|
| November 26, 2003 | Wednesday | Shawwal 1, 1424 |
|
WB wants levies on gas, POL enhanced
ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: The World Bank has asked Pakistan to increase significantly taxation on natural gas to enhance its revenue contribution and raise petroleum levy on oil products in case of... 
|
|
Govt bank borrowing rises to Rs25bn: July-October period
KARACHI, Nov 25: The government has borrowed Rs25 billion from the banks to fill in the gap between its income and expenses in less than four months of this fiscal year...
|
|
||
|
SBP keeps TBs rate stable
KARACHI, Nov 25: The State Bank on Tuesday refused to let the yields on treasury bills rise sharply to avoid sending a wrong signal to the market. But in doing so...
|
|
Sales of bike, tractor up
KARACHI, Nov 25: The entire auto sector gave a mixed performance during July-October 2003 with notable increase in production and sales of motorcycles, tractors and trucks. However, production and sales of...
|
|
|
||
|
Petroleum sector investment
ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources, Ch. Nouraiz Shakoor on Tuesday said about $1 billion were invested in exploration and production sector in Pakistan by foreign oil and...
|
|
Small textile units opt for Eid holidays
LAHORE, Nov 25: Caught between the rock and a hard place, several small single unit textile mills will remain closed for at least next five days to circumvent additional costs on...
|
|
|
||
|
OGDCL IPO attractsRs28bn
KARACHI, Nov 25: A total of 94,493 applications have been received for the stock worth Rs28.013 billion in Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL)....
|
|
Aptma case hearing put off
KARACHI, Nov 25: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday put off hearing on a petition of All Pakistan Textile Mills Association chairman Waqar Monnoo till December 1. In his petition Waqar...
|
|
|
||
|
Pakistan to build 2nd clean oil pipeline
KARACHI, Nov 25: Pakistan plans to start the construction of a second pipeline carrying clean oil products next year to cut the upstream transportation costs, the managing director of the main...
|
|
Export finance rate
KARACHI, Nov 25: The State Bank has decided to keep unchanged at 1.5 per cent its export refinance rate for December 2003, according to a circular (BPD No 41) issued here...
|
|
|
||
|
Stocks finish pre-Eid session on firm note
KARACHI, Nov 25: Despite late selling in some of the pivotals, stocks managed to finish the pre-Eid holiday session on a firm note, signalling the current recovery drive will be resumed...
|
|
Holiday mood prevails on cotton market
KARACHI, Nov 25: Pre-Eid holiday mood prevailed on the cotton market on Tuesday as both buyers and sellers kept to the sidelines most of the time because of delivery problems....
|
|
|
||
|
Karachi Port operations
KARACHI, Nov 25: Four ships carrying coal, crude oil and chemicals are due to arrive at the outer anchorage on Wednesday, according to KPT sources....
|
|
Port Qasim
KARACHI, Nov 25: Three ships carrying coal, containers and edible oil arrived at the outer anchorage during the last 24 hours, said a PQA press release on Tuesday....
|
|
|
||
