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Print - 2004-02-20
Khatami orders tough probe into train blast

Khatami orders tough probe into train blast

Iranian President Mohammad Khatami Thursday ordered a tough investigation into how railway wagons loaded with highly explosive cargoes managed to run away and explode, as the death toll rose to 320.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
North Korea may discuss covert atomic programme

North Korea may discuss covert atomic programme

North Korea might discuss its suspected uranium-based nuclear weapons programme with the United States at six-party talks next week in Beijing, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported on Thursday.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Austrian court clears accused over ski train blaze

Austrian court clears accused over ski train blaze

An Austrian court acquitted 16 people on Thursday of responsibility for a ski train blaze that killed 155 tourists in November 2000, saying the disaster could not have been foreseen.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Nato possibly in Iraq in right conditions: France

Nato possibly in Iraq in right conditions: France

France could envisage a Nato force in Iraq if it was approved by a sovereign Iraqi government and by the United Nations, Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin said in an interview published on Thursday.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Hung parliament likely in Sri Lanka

Hung parliament likely in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's general elections on April 2 are likely to produce a hung parliament, with no party winning a clear majority and a Tamil group holding the balance of power, according to a Reuters poll of 12 financial institutions.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Israel deports West Bank Palestinian to Gaza

Israel deports West Bank Palestinian to Gaza

The Israeli army deported a Palestinian from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip on Thursday after two years of detention without trial in an Israeli prison.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
No plan for Taiwan independence: Chen

No plan for Taiwan independence: Chen

Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian pledged Thursday not to declare independence from China if re-elected next month, in an attempt to ease international concerns over his leadership.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Dengue fever death toll rises to 175

Dengue fever death toll rises to 175

The death toll has risen to 175 in a dengue fever outbreak in Indonesia that has killed more than double the number of usual victims, raising fears of a new deadly strain of the disease, a senior official said on Thursday.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Swazi king declares disaster over drought

Swazi king declares disaster over drought

Swaziland's King Mswati, under fire for high royal spending, has declared a humanitarian disaster in his impoverished African country ravaged by drought and HIV/AIDS - a move aimed at bringing in more foreign aid.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Zahir Shah leaves Indian hospital

Zahir Shah leaves Indian hospital

Afghanistan's former king Mohammad Zahir Shah, who was flown to New Delhi for treatment of intestinal problems earlier this month, was discharged on Thursday, his grandson told AFP.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Israel receives two US-built jets

Israel receives two US-built jets

The Israeli air force took delivery on Thursday of the first two of more than 100 US-built F-16I jets, a new generation of warplane which will soon make up the backbone of Israel's fleet.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Five Guantanamo detainees to be returned: UK

Five Guantanamo detainees to be returned: UK

Five of the nine British citizens detained at the US Guantanamo Bay prison camp are to be returned to Britain, the government said on Thursday.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Malaysia lodges protest over Bush remarks

Malaysia lodges protest over Bush remarks

Malaysia summoned the US charge d'affaires to lodge a formal protest over remarks by President George W. Bush linking a company owned by the prime minister's son to a nuclear weapons black market, officials said Thursday.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Asia urged to intensify war on bird flu

Asia urged to intensify war on bird flu

Health experts urged Asian countries on Thursday to intensify the war on a deadly bird flu showing no signs of receding and threatening to evolve into a Sars-like epidemic.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Iranian conservatives poised for poll win

Iranian conservatives poised for poll win

Iranian conservatives were poised to tighten their grip on power here Friday by winning controversial parliamentary polls and sweeping out a frustrated and largely disqualified reformist majority.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Five killed as Turkish helicopter crashes

Five killed as Turkish helicopter crashes

A Turkish military helicopter crashed soon after taking off in a mountainous region of eastern Turkey on Thursday, killing all five crew members, military officials said.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
UN report writer rejects US's Middle East reform plan

