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During the week, average prices of 17 items rose in a selected basket of goods

Cumulatively, the rupee has lost 31.8% of its value in the last 12 months

Thar Energy will consume domestic lignite coal

Government would take drastic steps to develop the capital market and promote investment, said Ismail

Minister says work on CPEC accelerated and scope expanded to cover diverse areas

Directs CAA to set up advance mechanism for resolving issues

Country may have to borrow $4.5b from foreign banks to meet financing requirement of $22b for FY19

Insists increase in taxes will not reduce cigarette consumption in Pakistan

Bank says it is already financing three projects in Pakistan that are under the umbrella of both CPEC and CAREC

Provinces fail to conduct due diligence for laying transmission lines

Benchmark index increases 14.52 points to settle at 38,251.04

Demands US withdraw accusations against two Chinese citizens indicted for hacking

European shares open negative following in footsteps of US, Asian markets

Omer Ayub Khan tells NA that 10,000 people will be hired to overcome shortage of meter readers, other technical staff

Details to emerge if Islamabad is to get financing on one-go or tranches

PML-N president vows to uphold high standards of fair and equitable accountability

Bringing Effie awards to Pakistan is a proud moment for the entire industry says PAS chairman

Referring to a news story titled “Auditors term OGRA chairperson’s hiring illegal”

With nearly 500 musicians coming together to pay tribute

To provide a secure and reliable service for e-commerce and m-commerce transactions

Will facilitate expansion of bilateral trade and economic ties

Chairman Khalid Mirza says it is important to simplify and reduce cost of doing business

MoU will attract investment in SEZs, relocation of Chinese industrial units

Sets aside environmental concerns of Balochistan govt

Nadeem Ahmad also goes on foreign trip; company secretary says Pakistan’s law does not apply to the fund

The firms are interested in participating in upcoming bidding for new blocks

Britain expresses interest in participating in CPEC

Pakistan’s public debt likely to swell from existing Rs26tr to Rs36 trillion in next three years

Increase comes on back of $1b inflow from Saudi Arabia

Information minister Fawad Chaudhry says PM Imran has spoken to the dignitaries over the phone

Warehouses throughout US are at record capacity with Chinese imports of all kinds

Benchmark index increases 0.46% to settle at 38,236.52

It is fourth increase of the year, pushing central bank's key overnight lending rate to range of 2.25-2.5%

The question is whether stores absorb the added costs or pass them on to customers

Special Assistant to the PM on Accountability Mirza Shahzad Akbar says it will ease business, improve transparency

Makhdoom Hashim Jawan Bakht says govt is striving to uplift business environment

Drop comes on back of lower workers’ remittances, sluggish exports

Lender says budgetary support depends on clean bill of economic health from IMF

Finance Minister Asad Umar briefs Senate body on pace of economic reforms suggested by IMF

Distribution companies will recover Rs226b from consumers following the increase

Proposals also include further increasing interest rates, devaluing currency

American envoy accuses China of seeking to force technology transfer

Benchmark index decreases 52.66 points to settle at 38,063.15

Economists advised the government to seek an IMF bailout, says finance minister

Cumulatively, the rupee has lost 31.8% of its value in the last 12 months

It was discontinued four years ago due to aviation safety concerns

The impression of lower utilisation of assets by the company is not correct

Increase comes on back of robust production by selective industries

Cotton is a major raw material for producing textile goods, predominantly meant for exports: APTMA

Information Minister tells Canadian HC govt contemplating relaxing visa regime for foreign journalists