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| March 1, 2003 | Saturday | Zul Hijjah 27, 1423 |
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EU dumping duties against WTO rules
ISLAMABAD, Feb 28: Pakistan has told the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that it should not expect from it 100 per cent reciprocity in terms of duty rationalizations.... 
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Pakistan, China sign agreement: Coal-fired power plant
BEIJING, Feb 28: China and Pakistan signed an agreement here to establish two coal-based 600-megawatt power plants in Sindh. Sindh Chief Secretary K.B Rind signed the agreement, which lays down necessary...
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89pc cos AGM on time, says SECP
KARACHI, Feb 28: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) said that nearly 89 per cent of the 617 companies that it monitored for timely holding of Annual General Meetings...
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US offers $30bn textile package to Turkey
KARACHI, Feb 28: The US has offered $30 billion package of textile trade concessions to Turkey in return for allowing the US troops to attack Iraq from its soil....
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Smeda, SME Bank, PCSIR under one roof sought
KARACHI, Feb 28: Small and medium enterprises have urged the Ministry of Industries and Production to bring the working of Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (Smeda), the SME Bank and...
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PS expansion plan
KARACHI, Feb 28: Secretary Ministry of Industries and Production, Dr Akram Shaikh has asked the Pakistan Steel to expedite the implementation of the first phase of expansion plan to take production...
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India cuts duty on gold, gem imports
NEW DELHI, Feb 28: India reduced custom duties on imports of gold and raw gem stones in its 2003-04 budget on Friday, a move industry officials said would boost jewellery exports...
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New KCCI chief for integrated policy: Industrialization
KARACHI, Feb 28: Mian Nasser Hyatt Maggo has been elected as new president of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) for the remaining period of 2002-03, in the managing...
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Orascom plans more investment in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Feb 28: An important economic delegation from Egypt is due in Islamabad next week to explore possibilities of expanding Egyptian investments in Pakistan, mainly in the fields of telecommunication, information...
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Two leasing companies merger approved
KARACHI, Feb 28: At recently held extraordinary general meetings of Capital Assets Leasing Corporation Limited (Calcorp) and International Multi Leasing Corporation Limited (IML) shareholders in both companies approved the merger between...
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KSE 100-share index recovers 42.67 points
KARACHI, Feb 28: Stocks on Friday recovered from the recent lows boosted by perceptions of higher dividend yields in the backdrop of encouraging interim and final working results being announced daily...
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Market access strategy for non-farm export
ISLAMABAD, Feb 28: The government will soon formulate a comprehensive market access strategy for increasing the share of non-agriculture export in the total exports of the country, an official source told...
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BoK consumer finance scheme
PESHAWAR, Feb 28: The Bank of Khyber (BoK) has introduced consumer finance scheme (CFS) by offering large variety of electric appliances at easy instalments....
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Cotton market lacks lustre
KARACHI, Feb 28: Physical activity on the cotton market on Friday partly slowed down as both mills and spinners took a technical breather after having made panic buying during the last...
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Karachi Port operations
KARACHI, Feb 28: Five ships carrying DAP fertilizer, chemicals and containers are expected to arrive at the outer anchorage on Saturday, according to KPT sources....
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Acquisition
MUMBAI and new york, Feb 28: Marico Industries Ltd, one of India’s leading consumer products companies, announced on Wednesday that it had acquired a controlling equity interest in Sundari LLC, the...
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Rating
LAHORE, Feb 28: The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency has upgraded the long-term entity rating of ORIX Leasing Pakistan Ltd to “AA” (double A) while maintaining the short-term rating at “A1+” (single...
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Seminar
KARACHI, Feb 28: The Southern Regional Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) conducted a seminar on “Information Technology (IT) Risk Assessment and Management” earlier this week....
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Japan intervention news boosts euro, dollar vs yen
LONDON, Feb 28: The dollar advanced on the yen but lost ground versus the euro on Friday after Japan’s ministry of finance said it had intervened a few times this month...
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Palm oil prices lower
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 28: Malaysia’s crude palm oil futures fell across the board on Friday, hit by India’s decision to leave customs duties of edible oil unchanged in its budget, and...
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