UN report writer rejects US's Middle East reform plan

The lead writer of Washington's favourite UN report on the Arab world trashed a US democracy initiative for the Middle East and said the Bush administration had abused his report to give its ideas some credibility.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Israel committed to road map, Sharon tells US

Israel committed to road map, Sharon tells US

Ariel Sharon assured US envoys on Thursday that Israel had not abandoned a US-backed peace "road map" but would prepare unilateral moves in case the violence-torn plan fails, the prime minister's office said.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Berlusconi rejects 'Big Three' proposals

Berlusconi rejects 'Big Three' proposals

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Thursday branded a summit of the European Union's three biggest states "a mistake" and rejected its proposal for a powerful EU economic commissioner.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Cyprus peace talks get underway despite blast

Cyprus peace talks get underway despite blast

Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders trying to unite Cyprus staked out opening positions that were far apart on Thursday at the start of talks marred by a bomb outside the home of the Turkish Cypriot prime minister.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
France backs peacekeepers in Gaza

France backs peacekeepers in Gaza

French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin proposed on Thursday sending international peacekeepers to the Gaza Strip to pave the way for the creation of an independent Palestinian state.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Fundamental law will guarantee freedoms: Bremer

Fundamental law will guarantee freedoms: Bremer

The fundamental law being worked out for Iraq will guarantee basic rights for all Iraqis, regardless of religion, ethnicity or gender, US civil administrator Paul Bremer said here Thursday.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Annan backs US on Iraq elections

Annan backs US on Iraq elections

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Thursday gave the United States a major boost in Iraq by backing Washington in saying elections before the June 30 hand-over of power are impossible.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Cheap atta scheme flops in Multan

Cheap atta scheme flops in Multan

The Punjab Chief Ministers' cheap 'atta' scheme is at stake following the complaints lodged by a number of local government representatives including tehsil Nazim against the purity of 'atta' bags and the cheap scheme has been facing serious crisis in the
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Citizen community boards shortly

Citizen community boards shortly

The National Commission for Human Development (NCHD), Rural Support Programme Network (RSPN) and Devolution Trust for Community Empowerment (DTCE) of the National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB) will establish Citizen Community Boards (CCB) all over the count
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
PRCL business grows by 10 percent

PRCL business grows by 10 percent

The re-insurance business of Pakistan Reinsurance Company Ltd (PRCL) has grown by 10 percent to Rs 3.5 billion during the year 2003.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Reshuffle in NWFP health department

Reshuffle in NWFP health department

The competent authority in consultation with Provincial Selection Board (PSB) has promoted Dr Khurshid Ahmad and Dr Jalil ur Rehman of Health Department from BS-19 to BS-20 with immediate effect.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Release of 28 Pakistanis from Jordan secured

Release of 28 Pakistanis from Jordan secured

The Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International has managed to secure release of another batch of 30 innocent Pakistanis who were detained in a private jail in Jordan on slave labour and later brought 28 of them back home.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Tragedy of Hussain Gokul

Tragedy of Hussain Gokul

Apropos letter of February 11, 2004 of former Ambassador, plenipotentiary, Syed Irtiza Hussain, censoring me for distortion in my article of late Abdul Hussain.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Dental health

Dental health

I have read a letter published on February 13, 2004 written by Mohammad Yameen regarding tooth paste a health risk and agree with the contents of the letter.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Women's rights a major issue in Muslim debate on modernity

Women's rights a major issue in Muslim debate on modernity

New legislation in Morocco boosting women's rights was a rare exception in the Muslim world, where the status of women has become the subject of a pitched battle between modernisers and radical Islamists.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
A look at trade & clothing accord: past present and future

A look at trade & clothing accord: past present and future

The road leading to the MFA, then to its subsequent extensions and finally to its agreed-upon phase-out, in the context of the ATC, by the year 2005, has often been described, analysed and commented upon on its impact, thoroughly.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Tehran declaration

