Blue chips lead fall on stock market
KARACHI, March 20: Stocks on Wednesday again fell under the lead of blue chips as follow-up support turned shy owing to the absence of strong institutional support and profit-selling by jobbers...
CED on ship plates may go
ISLAMABAD, March 20: The government is likely to withdraw Central Excise Duty (CED) on ship plates from the financial year 2002-03....
Spinning mill revived
LAHORE, March 20: The Revival Committee for Sick Units on Wednesday decided to revive a spinning mill — Golden Textiles — at a meeting held here....
MAP mulls setting up Islamic Fund
KARACHI, March 20: Modaraba Association of Pakistan is looking for the ways to set up a billion dollar Islamic Fund to overcome the liquidity problems....


USC losses at Rs1.35bn till June 2001
ISLAMABAD, March 20: Ad hoc Public Accounts Committee was informed on Wednesday that the Utility Stores Corporation (USC) had accumulated losses to Rs1,354 million coupled with contingent liabilities to the tune...
Double taxation
ISLAMABAD, March 20: Pakistan is likely to sign a comprehensive treaty with Yugoslavia on the avoidance of double taxation between the two countries....