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| July 19, 2003 | Saturday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 18, 1424 |
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Subsidy on wheat export may go
LAHORE, July 18: The government may soon withdraw Rs2,500 per ton export subsidy on wheat because the country has no surplus stocks and is under no pressure to clear them.... 
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Pakistan, Iran agree to start talks on FTA
ISLAMABAD, July 18: Pakistan and Iran on Friday agreed in principal to start negotiation on free trade agreement (FTA) for enhancing trade and economic relation between the two countries....
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NTC imposes dumping duty on Sorbitol
ISLAMABAD, July 18: National Tariff Commission (NTC) has imposed provisional anti-dumping duty at the rate of 96.50pc ad val of C&F on Roquette Freres of France and 91.12pc ad val of...
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Amended DTRE scheme to be anomaly-free
KARACHI, July 18: The member exports, Central Board of Revenue, Mumtaz Haider Rizvi, has assured the exporters and industrialists that they will not face any irritants or anomalies in the new...
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KSE 100-share index gains another 40.78 points
KARACHI, July 18: Stocks finished the weekend session on bullish note as investment buying figured prominently almost on all the counters under the lead of institutional traders helping the index to...
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New trade policy today
ISLAMABAD, July 18: The new trade policy envisaging significant increase in export target for the fiscal 2003-04 laying major emphasis on agriculture sector will be announced here on Saturday....
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Onion export declines by 20pc
KARACHI, July 18: Export of Pakistani onions to Sri Lanka and Far Eastern countries has declined by at least 20 per cent this year due to severe competition from neighbouring India....
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Farm export zone in Punjab under study
ISLAMABAD, July 18: Commerce Minister, Humayun Akhtar Khan said on Friday that the government was considering to set up agriculture export zone in Punjab....
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Bids for KSE membership rights
KARACHI, July 18: The Karachi Stock Exchange, Friday announced that in all 15 applicants showed their interest by taking part in the bidding of four membership rights of the stock exchange....
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Oil prices
LONDON, July 18: Oil prices forged higher on Friday as traders kept a wary eye on reports of a new storm brewing in the Gulf of Mexico, though dealing was thin,...
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Revised trade pact with Iran signed
ISLAMABAD, July 18: Pakistan and Iran on Friday signed the revised bilateral trade treaty to further facilitate the trade between the two countries....
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Buyers remain active on cotton market
KARACHI, July 18: Physical activity on the cotton market on Friday picked up modestly as spinners and mills remained active buyers of both the new and current crop lots offered at...
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Bourses asked to set criteria for brokers
ISLAMABAD, July 18: Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan has directed the managements of stock exchanges to exercise vigilance to ensure that the seats on their boards is acquired only by...
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Karachi Port operations
KARACHI, July 18: Four ships carrying containers and general cargo are expected to arrive at the outer anchorage on Saturday, according to KPT sources....
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Hawksbay industrial area lacks facilities
KARACHI, July 18: The Hawksbay Association of Trade and Industry (HATI) has drawn the attention of Federal Minister for Production and Industries Liquat Ali Jatoi towards inadequate infrastructure facilities in the...
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Bilour coins Saarc trade bloc idea
PESHAWAR, July 18: Senator Ilyas Ahmed Bilour, the president of the India-Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry, has said that member countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (Saarc)...
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