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| September 5, 2003 | Friday | Rajab 7, 1424 |
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FDI inflow to Pakistan moves up by 63pc: UNCTAD report
ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: World Investment Report 2003, released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has mentioned Pakistan among the countries, which have registered positive growth in FDI... 
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Gap in LIBOR, rupee interest rate falls
KARACHI, Sept 4: The gap between six-month LIBOR and six-month rupee call rates has come down from a monthly average of 2.39 per cent in January to just 0.19 per cent...
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LSE seeks abolition of badla trade
LAHORE, Sept 4: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has failed to take even a single measure proposed in December last year to completely abolish the badla or carryover...
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NWFP spends only 55pc on uplift projects
PESHAWAR, Sept 4: The NWFP annual development programme (ADP) for the financial year 2002-03 ended in a fiasco after the recently compiled data left the province with total development expenditure of...
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EU officials warn of tough negotiations: Cancun round
BRUSSELS, Sept 4: European Union officials on Thursday warned of tough negotiations on a new trade liberalization package in Cancun, Mexico, next week but said a fresh deal was crucial to...
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Software exporters cry for funds
KARACHI, Sept 4: Banks continue to refuse export financing to software exporters on the plea that such financing could be done only through venture capital — and this industry is non-existent...
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ECB keeps rates steady
FRANKFURT, Sept 4: The European Central Bank held its key interest rates steady as expected on Thursday and offered no sign it might be willing to cut them again in the...
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Big firms’ financial results this month
KARACHI, Sept 4: It is the corporate results reporting season and some of the giants on the country’s corporate scene are set to unveil figures starting Friday....
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KSE index loses another 63.32 points
KARACHI, Sept 4: Stocks on Thursday came in for renewed selling as leading investors liquidated their long positions after the carryover rates swelled to about 18 per cent and fears of...
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Trade team to visit China
LAHORE, Sept 4: A delegation of 10-15 prominent industrialists from the engineering sector is expected to visit China by the end of this month to explore Chinese market with a view...
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Snow sees US economy picking up
PHUKET (Thailand), Sept 4: US Treasury Secretary John Snow said on Thursday positive US economic results were expected in the months ahead, while he also assessed Asia-Pacific economies as being in...
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‘Task force to protect auto makers interests’
KARACHI, Sept 4: Used car dealers have termed the setting up of ‘task force’ by the industries minister to look into the high prices, late delivery schedule and curbing menace of...
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Prices crash on cotton market
KARACHI, Sept 4: Cotton prices on Thursday crashed on the cotton market as ginners continued to indulged in hasty selling for the second session in a row followed by reports of...
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43 IT commissioners transferred
ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: The Central Board of Revenue has transferred 43 commissioners of Income Tax....
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