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News for Monday, 5 Mar 2012

PIAF urges govt to focus on economic activities

Pakistan Industrial and Traders Associations Front (PIAF) has urged the government to focus on promotion of economic activities in the country as an acute shortage of gas, electricity, political instability...

Export crash continues amid government lethargy

Pakistan Textile Exporters Association has expressed grave concern over 354.5 million dollars decline in national exports and decline of 800 million dollars in textile exports in the last four months....

Plastic importers, manufacturers threaten to shut down

Plastic importers and manufacturers have threatened to shut down their businesses and stage sit in protest against unchecked smuggling of plastic moulding compound from Iran by land route. A nine-member...

Bulls tumble another record, index soars 189 points

The Karachi stocks market witnessed another bullish day on Monday with trading volumes peaking to new highs on the back of what market analysts said a follow on of the...

SECP approves regulations for KSE Exchange Traded Funds

As part of its mandate to develop the capital market, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan has approved regulations governing Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) for the Karachi Stock Exchange...

Banks to keep an eye on millers to ensure 5,000 tonnes sugar export quota

The central bank Monday asked the commercial banks to maintain record of the sugar exporting mills to ensure that the exporters do not exceed the maximum prescribed quota of 5,000...

ICCI for fair utilisation of EOBI funds

The ambitions of the cash rich state owned Employees Old-age Benefits Institution (EOBI) to finance mega infrastructure projects has drawn criticism from the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI)...

Gas restored for SNGPL based plants

After several months of forced closure due to gas curtailment in 2011 and first two months of 2012, gas supply to fertiliser plants on SNGPL network was restored on Saturday,...

Election year growth

You can tell budget season is near when the finance ministry begins last-quarter growth strategy chatter, FBR chairman promises no new taxes and the prime minister directs the planning commission...

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