Suspected freedom fighters shot dead four people, including a couple, overnight in occupied Kashmir, where occupation troops killed three freedom fighters and seized explosives, police said Sunday.
Suspected freedom fighters shot dead four people, including a couple, overnight in occupied Kashmir, where occupation troops killed three freedom fighters and seized explosives, police said Sunday.
Indian External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha will brief US Secretary of State Colin Powell about the latest turn of events in Indo-Pak relations during his meeting with him in Washington later this month.
Indian External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha will brief US Secretary of State Colin Powell about the latest turn of events in Indo-Pak relations during his meeting with him in Washington later this month.
US Treasury Secretary John Snow said on Sunday that despite disappointing job growth last month the economy is on an upswing that will lead to increased employment.
Provincial exchequer may suffer a loss of Rs 147.66 million following the decision of Sindh High Court in favour of Muhammad Anwar Traders, the highest bidder for 69,000 tons government old wheat stock of 1999-2000 crop.
Provincial exchequer may suffer a loss of Rs 147.66 million following the decision of Sindh High Court in favour of Muhammad Anwar Traders, the highest bidder for 69,000 tons government old wheat stock of 1999-2000 crop.
In playing down the impact of the euro's surge on currency markets, European Central Bank chief Jean-Claude Trichet is reverting to type in a career marked by indifference to politicians' anguish about foreign-exchange levels.
Fears grew in Albania on Sunday that the death toll in the illegal immigrant boat disaster in which 21 people died would rise still further, as the country prepared for a day of mourning to mark the tragedy.
A US hard-sell of plans for a Free Trade Area of the Americas will hit some turbulence at Monday's Summit of the Americas in Mexico, as some leaders balk at the notion free trade can cure their countries' worsening social ills.
Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Sunday expressed hope that a breakthrough reached with Pakistan last week would open a "new chapter" in the troubled history of the two South Asian countries.
Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Sunday expressed hope that a breakthrough reached with Pakistan last week would open a "new chapter" in the troubled history of the two South Asian countries.
Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Sunday said the recent overtures between Pakistan and India, and the composite dialogue being held between the two countries next month will hopefully lead to a major breakthrough in the region.
The first sign of cracks appeared in Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) as provincial chapter of Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP) on Sunday announced to quit the six party religion-political alliance and government in the North West Frontier Province.
The first sign of cracks appeared in Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) as provincial chapter of Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP) on Sunday announced to quit the six party religion-political alliance and government in the North West Frontier Province.
As a goodwill gesture, Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Sunday ordered the release of 149 Afghan Nationals serving various terms in different Pakistani jails, under the foreigners Act.
As a goodwill gesture, Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Sunday ordered the release of 149 Afghan Nationals serving various terms in different Pakistani jails, under the foreigners Act.
The share market gained 2.2 percent during the preceding week as Saarc Summit in Islamabad closed on a positive note where Pakistan and India reached an agreement that they will hold talks to ease tension within the region and will take steps to cut pover
The share market gained 2.2 percent during the preceding week as Saarc Summit in Islamabad closed on a positive note where Pakistan and India reached an agreement that they will hold talks to ease tension within the region and will take steps to cut pover
The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) has expressed its inability to give daily details of export consignments needed by the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) to effectively check smuggling of psychotropic drugs and heroin to other countries.
The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) has expressed its inability to give daily details of export consignments needed by the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) to effectively check smuggling of psychotropic drugs and heroin to other countries.
Five Afghan soldiers and four suspected Taleban militants have been killed in two separate explosions in southern Afghanistan, officials said on Sunday.
Five Afghan soldiers and four suspected Taleban militants have been killed in two separate explosions in southern Afghanistan, officials said on Sunday.
Scores of Iraqi demonstrators gathered again in the south-eastern city of Amara on Sunday, a day after at least six people were killed when local police and British troops fired on violent protesters.
Fourteen people were killed when a bus ran off the road in south-west China's Sichuan province on Sunday and plunged into a ravine, state media reported.
A huge scandal that rocked Britain's cosy financial establishment long before most people had even heard of Enron or Parmalat returns to haunt the Bank of England this week as a marathon legal battle looms.
