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Print - 2004-03-11
Tea on wheels: disabled Afghans find safe smuggling option

Tea on wheels: disabled Afghans find safe smuggling option

Each morning the shoulders of the potholed road into Pakistan's north-west frontier city Peshawar are crammed with hundreds of tricycle-bound Afghan refugees, struggling along the 10-kilometer (six mile) road from the Bara smugglers bazaar in the border t
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Magna Carta: is Pakistan observing its clauses?

Magna Carta: is Pakistan observing its clauses?

"No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any other way, nor will we proceed with force against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgment o
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
World Women's Day

World Women's Day

The International Women's Day with the theme "Gender and HIV/AIDS", was celebrated in Pakistan, as elsewhere in the world, on March 8, as sort of a reminder of the launch of the struggle for women's emancipation world-wide.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Cell phone charges

Cell phone charges

The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) appears to be balking at the Rs 6 billion shortfall in revenue if the activation charges on mobile phones and withholding tax on prepaid cards are abolished on the proposal of the Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA).
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Hearing adjourned

Hearing adjourned

The Lahore High Court adjourned to March 30 the proceedings in an appeal filed by former Mayor Multan Salahuddin Dogar as the court time was over.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Punjab minister returns from US

Punjab minister returns from US

The Provincial Minister for Industries, Commerce and Investment, Muhammad Ajmal Cheema, arrived here on Wednesday from the United Sates.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Seminar on environmental law

Seminar on environmental law

The first annual seminar of the Pakistan Environmental Law Association (PELA) on Green Justice through Public Interest Litigation would be held at Punjab University on March 14.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Punjab sanctions Rs 500 million for students

Punjab sanctions Rs 500 million for students

Punjab Minister for Education, Mian Imran Masood has said that an amount of Rs 500 million has been sanctioned for the endowment fund that was created on special directives of the Punjab Chief Minister for the needy, but intelligent students so as enable
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
CBR members' remarks against tax lawyers flayed

CBR members' remarks against tax lawyers flayed

All Pakistan Tax Bar Association (Aptba) has flayed the remarks of Member CBR Direct Taxes Vakil Ahmed Khan, allegedly against the tax practitioners and demanded of his immediate removal.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
LCCI seeks duty relief on steel raw material import

LCCI seeks duty relief on steel raw material import

The president, Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Mian Anjum Nisar, has urged the Finance Ministry and the Central Board of Revenue to waive off import duty on steel raw material, including scrap to arrest the crisis arising out of repeated p
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
APNS executive committee meeting on March 15

APNS executive committee meeting on March 15

The Executive Committee of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) shall meet on March 15 to discuss the present state of government-press relations along with other administrative and organisational issues, said the spokesman for the APNS.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Government urged to restore ads to newspapers

Government urged to restore ads to newspapers

The Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) has called upon the government not to use advertisement as tool against journalists and restore same to Nawa-e-Waqat and Nation immediately.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
PFUJ slams ban on government ads to Nawa-e-Waqt

PFUJ slams ban on government ads to Nawa-e-Waqt

The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), on Wednesday, declared the government's ban on advertisements to daily Nawa-e-Waqt as "contradictory to the spirit of freedom of press," and demanded of the government to revoke it immediately so as
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Proceedings adjourned

Proceedings adjourned

The Lahore High Court adjourned to March 30 the proceedings in a bail application filed by Seth Nisar as the law officer did not appear before the court.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
PPA Faisalabad new office-bearers

PPA Faisalabad new office-bearers

Haji Altaf Haider has been elected President Pakistan Poultry Association (PPA) Faisalabad for the term 2004-05.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
CPNE standing committee meeting on March 16

CPNE standing committee meeting on March 16

A regular meeting of the Standing Committee of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors, to be presided over by President, CPNE, Mir Shakilur Rahman, will be held at 11 am at Islamabad Club in Islamabad on Tuesday, March 16, 2004.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
National poultry congress from April 9

