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Pakistan seeks end to dumping duties: Bedlinen export to EU
BRUSSELS, Sept 20: The Commerce Minister Humayun Akhtar Khan on Monday urged an expeditious European Union review of anti-dumping duties imposed on Pakistan's bed linen exports ... 
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British investors interested in Pakistan
KARACHI, Sept 20: Leader of 12-member UK trade mission Michael Brosch on Monday said that British business community is keen to invest in Pakistan where investment policies ...
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15pc GST on cotton seed hits farmers
MULTAN, Sept 20: Imposition of 15 per cent GST on cotton seed oil (CSO) this year has hit hard the farming community as the prices of phutti (seed cotton) are sliding downward since its arrival from the fresh crop. ...
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Dollar surpasses Rs59 in inter-bank
KARACHI, Sept 20: The State Bank on Monday did not intervene to stop the US dollar from rising past Rs59, sending a strong signal that it would now defend the local currency at a new level. ...
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Govt to resume passing on rise in oil prices
ISLAMABAD, Sept 20: The government would pass on the impact of increase in international oil prices to the consumers if prices maintain upward trend, said adviser to the prime minister on finance Dr Salman Shah. ...
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Banks lend Rs14.36bn to farmers in two months
KARACHI, Sept 20: All the banks involved in disbursement of mandatory agricultural credit lent Rs14.36 billion to growers in the first two months of this fiscal year against the full year target of Rs85 billion. ...
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Textile sector may post good results
KARACHI, Sept 20: Earnings of textile composite sector are likely to post appreciable improvement in the financial year 2005 (FY05), but for the year that is to close on Sept 30, the market is making some gloomy forecasts. ...
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'Exporters not lifting Sugdasi rice'
KARACHI, Sept 20: Sindh-Balochistan Millers and Traders Association (SBMTA) has called for a three day token strike, starting from Wednesday due to refusal by exporters in lifting 100,000 tons of Sugdasi rice. ...
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Strong textile sector vital to economy
FAISALABAD, Sept 20: The Federal Minister for Textile Industry, Mushtaq Ali Cheema on Monday said that the government was fully prepared for the promotion and modernization of textile sector to strengthen the national economy and to achieve the objective of Textile Vision 2005. ...
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Pakistan for free trade with regional states
BEIJIJNG, Sept 20: More than 300 business leaders and officials from 70 countries including Pakistan met here Monday to discuss ways and means for promoting fair and equitable business opportunities at regional and international levels. ...
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Bearish spell on cotton market
KARACHI, Sept 20: Trading on the cotton market on Monday resumed on a bearish note as some of the ginners indulged in panic-selling fearing further decline in prices owing to higher arrivals of phutti. ...
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Buying at lower level averts fresh decline on KSE
KARACHI, Sept 20: Trading volume on the Karachi Stock Exchange on Monday fell sharply lower as investors played on both sides of the market apparently awaiting the outcome of next meeting between the prime minister ...
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