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Print - 2004-01-29
Sri Lanka has cleared a fifth of land mines

Sri Lanka has cleared a fifth of land mines

Nearly a fifth of land mines planted in Sri Lanka have been removed at a cost of 12 million dollars and the country could be completely rid of mines in three years, a top official here said Wednesday.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Afghan loya jirga group complains over constitution

Afghan loya jirga group complains over constitution

A group of delegates to Afghanistan's historic loya jirga who claim the constitution they approved earlier this month was altered ahead of its signing into law have taken their complaints to the government and international observers.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
French author brings out book written in mobile text

French author brings out book written in mobile text

A new book claiming to be the first written entirely in the abbreviated slang used in mobile phone text messages has come out in France with an anti-smoking story aimed at teenagers.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Mydoom overtakes Sobig.F as biggest virus outbreak

Mydoom overtakes Sobig.F as biggest virus outbreak

The Mydoom computer virus was Wednesday overtaking the Sobig.F bug as the largest virus outbreak ever, clogging the Internet with some 100 million infected e-mails in its first 36 hours and prompting the FBI to launch an investigation.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Black voters put spotlight on South Carolina

Black voters put spotlight on South Carolina

South Carolina is just one of seven states holding Democratic contests on Tuesday but it enjoys out-sized attention from the candidates as the first test among a large pool of black voters, one of the party's most loyal voting blocs.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Philippines soldiers call on defence chief to quit

Philippines soldiers call on defence chief to quit

A group of junior Philippines army officers is demanding that Defence Secretary Eduardo Ermita resign, saying he ordered some of their comrades to spy on opposition politicians in the run-up to elections in May.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
North Korea offers Nigeria missile technology

North Korea offers Nigeria missile technology

North Korea's isolated totalitarian regime has offered to sell Nigeria advanced missile technology, a Nigerian official said Wednesday, announcing talks that are likely to anger the United States.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
US vows to capture bin Laden by year end

US vows to capture bin Laden by year end

The US-led coalition in Afghanistan is confident of capturing al Qaeda terror network chief Osama bin Laden, who has long eluded determined efforts to catch him, by the end of the year, a US military spokesman said Wednesday.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Never again a Holocaust, genocide conference vows

Never again a Holocaust, genocide conference vows

Representatives of 50 countries on Wednesday vowed to do whatever it takes to avoid a repeat of the World War II Holocaust, as they wrapped up an international conference on genocide.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Iranian students call for election boycott

Iranian students call for election boycott

Iran's main pro-democracy student group weighed into a bitter political stand-off Wednesday, calling for a boycott of next month's parliament elections in protest over the mass disqualification of reformist candidates.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Swiss scientists bid to fly plane on Mars

Swiss scientists bid to fly plane on Mars

Scientists in Switzerland are developing an ultra-lightweight plane which could soar through the skies of Mars in about a decade's time, with the help of balsa wood and model aircraft know-how.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
British soldier killed in Kabul blast

British soldier killed in Kabul blast

A British soldier was killed and three wounded on Wednesday when a suicide bomber drove a taxi carrying explosives up to their vehicle in Kabul, the second attack on peacekeepers in the Afghan capital in as many days.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Nigerian aircraft crashes; two feared dead

Nigerian aircraft crashes; two feared dead

A Nigerian military jet crashed into fields near a farming village in the north of the country Wednesday, killing at least one of its pilots, witnesses and officials said.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
'We were all wrong': Kay

'We were all wrong': Kay

Declaring that "we were all wrong," former chief weapons hunter David Kay called Wednesday for a fundamental analysis of how the US intelligence community erred in concluding that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Top Iraqi official calls for UN-monitored census

Top Iraqi official calls for UN-monitored census

Iraqi authorities will ask the United Nations to oversee a national census if and when it returns to Iraq, in what could be a politically charged move ahead of elections due next year.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
SASF executive committee meeting on January 31

SASF executive committee meeting on January 31

The delegations will be due here from Thursday for Saturday's executive committee meeting of South Asian Sports Federation, that will give all clear to 9th SAF games in the Pakistan capital.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Captain Naqi elected Palpa president

Captain Naqi elected Palpa president

Captain S. Naqi-ur-Rehman was elected as President of Pakistan Airline Pilots' Association (Palpa) in the elections held recently in which new principal office bearers and executive committee for the term 2004-2006 were also elected.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
First ladies summit of RSC-AP from February 10