National poultry congress from April 9

Pakistan Poultry Association (PPA) Punjab is to hold a 'National Poultry Congress' in the provincial capital on April 9-10.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Christians observe Fast

Christians observe Fast

The Christians observed a special Fast to express grief over the tragic incident of Quetta in which many people were killed.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Former justice Aslam Riaz passes away

Former justice Aslam Riaz passes away

Aslam Riaz Hussain, former Judge of Supreme Court of Pakistan, passed away here on Wednesday after a protracted illness. Aslam Riaz worked in different positions including Federal Ombudsman.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Steps for women uplift demanded

Steps for women uplift demanded

Women are facing worst form of discrimination in the society and are not being allowed to use their full potential for the welfare of the society.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Smuggled scrap and cloth worth Rs 3 million seized

Smuggled scrap and cloth worth Rs 3 million seized

Customs anti smuggling squads have seized smuggled scrap, cloth and other contraband materials valuing Rs three million from various places in the provincial capital.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Rs 1,260 million to be spent on Punjab women health project

Rs 1,260 million to be spent on Punjab women health project

Punjab Health Minister Dr Tahir Ali Javed has said the provincial government is spending Rs 1,260 million under the Women Health Project (WHP) for provision of necessary health facilities to mothers and children in various districts of the province.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Crackdown on illegal water connections pledged

Crackdown on illegal water connections pledged

Rasheed Ahmad Chaudhry, Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) Chief, has pledged crackdown on illegal connection holders and those who have installed electric pumps on water supply lines.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
The Weather

The Weather

The weather report on Wednesday (March 10) and forecast of Thursday (March 11, 2004).
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Sindh Assembly summoned

Sindh Assembly summoned

Syed Muzaffar Hussain Shah, Speaker Provincial Assembly of Sindh has summoned the provincial assembly of Sindh to meet in the Sindh Assembly Building, Karachi at 09.00 am on Friday, March 19.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
CBR chairman's services eulogised

CBR chairman's services eulogised

Pakistan's top bureaucracy has appreciated the services of outgoing Central Board of Revenue (CBR) Chairman Riaz Ahmed Malik in successfully initiating the process of reforms, which helped in re-organisation of the board.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
New York cotton

New York cotton

Closing prices of New York cotton in US cents/pound on Tuesday.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Paapam demands creation of auto parts exports fund

Paapam demands creation of auto parts exports fund

Nabeel Hashmi, Chairman, Pakistan Association of Automotive Parts and Accessories Manufacturers (Paapam) has demanded of federal finance minister Shaukat Aziz to create a special fund to support auto parts sector for its export promotion.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
New York cotton

New York cotton

Closing prices of New York cotton in US cents/pound on Tuesday.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Rise in steel price paralyses construction industry

Rise in steel price paralyses construction industry

The uneven jump in iron and steel prices, from Rs 282,00, to Rs 530,00 per tonne during the last week has stopped the development of both the private and public sector and has paralysed the construction industry and all other related industries.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Presentation on security compliance for exports at FPCCI

Presentation on security compliance for exports at FPCCI

Since the trade has been linked with security following the September 11 events, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Resource Centre of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) will organise a presentation on security compliance
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Closing of sterling rates

Closing of sterling rates

Closing of sterling rates at 1730 GMT on Wednesday (March 10, 2004)
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Bahraini Army chief calls on President

Bahraini Army chief calls on President

The Chief of Staff of Bahrain Armed Forces, Major General Shaikh Rashed bin Abdullah Al-Khalifa called on President General Pervez Musharraf here on Wednesday.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Bullion Rates

Bullion Rates

Gold and silver rates in rupees per 10 grams prevailing in major cities on Wednesday (March 10, 2004).
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
INTERNATIONAL TENDERS