Tehran declaration

The fourth summit of the D-8 member-countries held in Tehran on Wednesday, February 18, issued a 34-point declaration at its conclusion which inter alia reaffirmed the aims of greater and closer trade and economic co-operation between the member states an
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
ECNEC decisions

ECNEC decisions

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC), which met under the chairmanship of the Finance Minister on 18th February, reviewed progress on the current Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) projects and put in place a mechanism
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Steps taken against bird flu

Steps taken against bird flu

In view of the recent outbreak of bird flu virus in South East Asian countries, the provincial health authorities in close co-ordination with Federal Ministry of Health has adopted wide range of measures to avert any possible incidence of the fatal diseas
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Disposal of obsolete pesticides threatens environment

Disposal of obsolete pesticides threatens environment

The disposal of 0.1 million kg obsolete pesticides, turned into toxic waste, by the district officer Agriculture Khairpur in open near village Choondko in proximity of desert has posed a serious threat to environment and health of the people of the area.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Gas pipeline damaged, repaired

Gas pipeline damaged, repaired

Gas pipeline from well to purification plant was damaged by unknown terrorists here on Thursday morning. It was repaired in the afternoon.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
New representative of UNHCR arrives

New representative of UNHCR arrives

The new representative of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) to Pakistan Guenet Geubre-Christos has arrived here on Thursday to resume her duties prior to the initiation of voluntary repatriation programme 2004 for Afghan refugees.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Ukrainian oil firm keen to invest in Pakistan

Ukrainian oil firm keen to invest in Pakistan

Chief Executive of Ukrainian Petroleum Company CAI, Victor A Mayko on Thursday called on Minister for Petroleum, Chaudhry Nouraiz Shakoor Khan and discussed investment prospects in Pakistan's oil and gas sector.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Directorate of food clarifies news item

Directorate of food clarifies news item

A spokesman for the directorate of food, Karachi region, has clarified that a news item which has appeared in a section of press, not Business Recorder, regarding restoration of wheat quota to 14 flour mills involved in hoarding is not correct.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Intel plans to enhance mobile technology outlined

Intel plans to enhance mobile technology outlined

Intel Corporation has showed how the evolving capabilities of mobile computing are attracting new users and creating new opportunities for developers from new audio and video experiences to closed-lid access to e-mail.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Co-operation among neighbouring countries termed vital for uplift

Co-operation among neighbouring countries termed vital for uplift

The Vice Chancellor University of Sindh Mazharul Haq Siddiqui has said that the countries and regions are moving away from confrontation towards dialogue, realising that the security and regional co-operation amongst the neighbours is a prerequisite for t
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
PSO Karavan Mera Pakistan programme on February 20

PSO Karavan Mera Pakistan programme on February 20

After enthralling thousands of school children of Lahore at the World Heritage site of the Shahi Qila, Lahore, historical theatre on Chapters from Mughal History will be performed at 9:30 am on February 20, 2004 at the PSO House Podium, Clifton Road here.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Pakistani exporters urged to tap North American markets through Canada

Pakistani exporters urged to tap North American markets through Canada

Head of the visiting Canadian Trade Delegation and former Minister for Industries, Canada, Sinclair Stevens has called upon the Pakistani manufacturers and exporters to tap the large market of North American countries including USA through Canada.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
World medical moot at CPSP from March 7

World medical moot at CPSP from March 7

College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) and Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons (BCPS) will be organising a joint conference "Learning and practising medicine in the 21st century" in Karachi from March 7 to 9.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Mini-marathon on February 20

Mini-marathon on February 20

People from different categories including youngsters, women, veteran citizens, children below 12 years, disables and blind children would have to take part in the mini marathon race which beings on Friday in collaboration with daily Jang Multan, official
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Strict action against culprits involved in torching schools

Strict action against culprits involved in torching schools

Secretary Education Northern Areas, Jamil Ahmed has said that strict action would be taken against the culprits who had torched the school buildings in Northern Areas and few persons had already been detained in this regard.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Minister seeks Ulema's help against extremism