First ladies summit of RSC-AP from February 10

The third summit of first ladies of Regional Steering Committee Asia Pacific (RSC-AP) will be held on February 10-12. It was finalised in the fourth preparatory meeting for the summit here on Thursday.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Prices of chicken come down

Prices of chicken come down

The sale of chicken meat and eggs is at its peak in the city and other parts of Sialkot district. However, the reports of virus in poultry have brought down the rate of chicken meat in the district.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
No decision yet on new water reservoirs construction

No decision yet on new water reservoirs construction

The chairman, Parliamentary Committee on Water Resources, Senator Nisar Memon, has said no decision has been taken by the committee about construction of Kalabagh, Bhasha and other water reservoirs.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
KEPZ benefits not achieved

KEPZ benefits not achieved

We read an article on survey report on Karachi Export Processing Zone which has shown that its benefits have not been achieved.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Politician with fake degree

Politician with fake degree

Mohammad Khan Junejo, Muslim League (Functional) MNA from Sanghar, has been unseated by the Sindh High Court for his fake graduation degree.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Fledgling Palestinian high tech shows promise

Fledgling Palestinian high tech shows promise

Palestine Online's nerve centre is a carpeted, computerised, sixth floor office overlooking the outlying villages of Ramallah, the city where Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has his, now wrecked, headquarters.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Asian languages all the rage in Russian Far East

Asian languages all the rage in Russian Far East

Asian languages are enjoying a boom in Russia's Far East, as young people thirsting for a good career learn Mandarin and other languages of Asia-Pacific neighbours.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
PIDE on institutional change, growth and poverty

PIDE on institutional change, growth and poverty

Cerebral conceptualisations and proficient experiences when syndicated, unleash invigorating manifestations that not only widen the canvass of thought and solidify convictions but also trigger an inculcation characterised with a spirit and alacrity to act
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
APHC-Delhi talks

APHC-Delhi talks

In what appears to be a meaningful step towards the resolution of the Kashmir problem, New Delhi has opened talks with the Kashmiri leadership.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Afghanistan's hard road

Afghanistan's hard road

Afghan President Hamid Karzai's signing into law of a new Constitution signals an important milestone along the road towards reuniting his war-shattered country and boosting hopes of defeating the virulent Taleban-al Qaeda insurgency.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Kitamura wins amateur golf tourney

Kitamura wins amateur golf tourney

Golfer Kitamura won the Amateur Golf Tournament organised by the Japanese Association of Pakistan at the Arabian Sea Country Club here on Sunday, January 25. The event was sponsored by Cathay Pacific Airways.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Flour mills' wheat quota raised in NWFP

Flour mills' wheat quota raised in NWFP

The NWFP government has decided to increase the daily quota of wheat from 1150 to 1650 tonnes forthwith to fulfil the requirements of flour mills and enhance the working capabilities of flour mills industry in NWFP.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
PTC donates Rs 0.5 million for NWFP Prisoners Welfare Fund

PTC donates Rs 0.5 million for NWFP Prisoners Welfare Fund

Pakistan Tobacco Company (PTC) handed over a donation of Rs 0.5 million for the Prisoners Welfare Fund (PWF), Peshawar, to Akram Khan Durrani, Chief Minister NWFP at Frontier House Islamabad on Wednesday.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Carpet exports from NWFP decline

Carpet exports from NWFP decline

Carpet exports from NWFP are constantly registering sharp decline for the last two-and-a-half years, sources in carpet industry told Business Recorder on Wednesday.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Alternative protein-rich source vital to supplement food supply

Alternative protein-rich source vital to supplement food supply

Mrs Faryal Almani, a faculty member of the Institute of Pharmacy University of Sindh, has said that the grim race between the population growth and the efforts to maintain increase in quantity and quality of the world's per capita food supply could be des
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
PTCL's another help-line service

PTCL's another help-line service

Pakistan Telecommunication Company (Ltd), PTCL has introduced another help-line service as 106 or 111-900-900, to facilitate its customers in an improved manner.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Five killed and 6 injured in road accident

Five killed and 6 injured in road accident

As many as five persons were killed including the driver and six injured in a head on collision between a truck and pick up on main Dera-Tank road on Wednesday.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
388 Pakistanis released from Muscat jails due on January 29

