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Rising international prices of crude oil have nearly drained the country’s external accounts.

“Within the EU this has been a British lead initiative in council, commission and parliament."

Massive selling by foreigners in the last hour hit the broader market hard.

“The commission’s compliance-oriented approach has started producing positive results."

The representatives of KCCI were speaking during a presentation to FBR Chairman Salman Siddique.

Pre-feasibility study of the project to be completed by the time of Zardari’s visit to Turkey in April.

Pakistan and Uzbekistan may trade off concessions on opening of markets and transfer of prisoners.

Our information superhighways may be suffering from the same ailment as earth: overcrowding.

Losses of the company tripled to Rs1.5 billion in 2010.

Competition Commission issues conditional approval.

Two car makers – Pak Suzuki and Honda Atlas – officially announced increase in different variants of their cars.

Trading volume rises to 117 million shares.

Provincial govts insist that this ‘unconstitutional body’ should be dissolved forthwith.

BOC Pakistan Limited, a member of The Linde Group, has proposed to change its name to Linde Pakistan Limited.

Manzoor served for seven months after joining the bank in August 2010.

Pakistan Business Council calls for long-term measures.

Contract workers and terminal operators dispute remains unresolved.

Legislator asks govt to switch to a productive job creation strategy.

Reserves held by the central bank rose to $14.19 billion from $13.97 billion.

Checkpost to be set up that will be operational from April.

Surplus in February offset by bigger-than-expected deficit in previous month.

Platinum Award (2nd Position) awarded to Tribune.com.pk in the category "Press & Media".

Customs officials have stepped up vigilance at border towns to control the smuggling of the commodity.

Rise in excise duty, high input prices cited as reasons.

Industrialists and businesspersons reject flood surcharge and ordinances that withdrew sales tax exemptions.

Top decision-making body drops multi-billion-rupee project envisaged to secure Islamabad.

Continued selling pressure kept the local market depressed, despite improvement in regional markets.

CAA staged protests to press government to approve a revision in their salary scale.

Engro Corporation is planning to list its subsidiaries at local stock exchanges this year.

Government approves Rs165 billion sovereign guarantees for procuring 6.6 million tons from farmers.

World Bank study suggests only only 24 million people hold bank accounts.

FBR expected to quote price to Kuwait-based logistics company Agility for purchase of its software.

Despite levying new taxes, government still dependent on FBR to bridge deficit.

Ordinances aim to collect an additional Rs53 billion through flood surcharge, withdrawal of tax exemptions.

The Civil Aviation Officers Association Pakistan has announced that it will stage a series of protests starting today

Pakistan is expected to sign trade agreements with Kyrgyzstan in coming days.

Embassy of Pakistan in Ankara approached Turkish high-ups, seeking duty exemptions for textile exports from Pakistan

The delegation, led by PLGMEA Chairman Fawad Ijaz Khan, met Collector of Customs (Exports) Ibrahim Vighio.

Standard Chartered Bank Pakistan has announced the appointment of Azhar Aslam as the Head of Islamic Banking.

The Abu Dhabi Group has appointed Atif Bajwa as president of the group in Pakistan

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the country continued to fall in February.

Bank credit to small and medium enterprises declined from Rs437 billion in 2007 to Rs334 billion by December 2010

The stock market plunged as the bourse felt regional market tremors on the back of concerns of radiation leaks.

The State Bank of Pakistan has extended by one month the deadline for submission of claims for loan write-offs.

SNGPL was bound to resume full supply from March 16.

Govt decides to transfer their assets to the managements in order to give autonomy to state-run units.

The cash-strapped government is all set to approve five new but essential projects costing Rs64 billion.

The current $1.6 billion trade volume between Pakistan and the UK has vast potential to grow further in coming years.

Board of Investment suggests deregulation of power sector.

They will send delegates and facilitate Pakistani enterprises in UAE.