BR's refresher: your morning briefing for the day

Business Recorder helps its readers by compiling what it sees as important updates from the previous day to save your valuable time and effort.

Here are the top stories you should read to start your day:

• Ishaq Dar announces 35-rupee hike in prices of petrol and diesel

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• Imran Khan to contest by-elections on all 33 NA seats: Qureshi

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• FM Bilawal to visit Russia on January 29-30

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• PPP to send legal notice to Imran over Zardari assassination plot claims

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• Islamabad Court extends Fawad Chaudhry’s physical remand by two days

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• 'Believe in Ishaq Dar': Maryam says current finance minister to solve economic crisis

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• SBP rebuts claim capping dollar price caused $3bn loss in remittances, exports

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• Imran Khan censures govt for ‘massive’ fuel hike

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• PKR slide likely to fuel inflation in a big way

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• Import of used tractors: ECC asks MoC, SBP to rethink

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• Suddenly, ailing SOEs come under PDM govt’s focus

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• Live debate on economy: Tarin accepts challenge

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• Pakistan expresses interest in possibility of currency swap with Russia

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• Decline in cess collection lands body in trouble: Food ministry seeks Rs666.64m grant for cotton committee

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