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      <title><![CDATA[National Refinery Eyes $1.2 Billion Upgrade to Transform Fuel Production]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[SECP Moves to End Immediate PSX Alerts on Insiders’ Trades]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[SECP Shuts 11 Audit Firms Out of Pakistan’s Big Lenders]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 07:13:57 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Less Oil, Bigger Profit: Pakistan Oilfields Quarterly Earnings Surge 51%]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Congo, Solar, Chinese Cars: Lucky Cement Maps Its Next Big Bets]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[KSB Pumps Sales Double to Rs3bn, Rs250m Impairment Hits Profits]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[FBR Sets 55% Tax Valuation for Copper Exporters’ Steel Scrap]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[SLM Targets 75% Truck Tyre Market as Import Duty Hike Looms]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[UBL Costs Jump 66% as Profit Slides 13%, Missing Forecasts]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[CCP Clears Nestlé Water Deal, Hides Crucial Financial Details]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[CCP approves Nestlé Water Deal as Pakistan's regulator leaves the acquisition price, Platinum Equity stake and bottled-water market share undisclosed. Copy]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[SBP Slaps 5% Cap on Islamic Banks’ Tawarruq Financing, Tightens Shariah Rules]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[SBP Tawarruq financing cap limits Islamic banks to 5% overall exposure and 10% consumer financing under new AAOIFI Shariah rules. Copy]]></description>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Faraz Ali Ansari]]></dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Wahdat Profit Jumps 27%, But Flock Revaluation Did Heavy Lifting]]></title>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Faraz Ali Ansari]]></dc:creator>
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