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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…