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• Pakistan rules out talks with TTP

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• SBP-held foreign exchange reserves increase $19mn, now stand at $8.04bn

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• Hafiz Naeem elected new chief of Jamaat-e-Islami

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• Bank holidays: SBP announces three-day closure for Eid-ul-Fitr 2024

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• LHC’s decision to help boost Pakistan’s pharma sector: brokerage house

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• Pakistan’s central govt debt decreases marginally in February: SBP

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