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Mergers & acquisitions: PARCO to join PSO bid for Pakistan Refinery
Analysts question the wisdom of buying what is described as ‘a piece of junk’.
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Confusion reigns: Govt scares meat exporters with talk of ban
Initial commerce ministry handout suggested a ban may have already been enforced before clarification of...
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Initial public offering: Analysts rate Engro Foods a ‘long-term buy’
Sceptics warn of high premium, optimists point to strong revenue growth.
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Middle market race: Meezan Bank outgrows niche player status
Bank remains wedded to Islamic heritage, but focuses on competing as a full-service bank.
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Blue-chip woes: Was Enven a strategic mistake?
The market seems jittery about Engro’s $1.1b bet on expanding its fertiliser business.
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AJK Elections: An unsurprising result
Preliminary returns show PPP winning simple majority in the AJK Legislative Assembly.
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Employment survey: Urban professionals feel underpaid
Pakistani urban professionals appear to think that their lives are better than their peers.
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Budget 2012: Sindh mixes populist pandering with institutional reform
Police stations to be given their own budgets; health gets 40% more than last year.
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Budget coverage misses the mark: What on earth is ‘relief’?
Journalists continue to focus on the wrong issues when covering the economy.
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Dare we dream of reforms?
On Friday the minister laid out his agenda which was ambitious to say the least.