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Pakistan gets $336m in Coalition Support Fund, foreign reserves climb to $19bn

Karachi: Pakistan on Tuesday received some $336 million from the United States for its ongoing role in combating a Taliban…

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Unauthorised stations: House rent payment stopped to motorway police

Islamabad: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has ordered that payment of house rent should be stopped to personnel of the National…

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Gold loses ground

London: Gold lost ground on Monday, moving closer to last week’s 5-1/2 year lows below $1,100 per ounce, with expectations…

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Equities post biggest single-day fall in 17 weeks

Karachi: Shares got hammered on Monday as KSE-100 index tanked by 639.71 points (1.79pc), its biggest single-day fall in 17…

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SBP allows free dollar import for two months

Karachi: After 10 years, the State Bank has once again allowed the exchange companies to bring in US dollars directly…

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LCCI urges PFA to draw SOPs for food businesses

Lahore : The Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry has urged the Punjab Food Authority to draw Standard Operating Procedures…

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UK ramping up efforts to support Pakistan’s economic development

Islamabad: British Minister of State for International Development Desmond Swayne has said Britain is ramping up efforts to support economic development,…

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Cellular firms ‘fleecing users, evading taxes’

Islamabad: Cellular companies were overcharging their subscribers and possibly evading taxes, the Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunication…

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Cotton prices fall on improved supply

Karachi: Higher arrivals of phutti (seed cotton) in Punjab pushed lint prices further lower on Thursday. However, rain and flood…

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