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Withholding tax on bonus shares goes
ISLAMABAD, March 1: Advisory Council of the Revenue Division here on Friday unanimously decided to withdraw the collection of withholding tax on issue of bonus shares.... 
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Prices of vegetables, pulses and sugar surge
KARACHI, March 1: Consumers came under increasing pressures during February as prices of essential kitchen items — pulses, vegetables, sugar and some rice varieties — went up....
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SBP aims at rate stability: Rs10.3bn discounting
KARACHI, March 1: Lack of stability in the interest rate in the inter-bank market refrains banks from lowering their lending rates on time. Central bankers say the State Bank does realize...
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Exports to India rise by 7.38pc: July-Dec 2001
ISLAMABAD, March 1: Pakistan’s bilateral trade with India has registered a steep upward trend during the first six months of the current financial year compared to the same period last fiscal....
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Confusion over notification
KARACHI, March 1: The government’s decision to withdraw tax on bonus shares was received with cheers at the Karachi Stock Exchange on Friday, though the celebrations were diluted over the latter...
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HBFC to disburse Rs2bn in 2002
ISLAMABAD, March 1: House Building Finance Corporation (HBFC) will disburse Rs2 billion during 2002....
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Trade team to visit Kabul this month
ISLAMABAD, March 1: A 20-member trade delegation will leave for Kabul in the mid of this month to explore market access for Pakistani products....
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TCP accepts bid for 5,000 lint bales
KARACHI, March 1: The Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) has accepted export contract for 5,000 bales of cotton from the highest bidder who offered 33.06 cents per lb, TCP sources said....
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Heavy buying in PTCL features stock market trading
KARACHI, March 1: Blue chips on Friday maintained their upward drive and mostly finished further higher under the lead of PTCL and some other pivotals barring PSO, which ran into profit-selling...
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Cotton market lacks lustre
KARACHI, March 1: Cotton market on Friday passed through a relatively dull session as both the buyers and the sellers awaited some positive news from the Islamabad meeting and did not...
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Saudi Pak Co okays Rs377m financing
RIYADH, March 1: The board of directors of Saudi Pak Industrial and Agricultural Investment Company (Pvt) Ltd. has approved a total financing of Rs377 million in key manufacturing and financial sectors,...
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Karachi Port operations
KARACHI, March 1: Seven ships carrying crude oil and containers are expected to arrive at the outer anchorage on Saturday, according to KPT sources....
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AKFED buys hotel in Maputo
MAPUTO, March 1: The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) has purchased the world renowned Hotel Polana as the first step in a tourism development programme for Mozambique that will...
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KSE delists14 cos
KARACHI, March 1: The KSE on Thursday announced delisting of 14 companies with effective from April 30, 2000, as those companies’ have gone into liquidation following the proceedings of the creditors’...
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