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Pak Saudi Fertilizers sold for Rs8 billion
ISLAMABAD, May 31: The sale of Pak Saudi Fertilizers Limited (PSFL) to Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited consortium was completed with the sale agreement signing here on Friday.... 
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String of TFCs issued in first five months
KARACHI, May 31: There have been a string of successful Term Finance Certificate (TFC) issues in the first five months of the current year, which analysts attribute to drop to single...
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NWFP set to miss annual revenue target
PESHAWAR, May 31: The NWFP Board of Revenue (BoR) has collected Rs410 million against Rs732 million target set for July-April, recording massive shortfall, according to the latest available official data....
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July-May collection declines by 5.62pc
ISLAMABAD, May 31: The revenue receipts fell short by 21.5 per cent to Rs31.4 billion during May this year against the target of Rs40 billion set for the same month....
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Pakistan, Kuwait pact ratified: Taxation
ISLAMABAD, May 31 : The government has notified the ratification of the agreement for avoidance of double taxation between Pakistan and Kuwait....
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SBP chief says ST system wrong
KARACHI, May 31: Governor State Bank Dr Ishrat Hussain has said on Friday that the existing sales tax system was totally wrong because it includes zero-rated exports within its ambit....
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Japan to evaluate four industrial projects soon: $15 million grant
ISLAMABAD, May 31: The government of Japan will soon start examining and evaluation of four industrial projects to be undertaken with $15 million grant....
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Pak-Libya approves Rs395m financing
KARACHI, May 31: The Board of directors of Pak-Libya Holding Company (Pvt) Limited approved financing of Rs395 million to seven projects, at a meeting on Thursday....
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Accord with US this month: $3bn debt reprofiling
ISLAMABAD, May 31: Pakistan and the United States will ink $3 billion debt reprofiling accord in June under Paris Club arrangement....
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Rally falters half way on weekend selling
KARACHI, May 31: Stocks on Friday ended on a lower note after an early rally, initiated by reports of US defence secretary’s visit on a peace mission, faltered half way under...
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War risk hits India foreign funds
MUMBAI, May 31: Foreign funds made their biggest single-day equity sales in India of 2002 this week as military tensions in the sub-continent seemed to bite, but most money managers say...
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Corporate governance meeting from 10th
PARIS, May 31: The role of good corporate governance in attracting investment to Asia is to be the subject of the Fourth Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance to be held in...
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Trading slows down on cotton market
KARACHI, May 31: Physical activity on the cotton market on Friday slowed down as spinners kept to the sidelines most of the time ahead of the release of final crop figures...
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Afghans to buy sugar at $270 per ton
LAHORE, May 31: The Afghan sugar traders have agreed to buy the Pakistani refined sugar at $270 per ton....
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EU may delay retaliatory sanctions: US steel tariffs
BRUSSELS, May 31: The European Union said on Friday it may be willing to grant a short delay before applying retaliatory sanctions against US steel tariffs, to allow extra time to...
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Karachi Port operations
KARACHI, May 31: Cargo handling at the Karachi port on Friday was maintained at a brisk pace where a record tonnage of 0.121m tons was handled....
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Trade team gets export contracts
KARACHI, May 31: A number of export contracts have been negotiated and booked during a visit to Australia and New Zealand of a 10-member trade delegation led by EPB vice-chairman Ejaz...
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Indian gold imports plunge
MUMBAI, May 31: India, the world’s largest gold consumer, has drastically cut imports as world prices soar due to an escalation in tensions between India and Pakistan and a weaker dollar,...
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Surety bond condition waived: Excisable goods
ISLAMABAD, May 31: The Central Board of Revenue has done away with the condition of furnishing a separate bond for the clearance of excisable goods....
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KESC: date for SoQs extended
ISLAMABAD, May 31: At the request of potential investors, the deadline for submission of Statements of Qualification (SoQs) for KESC privatization has been extended from May 31 to June 24, 2002....
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