The number of US soldiers killed in Iraq has topped 500 as the Pentagon confirmed on Sunday that 504 have died in the nearly 10 months since the US-led coalition invaded the country.
A Saudi Arabian satellite news channel went on air on Sunday, becoming the fourth television channel transmitting from the oil-rich kingdom and the first to specialise in news and current affairs.
Iran was plunged into a major political crisis on Sunday after powerful conservatives moved to disqualify massive numbers of reformists from contesting next month's crucial parliamentary elections, a move one MP branded a "coup d'etat".
Iran was plunged into a major political crisis on Sunday after powerful conservatives moved to disqualify massive numbers of reformists from contesting next month's crucial parliamentary elections, a move one MP branded a "coup d'etat".
The directors of the company are happy to inform that the prestigious International Business Magazine Forbes Global included Nagina Cotton Mills Ltd, in their list of "Best under a Billion - 200 for 2003".
The directors of the company are happy to inform that the prestigious International Business Magazine Forbes Global included Nagina Cotton Mills Ltd, in their list of "Best under a Billion - 200 for 2003".
Interbank buy/sell rates for the taka against the dollar on Sunday: 58.86/95 (previous 58.85/90). Call Money Rates: 4.0-7.0 percent (previous 4.0-7.0).
The median interbank overnight rate on Egypt's pound was six percent on Sunday, unchanged from Thursday's level, as bankers awaited the result of a central bank deposit auction.
Mobile operators Egyptian Company for Mobile Services (MobiNil) and Vodafone Egypt slipped on profit-taking on Sunday, pulling the Egyptian stock market slightly lower, traders said.
US banks likely enjoyed a solid fourth quarter, analysts said, as robust stocks and consumer borrowing offset a dramatic decline in mortgage refinancing and weak commercial lending.
US banks likely enjoyed a solid fourth quarter, analysts said, as robust stocks and consumer borrowing offset a dramatic decline in mortgage refinancing and weak commercial lending.
Hong Kong stocks are seen extending a 10 day winning streak on the back of strong fund buying and a bright economic outlook, although markets will keep an eye on a slew of US corporate results later in the week.
Tokyo stocks are expected to rise above the key 11,000 mark this week as investors again buy into technology and other blue chip shares on expectations of improved corporate earnings.
Regional currencies surged against the greenback over the past week, with some backing down after a suspected massive intervention by Japanese monetary authorities to soften the yen.
Indian shares are seen digesting strong recent gains this week and waiting for corporate earnings to justify a sharp recent rally that lifted the market to record levels, brokers said.
Asian stock markets are poised for another strong performance in 2004, boosted mainly by regional liquidity and the region's better-than-expected economic performance, Standard and Poor's said in a report.
Parmalat bondholders are battling against vast uncertainties to calculate the potential returns on their investments in the crippled Italian food company, bondholders said.
Parmalat bondholders are battling against vast uncertainties to calculate the potential returns on their investments in the crippled Italian food company, bondholders said.
There were fewer initial public offerings in Canada last year as income trust launches, a popular investment vehicle that propped up the market recently, lost some steam, according to a survey released recently.
The health of Britain's retailers over the Christmas trading period is likely to command most attention in the UK stock market next week as companies from the supermarkets to luxury goods sectors issue trading updates.
The World Bank plans to issue yuan-denominated bonds to raise funds for development projects in China, the Japanese daily, Yomiuri Shimbun said Sunday.
The World Bank plans to issue yuan-denominated bonds to raise funds for development projects in China, the Japanese daily, Yomiuri Shimbun said Sunday.
Trading updates from heavyweights such as SABMiller and Richemont are likely to direct a busier South African stock market this week, fund managers said, but the rand will still also hold sway.
Wall Street will count on quarterly results of companies ranging from General Electric Co to Intel Corp this week to help reinforce expectations for a recovery in the economy and corporate profits to propel stocks higher.
South Korea's third largest conglomerate, SK Group, Sunday apologised for the arrest of its chairman and said it would change the way the organisation is run.
