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Govt. sells its shares in UBL

The Secondary Public Offering (SPO) of the government’s residual holding in United Bank Limited (UBL) offered at the ‘floor price’…

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Hike in gas levy, power tariff opposed by upper house

The Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Revenue has opposed heavy increase in gas infrastructure development cess (GIDC) and a…

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New textile Incentives package to boost textile exports by $2bn: minister

“The implementation of the new textile package, to be announced next month, would help boost the export of value-added products…

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Aptma (Punjab) threatens to go on indefinite strike

The provincial chapter of the All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Aptma) has threatened to close all textile mills over the…

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Emerging giants waver, advanced economies grow

Emerging economies like China, Russia and Brazil are losing some of the driving steam which helped prevent a global economic…

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Over 50 Kgs heroin concealed in carpets seized at Manchester Airport

Millions of pounds worth of heroin woven into hand-made rugs and carpets was discovered by UK Border Force officers in…

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unempressive agriculture tax collection by provinces irks Dar

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Monday criticised provinces for “poor” tax collection from the agriculture sector which forms 21 per…

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Professional tax to be collected by E&T, Cantonments

Professional tax will be collected by the Excise and Taxation (E&T) Department/Cantonments, said Sindh Secretary Excise and Taxation (E&T) Abdul…

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Accumulated silt:Tarbela dam’s storage capacity decreases by two feet

The country continues to lose its water storage capacity as accumulation of silt has decreased Tarbela Dam’s storage space by…

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