Minister seeks Ulema's help against extremism

Federal Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Thursday called upon Ulema and Mashaikh to play their role for maintaining culture of tolerance and unity in the country.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Ulema urged to maintain peace during Muharram

Ulema urged to maintain peace during Muharram

The Advisor to Government of the Punjab for Promotion of Religious Harmony, Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi has said that as a result of effective and comprehensive steps taken by the government the situation of religious tolerance, brotherhood, sect
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Aurat Foundation launches LG by-polls campaign

Aurat Foundation launches LG by-polls campaign

The Aurat Foundation (AF) has launched a countrywide campaign for women's participation in the upcoming Local Government by-elections scheduled for March 20 and 28th.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Enquiry committees formed in food department

Enquiry committees formed in food department

Sindh government has constituted three enquiry committees in Food Department to conduct enquiries into misappropriation and shortage of wheat for the last four years.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Computerised train tickets being issued

Computerised train tickets being issued

Computerised tickets for reservation of seats in eight out of 18 Mail and Express trains originating from Karachi are being issued at the newly-constructed modern and centrally air-conditioned Pakistan's biggest reservation office at the Cantonment Railwa
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Maleeha urges India to show flexibility

Maleeha urges India to show flexibility

Pakistan's High Commissioner to United Kingdom (UK) Ms Maleeha Lodhi commenting on Pakistan, India talks has said a great deal depends on the kind of flexibility India is prepared to show.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
'Green XL Plus' diesel benefits highlighted

'Green XL Plus' diesel benefits highlighted

The newly introduced 'Green XL Plus' diesel by Pakistan State Oil (PSO) is environment friendly and provides various additional benefits to customers without any extra cost.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Trade tax on powerlooms to be reviewed

Trade tax on powerlooms to be reviewed

Raza Nasarullah Ghumman, Convener District Assembly and Naib Nazim Faisalabad has assured powerloom owners that the trade tax levy on powerlooms would be reviewed to solve the problems faced by the sector.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Only quality products to withstand WTO onslaught

Only quality products to withstand WTO onslaught

Pakistan has graduated from a raw cotton exporting country to a major garment exporter, but it must concentrate on increasing its quality and production capabilities to face the new challenges to survive successfully in WTO regime, said Shehzad of Salam a
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Networking Group to strive for SMEs promotion

Networking Group to strive for SMEs promotion

Over 13 governmental and non-governmental bodies, responding to a proposal floated by the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Authority (Smeda), have decided to form an SME Networking Group (SMENG)- a common platform for promotion of the SME sector in
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Painting contest

Painting contest

Hira Sajjad and Zunaira Salman of Resource Academia - a high school of the Punjab Group of Colleges - won the third prize and consolation prize, respectively, in a painting competition conducted by Pakistan Paediatric Association.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Social welfare department holds arts exhibition

Social welfare department holds arts exhibition

In a bid to promote diversified art and designs of Punjab and to encourage talent and skills of young girls, the Social Welfare and Women Development Department Punjab in collaboration with the provincial Bait-ul-Maal and City District Government Lahore o
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Hearing put off in case against Khyber Tractors directors

Hearing put off in case against Khyber Tractors directors

An accountability court on Thursday put off to February 26, the proceedings in a reference against former directors of Khyber Tractors after recording the statement of a bank official Sarshar Ahmed Khan.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
RCCI industrial fair to open new vistas of economic activities

RCCI industrial fair to open new vistas of economic activities

Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) Acting President Jawed Akhtar Bhatti has said that the 5th Pakistan Industrial Fair by Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) would open new vistas of economic activities in the area.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Directive to book 14 government employees

Directive to book 14 government employees

Additional Director Anti-Corruption, Faisalabad Region, Rai Muhammad Amin Khan has issued orders to register cases against 14 employees of different government departments on the charge of corruption, misuse of powers and rendering loss to the government
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
The Weather

