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• Govt adamant on bringing agriculture into tax net: Aurangzeb

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• KSE-100 retreats marginally as investors ‘unimpressed’ with 100bps cut in key policy rate

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• Fauji Fertilizer Company makes Rs25bn profit in three-month period

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• Suhail Jute Mills says political, economic uncertainties behind inability to start commercial operations

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• PML-N tables bill in NA against independent candidates joining parties after specified time

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• President Zardari calls for stronger cooperation with Commonwealth

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• Ex-army officer Akbar Hussain handed 14 years jail for ‘inciting sedition’

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