PSX experiences dull session; benchmark index down 186 points
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Thursday experienced a dull trading session, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index plunging 186 points to 41,409...
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ArchiveStocks lose 186 points amid unexciting results
KARACHI: Stocks declined in a range-bound, lacklustre trading session on Thursday where the KSE-100 index lost 186 points (0...
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BusinessPSX commences week on cautious note, benchmark index adds 186 points
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) commenced the trading week on a cautiously positive note, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index advancing 186 points, or 0...
JS Global added that the cement sector stocks saw some upside potentially due to news of government initiatives in increasing access to affordable housing finance in the country...
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PakistanWorst of 186 countries, Pakistan has highest stillbirth rate
PARIS: Pakistan had the highest rate of stillbirths in 2015 making it the worst performer out of 186 countries, a quintet of studies published by The Lancet on Tuesday reveals...
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PakistanPemra seeks ARY News response to IB complaint against 'fake news'
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Saturday directed ARY News to respond to a complaint filed by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) against its report on a list of lawmakers suspected of links with banned militant groups allegedly compiled by the IB...
The list first came to light when ARY News programme 'Power Play' aired a report on Sept 25 claiming that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif had directed the IB on...
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PakistanLocal news channel claims to have hired first transgender news anchor
Local news channel Kohenoor News on Friday claimed to be the first in the country to have hired a transgender woman as a news anchor...
Maavia Malik, who launched her career in the entertainment industry as a model, was first seen on Kohenoor News during a Pakistan Day news transmission on March 23...
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PakistanPemra serves notices to ARY, Bol News over 'fake' news regarding cabinet reshuffle
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has issued show-cause notices to ARY News and Bol News for airing news items regarding a reshuffle in the federal cabinet and change in the portfolios of some federal ministers, it emerged on Tuesday...
The two media outlets had aired the news on Monday morning about a possible reshuffle in the posts for Minister for Finance and Minister of State for Interior held by Asad Umar...
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PakistanPM opens work on metro bus route to new airport
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday inaugurated the construction of a metro bus route to connect the federal capital with the New Islamabad International Airport near Fatehjang...
6 kilometre-long route from Peshawar Mor to the new airport will be completed before Independence Day this year as the premier has already announced that he would inaugurate the new airport in August...
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ArchiveEncroachments crop up along metro bus route
RAWALPINDI: Though the metro bus project worth Rs44...
81 billion is still not fully complete, encroachments have started cropping up on the acquired land adjacent to the bus stations...
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ArchiveParliamentary panel asks govt to give priority to CPEC’s western route
ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary Committee on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor has recommended to the government that the western route of the project should be built as a dual carriageway at the outset and, eventually, there should be a motorway linking Gwadar with the rest of the country...
A meeting of the committee presided over by its chairman Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed was briefed on Monday by Chairman of the National...
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ArchiveIs APC new route for amendments, asks SC
ISLAMABAD: A Supreme Court judge wondered on Tuesday if an all-party conference was a new route to seek consensus before proposing major amendments in the Constitution instead of getting a fresh mandate from the sovereign through elections before altering its basic structure...
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ArchiveNebraska regulators approve Keystone XL pipeline route in win for Trump
LINCOLN: Nebraska regulators voted on Monday to approve a route for TransCanada Corp’s Keystone XL pipeline through the state, lifting the last big regulatory obstacle for the long-delayed project that US President Donald Trump wants built...
The commission’s approval was not for TransCanada’s preferred route, but for a slightly longer alternative that could prove more difficult and costly to build...
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PakistanPM to inaugurate CPEC’s western route in Zhob
QUETTA: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif is likely to visit Zhob on Wednesday to inaugurate western route of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)...
“Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will be visiting Zhob to inaugurate western route of CPEC,” they said, adding that he would also address a gathering of tribal elders and citizens there...
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PakistanNon-regularisation of jobs: Visually impaired people block Metro route for 10 hours
LAHORE: Visually challenged people blocked on Wednesday the Metro bus service corridor for more than 10 hours in protest at the non-regularisation of their jobs...
Up to 25 challenged people gathered at Kalma Chowk and blocked the dedicated Metro bus route to get attention of the provincial government for regularisation of their service and quota in jobs...
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WorldIndia starts trade route to Afghanistan via Iran
India on Sunday shipped its first consignment of wheat to Afghanistan by sea through Iran's strategic Chahbahar Port, launching a trade route bypassing longtime rival Pakistan...
The new trade route follows an air freight corridor introduced between India and Afghanistan in June last year to provide greater access for Afghan goods to the Indian market...
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