29th October, 2012
Sluggish pre-Eid week for stocks
AS Eid ul Azha approached, the market had witnessed mixed trends last week.
7th August, 2012
Oil jumps 2 pct on N.Sea output drop
Oil prices jumped 2 per cent on Tuesday and were up for the third straight session due to falling North Sea output.
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    24th July, 2012
    Taking the bus around town
    One has to appreciate the efficiency of Karachi’s mass transport system despite the fact that it is perceived very differently by residents of the city.
    19th July, 2012
    KSE higher but bearish
    The KSE-100 index rose by 2.38 points in mid-day trade, while overall market sentiment remained bearish.
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    2011
    The year started with the shut down of Uch power plant producing 585MW of electricity, as one of the pipelines providing fuel was blown up…
    17th July, 2012
    2010
    Sheikhan gas field, which is located in Kohat, Kyber Pakhtunkhwa, was discovered. Moreover, the torrential rainfall in the year resulted in floods which caused much…
    17th July, 2012
    2009
    NASHPA oil fields were discovered in Karak district of Kyber Pakhtunkhwa. In the same year, Karachi faced one of its most crucial power breakdowns on…
    17th July, 2012
    2008
    The demand and supply gap pertaining to electricity in Pakistan increased by 15 per cent.The major load shedding crisis also commenced in the same year…
    17th July, 2012
    2007
    Pakistan faced one of its biggest power failures after Bhutto’s assassination in which production fell by 6,000 MW.…
    17th July, 2012
    2006
    Mela oil fields were discovered in the area of Kohat located in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.…
    17th July, 2012
    2005
    International Sovereign Energy, a Canadian company, signed an MoU with Oil and Gas Development Company Limited. The memorandum entailed further development of Toot Oil Fields.…
    17th July, 2012
    2004
    Chanda oil fields located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa started oil production.…
    17th July, 2012
    2000
    Balochistan Liberation Army allegedly bombed one of the minor pipelines transmitting gas from Sui gas fields.…
    17th July, 2012
    1998-1999
    The oil fields owned by Union Texas Pakistan were producing more oil than the Potwar wells.…
    17th July, 2012
    1994
    Rajjan oil field, located in Gujjar Khan, was discovered.…
    17th July, 2012
    1990
    Qadirpur gas field was discovered in the province of Sindh. It remains the third largest gas field in Pakistan.…