Karachi, June 12, 2012 (PPI-OT): Pakistan’s trade deficit has widened by 37.2%YoY during the 11MFY12 to USD 19.43 bn from USD 14.16 bn last year, according to Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). According to Alfalah Securities Limited, Pakistan’s imports stood at USD 40.93 bn in 11MFY12 depicting an increase of …
Read More »Remittances grow by 19.45% to USD 12.06 bn – Alfalah Securities Limited
Karachi, June 12, 2012 (PPI-OT): Remittances sent home by overseas Pakistanis’ increased by over 19.45% to USD 12.06 bn during 11M (Jul-May) FY12 against USD 10.096 bn in the corresponding period last year. According to Alfalah Securities Limited, the monthly average remittances for 10MFY12 come out to be USD 1.096 …
Read More »Nishat Mills, Lucky Cement and Fajr Capital interested to acquire ICI’s operations – Alfalah Securities Limited
Karachi, June 12, 2012 (PPI-OT): Lucky Cement, Nishat Mills and Fajr Capital together with ICORP (Pvt.) Ltd., have shown interest in acquiring 75.81% stake and control of ICI Pakistan for which these parties would conduct due diligence of ICI. According to Alfalah Securities Limited, Akzo Nobel intends to retain only …
Read More »Warid Brings Amazing Low Call Rates for UK, USA and Canada
Karachi, June 12, 2012 (PPI-OT): Serving its customers to the fullest, Warid yet again brings a remarkable International calling offer. Now Warid users can make International calls from Pakistan to UK, USA and Canada for just Rs. 0.99+tax/min. Subscribers can avail this amazing offer by sending SMS to 4747 by …
Read More »Institute of Business Management wins laurels for Pakistan
Karachi, June 12, 2012 (PPI-OT): Institute of Business Management (IoBM) continues to win laurels for Pakistan home and abroad, according to a statement of the IoBM Public Affairs Section. IoBM has won CIMA Global Business Challenge final 2012 from amongst top five teams of Pakistan third year in a row. …
Read More »Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry achievement Awards
Lahore, June 12, 2012 (PPI-OT): President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari will be the Chief Guest at Eighth LCCI Achievement Awards 2012 scheduled for second week of July. This was stated by LCCI Acting President Kashif Younis Meher while addressing a Press Conference here at Lahore Chamber of commerce and …
Read More »Meeting of Bangladesh Media Delegation with Additional Secretary for South Asia and Pacific Region
Islamabad, June 12, 2012 (PPI-OT): A 10-member delegation of Bangladeshi journalists and academicians was received by Mr. Sajjad Kamran, Additional Secretary (Asia and Pacific) at the Foreign Ministry today. The interaction was marked by mutual warmth and sentiments of friendship. The discussions covered a range of issues, including bilateral cooperation …
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