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Karachi: All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has embraced the proposed Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Policy 2011 and appreciated the efforts of federal government for taking interest in bringing LNG into the system, said by APTMA Chairman Gohar Ejaz.

ISLAMABAD: Rising circular debt issues and ongoing power riots have brought Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani into action as he asked the inter-ministerial committee on energy to submit report in the special Cabinet meeting on October 12.

KUALA LUMPUR: Alkhair International Islamic Bank (M) Bhd is in discussion with Bank Negara to get approval to start talking with potential acquisition targets, which will allow Alkhair to tap into the ringgit business in the country.

While clinging to its present marginal position in the mainstream of global financial markets, Islamic banking and Islamic finance has a long way to go to transform itself into a major player, mainly through standardization, uniformity, governance, transparency and innovation, in addition to consolidation.

ABU DHABI: Dubai's Majid Al Futtaim Holding, sole franchisee of hypermarket chain Carrefour in the Gulf, is to set up a sukuk programme as market volatility continues to thwart its plans for a conventional issue, an executive told reporters today.

TOKYO: A rebound in Chinese shares helped lift most Asian stocks into positive territory on Wednesday, but gains were limited by concerns that the threat posed to the global economic outlook by Europe's debt crisis is weighing on corporate earnings.