388 Pakistanis released from Muscat jails due on January 29

The human and civil rights organisation, the Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International, on Wednesday announced that another batch of 388 Pakistani prisoners, released from the jails of Muscat, will reach home on January 29.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Power rates from KWSB be charged on basis of agri tariff

Power rates from KWSB be charged on basis of agri tariff

Karachi Nazim and Chairman, Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB), Naimatullah Khan has appealed to the government that the electricity charges from the Water Board should be recovered on the basis of tariff for agriculture.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Jamaat-e-Islami stages demonstration against oil price hike

Jamaat-e-Islami stages demonstration against oil price hike

Naib Amir Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and Senator Professor Ghafoor Ahmed on Wednesday demanded of the provincial government to immediately withdraw recent increase in public transport fares otherwise it would have to face massive agitation in result of MMA's pr
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
KBA appeals for recovery of misappropriated money

KBA appeals for recovery of misappropriated money

An amount of Rs 10 million of Sindh Bar Council and Rs 8.5 million of Karachi Bar Association (KBA) was misappropriated by the accused in the Kutchery Post Office fraud case.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Comstech awards scholarships to 190 students of OIC region

Comstech awards scholarships to 190 students of OIC region

The OIC Standing Committee for Scientific and Technological Co-operation (Comstech) awarded scholarships to 190 students in science and technology to receive training in different universities of OIC region.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Comprehensive sewerage infrastructure for Karachi proposed

Comprehensive sewerage infrastructure for Karachi proposed

The District Co-ordination Officer (DCO), Karachi, Mir Hussain Ali, has said that two problems have hindered the development of a proper water distribution system and a comprehensive sewerage infrastructure in mega city of Karachi.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
SHC disposes of petition against Khawar Mehdi's detention

SHC disposes of petition against Khawar Mehdi's detention

A division bench of High Court of Sindh (SHC) comprising Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali and S. Ali Aslam Jaffery on Wednesday disposed of a constitutional petition challenging alleged illegal detention of freelance journalist Khawar Mehdi Rizvi.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Lahore High Court stays proceedings

Lahore High Court stays proceedings

A division bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) stayed the proceedings in an election petition filed against Sardar Talib Hussain Nakai, MNA.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Fountain House services acknowledged

Fountain House services acknowledged

Jan Snippe, Managing Director, and Dr Hertzen Howkwerda Director Regulatory Affairs Bional International on Wednesday visited the Fountain House and appreciated the work done by the team.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Transfers and postings of judges

Transfers and postings of judges

The Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court made transfers and postings among six judicial officers.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Railways upgrading its system, says minister

Railways upgrading its system, says minister

Federal Minister for Railways Ghaus Baksh Mehr has said that Pakistan Railways (PR) which is providing travelling facilities to more than 70 million people annually, is upgrading its systems to enhance its passenger handling capacity by starting new train
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Wapda employees to hold rallies

Wapda employees to hold rallies

Over 140,000 workers of Water and Development Authority (Wapda) protesting against privatisation of Wapda will bring out rallies and hold meetings throughout the country on February 11.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
UBL declares PLS profit rates

UBL declares PLS profit rates

United Bank Limited has declared the following rates of profit on PLS deposits for the period of six months ended on December 31, 2003.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Sales tax audits to be held at LCCI premises

Sales tax audits to be held at LCCI premises

The Collector Sales Tax Mohammad Ashraf Khan agreed with the LCCI President Mian Anjum Nisar to hold Sales Tax audits on the Chamber premises to curb growing complaints of questionable behaviour of the auditors.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
New TB vaccine developed

New TB vaccine developed

A multinational pharmaceutical company has developed a new vaccine against tuberculosis (TB), which would be soon tested on the human beings.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Kashmir freedom movement to achieve success soon

Kashmir freedom movement to achieve success soon

The visiting Pakistan-origin Deputy Lord Mayor of Birmingham Councillor Mahmood Hussain Khawaja has said that Kashmir freedom movement will soon achieve success.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Diabetic children should be referred to qualified doctors

Diabetic children should be referred to qualified doctors

Children suffering from diabetes must be referred to qualified physician instead of an unqualified doctor and faith healers, because the symptoms may have been the onset of Type 1 diabetes which often results in instant death of the child.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
PPA seeks probe into poultry crisis

