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Pakistan, Thailand eye free trade deal
ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: Pakistan and Thailand have agreed to enter into the comprehensive economic partnership (CEP) that would finally lead to a free trade agreement between the two countries in goods and services. ... 
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PM for enhancing trade with Poland
ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has stressed the need for enhancing the level of trade between Pakistan and Poland by facilitating private sector entrepreneurs and traders' interaction of the two countries. ...
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EC agrees to release flexibility quota
ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: The European Commission (EC) has agreed to immediately release exceptional flexibility quota of 4,000 tons to Pakistani exporters to meet their export commitment in the last year of the quota regime. ...
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SBP steps up moves to check inflation
KARACHI, Sept 15: The State Bank on Wednesday signalled that it would not mind increasing the interest rates aggressively if inflation continued to rise at an undesirably high pace. ...
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Rupee falls as demand for dollars picks up
KARACHI, Sept 15: The rupee on Wednesday fell to 58.96 a US dollar in the inter-bank market showing a loss of four paisa overnight on continued demand for foreign exchange in the inter-bank market. ...
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Govt, car makers meet tomorrow: Late delivery, premium
KARACHI, Sept 15: Car manufacturers have been asked to furnish details like booking of cars in hand, deposit of public money, pending orders, reasons for charging premium, etc. ...
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'Water shortage won't affect cotton crop'
KARACHI, Sept 15: Sindh Food and Agriculture Minister Arif Mustafa Jatoi on Wednesday said that water shortage would not affect the standing cotton crop in the province as the government was actively taking all possible measures to tackle the situation. ...
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Banking reforms to complete by next year
LAHORE, Sept 15: The government has transferred the management of all public sector banks, save National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), to private sector under its banking sector reform programme started in the year 2000. ...
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Farm body fails to discuss vital issues
MULTAN, Sept 15: The meeting of Agricultural Pesticides Technical Advisory Committee held in Islamabad on Wednesday could not discuss the vital issues owing to 'paucity of time'. ...
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Opec raises output by 1m bpd from Nov
VIENNA, Sept 15: Opec on Wednesday officially declared it will raise its production quota by one million barrels per day from November 1 and convene an extraordinary meeting in two months' time in Cairo. ...
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Prices ease on higher phutti arrivals
KARACHI, Sept 15: Cotton prices on Wednesday eased modestly from the overnight higher levels as some of the ginners liquidate their long positions followed by reports of steady arrivals of phutti into the ginneries. ...
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KSE 100-share index falls below 5,000-point barrier
KARACHI, Sept 15: Stocks on Wednesday fell across-the-board like ninepins as investors indulged in panic-selling followed by reports that some of the punters were issued exposure notices to clear their outstanding positions. ...
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