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Bank Alfalah advances exit from Afghanistan as central banks clear due diligence

Bank Alfalah Limited (BAFL), one of Pakistan’s largest commercial banks, has taken a step forward in the proposed divestment ...
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PSX secures another high, KSE-100 crosses 186,000 level

The PSX closed Tuesday’s trading session on a strong footing as sustained institutional buying pushed the benchmark index to ...
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Gold slides from 1-week high on profit-booking, dollar strength

Gold prices slid on Wednesday as investors booked profits after prices briefly climbed to a more than one-week high in ...
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India bonds slide as RBI shuns liquid papers for next week’s debt purchase

Indian bonds entered 2026 with a question mark over the appetite for a ramp-up in debt supply, despite the RBI’s support ...
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Chevron, Quantum Energy Partners line up bid for $22 billion of Lukoil assets, FT reports

Chevron and private equity group Quantum Energy Partners are teaming up on a bid to buy the international assets ...
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South Korea’s Lee says ties with Japan as important as relations with China

Lee, who held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week, said Xi had commented that patience was needed when they ...
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EDITORIAL: Listening to OICCI on fixing power sector

EDITORIAL: The Overseas Investors’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) has once again put forward a set of power sector reform proposals that deserve far more than just polite acknowledgment.