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Rupee hits another record low of 85.80
Apr 8th
KARACHI: The rupee hits another record low against the dollar on Tuesday amid low activity in the currency market, dealers said.
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Huge WFP food stock swept away
Feb 8th
PESHAWAR: The World Food Programme (WFP) suffered losses worth billions of rupees in the recent devastating floods in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as one of its
Export Development Fund controversy
Jan 8th
ISLAMABAD: Billions of rupees, collected in the name of export development surcharge every year, remain a bone of contention between finance and comme
Chris Cuomo interviews Musharraf
Jan 27th
Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf sat down for an interview with “Good Morning America” co-anchor Chris Cuomo Sept. 23, 2009. The following transcript of their interview has been edited for clarity. CHRIS CUOMO: Mr. Musharraf, let’s start with you and your future. Have you given thought yet to returning to Pakistan, returning to power? PERVEZ [...]
Musharraf Era performance: Pakistan Flourishes
Jun 18th
Compiled By: Mirza Rohail B ©Our leader – Musharraf All this is all the more amazing when one considers that just six years ago, Pakistan was on the verge of bankruptcy, with only a little more than $1bn in foreign exchange reserves and its stock market teetering at 1,000 points (worth $5 billion only) and [...]
International Wheat Crisis and its Effect on Pakistan
Jun 15th
Written By: Afreen Baig Pakistan produced RECORD wheat In 2005-06, Pakistan produced 21,591,400 metric tons of wheat, more than all of Africa (20,304,585 metric tons) and nearly as much as all of South America (24,557,784 metric tons). The Federal Bureau of Statistics valued Major Crops yields at Rs.504,868 million in 2005 thus registering over 55% [...]
