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Iraq violence claims 52 lives

Baghdad: At least 52 people were killed on Thursday as a motorcycle rigged with explosives detonated in Baghdad's Sadr City and militants targeted mostly...

Hollywood film production in 'bad spiral' as competition bites

Los Angeles: Three days before the Oscars, the Los Angeles film czar and a think tank delivered some damning news to Tinseltown: Hollywood's status...

Rs190bn farm credit disbursed

Karachi: Against the agriculture credit target of Rs380 billion for the fiscal year 2013-14, banks disbursed Rs190bn during July-January 2014 which is 50 per...

HSBC in talks to sell Pakistan bank to Meezan

London: HSBC said Thursday it is in talks to sell its business in Pakistan to Meezan Bank Limited, another possible sale by Europe’s biggest...

China compliance claim in WTO steel row

Geneva: A panel of trade experts requested by the US was created on Wednesday to test a claim by China that it has complied...

Pakistani stocks end lower; rupee steady

Karachi: Pakistan's main stocks exchange closed lower on Thursday, with the benchmark 100-share index of the Karachi Stock Exchange falling 0.08 per cent, or...

Mobile phone operators to test 3G, 4G services

Islamabad: Mobile phone operators, under the regulator’s decision of granting them free trial permission on non-commercial basis for 3G and 4G services, will test and...

Rs2b business expected from Sindh exhibition

Karachi: Sindh Minister for Agriculture Sardar Ali Nawaz Khan Mahar and Minister for Livestock and Fisheries Jam Khan Shoro have said that upcoming livestock, dairy,...

Cotton trade slow

Karachi: Trading on the cotton market remained slow amid reports that spinners have taken up the Indian cotton yarn imports issue at the highest...

Iran urges Pakistan to honor gas pipeline commitment

Tehran: Iran's oil ministry said Wednesday that Pakistan is contractually obliged to complete a major gas pipeline project which would allow Tehran to export...

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