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Pakistan, Vietnam to hold trade talks
Delegation leaves today, to discuss market access.
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Amendments: DG trade organisations stripped of powers
Hyderabad Chamber passes unanimous resolutions.
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Market watch: Bourse starts week on subdued note
Trade volumes nosedive 74% to dismal 32.82m shares.
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NESPAK secures 110 projects worldwide
Secured 110 new engineering projects worth Rs546 billion through an international competition.
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Railways privatisation: SHC issues notices
Petitioner points out corruption in allotment of 400 prime plots.
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FESCO tender: Three companies caught bid rigging
CCP issues show-cause notice, expects response in 14 days.
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Bilateral trade: Govt considers more imports from India
Final decision after Economic Coordination Committee approval.
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Pakistan Railways loses Rs26 billion in 2010-11
Enterprise to procure 150 new diesel locomotives for Rs55.4b.
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Mark-up subsidy: State Bank to release third installment
Borrowers of FATA, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa asked to submit claims.
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Exports of sports and leather goods jump
Gloves and tanned leather goods amongst highest earners.
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OGRA scraps plan to register LPG distributors
Distributors asked to avoid dangerous practice of decanting.
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SSGC puts off gas outages plan temporarily
Company bows to pressure from industry and CNG outlets.
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Tax scandal: NA committee to probe ‘figure fudging’ fiasco
Revised Rs1,550b revenue collection by tax authorities is higher than SBP figures.
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The week in focus
Energy and industrial production not increased at pace that country could cater to needs of its growing population.
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India marks 20 years of reforms
'We shall make the future happen': Singh, then finance minister, in presenting his landmark budget on July 24, 1991.
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Pakistan among lowest consumers of steel
Unless industrialisation is kick-started this sector will stay neglected.
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End of the ride?: Cracks appear in China’s economic model
Experts warn growth has become too dependent on investment.
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Consequences of energy crisis: As export orders become harder to meet, textile sector turns to local market
Many firms moving out of clothing business, getting into developing shopping malls.
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Between a rock and a hard place: Security, regulated pricing squeezing opportunities for gas sector
Gas sector facing rising costs and is unable to sell their product to the market at global prices.
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Financial conundrum: Pakistan needs to declare an economic emergency
Excessive govt borrowings have dented private sector investment and growth remains stunted.
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Opec: Iran remains second-largest producer
OPEC reports that Nigeria has now obtained the rank.
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Car Troubles: Suzuki frustrated with Volkswagen
Volkswagen purchased a 19.9-percent stake in Suzuki in December 2009.
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Declining Sales: PCs challenged by smartphones
Consumers are increasingly shunning desktop PCs and going mobile.
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Ramazan package: 1.61m subsidised flour bags to be sold
Sales to commence from July 31.
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Pakistani mangoes arrive in Japan
"Japanese government will support various projects in Pakistan," Japanese Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Kikuta.
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Textile City to provide 80,000 jobs: Shaikh
‘City to operate as a world class industrial zone’.
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State Bank relaxes export finance scheme
Exporters having 5% overdue proceeds can get financing.
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Pakistan likely to export potatoes to Russia
First-ever potato cleaning plant established in Karachi at a cost of about Rs5 million.
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Electricity bills: No plan to raise tariff, says Qamar
Naveed Qamar has denied plans to raise the power tariff by 6% under a Nepra proposal.
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Exploration operations: Attacks in Balochistan hamper gas production
Analysts say government should provide security.
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Weekly review: KSE-100 makes solid gains ahead of earnings season
Volumes pick up as investors flock to buy payout-heavy stocks.
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Looming opportunities: Textile City project to provide 80,000 jobs
Pakistan Textile City Ltd project to be completed in a span of two years.
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Financial Year 2011: SECP registers 3,400 companies
The total corporate portfolio, reached an all-time high of 59,451 companies.
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Promoting Sports: Import of air guns to be allowed
At present, only selected associations and clubs are permitted to import air guns under ‘personal baggage’ schemes.
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Market watch: Stock market ends flat before weekend break
Benchmark KSE-100 index crawls up two points; volumes surge to 126m shares.
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Brick kilns pay workers 41% below mandated minimum
Govt officials will not take action unless approached by labourers.
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Fertiliser price rises by Rs150 per bag
Fauji Fertiliser’s primary margin to remain intact: analyst.
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FBR amends rules to lift stock trading
Clarity emerges on Capital Gains Tax calculation.
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Farmers seek 30% hike in cotton purchase price
Growers fear drop in cultivation.
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Pakistan can become a developed nation: Korea
Envoy believes economy is showing clear signs of recovery.
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Telenor’s subscribers grow but revenue lags
Marketing head happy with second quarter 2011 performance.
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Opening day: ‘Made in Pakistan’ products exhibition begins
Exhibitors expect encouraging response, but govt support is lacking.
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Profits, dividends: Foreign firms repatriated $758 million
Difficult working conditions did not cause any major dip in transfer of assets.
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Project delay: CM holds Mubarakmand responsible
Qaim Ali Shah says nuclear scientist Dr Mubarakmand is 'slow' in underground gasification of coal.
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Biotechnology: ‘Pakistan has potential to be world leader’
Punjab encourages research and production of quality crops: Aulakh.
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Power companies: Resolution of debt issue discussed
Stakeholders discuss curtailment of future build-up of debt through cost recovery, improving cash flows via recovery.
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Inland Revenue to be split into two
Complaints against the dept prompted FBR to consider the move.
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Cold chain sector calls for more reliable power
At first ever industry conference, executives ask for more govt support.
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Foreign investment in telecom declines to $79m
Investment sinks to lowest level since 2003-04.
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Japan to promote Pakistani mangoes
First export consignment of the fruit enters Japan.