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	Agri credit disbursement soars over 16pc in first four months of FY09 KARACHI: Disbursement of credit to the Agriculture sector by commercial and specialised banks has increased 16.20 percent year-on-year to Rs 57.60 billion during the first four months (July-October) o .....more	SBP begins distribution of Rs 1, Rs 2 aluminium coins KARACHI: All offices of State Bank of Pakistan's Banking Services Corporation (SBPBSC) has started issuing Re 1 and Rs 2 aluminium coins from Thursday. These coins have different metal composition, .....more
	New funds to be managed by NIT are separate from existing funds KARACHI: NIT said on Thursday that contributions to the new fund would come from financial institutions backed by a guarantee of the federal government, thus any risk and reward would in turn belong t .....more	‘Sugar mills urged to start sugarcane crushing’ SARGODHA: Kisssn Board has urged the local sugar mills to start sugarcane crushing without further delay. The delay in starting sugarcane crushing will casue sugar crises in the country. Nasir Ghum .....more
	Gold up at Rs 19,500 KARACHI: Gold moved up by Rs 229 to Rs 19,500 per 10 grams in the local market on Thursday as its international price also jumped to $ 745 an ounce, sources said. However, silver dipped to Rs 287.1 .....more	Rates of conversion KARACHI: The following rates will be applicable for conversion into rupees of Foreign Currency Deposits, Dollar Bearer Certificates, Foreign Currency Bearer Certificates, Special U.S. Dollar Bonds and .....more
	In Focus: Engro Chemicals (19112008) Target price: Rs185 Engro urea sales remained aggressive while DAP remained depressive During 9M08, Engro urea off-takes increased by 37.4 percent to 743.9k tones while imported DAP sales declin .....more	Capital Market trading in dangerous territory (20112008) LEADER REPORT KARACHI: Relatively better volumes were seen as 182k shares were traded throughout the day, on Wednesday while of 13 scrips were traded advancers and decliners remained at 4 each as v .....more