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Vegetable exports have recorded a decline in the vicinity of $16 million to date as a result of losses.

The company announced a final dividend of Rs10 per share for the year ended June 30, 2010.

The ministry of special initiatives has immediately sought Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani’s intervention.

All car assemblers including Indus Motor, Pak Suzuki and Honda Atlas have announced quarterly or full-year results.

TCC has submitted its feasibility study to the government of Balochistan, seeking mining licences.

Devastating floods wash away grain stocks and raise concerns about the next crop.

(WB) delegation, headed by Carlos Silvani, is expected to arrive in Pakistan on September 14.

As soon as an IT professional attains experience, he feels consumed by the need of finding a high-paying job.

The market opened the week in the negative as investors preferred to stay on the sidelines.

The donation will be given to a humanitarian organisation operating in the country called CARE.

It is not uncommon to hear about relief attempts being hampered due to insufficient logistical planning.

More and more businesses worldwide are contracting out functions that were previously thought to be important.

What is most important is to invest some resources in analysing the flood path with areas that are low lying.

The recent transit trade agreement with Afghanistan goes in Pakistan’s favour.

Pakistan will not be able to recover in one year, so it may allocate resources every year to gradually reduce losses.

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Devastation of economic and social fabric due to floods demands international and local collaboration for survival.

Pakistani banks appear to be little concerned about matters such as their fiduciary duty to their depositors.

Activity in cotton exchanges has declined while the extent of damage to cotton crops is still largely unknown.

Companies have been provided an opportunity to get themselves regularised by filing their overdue returns.

The auditor general of Pakistan has been stopped from contacting taxpayers directly by the FBR.

IMF has said that there is a possibility of providing emergency financing to Pakistan.

When Irfan Qureshi took over as MD, PSO last year, the nation’s largest oil marketing company was in dire straits.

Investor sentiments hit rock bottom on possibility that the margin financing product might be delayed indefinitely.

Out of the total of 76,564 acres of land used for rice cultivation, 54,665 acres were simply washed away.

The government had decided to consider the services of PIA’s pilots under a new ordinance to avoid a go-slow policy.

Businessmen all over Pakistan have rejected the recent increase of 26 paisa in power tariff.

GRMs are down 60 per cent to $1.5-1.8 per barrel in August compared with the preceding month.

It was decided to revive the convertible bonds proposal to strengthen Public Sector Enterprises and generate revenue.

Average spreads enjoyed by banks in the country stood at 7.6 per cent last month.

The decision was taken to ensure the protection of consumers and dissuade the formation of cartels.

PTCL's net profit increased 1.56 per cent to Rs9.29b in financial year 2010 but it failed to meet market expectation.

Investors remained largely at bay in local equity markets as the KSE registered a nominal increase of 14 points.

FBR has sought documents related to sales and margins on petroleum products in a bid to resolve the turnover tax issue

The net profit fell 2.8 per cent to Rs1.08 billion against Rs1.11 billion posted in the same period last year.

A decision not to export would add to weather-related cuts in wheat available to the international market.

The decision was taken after the net equity of the KESC finished at a negative Rs 525 million.

The company also did not declare any dividends, according to a notice sent to the stock exchange.

A lack of infrastructure and absence of proper incentives by the federal government are chiefly to blame.

Foreign direct investment has plunged even further by over 40 per cent in 2009-10.

Pakistan has lost at least 725,000 tonnes of wheat in the country's worst flooding in 80 years.

ICI Pakistan beat analyst expectation as the company reported an increase in net profit on Thursday.

FBR has decided that the 10 per cent capital gains tax will be applicable on day trading of equities.

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Pakistan will receive $23 million from Japan for the improvement of sewerage and water supply system in Punjab.

Stocks went up slightly on Thursday after the market fell consecutively during the first three days of the week.

The company’s profits fell even though revenue went up by more than 17 per cent.

Cotton farmers have expressed fears over a possible attack of a disease on the crop due to heavy rains.

Lotte Pakistan PTA net profit surged 80 per cent to Rs2.18 billion in the first half of the current year.