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Gold price soars to one-month peak at Rs105,500 per tola

Express concern over Pakistan’s growing debt

Brent, WTI crude benchmarks are on track for second consecutive weekly gains

PIDE says civil servants getting huge benefits without proper disclosure

Programme will help enhance Pakistan’s trade diversification, integration into global value chains

Banks to stay open during holidays

Power Construction Corp of China got the $354.6m contract

SBP governor, finance minister discuss features of new credit scheme for small businesses

Closes at Rs152.6 against dollar as remittances rise in Ramazan

Decrease comes due to payment of $1b worth of commercial loan

Eats up 82% of govt revenues, prompting steep cut in development budget

KCCI president requested the FBR to extend date in larger interest of the revenue board and business community

Shares plunged after US President Joe Biden backed a proposed waiver for intellectual property rights

All commercial activities in the province will be suspended from Sunday onwards, says minister Nasir Shah

Market weighed down by rising Covid-19 infections in India and elsewhere

Benchmark index gains 231.06 points to close at 45,174.67

Decrease comes due to payment of $1b worth of commercial loan

Growing gap poses challenge to govt that wants to kick-start economy

Chaudry called on the government to keep the wheel of the economy running

Calls for setting up commission to investigate windfall gains made by importers

Pakistan and the US enjoy a long-term, broad-based and multi-dimensional relationship

Brent crude was up $0.8, or 1.2%, at $69.68 a barrel at 1630 GMT

Trade representative says resolving issue will be important for future of US-EU ties

Denmark-based company says not enough ships to meet surge in demand

Says govt is working to provide competitive and fair business environment

Reviews possibility of takeover, suspension of additional power supplies

Bike segment registering strong demand due to drastic cut in financing cost

Total number of investors stands at 252,322 by end of April 2021

Benchmark index rises 380.02 points to close at 44,943.61

Crude oil prices also got support from a large fall in US inventories

Country will also pay $3.8b to external creditors during last quarter of current fiscal

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Economic czar unveils plan to spur growth

Boards of KSE-100 companies include people close to these families

Minister says takeover of liabilities conditional on bringing private management

Gives priority to agriculture, directs farmers should be facilitated more

Energy minister expresses satisfaction over progress on TAPI gas pipeline

Major carriers will conduct trials in urban, rural and semi-urban areas

Mainstreams digital currencies by bringing them to trading floors of Wall Street

Total sales reach 4.94m tons in April 2021 against 3.52m tons in April last year

Directs railways ministry, PPP Authority to review progress every month

Prospect of pick-up in fuel demand offsets concern over India’s Covid-19 situation

Benchmark KSE-100 index surges 487.39 points to close at 44,563.59

He termed improvement in Pakistan’s ranking in the Ease of Doing Business (EODB) Index a major win for BOI

rupee strengthened against the US dollar at Rs153.3

Appeals for govt subsidy on high air and sea freight rates

Earnings of 94 firms clock-in at record high of Rs243 billion in Jan-Mar quarter

Cautions govt if payments are held back, tractor parts makers will face trouble

Aims to encourage manufacturers, suppliers of transformers, cables, etc

Anti-corruption watchdog questions tax exemptions for $1.6b project