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2015-08-02 Pakistan Business


The News International
   
Complete countrywide shutter-down observed   
The News International
ISLAMABAD/ PESHAWAR/ LAHORE/KARACHI: Despite differences among different trade organisations on the schedule of the shutter-down strike against the imposition of 0.3% Withholding Tax (WHT) on banking transactions, traders countrywide observed ...

Levy on transactions forces shutter down   The Nation
Protest against tax: Traders' strike blows hot and cold   The Express Tribune
Traders stage countrywide protests over imposition of WHT   Daily Times
Pakistan Observer   
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The Express Tribune
   
Increased cost of doing business: No progress in talks with textile industry   
The Express Tribune
The textile industry has long lamented the increased cost of doing business and demanded the withdrawal of electricity surcharge and gas cess. PHOTO: AYESHA MIR/EXPRESS. ISLAMABAD: Negotiations between the government and textile industry ...

Imminent collapse   Daily Times
Strike on August 7: government-APTMA talks end in stalemate   Business Recorder (press release) (blog)
Body formed to resolve textile issues   The Nation
Pakistan Today   
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The Express Tribune
   
July 2015: Most mutual funds underperform KSE-100 index   
The Express Tribune
Mutual funds with exposure in equities have faced volatility in recent months because of uncertainty on the Karachi bourse. PHOTO: AFP. KARACHI: A majority of equity-based mutual funds underperformed the benchmark index in the first month of 2015-16.
Small is beautiful, discover mutual funds   Business Standard

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The Nation
   
PM to take up NARC issue on 6th   
DAWN.com
ISLAMABAD: The future of National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC) will finally be decided next Thursday (August 6), when Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will take up the issue at a high-level meeting, official sources told Dawn on Saturday. The meeting ...

KP farmers stage protest in support of NARC   Daily Times
KPK farmers hold protest demos to protect NARC   The Nation

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Daily Times
   
KSE plunges by 74 points over selling pressure   
Daily Times
KARACHI: The index at the Karachi capital market witnessed a downfall during the outgoing week as future rollovers and dismal corporate results kept trading under the selling pressure. The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE)-100 index closed at 35,741.52 ...

Weekly review: Market closes flat during volatile yet uneventful week   The Express Tribune
Stocks close flat amid institutional profit-taking   The Nation
KSE-100 closes at 35741 levels   Pakistan Observer
GlobalPost   
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The Express Tribune
   
Petrol prices cut by 1.3%   
The Express Tribune
Ogra had originally recommended a price decrease of Rs2.69 per litre, or 3%, to Rs75.10 per litre. PHOTO: FILE. ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday decided to allow petrol prices to decline by 1.3%, in what appears to be an attempt at striking a ...
Ministry proposes cut in oil prices   The News International
3 to 10% reduction in petroleum prices recommended by Ogra   The News Teller
Ogra proposes cut in POL prices   The Nation
News Tribe   
Geo News, Pakistan   
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The Express Tribune
   
Dar introduces new taxes to compensate for FBR failures   
The Express Tribune
Just one month after it passed the federal budget for fiscal year 2016, the government has levied new taxes using administrative measures in a bid to shore up revenue collection after the tax agencies fell short of their first month target. The new ...
FBR collects Rs143 bn in first month of financial year   The News International
The FBR and Peter Principle   The News on Sunday
FBR collection up by 7pc to Rs143.19b in July   The Nation

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The Express Tribune
   
Mutual funds SECP reduces maximum sales load   
The Express Tribune
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has reduced the maximum level of sales load from 5% to up to 3% that asset management companies (AMCs) are authorised to charge on sales of mutual fund units. “No sales load shall be ...

SECP reduces 3pc sales load on mutual funds   Pakistan Observer
SECP caps sales load on mutual funds at 3pc   The Nation
SECP reduces sales load charge on mutual funds   Daily Times
Pakistan Today   
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DunyaNews Pakistan
   
Major markets observed strike to protest against withholding tax   
DunyaNews Pakistan
LAHORE (Dunya News) – A large number of prominent markets in major cities remained closed to observe strike on the matter of withholding tax on banking transactions, Dunya News reported. According to details, complete shutter down strike was observed ...

LPG price reduced by Rs 10 per kg   PakistanHerald

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Govt, traders must show flexibility to resolve WHT issue: PBIF   
Daily Times
KARACHI: Pakistan Business and Intellectual Forum (PBIF) President and former provincial minister Mian Zahid Hussain said on Saturday that the ongoing friction on the banking transaction tax is not in the national interest. He was of the view that both ...
Bank transactions: government urged to reduce WHT   Business Recorder (press release) (blog)

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