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Benchmark increases 0.99% to close at 46,560.82

Blames continuously depleting gas reserves in country

Local traders said that the present regime has no right to approve the next budget for 2018-19

Approves launch of technology in areas of five districts

PM expected to make a formal announcement after chairing EAC meeting today

Also proposes a bailout package of Rs3.4b to rescue loss-making state-run utility

Commerce minister discusses ways to increase country’s exports with LCCI

Directs PSO to start purchasing fuel oil for supply to power plants

Exports started improving in February 2018 and have continued to improve in March 2018

FBR data shows Rs102 billion was transferred last tax year

Benchmark gains 90.27 points to close at 46,103.61

It was earlier being imported from China

List includes electronics, aircraft, parts, satellites, medicine, machinery and other goods

A local workshop owner Abdul Rehman informed that demand of the machines has increased

High coal prices, rupee devaluation also behind price hike

Wang agreed to relocate ceramic industries from Zibo in a bid to share the global demand of ceramics products

Says will leave foreign exchange reserves at comfortable level for next govt

Minister insists govt taking initiatives to build trust between taxpayers and govt

EPS stands at Rs10.69 for 2017

Sponsors have extended FFC guarantee of $82m to help meet debt requirement

Pervaiz Malik says rupee devaluation, uninterrupted power supply have helped

Aide to prime minister says rates of withholding taxes will increase

Credit line will help entrepreneurs set up small businesses

Benchmark gains 0.59% to close at 46,013.34

ICCI president calls on government to focus on introducing a fixed tax

Separate cell has been set up to facilitate consumers

Dismisses agitation on the part of Sindh and Balochistan governments

Increases tariffs by up to 25% on 128 US goods with effect from Monday

Since December, the rupee has cumulatively shed close to 9% of its value

Water availability falls due to population growth, depleting storage capacity

The bank declared Rs 1.64 billion after tax profit for the year ended December 31, 2017

The feeling is of space and privacy which will give a select group of people the homes they have always dreamt of

CM to write to PM for refund of amount deducted in name of withholding, sales tax

Offers to bring $100 billion from undocumented to formal economy

The President’s Secretariat would get roughly Rs1 billion and the PM Office budget will also be close to Rs1 billion

Despite increase in money supply, petroleum prices and duties on imported goods figure remains low

Benchmark gains 181.13 points to close at 45,741.43

Experts say due to its medicinal properties, demand for tropical plant has increased worldwide

Produced across 50,000 acres in South Punjab

With increased standards of living, it is crucial to invest and amass wealth

Must devise ways to make effective use of water for power, crop production

Country needs liberalised import regime to enhance exports, but it is missing

First few storage projects may be undertaken by major state-owned gas producers

US President Donald Trump is preparing to impose tariffs of more than $50 billion on Chinese goods

The field was the first to be discovered in the Gulf and the first to start production

Pakistan’s exports to the UK witnessed an eight percent increase during the calendar year of 2017

Being an agricultural economy, Pakistan is heavily dependent on water resources

Move expected to encourage foreign firms to expand domestic manufacturing base

Could not develop Sindh’s Kandra field, seeks revision in rules to avoid lease cancellation

Report blames central bank again for ‘irregularities’ in amalgamation