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:

• 500bps hike in policy rate adds Rs300bn to domestic debt: MoF

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• PTI leader Usman Dar announces to quit party, politics

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• Child among two dead in Afghan forces’ ‘unprovoked’ firing at Chaman border: ISPR

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• TRG says ‘any association with Zia Chishti’ would damage value of company’s underlying assets

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• Open-market: rupee’s upwards march continues

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• Cipher case: special court adjourns hearing till Oct 9

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• Afghan refugees not involved in Pakistan’s security problems: Taliban

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• Businesses laud Pakistan govt’s measures against ‘misuse of Afghan Transit Trade’

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• Pakistan LNG gets bids from Vitol, Trafigura for December cargoes

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• Cipher case: IHC rules Imran’s bail plea to be heard in open court

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• Pakistan’s textile exports plunge 12% year-on-year in September: APTMA

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• Pakistan seeking Middle East investment & tech in energy sector: minister

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• KSE-100 goes past 47,000, hits 5-week high

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• Shehbaz says Nawaz returning to start process of prosperity, development

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• First Dubai Business Forum to focus on trade with emerging markets, FDI and globalisation

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• First review under SBA becomes due: Ministries spurred into action

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