INTERNATIONAL TENDERS

Export Promotion Bureau has received the following International Tenders from abroad. Interested Pakistani parties dealing in the under mentioned items can obtain further details of Tenders from the addresses given or from EPB Head Quarters and its Region
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Bullion Rates

Bullion Rates

Gold and silver rates in rupees per 10 grams prevailing in major cities on Wednesday (March 10, 2004).
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Newsman deprived of valuables on PIA flight

Newsman deprived of valuables on PIA flight

A Pakistan-based American journalist was deprived of jewellery, electronic items and other valuables during his travel on Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) from New York to Islamabad on Monday night.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Cotton Spot Rates

Cotton Spot Rates

Official KCA spot rates for local dealings in Pakistan rupees on Wednesday (March 10, 2004).
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Meeting to review Wapda projects

Meeting to review Wapda projects

A meeting of the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) on "Projects monitoring and performance measurement review" will be held on Thursday.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Poultry rates

Poultry rates

Wholesale poultry rates on Wednesday (March 10) and rates for Thursday (March 11, 2004).
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Iran may allow Pakistani kinno import

Iran may allow Pakistani kinno import

Iran is likely to allow import of Pakistani kinno following a report on the quality and hygiene standards being maintained at the fruits processing plants and the quarantine department.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
NJLI Managed Fund prices

NJLI Managed Fund prices

New Jubilee Life Insurance Company (Formerly Commercial Union Life Assurance Company (Pakistan) Ltd) has announced the offer and bid price per unit for the following funds effective from Thursday, March 11, 2004.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Sialkot exporters seek government support

Sialkot exporters seek government support

The exporters of Sialkot need co-operation, help and support of the government through special incentives to cope with the ever-increasing competitiveness in the international markets, as above 99 percent of total industrial production in Sialkot was mean
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
NJLI Managed Fund prices

NJLI Managed Fund prices

New Jubilee Life Insurance Company (Formerly Commercial Union Life Assurance Company (Pakistan) Ltd) has announced the offer and bid price per unit for the following funds effective from Thursday, March 11, 2004.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
UN experts to speak on Pakistan's trade security challenges

UN experts to speak on Pakistan's trade security challenges

United Nations consultants on Trade Facilitation Project of UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) will give presentation titled " Supply Chain Security N-152" here at Federation House on Thursday.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
NJLI Managed Fund prices

NJLI Managed Fund prices

New Jubilee Life Insurance Company (Formerly Commercial Union Life Assurance Company (Pakistan) Ltd) has announced the offer and bid price per unit for the following funds effective from Thursday, March 11, 2004.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Non ferrous metals, ferrous alloy rates

Non ferrous metals, ferrous alloy rates

Non ferrous metals, ferrous alloy rates in rupees prevailing on the commodity markets in Karachi on Wednesday (March 10, 2004).
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Islamabad has taken steps to break up Qadeer's network: US

Islamabad has taken steps to break up Qadeer's network: US

Of the leakage of nuclear know-how by Dr A.Q. Khan network, the White House Spokesman Scott McClellan on Tuesday said: "The government of Pakistan has taken important steps to break up this network."
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Lahore Grain Market Rates

Lahore Grain Market Rates

Grain and other commodity rates in rupees on Akbari Mandi on Wednesday (March 10, 2004).
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Pakistani High Commissioner hosts dinner

Pakistani High Commissioner hosts dinner

Pakistani High Commissioner (HC) at New Delhi, Aziz Ahmed Khan on Tuesday, hosted a dinner in honour of visiting Sindh Minister for Labour and Commerce, Mohammad Adil Siddiqui and participants of "Made in Pakistan" exhibition at New Delhi.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
THE RUPEE: over 70 paisa gain versus euro

THE RUPEE: over 70 paisa gain versus euro

Some increasing demand for dollars by corporate sector pushed the rupee-dollar parity down in the interbank market on Wednesday for buying and selling at Rs 57.41 and Rs 57.43, respectively.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Shujaat discusses political situation with Jamali

