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Bailout: Govt promises guarantees for fresh Pakistan Steel loans
The mill seeks Rs6b from banks to buy raw material and stay afloat.
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Cabinet committee: Electricity supply of 34,000 defaulters disconnected
Special cabinet panel to verify the figure due to power ministry’s previous dubious record.
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Popularity vs stability: To stay afloat, rupee may trim some flab
Pakistani authorities ‘conceptually agree’ to devalue rupee against the US dollar.
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Helping hand: Wheat support price increased by 10 per cent
Decision does not apply to provinces, Punjab criticises rate hike.
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FBR to examine tax returns to catch non-filers
Returns filed so far are lower than last year’s figure.
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Bowing to pressure: Govt exempts importers from 5% sales tax
Three tax decisions withdrawn in less than four months.
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Loans to small borrowers: Improve access to credit, IMF urges Pakistan
Visiting official prescribes lowering of banking spreads, discouraging preferential access to loans.
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Expanded Programme on Immunisation: PM orders review into damning report
Report claimed that vaccines for infants caused death and disabilities.
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Parliamentary panel rejects complete shift to free trade
Says hoarding denies the full benefit of fall in prices to consumers.
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Vaccine-nation: ‘Globally-supported company is funding fatal polio shots’
PM inspection committee condemns vaccines funded by the Global Alliance for Vaccination and Immunisation.









