KSE falls as country plunged into new political crisis
KARACHI: The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) on Monday fell, as the country plunged into fresh political crisis after Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) quit the...
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Price of furnace oil jumps
by TNT Desk
Karachi: Price of imported furnace oil has increased by Rs200 per ton on Sunday....
FBR collects record Rs151bn in December
by TNT Desk
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) provisionally collected around Rs151 billion in December 2010, against the target of Rs147 billion....
Dry fruits prices up in Peshawar
by TNT Desk
PESHAWAR: With the constant increase in winter’s chill, the prices of dry fruits have registered phenominal hike in the local market of Peshawar due to...
Gold hit record peak of Rs45,400 last year
by TNT Desk
Karachi: Gold prices hit record peak in the country’s history to Rs45,400 per tola in 2010....
Profit rate of NSSs increased
by TNT Desk
ISLAMABAD: The government increased the profit rate on different National Savings Schemes (NSSs) effective from Saturday, January 1, 2011....
‘Pak-Iran-Turkey rail service to be named after Turkish president’
by TNT Desk
Karachi: The Pak-Iran-Turkey container rail service will be named after Turkish President Abdullah Gul as “Gul Train”....
SBP increases refinance rate
by TNT Desk
KARACHI: The refinance rate under the Export Finance Scheme was increased by one percent to 11 percent to meet the IMF condition by the State...
Petrol price up by Rs6.71 per liter
by TNT Desk
Islamabad: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday approved the summary to raise the price of petrol by Rs6.71 per liter. New prices of patrol...
GDP growth may dip further due to excessive govt borrowings
by TNT Desk
ISLAMABAD: Excessive government borrowings from the banks are feared to further slow down the Gross Domestic Products growth, as earlier estimates of 2.8 percent growth...