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July- December: Trade deficit widens to $14.5b, December exports fall again
Shortfall was alarmingly 71% of annual projection of $20.5 billion
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Soaring prices: Core inflation touches 19-month high at 5.2%
Gap between real interest rate and policy rate narrows to half a percentage point
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Bill for holding census every decade endorsed
It would now be submitted in NA for voting
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Headcount delay: SC gives govt two weeks to announce census date
CJP observes Constitution does not require army’s involvement
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Legal challenges: Bureau of Statistics in administrative disarray
Body responsible for holding census is working without service rules
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Overdue headcount: SC seeks more robust briefing on census
Govt considering holding population census in phases
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Transgender persons to mount legal challenge
PBS was informed that the govt had not included transgender as a separate gender in the census form
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Centre fears provinces may fudge census data
CJP says federal govt should be prepared for consequences of delay
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New data: Growth of LSM sector overestimated
PBS data says manufacturing sub-sector grew at 3.2%, not 4.61% in FY16
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PBS governing council: Senate committee may ask government for reshuffle
Move considered after Sindh authorities raised objections.









