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PSX witnesses bearish trend on Tuesday

June 25, 2019 |

The Pakistan Stock Exchange was bearish today (Tuesday).The KSE-100 Index closed today (Tuesday) at 34190.62 points as compared to 34471.95 points on the last working day with a negative change of 281.33 points.The total turnover was 144,849,620 as com…

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RCCI, Dalian Fujian Chamber of Commerce ink MoU for trade expansion

June 25, 2019 |

The Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Dalian Fujian Chamber of Commerce, China have inked a Memorandum of Understanding in Rawalpindi today.President Dalian Fujian Chamber, Ms Liao Meiying and President RCCI Malik Shahid Saleem signed and…

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Agriculture backbone of national economy: Asif Nakai

June 22, 2019 |

The Punjab Minister for Communication & Works, Sardar Muhammad Asif Nakai says agriculture is the backbone of the national economy and the government has earmarked forty billion seven hundred and sixty million rupees to boost this sector in the next fi…

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Govt to promote regional trade, export-led growth of economy: Dawood

June 19, 2019 |

Advisor to Prime Minister on Commerce, Textiles, Industries Production and Investment Abdul Razzaq Dawood says the incumbent government is taking all possible measures to promote regional trade and export-led growth of economy.He expressed these views …

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Pakistan’s products attract entrepreneurs at Commodity Expo in China

June 17, 2019 |

Pakistan’s products have attracted a large number of local and international entrepreneurs at the ongoing South and Southeast Asia Commodity Expo and Investment Fair in China’s Kunming city.Pakistan has set up two hundred stalls at the exhibition to sh…

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KP budget to provide relief to poor segments of society: CM Mahmood

June 17, 2019 |

Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan says the provincial government is presenting the biggest budget of the province aiming at providing relief to the poor segment of society.In a statement in Peshawar today (Monday), he said the focus of the…

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Pakistan to get $3.4 billion in budgetary support from Asian Development Bank

June 16, 2019 |

Pakistan will receive $3.4 billion in budgetary support from the Asian Development Bank (ABD), Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh said, as the government seeks help to overcome a ballooning balance of payments crisis.”The …

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Naran Chilas road via Babusar top will be opened for light traffic from Sunday

June 15, 2019 |

The Naran Chilas road via Babusar top will be opened for light traffic from tomorrow (Sunday).Deputy Commissioner Diamer Amir Azam Hamza told our Gilgit correspondent on Saturday that snow has been removed from both sides.The road usually gets blocked …

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Pakistan’s to get $518 million from World Bank to improve Taxation Mechanism

June 14, 2019 |

Islamabad, June 14, 2019 (PPI-OT): World Bank has approved a package of $518 million for two projects in support of Pakistan’s ambitious efforts to raise revenue and reduce compliance cost with a goal of providing better services to the people….

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China to provide grant of $1b for various projects in Pakistan

June 13, 2019 |

The Senate Special Committee on China Pakistan Economic Corridor was informed on Thursday that Pakistan is the first recipient of newly formed Chinese International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA) under which China would provide grant of one bil…

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Pakistan Stock Exchange witnessed bullish trend on Thursday

June 13, 2019 |

The Pakistan Stock Exchange was bullish on Thursday.The KSE100 Index closed today at 34937.93 points as compared to 34659.85 points on the last working day with a positive change of 278.08 points.The total turnover was 150,978,350 as compared to 116,93…

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PM, DG ISPR felicitate national cricket team for win against England

June 4, 2019 |

Prime Minister Imran Khan and Director General Public Relations (ISPR) have congratulated the National Cricket Team for a great win against England and for coming back into form after a poor start in the warm up matches and the first match in world cup…

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