The Weather

The weather report of Thursday (February 19) and the forecast for Friday (February 20, 2004).
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Punjab cabinet meeting on February 20

Punjab cabinet meeting on February 20

With a view to finalising security plan for the holy month of Moharram, Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Ellahi has called a meeting of provincial cabinet on Friday, February 20.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
New York cotton

New York cotton

Closing prices of New York cotton in US cents/pound on Wednesday.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
PLF files appeal against referendum

PLF files appeal against referendum

President Pakistan Lawyers' Forum has filed an appeal in the Supreme Court against holding of presidential referendum.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
New York cotton

New York cotton

Closing prices of New York cotton in US cents/pound on Wednesday.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
LCCI team to visit China and Hong Kong from February 24

LCCI team to visit China and Hong Kong from February 24

A 17-member Gem & Jewellery delegation of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI), led by its former vice-president Mohammad Ali Mian, will undertake tour of China and Hong Kong from the 24th of this month.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Services chiefs meet Punjab chief minister

Services chiefs meet Punjab chief minister

Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Muhammad Aziz Khan, Vice Chief of Army Staff General Muhammad Yousaf, Air Chief Air Marshal Saadat Kaleem, Naval Chief Admiral Shahid Karimullah and Corps Commander Lahore Lieutenant General Shahid Aziz cal
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Closing of sterling rates

Closing of sterling rates

Closing of sterling rates at 1730 GMT on Thursday (February 19, 2004)
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Businessmen asked to open offices in Canada

Businessmen asked to open offices in Canada

Former Canadian Minister for Regional Industrial Expansion and the leader of the Canadian Investment Delegation currently visiting Pakistan Sinclair Stevens has invited Pakistani business community to open their offices in Canada to have maximum access to
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Rs 200 million Italian bakers' investment to enhance EBM output

Rs 200 million Italian bakers' investment to enhance EBM output

A major investment of Rs 200 million to acquire latest biscuit manufacturing plant from Imaforni, Italy, will be made by the English Biscuit Manufacturers (EBM), makers of popular Peak Freans brand, towards the expansion of their current facility, accordi
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Bullion Rates

Bullion Rates

Gold and silver rates in rupees per 10 grams prevailing in major cities on Thursday (February 19, 2004).
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Technology foresight launching by Unido at PTB on February 21

Technology foresight launching by Unido at PTB on February 21

The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (Unido) will make a presentation for launching of the technology foresight (TF) in Pakistan through the Pakistan Technology Board (PTB) at the second meeting of the PTB, scheduled to be held in Islama
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Bullion Rates

Bullion Rates

Gold and silver rates in rupees per 10 grams prevailing in major cities on Thursday (February 19, 2004).
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
PNSC July-December profit rises to Rs 454 million

PNSC July-December profit rises to Rs 454 million

The profit of the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) in the first six months of the current fiscal year recorded an increase of 50.8 percent as compared with the same period last year.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Cotton Spot Rates

Cotton Spot Rates

Official KCA spot rates for local dealings in Pakistan rupees on Thursday (February 19, 2004).
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
PNSC July-December profit rises to Rs 454 million

PNSC July-December profit rises to Rs 454 million

The profit of the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) in the first six months of the current fiscal year recorded an increase of 50.8 percent as compared with the same period last year.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Poultry rates

Poultry rates

Wholesale poultry rates on Thursday (February 19) and rates for Friday (February 20, 2004).
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
KSE clears Callmate prospectus

KSE clears Callmate prospectus

The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) has cleared the prospectus of the Callmate Telips Telecom Limited, said KSE Managing Director Moin M. Fudda.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
Transfers and postings in Revenue Board

Transfers and postings in Revenue Board

The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) has transferred and posted nine income tax officials of groups BS-17 and BS-19 with immediate effect.
Published 20 Feb, 2004 12:00am
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