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Need to review rationale for wheat pricing

The government has earlier this month, taken two important measures to provide much-awaited relief to wheat growers from the rising…

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Cotton crisis in India

A major crisis is brewing in the cotton sector in India, with a bumper harvest coinciding with a drastic cut…

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Bank investments show upwards trend

The government managed to raise Rs285.773bn from the auction of Treasury bills of various tenors on November 12. Like the…

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FMCG companies make huge profits

With consumerism thriving, stock prices of listed consumer goods companies have provided investors a juicy return of 42pc in 2014-to-date,…

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LNG imports may start from March

The government is confident that the import of liquefied natural gas — initially exclusively for the power sector — will…

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Chinse investments of up to $45 billion on the cards

Despite the political hurdles, the government has finally been able to formalise the much-delayed cooperation agreements with China worth $45.65bn…

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Rupee fluctuates against dollar

AS it emerged at the start of last week that the IMF staff would recommend its executive board to release…

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KASB Modaraba set to merge with two other firms

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) is merging three small Islamic investment firms after the central bank took…

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SBP reduces monetary policy rate to 9.5 percent

Pakistan’s central bank reduced its key policy rate by 50 basis points to 9.5 per cent until mid-January, the State…

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