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Worker unrest in Chinese factory disrupts global supplies

Customs denies allegations, calling it attempt to malign senior officers

Urban development to improve quality of life, help boost competitiveness

Urges SBP to reduce policy rate to single digits, ease cost of doing business

Call for better pay ahead of busiest shopping days

Pakistan hopes to get Chinese loan, along with AIIB funds, to repay $1b Sukuk

It will help ease looming gas crisis in country

Rate down as regulatory duty on EVs expired on November 21, 2022

48% of the rural population is now online, YouTube popular among 78% of them

Over 70 projects worth Rs65b are underway in far-flung areas

Central Bank governor says forex reserves will not take a hit from the debt repayment

Experts, market surveys anticipate the policy rate to remain unchanged at 15%

Senate panel expressed concern over incomplete transaction of fertiliser company

Delay in settling tax cases causing a huge revenue loss

Currency drops 0.05% to new six-week low at 223.92

Decision criticised, cap demanding a green light for all three proposals

Thin forex reserves hamper move amid warning diesel stocks may dry up

Extreme weather, water scarcity eat into citrus fruit production

Educational collaboration, B2B meetings with private sector can bolster trade

GSMA Asia-Pacific head says inability to attract investment is a major bottleneck

People smashed surveillance cameras, clashed with security personnel as hundreds of workers protested

Decrease comes due to external debt repayment

Refineries in Pakistan have expressed their willingness to produce petroleum products from Russian crude oil

Asset sales bring proceeds of $11b, but could not ensure efficiency, competition

Says taxes impacting growth of IT sector as well

Company accused of committing Rs10b fraud under subsidy scheme

Production costs are estimated at around $20 per barrel

Financial exclusion, high use of cash remain major problems, says SBP chief

Sindh produces over 50% with exports of around 70%, but floods, neglect put industry in danger

It will help enhance Pakistan’s ranking on Ease of Doing Business Index

Calls for holding project committee meeting, swift initiation of work

Falls 0.17% to six-week low at Rs223.81 to a dollar

Imposition of regulatory duty will provide protection to local manufacturers

Decries manipulation, writes to SBP for compensation to save industries

Alliance’s move outweighs recession, Covid concerns

Project to cost €1.5 million, aims to improve food security and cut imports

Organising trade development conference in Johannesburg

Pakistan’s default risk worsens to record high at 123% in global market

Nomura says score over 100 indicates 64% chance of crisis

Car sales drop by 47% as prevailing uncertainty prevents further investment

Hydropower plant closed since July 2022, robs national grid of 950MW

CDS spikes by 30 percentage points in a week to 93% ahead of debt repayment

Will not give nod until surplus stocks of sweetener are verified

Says ill-planned gas chart giving priority to domestic consumers is main cause for economic issues

Output increase of 500,000 barrels per day was under discussion for next OPEC meeting

Industry body laments delay in refund payment orders

CAD stood at $567 million in Oct 2022 compared to $1.78 billion last year

Delhi’s fertiliser imports from Moscow surged 371% to a record 2.15 million tonnes

Public gas utility projects revenue shortfall of Rs184.88 billion

It includes six LNG trains to ramp up Qatar’s liquefaction capacity to 126 million tonnes per year by 2027