BR’s refresher: your morning briefing for the day

  • Important updates from August 18, 2023
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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:

  • Bushra Bibi fears PTI chief could be ‘poisoned’ in Attock jail

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  • President Alvi dismisses NEPRA official over workplace harassment

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  • Pakistan’s REER index jumps 4.4% MoM in July, now stands at 91.6

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  • KSE-100 loses over 100 points amid lack of triggers

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  • Sindh fixes sugarcane minimum price at Rs425/ maund

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  • Gold prices increase Rs300 per tola in Pakistan

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  • Pakistan’s current account deficit clocks in at $809mn in July, highest since October 2022

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  • Interim govt to cooperate with ECP to hold fair elections: information minister

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  • Ali Mardan Khan Domki named Balochistan caretaker CM

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  • Cotton arrival in Pakistan improves 48%: PCGA

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  • Pak Suzuki announces another motorcycle plant shutdown

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  • We will try to ensure financial discipline: caretaker PM Kakar addresses maiden cabinet meeting

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