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BP assets: Going once, going twice... Sold!
United Energy Group beats OGDC-PPL joint bid to acquire company’s local assets.
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CNG stations: SSGC shuts supply for two days a week
Sui Southern Gas Company decides to shut supply in Sindh and Balochistan for two days per week.
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Textile sector: Losses amount to million dollars per day
Supply of gas to textile industries in Faisalabad remained suspended for five days.
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‘Banking sector has high standards’
Investment opportunities exist but political instability a hurdle, says expert.
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Economy faces grave challenges: Kardar
SBP officials had wanted more than 0.5% interest rate hike.
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BP assets: OGDCL-PPL bid significantly lower
PPL out, OGDCL hanging on by matching rights.
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Nishat Mills likely to sell 10% stake in AES Pak Gen
Company set to gain at least Rs6 per share.
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Jiabao’s visit: Agreements worth $400-500m expected
Pakistan may also get greater access to Chinese markets.
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Gas supply to Punjab industries to remain uncertain till March 15
Industrialists condemn ‘discrimination’, predict worsening of economic crisis.
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Market watch: Stocks fall as investors sell
The stock market fell on Monday due to selling in key oil and banking stocks ahead of a long weekend.
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Cotton: Pakistan, US join hands to combat deadly virus
Project will also look to protect proprietary rights of seed companies.
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TAPI: Gas reserves audit completed
Federal minister reveals details of gas pipeline agreement.
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Getting a job: Degrees of separation
Is everyone who graduates from a university the same in every way? No. So what would make you hire-able over others?
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Media watch: Economic deals
Media discusses various economic deals Pakistan made in the last few days locally and internationally.
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Talking business
If it weren’t for Moody's, we would never have found out banks are vulnerable to ‘an event risk in B3 sovereign level’
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The week in focus
Microfinance services are an important tool to improve livelihood of poor and marginalised segments of the population.
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Alternate view: How to scare away foreign investors
Why the uproar surrounding Reko Diq is unjustified.
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Online financial services: The post-WikiLeaks attacks
Denial of service attacks are the simplest offensive available to hackers.
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Winter clothing: Prices continue to rise as mercury drops
Traders tap Vietnam, Bangladesh for supplies, switch to cheaper modes of transport.
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Investment: Islamabad power utility to get listed on London bourse
Shares of the Islamabad Electric Supply Company will be listed on the stock exchange in the next 45 days.
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Calling it quits: One down for finance ministry
PM accepts Saqib Sherani’s resignation submitted on November 23.
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Car sales drop in November as buyers hold out for better deals
Analysts expect trend to continue during the current month.
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‘SMEs should focus on future markets to expand’
Moot discusses innovation in local entrepreneurial system.
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Remittances rise 25% to $926.9 million
Continual rise seen in inflows. $225.75m remitted from United Arab Emirates in November.
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Fibre optic cable: Internet to speed up
Third submarine cable linking country to Europe launched commercially.
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Weekly review: KSE-100 continues to surprise, climbs 1.9%
Oil and banking sectors perform while textile and automobile stumble.
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Foreign assistance vital for water sector
Ffinancial assistance vital for development.
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Tannery Zone gets street lights after 35 years
PTA with help of Korangi Industrial and Trading Estate Limited install street lights.
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Cane purchase receipts may be upgraded to promissory notes
The federal government is considering giving cane purchase receipts the status of legal tender.
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India rejects EU social clauses
Supports aid, opposes tariff cuts for Pakistan.
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Refinery: Capacity utilisation improves to 69 per cent
The utilisation of refinery capacity increased to 69 per cent.
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Business school: Curricula need revamping
Report presents recommendations for greater cooperation with firms, industry.
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Market watch: Bulls return amid eight-month high volumes
KSE-100 up 51 points, 233m shares traded.
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Banking sector: Moody’s downgrades big five
Government lending drags down ratings of ABL, HBL, MCB, NBP and UBL.
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Only five initial public offerings this year
All IPO prices have dipped since launch.
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Pakistan set to export 3.5m tons of wheat
Punjab, federation differ on wheat production and consumption.
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President leaves for Turkmenistan
Indian PM not likely to attend signing of Tapi pipeline deal.
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Bid rejected
PPL expected to be more affected than OGDCL: analyst.
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KSE: SECP terms appointment of acting MD ‘not valid’
Tussle on KSE board continues.
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Mobile Wallets: Future phones
Companies worldwide are introducing mobile wallets that store money in cell phones instead of bank accounts.
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Crucial projects: Pakistan to import railway locomotives from US
Riko Deq gold-copper project also gets Ecnec’s green light.
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Telecom: Towers to be installed in Punjab’s agricultural areas
PBIT facilitates leading telecommunication companies in resolving expansion issues..
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IMF meeting: Loan tranche not on agenda
Pakistan’s case for approval of next loan tranche of $1.7 billion not on the agenda of IMF.
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Forex reserves ease to $16.39 billion
Rupee, overnight rates flat as foreign reserves fall.
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Wateen finds replacement for its first CEO
Naeem Zamindar confirmed in a board meeting held December 8.
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Takeover: OGDCL submits joint bid for BP assets
Analysts estimate assets to be worth up to $690 million.
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South Korea provides $180m in soft loans
Funds to be utilised in infrastructure, health, education and energy among other sectors.
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Stock market falls on profit-taking
Karachi Stock Exchange benchmark 100-share index ended 0.52% or 60.84 points lower at 11,569.09.
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Pakistan Steel Mills: Ten companies interested in expansion
PSM looking to increase capacity from 1.1m tons to 1.5m tons per annum.
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Report highlights need to formulate comprehensive industrial policy
Study on LSM sector conducted by FPCCI, Institute of Business Management.