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Russia, Iran to discuss oil-for-goods contract

Russia and Iran have agreed to discuss next month a contract for Tehran to export two per cent of its…

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“Pakistan delaying PTA signing” says Turkey

Ankara is ready to sign the much-awaited Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) with Islamabad as “nothing is pending from the Turkish…

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Acumen’s Pakistan Fellows Programme

Acumen Pakistan in collaboration with JS Bank, Mahvash and Jahangir Siddiqui Foundation and the Edmond de Rothschild Foundation is seeking…

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Bears trampling stocks at KSE as market loses another 293 points

Bears were on rampage at the stock market yesterday  with the KSE-100 index sinking by 293.44 points or 1pc to…

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Investors prefer short-term treasury bills due to falling inflation

Investors have once again preferred short-term investment in government papers, anticipating a cut in interest rate in the near future…

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UN’s ESCAP Asia-Pacific Tax Forum proposed

The United Nations’ Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has proposed to the regional countries creation…

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Sub Saharan economies surge ahead

No longer are the nations of sub-Saharan Africa, long a symbol of war, famine and corruption, an economic basket case.…

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India, defends decision to torpedo WTO deal

India defended yesterday its scuttling of a landmark worldwide trade deal, saying it needed to take a tough stand at…

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OGDCL earns record Rs124bn in FY14

Fuelled by currency appreciation and robust international oil prices, the state-run Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) yesterday posted…

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