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Pakistan Railways receives Rs54m
There are a total 1,514 manned level crossings with 1,875 still unmanned
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Currency: Rupee gains against dollar
In the long run the rupee has stood firm after experiencing extensive volatility
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Market watch: Dramatic day as KSE-100 recovers to close 117 points down
The benchmark index had plunged over 590 points in intra-day trading
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Private sector encouraged to run freight trains
Plan framed to manufacture electric-diesel engines at PR factory
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‘CPEC a regional opportunity’
Pakistan and India will have to open doors of dialogues and cooperation with each other to find solutions
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Govt forgoes 15% tax to support foreign exchange reserves
Decision comes after foreign commercial banks assisted Pakistan in building reserves
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Lucky Cement inaugurates fifth WHR plant to produce 10MW power
Project has been set up in collaboration with China’s Sinoma Energy Conservation
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PSM cuts jobs to reduce salary expenses
Monthly pay bill comes down to Rs380m from Rs435m
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Punjab tax authorities to keep eyes on incomes of beauty salons
PRA expects rise in revenues after real-time monitoring of business
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China’s mobile app market expands
Country’s 700m internet users help post double-digit growth for three consecutive years
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Currency: Rupee remains stable against dollar
The currency market has fluctuated regularly in recent months with hefty rises and falls on some occasions
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PASDEC to develop stone sector
PASDEC will develop marble and granite sector of Azad Jammu and Kashmir
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OGDC finds new deposits of oil, gas in Sindh
Discovery to have 'meagre earnings per share impact'
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Banks to develop in-house system to fight money laundering
Central bank asks them to exercise care, report suspicious trade transactions
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Stocks take another beating, KSE-100 falls 536 points
Index-heavy oil sector suffers amid falling crude prices
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With robust demand, microfinance market grows 35-40% annually
FINCA Bank CEO says Pakistan is among top five countries doing well in microfinance
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Financing Orange Line – was the solution optimal?
Question is whether we got best deal on project
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Story of Pakistan’s elite wheat
Despite country’s financial woes, govt fails to save money by keeping price of wheat down
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Public-private partnership on CPEC vital for sufficient funding
Comprehensive legal frame work can help improve success ratio of such projects
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LPG companies, regulator engage in unending price row
Industry refuses to accept the price set by OGRA which terms the rate reasonable
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Solar, wind energy prices fall as competition emerges
When competition replaces regulation, tariffs drop drastically
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Indian farmers want to resume selling produce to Pakistan
The demand follows a fall in prices of produce in the region
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Strong US jobs data keeps stock markets humming
Upbeat Wall Street helps Europe hold onto most early gains
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Women Entrepreneurs: Conference held to create awareness
The day-long event was divided into three segments aptly titled ‘Create, Cultivate and Celebrate’
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LPG association to hold conference
Khokhar said participants of the conference would deliberate on a host of issues being faced by the LPG sector
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Index dips 0.9% week-on-week as investors stay on sidelines
Benchmark index closes at 49,192; falling price of crude does the damage
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UBL board reposes confidence in its CEO
The board strongly rejects all rumours being spread on this matter
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World Bank scraps order for Venezuela to pay $1.4 billion
ExxonMobil had sought $12b in compensation over loss from Cerro Negro project
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Expatriates help with FDI for Pakistan
OPS chairman says Pakistanis abroad want to witness a fully developed nation
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PPIB calls power producers to settle payment row
They will meet on March 13 to resolve outstanding bill, other issues
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MCB privatisation case: NAB wants SC to overrule LHC’s verdict
Accountability body requests top court to allow it to proceed with inquiry
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Pakistan will be paying China $90b against CPEC-related projects
Brokerage house says expected return on investment to be 40% amid inclusion of more projects in CPEC
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White men an 'endangered species' in UK boardrooms: Tesco chairman
Allan said he was a strong advocate of diversity and regretted if his remarks had given the opposite impression
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Pakistan’s trade deficit reaches record high
Reaches $20.2b for the highest eight-month deficit in country’s history
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Treatment plants: KCCI offers to play role of mediator
Decision comes in light of tensions between SEPA, Karachi’s industrialists
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PSX asks for rationalising capital gains tax on stock sale
Demands tax incentives in an attempt to shore up capital market
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OGRA supports oil quality testing by independent lab
Petroleum firms float this proposal as they doubt test results of state-run HDIP
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Local automobile sales down 7.5%
Excluding sales under Punjab Taxi Scheme, auto sector sees growth
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PSX welcomes four board directors from China
Quartet, who have 40% stake, replace members from SECP
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Stocks continue to bleed, index ends below 49,200
Benchmark KSE 100-share Index falls 0.41% or 200.69 points
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TDAP organises Pakistan-Belarus business forum
Republic of Belarus Minister of Industry Vitaly Vovk attended the forum along with other business delegates
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Govt unveils first-ever Rs40,000 prize bond
The launch may also provide an impetus to the national savings
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Remittances from Saudi, Gulf countries decline 14.9%
Total worker receipts amount to $1.48b in February, down 6.9%
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SECP says role of audit firm also under scrutiny
Move comes as regulator looks to tighten screws on illegal trading activities
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PARC approves 12 research projects
Funds would be provided from agricultural research endowment fund to promote research and development activities
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Week-On-Week: SPI rises 0.66%
The index for the group stood at 212 points against 210.73 in the previous week
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Currency: Rupee remains stable against dollar
The currency market has fluctuated regularly in recent months with hefty rises and falls on some occasions
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Chinese company secures funds for Karot, wind power projects
China Three Gorges is working on both projects costing around $2b
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Pak-China partnership:Dasu power project to create 8,000 jobs for locals
Though a difficult project, it will improve livelihoods in Pakistan
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Saudi bank, in which Pakistan has stake, proposes 30% capital rise
Bank AlJazira will raise capital from 4b to 5.2b riyals

















































