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Consumption expenditure survey from 19th: Finding out poverty level
KARACHI, April 16: The government is launching on Monday a quick - two week - countrywide Household Consumption Expenditure Survey to find out the extent of poverty. ... 
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Long-term export finance scheme before budget
KARACHI, April 16: The State Bank has decided to link the rate of markups on the much-awaited long-term export financing scheme to average yields on treasury bills and Pakistan Investment Bonds. ...
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SBP develops models of Islamic modes of financing
KARACHI, April 16: The Shariah Board of the State Bank has approved the essentials of the Islamic modes of financing to ensure compliance with minimum Shariah standards by the banks conducting Islamic banking in Pakistan. ...
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KSE volume touches new peak of 1.122bn shares
KARACHI, April 16: Trading volume on the Karachi bourse on Friday soared to an all-time peak level of 1.122bn shares, surpassing all previous single-session records on massive buying in leading base shares ...
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Clothing industry needs to improve productivity: WB - Quota-free regime
KARACHI, April 16: The apparel and clothing industry will have to raise productivity - either by improving the efficiency of the production process or the range and the quality of the products produced ...
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Urea offtake up by 41pc in March
KARACHI, April 16: Urea offtake in March improved by 41pc, while DAP sales registered a decline of 69pc as compared to the same month last year. ...
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Cotton hedge trading
KARACHI, April 16: The chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), Dr Tariq Hassan, has asserted that organizations wishing to enter into hedge trading must, first and foremost, have adequate financial and professional resources ...
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India to hold trade expo in Lahore
LAHORE, April 16: The chairman of the Confederation of the Asia Pacific Chambers of Commerce & Industry (CACCI) K. K Modi on Friday said that the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry would hold "Made-in India Exhibition" here in September. ...
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SBP mops up Rs18.5bn for two weeks
KARACHI, April 16: The State Bank on Friday mopped up Rs18.5 billion from a fairly liquid inter-bank market through two-week repo of treasury bills at 1.14 per cent. ...
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Investment in ECO region
ISLAMABAD, April 16: The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) has decided to identify potential areas of investment in member states to increase bilateral economic ties. ...
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Cotton prices firm as demand picks up
KARACHI, April 16: Cotton prices on Friday rose from the current lower levels as spinners and mills resumed their covering operations amid fears that ginners may held on to their positions in line with the recovery staged by the New York cotton futures. ...
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NTDC allowed to charge Rs73.4 per kilowatt
ISLAMABAD, April 16: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Friday allowed National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) to charge a minimum fixed tariff of Rs73.4 per kilowatt per month ...
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