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| March 15, 2008 | Saturday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 6, 1429 |
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No fungus threat to wheat crop
MULTAN, March 14: Officials, farm experts and farmers in South Punjab have denied any attack of fungus Ug99 on wheat crop in Pakistan.... 
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Dollar heading for record high against rupee
KARACHI, March 14: The Pakistani currency has almost lost whatever it gained against the dollar just after the general elections on February 18....
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KSE index settles below session’s high on profit-selling
KARACHI, March 14: The KSE 100-share index ended the week above the barrier of 15,000 points but well below the session’s highs owing to late weekend profit-selling, signaling that its next...
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Pakistani brands gaining popularity in India
NEW DELHI, March 14: Pakistani brands are gaining popularity in the upbeat Indian market. There is a huge scope for Pakistani entrepreneurs to cater to the developing interest of Indian consumers in Pakistani products....
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Plan to bring 2.5m acres under cultivation
KARACHI, March 14: The Sindh ministry of agriculture is to buy a fleet of 35 bulldozers at an estimated cost of Rs246.9 million to bring 2.5...
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23 cold storages to be set up for veg, fruits
ISLAMABAD, March 14: The government has decided to set up 23 cold storages at airports, seaports and across the national trade corridor in order to preserve vegetables and fruits meant for export purposes....
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JPMorgan Chase, Fed move to rescue market
NEW YORK, March 14: In an unprecedented move JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM) and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York stepped in with emergency funds to keep beleaguered investment bank...
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Power crisis shakes confidence of industry
KARACHI, March 14: Frequent and unscheduled power outages for longer periods have forced many industries to avoid entering into fresh export orders, fearing huge losses, if deadlines are not met....
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Hoteliers threaten toclose down businesses: Bed tax issue
KARACHI, March 14: The room occupancy ratio in hotels is yet to improve after Oct 18, 2007, blasts in Karachi, and it now hovers between 30 and 35 per cent in...
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Euro, gold chart fresh highs
LONDON, March 14: The dollar tumbled to fresh all-time lows against the eauro on Friday and gold jumped to record highs after topping $1,000 for the first time ever as more US economic woes roiled the markets....
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Wheat buying begins in Sindh
KARACHI, March 14: The Sindh Food Department is officially beginning on Saturday the wheat procurement from farmers in Mirpurkhas and some other places in lower Sindh at the officially fixed price...
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Completion of Indus Refinery delayed
KARACHI, March 14: The completion of Indus Refinery Ltd has been delayed by about two years, mainly because of political instability, a top company official said on Friday....
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Karachi Port operations
KARACHI, March 14: Five ships carrying wheat, DAP fertilisers and general cargo are expected to arrive at the outer anchorage on Saturday, according to KPT sources....
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Cotton market shows firm trend
KARACHI, March 14: Cotton market on Friday showed a firm trend as spinners and mills continued to cover their forward positions against forward sales of textiles....
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15 withheld CNG buses released
ISLAMABAD, March 14: The government has decided to release the CNG buses imported from Sharjah that were withheld on the charges of their Indian origin....
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Oil slips
LONDON, March 14: Oil slipped on Friday as investors took profits from a record rally that pushed prices to a record $111 in the previous session....
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Asian stocks close mostly down
HONG KONG, March 14: Asian stocks closed mostly down on Friday due to concerns about the US economy, a sliding greenback, near record high oil prices and the debilitating global credit crunch....
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Palm oil 3 per cent lower
KUALA LUMPUR, March 14: Malaysian palm oil futures ended nearly 3 per cent lower on Friday as investors booked profits while waiting to see if China would import more vegetable oils to arrest inflation, traders said....
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Karachi market rates
KARACHI, March 14: The following were Friday’s commodity market rates in rupees....
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