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Will now give power production contracts through competitive bidding

Says facilitating them will help Pakistan achieve sustainable growth

Sales of high-end smartphones have increased over 400% in 18 months

Currently, they cannot buy the stock that is trading at Rs17.46

Officials at planning ministry say Asif Sheikh is illegally using administrative and financial powers

USAID director says America supports any investment that improves people’s lives

Benchmark edges up 294.54 points to settle at 38,819.95

Qatar Chamber said conference will gather 50 Pakistani businessmen to discuss investment and business opportunities

Clarifies initial tender for 400 mmcfd of gas provided for levellised tariff of $0.66 per mmbtu

109 items, including 37 food items, 64 non-food items, 8 energy efficiency items are being regulated by PSQCA

Highlights role of structural reforms in boosting growth

Ahsan Iqbal says CPEC is in accordance with vision of technology-induced development

Inaugurates first home appliances showroom in Lahore

Exporters say they are now compelled to consume expensive RLNG

Matter may again land in NAB for investigation into undue favour

OGRA rules out link between proposed tariff regime and price movements

Rupee’s fall continues as SBP sits on the bench

SBP governor says movement in exchange rate is in response to current account deficit challenge

Benchmark KSE-100 Index edges up 43.41 points to settle at 38,525.11

Visiting professor says EU tries to propagate sustainable development through trade

Postponement not to have implications for ongoing talks, says IMF official

Signs amended agreement with SSGC to utilise its idle capacity

CPEC will help improve Pakistan’s image in region, domestic markets

CNG body says depreciation is aimed at pleasing IMF, exporters

Power producers have to pay PSO Rs195.5b for fuel supplies

Inflows from Saudi Arabia and UAE continuously declining

Exports during 5-month period increase 10.5%, but foreign shipments into country more than offset surge

Change in import procedure, demand from ride-hailing services contribute to the increase

SECP gives approval whereas interior ministry has been informed about the hiring

Both sides spent considerable time on issue of picking site for industrial zones

SBP says demand and supply is determining rupee-dollar parity

Premier describes hotel in New York as an important historical building owned by state

Benchmark index loses 1.53% to settle at 38,481.70 points

Recently, US-based company shifted low-end jobs from India to Pakistan

Private entities should only be answerable to shareholders

Pakistan stands at 152 out of 163 countries in the Global Peace Index

Import curbs should be done away with to improve supplies.

90% of investment planned in SEZs can come only if estimated number of Chinese companies actually relocate to Pakistan

PFC wanted to educate people about the value of owning fine hand-crafted furniture

Economic pressures persist despite robust exports, manufacturing

Over 80 representatives from Chinese companies expected to be in attendance

Association claims pending amount has increased to Rs205b as of November

Petroleum Division asked to collect Rs2b by imposing levy on imported LPG as well

Political noise takes toll on investors; rupee weakening provides respite on Friday

Govt seems unwilling to accept such a condition as it would hurt its functionality

The theme of this year's conference would be "Unleashing Shared Prosperity through Economic Integration."

This upgrade will provide software enhancements in the form of improved quality, security, reliability

The index for the group stood at 215.13 points against 215.54 in the previous week

A number of sugarcane growers from various parts of the district held protest demonstrations

Central bank borrowed $5.8b from commercial banks to shore up own kitty