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Pak-Iran freight train starts today

Pakistan Railways will operate a new freight train from Quetta to Zahedan (Iran) via Taftan from Tuesday (today) with the…

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More funds likely for water conservation

THE Sindh irrigation department is seeking around 50pc more funds for its development programme under the provincial annual development plan…

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Push for CPEC projects

FINANCE Minister Ishaq Dar’s growth agenda for the remaining tenure of the PML-N government seems to draw strength from the…

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KP’s bias for social spending

EXCEPT for its bigger size and generous social-sector allocation, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-led coalition government’s third budget for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa looks…

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Subsidies for various sectors cut to Rs137.6bn

Islamabad: Under an agreement with the IMF, the government has reduced the size of subsidies being offered to various sectors…

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Stocks down by 73 points

Karachi: The stock market witnessed a range bound session on Friday with the KSE-100 index closing down by 73.25 points…

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Textile manufacturers disappointed

Lahore: The large-scale textile manufacturers on Friday rejected the budget for fiscal year 2015-16 as disappointing, saying that it did…

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Pakistan increases military budget by a whopping 11%

Pakistan announced a massive  11 percent increase in its military budget earlier yesterday even  as it continues to fight resilient…

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Tax losses up 39pc despite withdrawal of exemptions

Islamabad: Despite a massive cut in tax exemptions this year, the total amount of foregone revenue on account of these…

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