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Regulatory support: SECP gives nod of approval to new book-building laws
Offer size will not be less than 25m shares, curbs placed on consolidated bids
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Market watch: Bulls dominate as index goes past 34,000
Benchmark 100-share index rises 208.42 points
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Threat of zero production: PSM says gas shortage causing damage to furnaces
Administration says all efforts to normalise production being eradicated
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Pakistan can export 50,000 tons of rice to the Philippines
Imports will be levied with 35% tariff to be paid in advance to Land Bank
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July-May: Profit repatriation amounts to $1.38b
Increases 19.5% compared to the same period previous year
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Articles of association: Framework for China-led AIIB signed
Representatives of 57 founding members participating including Ishaq Dar
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Public Sector Development Programme: Govt releases Rs437b against the approved Rs525b
Cut in spending meant to meet IMF condition of restricting deficit to 4.9% of GDP.
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Merkel ready for new Greece talks 'after referendum'
Merkel says if "capability to find compromises is lost, then Europe is lost"
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China doubles 4G users to 201m in six months
China Mobile added 80 million 4G connections in the first five months of the year
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WTO initiative: The actual impact of aid for trade
A closer look into donor interventions and its results
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Diagnosis: Expanding the economic pie
Country’s hidden export potential offers the much-needed ingredients.
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New appointment: Engro Foods brings foreign expert on board
It sparks talk of stake sale to foreign buyer, launch of new product
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Economically unviable: Metro Bus - a white elephant painted red
Though reliable, fast and respectable, it leaves much to be desired
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Winning the battle against heat and electricity shortage
Jatropha Curcas crop promises to be a cheap source of biodiesel
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Deepening partnership: Pakistan looks to Russia for satiating energy demand
They are likely to sign $2b deal for laying an LNG pipeline from Karachi to Lahore
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A tough road ahead
With a little over half of the total $6.6-billion loan already been utilised, the road ahead is the toughest yet
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Game theory: The science of strategic decision-making
Businesses using the theory to help make pricing, product, merger and acquisition decisions
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ACE Securities debacle: Claim verification ‘almost complete’
Initial payments will be made after process is complete.
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SAARC: CCI Stress on better Pak-India ties to enhance trade
Private sector can play key role in promoting viable and sustainable trade.
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Bank of Khyber board chairman removed
Step taken after he ignored calls to put off board meeting.
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Division: PayPal-eBay break-up set for July
Plan calls for the distribution of PayPal stock to eBay shareholders on July 17.
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Greek drama weighs on US stocks
Country’s imminent exit from eurozone affecting equity markets abroad.
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July-May: Rs48b spent on Karachi’s nuclear power plants
Money came through China; plants have generation capacity of 2,117MW.
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Greece on the brink after Europe refuses bailout
The most dramatic day in the five-month crisis saw long lines of people queuing at cash machines in Greece
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Literally a black market: Tyre smuggling leaving a hole in the economy
Sector heavily dependent on imports, gives lucrative opportunity for illegal activity.
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Weekly review: Politics and year-end selling drag KSE-100 down by 641 points
Institutional and foreign selling were witnessed as fiscal year draws to a close.
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KCCI wants removal of service tax on indenters
Says industries and businesses have and will move out of Sindh.
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Bilateral ties: Germany, Pakistan going strong
Envoy speaks on the success of Pakistani exports to the EU .
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Poultry sector: Prices to normalise soon
Price of live chicken in the retail market has reached Rs170 per kilo in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi.
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Pakistan operations: Meezan Bank agrees to acquire HSBC Bank Oman
Acquisition expected to materialise in the second half of 2015.
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Trade opportunities: Exports to Russia
TDAP is organising a high-level trade delegation of Pakistan Agro Food producers to Russian Federation
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Bank of Khyber: K-P minister opposes election of new board members
Three new members are from a major private sector shareholder.
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Fertiliser sales go up 10%
Production jumps to 2.87m tons, compared to 2.6m tons in previous year.
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GSP: US likely to implement zero duty on Pakistani mangoes
Will increase volume of fruit being exported currently at 10 per cent duty
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Halal meat: Industry baffled over tax exemption measure
Certification requirement redundant: official.
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NEPRA’s decisions: Power consumption gets cheaper by Rs1.86 per unit
Electricity consumers, however, would have to pay 76 paisa per unit as GIDC
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Unable to implement reforms: Pakistan gets less-than-projected foreign assistance
Receives $4.3b, 57% of the budgeted amount of $7.44b
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Market watch: Index slips below 34,000 points
Benchmark 100-share index falls 193 points.
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Seventh review: IMF approves $506m loan tranche for Pakistan
This is the eighth loan tranche to be released by IMF, which is expected to arrive by next week
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Feeling the heat, Taliban threatens K-Electric against power outages
Banned outfit responsible for killing thousands of innocent civilians attempts to win over Karachiites’
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Fuel-ing: Pakistan Petroleum stocks sufficient, says DG
Says government is intensifying oil and gas exploration activities.
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Govt faces humiliation over CIB Bill again
Senate committee hands back document, delay may create problems with WB loan.
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Assessment: Three foreign mission positions vacant
Officers eye seats in Geneva, Brussels, Washington.
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Pressure difference: Gas reduction hitting PSM hard
For more than two weeks now SSGCL has reduced the natural gas pressure of PSM to as low as 0.95-1 kg/cm2
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Pak-Afghan: Trade discrepancies decreased, need to do more
Amount fell to $1b in 2014 from $2.9b in 2010 after new transit trade agreement.
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Dominant players: CCP initiates inquiry into price increase
Auto assemblers come under scanner of anti-trust watchdog.
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German wholesale giant evaluating smaller cities for expansion
German wholesale giant’s two-year venture so far off the radar.
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Foreign exchange SBP’s reserves reach $12.316b
Total liquid foreign reserves held by the country, including net reserves held by non-SBP banks, stood at $17,457.1m
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Tracking the conflict: Business Express starts sending legal notices to Railways
Management irked at non-compliance with agreement
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No liability: Govt refuses to pay capacity charges to RPPs
Under revised policy, agreement will be strictly on take-and-pay basis