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Oil and commodity prices mixed on supply strains

Commodity markets diverged this week as metals benefited from better-than-expected US jobs data while oil futures were hit by easing…

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ADB approves $197m for Balochistan National Highway development Project

The Asian Deve­lopment Bank has approved a loan of $197 million for the national highway development project of Balochistan. Under…

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PHRC develops mobile cooling machine to increase Mango life by 3-4 weeks

The Post Harvest Research Centre has developed a mobile reefer/air blast cooling unit that increases post-harvest life of mango by…

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Ramazan remittances may hit $2bn figure

Remittances have sharply increased in Pakistan that may lead to total collection of up to $2 billion during Ramazan, said…

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Shortage of water poses serious threat to rice crop

The rice-growing belt having over 400,000 acres of cultivable land duly irrigated by the Rice and Warah canals and partly…

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Sindh mango growers increasingly worried over contaminated shipments issues

Back-to-back interceptions of fruit fly-infested mango consignments which originated from Sindh have worried mango producers of the province, for they…

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TCP takes legal action against 6 sugar mills

The Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) has initiated legal action against six sugar mills for not releasing sugar stocks of…

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Auditors find massive irregularities in both SSGC, SNGPL

The Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) and the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) are running on heavy borrowing, and…

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Ogra approves 5-14pc hike in gas tariff

The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) appro­ved on Thursday up to 14 per cent increase in the average rates…

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