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Owing to industrial backwardness, Pakistan faces high wastage, low productivity

Spot market has developed; its prices are now lower than long-term contract prices

This comes despite liberal trade and investment regime, large market

Ms Kamil’s career and extraordinary success are an inspiration to all of our students, says Professor Steven Spier

Crown prince's ambitious economic reform so far is the push to state energy giant Aramco towards a stock market debut

Aramco is the most profitable company globally and the offering could be the world's largest

Production and sale of cars has declined by nearly 40% due to rising interest rate, rupee depreciation

Buoyed by positive developments, investor participation increases 34%

India raises demand to create world’s largest trading bloc

Officials talk about technology-based transit systems

A free trade pact with India has been a long-pending demand from Germany

China had asked the WTO for permission to hit the US with more than $7 billion in tariffs in the case

Demand rises to 4.98m tons against 4.56m tons last year

Officers file petitions to secure right of appearing in competitive examination

Plans to invest $100m more in increasing number of towers in Pakistan

Branch headed by officer of additional inspector general rank and assisted by DIG

Italian envoy says documentation of economy will help country prosper

Receipts are double the amount got in previous year but are lower than estimates

Board member calls for convening meeting to resolve outstanding issues

Schemes include construction of Lahore Ring Road (Southern Loop-III) at cost of Rs10b

Step taken to compete with cheaper imported coils

These include Taunsa hydropower project, North South Gas Pipeline, others

Federal, provincial govts’ combined spending on uplift in first quarter was less than one-tenth of annual allocations

SBP will launch mobile app, install 1m digital access points over next 3 years

Paris deal enjoins nations to limit temperature rises to well below two-degree Celsius

Benchmark index gains 0.51% to settle at 34,377.61

Prices are also supported by China's factory activity that expanded at fastest pace since 2017

Calls on India to withdraw export-contingent subsidies within periods varying from 90 to 180 days

More than 86,000 5G base stations have already entered services in China

Crucial talks would be held between the Ministry of Petroleum and authorities in December 2019

David Malpass says Pakistan stood among the top ten reformers in this year's report

Survey shows handset shipments rise 2% at 366 million units

Imran Khan approves full implementation of VAT regime for all business segments over next three years

Ministry says board has conducted interviews, will send nominations to PM

Anti-tobacco activists lament elimination of mobile app from system

Expects digitisation in collections and payments following completion of project

Shortfall in collection widens to Rs167b in first four months of FY20

Price of LDO comes down to Rs85.33 per litre from Rs91.89

Benchmark index gains 442.27 points to settle at 34,203.68

Central bank cites no reason for improvement

Protracted US-China trade war weighs on demand outlook for oil

China Mobile announces its services are available in 50 cities - including Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen

Qantas was the latest airline to take one of the planes out of the air

Power producers caused additional burden of over Rs7b on power consumers due to generation of expensive electricity

Saudi Arabia’s Al-Tuwairqi Group has filed case in court of arbitration

Earnings per share stand at Rs6.33 in Jul-Sept quarter

Decline comes on back of surge in finance cost

Wheat price may be increased to Rs1,400 per 40 kg

Recommends three schemes of Rs52b to ECNEC

PIA connects more cities to the UAE as it launches flights from Faisalabad and Multan to Dubai