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Japan’s female lumberjacks head for the woods!

Junko Otsuka quit her job in Tokyo and headed for the woods. She is part of a new wave of…

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Adidas tries to win market against Nike’s ‘cool’ image

 Sportswear giant Adidas's sponsored Germany beat Adidas-sponsored Argentina to win the Adidas-sponsored FIFA soccer World Cup. But arch rivals Nike's…

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Interest payments on debt increase by 14.5pc

An increase of 44 per cent in the domestic debt during the previous fiscal year could strain the economy as…

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Bears back in control of Stock market amidst political uncertainty

Stocks re­­sumed the downward journey yesterday with the KSE-100 index giving up another 156.54 points or 0.53 per cent to…

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Govt’s plan to privatise OGDCL assets vahemently opposed

The central workers union of the Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) yesterday  vowed to strongly resist the government’s…

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No proposal to import new locomotives from China, NA informed

The National Assembly was informed on Friday that there were 81,568 employees in Railways against the sanctioned strength of above…

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Savings and investment decline in FY14

Both the savings and investment declined during the previous fiscal year but the gap between the two remained the same…

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New drug pricing policy in finalisation process

The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) is in the process of finalising a drug pricing policy which is expected…

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Banks must provide for lawsuits, fines, in ECB tests

The European Central Bank will consider the impact of future lawsuits and fines in its review of whether the eurozone’s…

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