PPA seeks probe into poultry crisis

Pakistan Poultry Association (PPA) has urged the government to hold a high-level probe to look into the causes of crisis like situation being faced by poultry sector after the news of bird flu virus in Karachi.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
ECO Development Bank framework to be designed

ECO Development Bank framework to be designed

Pakistan and Economic Co-operation Organisation (ECO) countries will chalk out a framework for establishment of ECO Development Bank, ECO Reinsurance Company and develop co-operation among the tax authorities of member countries for sharing information on
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Newspaper holidays

Newspaper holidays

The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) informed its member publications that they would observe two closed holidays on February 2 and 3, 2004 (Monday and Tuesday) on account of Eid-ul-Azha.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
The Weather

The Weather

The weather report of Wednesday (January 28) and the forecast for Thursday (January 29, 2004).
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Supreme Court forms jail reforms committee

Supreme Court forms jail reforms committee

The Supreme Court on Wednesday has constituted a Jail Reforms Committee, comprising Advocate Generals of all the four provinces and Attorney General, directing it to compile a comprehensive report regarding jail reforms and submit it before the apex court
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
New York cotton

New York cotton

Closing prices of New York cotton in US cents/pound on Tuesday.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Banks to lend at 7.5 percent fixed rate for modernisation: EPB

Banks to lend at 7.5 percent fixed rate for modernisation: EPB

Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) has developed a financing product in consultation with the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to ensure financing at a flat rate of 7.5 percent for plant modernisation, equipment and computerisation as per plans, made by the foreig
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
New York cotton

New York cotton

Closing prices of New York cotton in US cents/pound on Tuesday.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
NAB files reference for dues recovery

NAB files reference for dues recovery

National Accountability B, Sindh has filed a reference against accused Akbar Ali Abbasi, son of Ali Nawaz Abbasi, ex-Manager Small Business Finance Corporation (SBFC), (now renamed as SME Bank), Larkana and Shikarpur branches from 1994-99.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
FAO help sought to assess bird flu effects: Minfal

FAO help sought to assess bird flu effects: Minfal

Pakistan has sought technical assistance from Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations to assess the epidemiological effect of deadly outbreak of bird flu and to fight it out in Karachi which is under heavy attack of the disease since
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Jatoi meets Khatami

Jatoi meets Khatami

The visiting Pakistani Industries and Production Minister, Liaquat Ali Jatoi, called on President Syed Muhammad Khatami and First Vice-President Muhammad Reza Aref in Tehran and conveyed greetings and best wishes of Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jama
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
World Bank to prepare working paper for new sectors in Capital

World Bank to prepare working paper for new sectors in Capital

The World Bank (WB) has agreed to prepare the working paper and feasibility reports for developing new sectors and affordable housing units for low-paid income groups in the Federal Capital, sources informed Business Recorder here on Wednesday.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Closing of sterling rates

Closing of sterling rates

Closing of sterling rates at 1730 GMT on Wednesday (January 28, 2004)
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Zakat fund cheats to face action

Zakat fund cheats to face action

The Sindh government may take action against the people, who have misused the funds, obtained by them from Zakat and Ushr funds.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Bullion Rates

Bullion Rates

Gold and silver rates in rupees per 10 grams prevailing in major cities on Wednesday (January 28, 2004).
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Death condoled

Death condoled

The Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) has expressed its deep sorrow over the demise of wife of a senior member of the Bar Rashid Murtaza Qureshi.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Bullion Rates

Bullion Rates

Gold and silver rates in rupees per 10 grams prevailing in major cities on Wednesday (January 28, 2004).
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Pharmax outlet opens

Pharmax outlet opens

Mian Anjum Nisar, President, Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), on Wednesday inaugurated an outlet of Pharmax Pakistan (Pvt) Limited in Township area.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Cotton Spot Rates

Cotton Spot Rates

Official KCA spot rates for local dealings in Pakistan rupees on Wednesday (January 28, 2004).
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Inflows and outflows of water

Inflows and outflows of water

The position of water inflows/outflows at Mangla and Tarbela along with the reservoir levels and the barrages at 6 am on Wednesday.
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
Poultry rates

Poultry rates

Wholesale poultry rates on Wednesday (January 28) and rates for Thursday (January 29, 2004).
Published 29 Jan, 2004 12:00am
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