President George W. Bush is facing growing criticism that his economic policies, including a planned push to make his tax cuts permanent, amount to land mines in the US economy's path.
Official Swiss documents indicated Sunday that the sprawling international financial network set up by the Italian dairy giant Parmalat reached into Switzerland, where the failing group could have benefited from banking secrecy laws.
Anxious west African states are watching the surging euro closely, experts say, fearing declines in their revenues from key crop exports, such as cotton, cocoa and coffee.
The European Commission will vote on Tuesday on whether to challenge the member states' decision to bend EU budget rules for France and Germany, and may have to take the step despite the likely political fallout.
Companies from countries that opposed the Iraq war remain barred from bidding for $5 billion in US-funded reconstruction contracts, a US official said on Sunday, despite hints the United States could soften its stance.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved 500 million US dollars for China's east-west trunk railway in the largest-ever loan offered to the mainland, state media reported Sunday.
India hopes to aggressively build nuclear reactors to generate a total of 20,000 megawatts of electricity by 2020, up from 2,770 megawatts now, a senior official said in an interview published Sunday.
Jordan's foreign minister said Sunday he would discuss with his Kuwaiti counterpart the possibility of renewing a Kuwaiti oil grant to Amman during an imminent visit to the emirate.
US officials Sunday underscored the "moral" duty of rebuilding war-battered Iraq as the first US Department of Commerce trade show and conference on Iraqi post-war reconstruction opened Sunday in Jordan.
A French court will rule on Monday on a landmark action against investment bank Morgan Stanley, which market players say could further curtail stock analysts' freedom to make investment recommendations.
LG Electronics Inc, South Korea's top home appliance maker, said on Sunday it would spend $300 million on overseas marketing to help boost global revenue by one fifth this year.
China's big four state banks had an average non-performing loan ratio of 16.86 percent at the end of 2003, down 4.71 percentage points from the start of the year, the banking regulator said on Sunday.
Iraq's most revered Shia leader insisted on Sunday that democratic elections be held within months, denting US hopes of winning his crucial backing for Washington's plan for handing back sovereignty to Iraqis.
Iran's President Mohammad Khatami called on the United States on Sunday to accept Tehran's right to develop nuclear technology for peaceful purposes if it wants to see an improvement in ties between the two countries.
Thousands of Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers have deserted the fledgling service after completing training given by instructors from the United States, France and Britain, defence ministry officials said Sunday.
US delegates warned Sunday against making "premature" conclusions about their sensitive mission to North Korea's nuclear complex at the center of a 15-month crisis.
The United States is deeply worried that Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian is moving toward independence for the island as he wages a high-stakes re-election campaign, despite an unusual public rebuke from President George W. Bush.
Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and his Hindu nationalist party Sunday charted out a strategy for parliamentary elections, which they want to hold within months to cash in on economic growth.
Nato troops on Sunday scaled down a major weekend hunt for top Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic, triggered by a tip that injury may have forced him to seek help in his old headquarters town.
Prime minister Ahmed Qorei said Sunday that the Palestinians remained committed to forging a two-state settlement with Israel as the Israeli government warned it would respond to a Palestinian declaration of independence by annexing parts of the occupied
Two Turkish Cypriot parties on Sunday agreed to form a coalition government with a pledge to work towards a deal reuniting the divided Mediterranean island before Cyprus joins the European Union on May 1.
South African President Thabo Mbeki's party vowed on Sunday to do what it has struggled to do during a decade in power - defeating poverty and unemployment the way it did apartheid.
A suspected Palestinian suicide bomber was killed in the West Bank on Sunday when he apparently detonated his explosives belt prematurely after spotting an Israeli patrol, the Israeli army said.
I would like to draw your attention to the feature titled, "WTO regime's effects and solutions" which appeared in your esteemed daily on January 3, 2004. The learned writer wrote, inter alia, that:
Those who think being in charge of a regional fiefdom on the coast of the Black Sea in the Caucasus is a carefree existence would change their minds upon seeing Georgia's Aslan Abashidze nowadays.