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Linde’s earnings suffer due to financing expansions
Announces fall in profits as surging finance costs negate growth in revenues.
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Growing gap: Imports outpace exports as trade deficit grows
Chances of achieving deficit target grows grim keeping in view the data for July.
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Corporate results: MCB Bank earns Rs11.9b in a span of six months
Sale of stake in Unilever Pakistan, reclaimed bad loans absorb drop in core income.
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Market watch: Stock market stumbles after post-Eid optimism
Benchmark KSE-100 index falls 14.59 points.
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Uptrend in real estate market unlikely to end anytime soon
Some players expect correction, but most expect rates to keep rising.
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Pakistan Refinery launches bonds, targeting to raise Rs4 billion
Senior managers pledge Rs8m for three- and five-year bond issues.
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Nandipur power project: Report rules out unnecessary increase in revised cost
High-powered committee submits report to the prime minister.
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Agriculture university to set up first solar power plant
Shahbaz Sharif will lay foundation stone of clean energy project.
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Thar coal: MoU to set up 6,000MW power plants
SECMC joins hands with Chinese firms to exploit coal reserves.
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Pakistan Tobacco adds Rs10m a day to profits
Earnings for the quarter clocks in at Rs1b, announces Rs2 per share dividend .
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Australia allows import of Pakistani mangoes
Permission boosts confidence, encourages industry to invest .
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Market watch: Foreign inflows buoy KSE as earnings disappoint
Benchmark KSE-100 index climbs 75 points.
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Bank Alfalah’s profits take a hit amid low-interest environment
Posts profit of Rs1.94b as core income drops.
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Corporate results: Pakistan Oilfields leads Attock Group companies with Rs10.8 billion profit
All companies of the group announce profits and dividends.
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Punjab to produce over 350MW from alternative energy
Selects 11 sites for solar, coal, biogas, biomass and wind power projects.
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Reserves under pressure: Pakistan repays another $145m to IMF today
Promised IDB assistance could not come in time support forex reserves.
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Debt cleared: Abu Dhabi plans to revive Khalifa refinery project
Meeting being called to immediately kick off work on project.
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SCB interested in financially supporting Neelum-Jehlum project
Ishaq Dar welcomed the bank's interests and said that the measures taken are aimed to give comfort to investors.
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Development projects: WAPDA reaffirms commitment on Independence Day
Wapda is working tirelessly for construction of water reservoirs for agricultural purposes, says Wapda Chairman.
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Pakistan seeks strong strategic partnership with Turkey
Envoy to Turkey asks businessmen from both nations to join forces and invest.
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SSGC succeeds in reducing UFG by over 2% in 2012-13
State owned company’s efforts will see profits rise by Rs3 billion.
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‘Economic revival is top priority’
Finance minister says govt will secure loan from the IMF on its own terms.
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Train delays dent Business Express revenue
Pakistan Railways, Four Brothers to meet on Aug 18 to settle row.
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Children’s wear brand ‘Born Fabulous’ enters untapped segment at the right time
Plans to open 2-3 stores a year, tap international fashion hubs like Dubai.
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From Dil Bola Pakola to Amrat Cola – the beverage makers’ tragedy
Industry people believe capacity tax will not pay off in the long term .
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Tax returns: As filing date nears, FBR yet to come up with forms
Revenue board considering extending return filing deadline by a month .
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RapidCompute registers with CSA STAR
Registration makes Cybernet’s cloud division more safe and secure.
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Ittehad Chemicals to expand capacity
Newer and efficient plants to cut cost, improve profitability.
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Job openings rise for horticulture graduates
Farmers, exporters seeking their services for higher yields and returns.
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New fiscal year brings no good news for auto sector as sales plummet
Data from PAMA shows sales of locally assembled cars dip 23% in July.
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Market watch: OGDC leads rally as KSE recovers lost ground
Benchmark KSE-100 index gains 175 points.
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Overseas Pakistanis send home $1.4 billion in July
Amount is 16% higher than last year’s.
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Pakistan, India: WTO blames politics for lack of progress in trade talks
Both sides have to take steps to give a push to the process.
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Credit crunch: AJK in need of immediate cash injection
State asks the federal government to immediately release it Rs1.7 billion.
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Contractionary monetary policy: Govt dragging feet as IMF demands interest rate hike
Finance ministry fails to convene meeting of Monetary and Fiscal Policies Coordination Board on the issue.
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Pak-China ties: Gawadar port one part of a larger plan
The Sino-Pak economic corridor will strengthen economic links across the region.
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Policy: Industry a priority for government, says minister
The minister said the national security policy would be announced soon to control terrorism.
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Branchless banking registers double-digit growth
Transactions worth Rs171 billion processed in Jan-Mar quarter.
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Police seize counterfeit HP products
Hewlett Packard in global drive to combat illegal manufacturing, sales.
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Eidi money: SBP issues Rs139b worth of fresh notes in Ramazan
Fresh currency notes in denominations of Rs10 to Rs100 issued this year was almost double compared to last year.
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Banks are not too big to fail as core earnings expected to drop
Brokerage firms maintain bearish view on the fortunes of the banking sector.
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Leaving in haste?: Chevron exits fuel retail, storage business in Pakistan
Total PARCO acquires operations, including 12% Pak Refinery stake, at $180m.
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Government to ‘seriously’ consider giving gas quota to CNG sector
Petroleum minister assures industry of all fair demands.
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Surging wheat imports by China, Pakistan to buoy bulk rates
Islamabad to import up to a million tons after production was hit badly.
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Corporate governance: World Bank cautions against nepotism in SOEs
Bank urges government to stop using positions in state enterprises as prizes for political supporters.
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IMF agrees to allow Pakistan to seek $6.6bn: Officials
The IMF's executive board will formally approve the package for Pakistan sometime in early September.
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Market Watch: Earnings optimism extends KSE rally
Benchmark 100-share index gains 201 points.
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Troubled BlackBerry eyes sale, other options
Blackberry's global market share slipped to 3.7% while Android accounted for nearly 80%, survey suggests.
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Framework of Economic Growth needs to be revisited to achieve prosperity
Document provides answer to Pakistan’s current issues; the problem only lies in lack of implementation.
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Floods and state of the economy
What lessons learnt to minimise losses to economy, human lives.

















































