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SECP has announced that no trading in listed term finance certificates (TFCs).

Says higher crop prices have jacked up farmers income.

New managing director, Nadeem Khan Yousufzai has assured PIA employees of better facilities and full-benefits.

The Danish company will be importing around 800 tons of dates every year, carrying a total value of $650,000.

Incentives offered include liberal investment regime, terminal for storage.

Total potato production for the year is estimated to be 2.3m tons and with domestic consumption around 1.6m tons.

The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) benchmark 100-share index ended 1.1 per cent or 131.75 points higher at 12,077.84.

This was the second consecutive price reduction in the last two weeks.

Pakistan rules out treaty without a condition of getting cashable financial guarantees on Kabul-bound goods.

Genuine gratitude goes a long way in engaging people and binding them together.

Damage can be reduced with the help of fibre glass, protective quoting.

Two vessels with a combined length of 350 metres berthed simultaneously at the jetty of FAP Terminal.

Industrial policy to be announced by June-end.

Declares 15% bonus shares, paid-up capital rises to Rs8bn.

Borrowing limit for plant and machinery enhanced from Rs1bn to Rs5bn.

Cost of sales stays lower than sales.

Targets maximum utilization and high market penetration.

Competition leads to more discounted products.

Benchmark KSE-100 index crawls up three points.

Inconsistent policies to discourage new entrants in industry.

Fertilizer and energy subsidiaries expected to be the backbone of the surge.

India takes a step towards financial inclusion with the creation of a new index compliant with Islamic law.

Facebook may be eyeing a move into mainland China, assuming authorities lift a ban on it.

A sharp rise in food prices in international markets has made production of essential crops important.

Nokia CEO Stephen Elop recently sends out a heart-felt memo to the company asking for radical changes.

The Planning Commission of Pakistan recently released a document that outlines new growth framework for the economy.

The new mobile computing medium is the smartphone; it came and saw and it conquered the computer.

Government borrowing from the central bank in countries like Pakistan is nothing but equivalent to printing notes.

Industry asked to focus on quality instead of quantity.

Turbine installed at Daman-e-Koh peak.

New evidence contradicts the telecom watchdog's claims.

Custom officials, importers and clearing agents were involved in the racket.

Mill loses Rs 100 billion in revenues as sales decrease.

Benchmark 100-index plummets 3.8% as Raymond Davis case and Moody's rating create panic at the bourse.

Norwegian investors eye housing, IT, oil and gas sectors.

Authorised capital to rise 50 per cent to Rs15 billion.

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) registered 323 companies in January.

Regulatory framework ranked best in the world.

Finnish giant gives up Symbian, opts for Microsoft platform.

Punjab receiving 1,950 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) of gas while the demand is 2,142 mmcfd.

Moody’s says fiscal deficit likely to cross target.

Karachi Stock Exchange benchmark 100-share index ended two per cent or 244.13 points lower at 11,943.34.

New accord provides mechanism to address unauthorised trade.

High remittances, forex reserves and exports lend support.

IFC agrees to help construct wheat silos in Punjab with a capacity to hold 800,000 tons

Project extended for six months, $130m already spent.

Nokia announces it is going to use Microsoft’s new Windows Phone OS as its main software platform.

Incompetence, not over-staffing, the main reason for losses: Baluch.

Money flow increases as overseas Pakistanis opt for legal channels.

Twenty eight billion rupees were spent last year with telecoms industry taking the lead.