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Senior metallurgist calls for setting up smelters, refineries in Balochistan

Falling exports and foreign currency reserves worry businessmen

Large law firms can rake in $100m in legal fees during long-running bankruptcy case

Grants will be spent on road, electricity schemes of govt’s coalition partners

Total dispatches stand at 4m tons in Nov against 4.8m tons in same period of last year

SBP governor reaffirms support to Shariah-compliant banking, digital transformation

Govt proposed 300% hike in gas prices, but it could not be adopted

Trade between two countries crosses €800 million

It will also review budget proposals, possibility of making FBR autonomous entity

Pakistan scheduled to pay foreign debt, debt servicing cost of $26b in 12 months

Report says inflationary crisis reducing purchasing power of middle class

Industry insiders believe EV will enter rapid development phase in near future

New guidelines will apply to opening of fresh and carryover letters of credit

Ministry of Planning has a plan for strategic initiatives, reforms called 5Es

It will analyse, detect and timely respond to data breach threats

Experts term move positive development for earnings of oil companies

SBP cites debt repayment as reason for decrease in reserves

Banks inject Rs215 billion into govt papers at sharply higher rate of return

Decision to hold Dec 4 meeting virtually signals little likelihood of policy change

Promotion of renewable energy will reduce consumer tariff, imports, says Dastgir

Govt appreciated for withdrawing SBP, NBP appeals against FSC decision

Diesel rate should have been cut by Rs11.95 per litre, but govt did not revise it

Prices were up 0.8% in November from previous month, says Pakistan Bureau of Statistics

Collects Rs2.69tr in Jul-Nov due to enforcement measures, income tax growth

Merricks alleges Mastercard charged excessive ‘interchange’ fees

Benchmark KSE-100 index falls 24.96 points to settle at 42,348.63

Chinese technology can help in growing high yield fruit

Appreciation in real effective exchange rate may widen current account deficit

Seeks additional information, details of revived development projects

Lack of quality mass transportation favours ride-hailing service to widen network

Economic outlook report says expenditure will remain higher due to floods

Long-term agreement will provide two million tonnes LNG annually to Germany

Pakistan planned on importing Russian oil in line with the price cap set by the US

Consumers will get relief of Rs3.3b under fuel cost adjustment for Oct

Dar expected to maintain existing oil prices for the first two weeks of December

ECC also approves subsidy of Rs3.6 per unit for agriculture tube wells

Currency stabilises after receipt of fresh loan worth $500 million from AIIB

Installed capacity of such high efficiency projects stands at 6,570MW

Six-month Kibor increased by 91 basis points from 15.9% on Friday

Key stakeholders say SBP’s decision will reduce trust, investment flows

Stresses on new dams, water conservation to improve situation

Delegation of Chinese enterprises will visit Pakistan for in-depth field investigation

At least 100,000 tons may be exported that will fetch $53 million

Energy firms will make minimum investment of $65m in first three years

Islamabad to enter import deal on terms similar to those agreed by New Delhi

Minister says Punjab to increase production by 4-5 maunds per acre on a total of 16.5 million acres

Arrival of China’s manufacturers will drive industrial modernisation

Weakened demand out of China could reduce oil output

Islamabad seeks fuel import deal with Moscow on terms similar to those agreed by New Delhi

If government delays decision any further, it will face a triple whammy