BR’s refresher: your morning briefing for the day

Business Recorder helps its readers by compiling what it sees as important updates from the previous day to save your valuable time and effort.

Here are the top stories you should read to start your day:

• Higher than market consensus: SBP reduces key policy rate by 250bps, takes it to 15%

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• PPL secures 10-year lease for Sui Gas Field

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• SCO summit: Rs2.7bn spent on arrangements, beautification of Islamabad, interior ministry tells ECC

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• COAS Asim Munir urges action on plight of Kashmiris, Palestinians

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• NA, Senate pass bills seeking increase in services chiefs’ tenure, SC judges’ strength

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• Policy rate reduction to boost business activities, exports: PM Shehbaz

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• Pakistan Navy conducts flight test of locally manufactured ballistic missile

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• Pakistan’s chemical maker Ghani to establish LPG storage facility in Punjab

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