchange lost 505.89 points.

They will take charge in absence of managing directors.

Government to consider setting up economic zone in Rawalpindi.

Prices per tola (11.7 grams) of the precious metal rose to Rs54,850 from Saturday’s level of Rs53,500.