Shujaat discusses political situation with Jamali

Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali and PML President and leader of PML parliamentary party in the National Assembly, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Wednesday discussed the overall political situation in the country and exchanged views on party matters
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
THE RUPEE: over 70 paisa gain versus euro

THE RUPEE: over 70 paisa gain versus euro

Some increasing demand for dollars by corporate sector pushed the rupee-dollar parity down in the interbank market on Wednesday for buying and selling at Rs 57.41 and Rs 57.43, respectively.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Synthetic & Rayon: S.G. FIBRE LIMITED - Year Ended 30-06-2003

Synthetic & Rayon: S.G. FIBRE LIMITED - Year Ended 30-06-2003

The directors explained to the shareholders that during the year the company booked a loss of Rs 64.13 million after charging depreciation of Rs 82.24 million. Profit before charging depreciation works out to Rs 18.1 million.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Government criticised for failure to protect legislators

Government criticised for failure to protect legislators

Leader of the opposition in Sindh Assembly and PPP Sindh President Nisar Khoro on Wednesday criticised Muttahida Qaumi Movement and federal government and appealed to the international community to help Pakistani people in getting rid of 'terrorists' and
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
All shares index report

All shares index report

The sector-wise all shares index report on Wednesday (March 10, 2004).
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Probe ordered into water line burst

Probe ordered into water line burst

City Nazim Karachi Naimatullah Khan has directed Karachi Water & Sewerage Board (KW&SB) on Wednesday to constitute a committee for conducting enquiry into burst of Dhabaji's main rising on Monday, consequently causing a major shortfall of water supply fro
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Customs administration vital in world trade

Customs administration vital in world trade

Vice President and Zonal Chairman FPCCI, Sohail Altaf said the Customs administration is of immense importance in the international trade and elaborated that when we talk of the Customs administration, we have to keep in mind the tariff rates and non-tari
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Member To Member

Member To Member

Members have subsequently reported the transactions on Wednesday (March 10, 2004).
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Turkish Air Force commander arrives

Turkish Air Force commander arrives

Commander Turkish Air Force, General Haul Ibrahim Firtina along with his wife and three member delegation arrived here on Wednesday on the invitation of Pakistan Air Force.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Cross Transactions

Cross Transactions

Cross transactions between client to client reported on Wednesday (March 10, 2004).
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Great importance attached to ties with Vietnam: Kasuri

Great importance attached to ties with Vietnam: Kasuri

Foreign Minister Khurshid M Kasuri on Wednesday said Pakistan attached great importance to its relations with Vietnam over the past years and the country's leadership is looking forward to warmly welcome the President of Vietnam later in the month.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
BOARD MEETINGS

BOARD MEETINGS

Board Meetings of Companies listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Shaheen II tests will not spark arms race: Rashid

Shaheen II tests will not spark arms race: Rashid

Federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Sheikh Rashid on Wednesday dispelled the impression that Pakistan has rolled back its nuclear programme and said test of Shaheen missiles would not create arms race in South Asia.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Board Meetings

Board Meetings

Board Meetings of Companies listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Government has failed to control inflation: Imran

Government has failed to control inflation: Imran

Present government has miserably failed to control the inflation in the country and give any relief to the masses, said Imran Khan, Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) here on Wednesday.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Dividend/Bonus Announcements

Dividend/Bonus Announcements

Dividend/Bonus Announcements by Companies listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
We want to win in Pakistan, says Indian captain

We want to win in Pakistan, says Indian captain

India's cricket captain Sourav Ganguly vowed Wednesday to make his nation's first Test tour of Pakistan in 15 years a successful one, both on and off the field.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Shares buy-back schedule

Shares buy-back schedule

Shares buy-back schedule of listed companies on Wednesday (March 10, 2004).
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Ayub Thaukar passes away

Ayub Thaukar passes away

World Kashmir Freedom Movement President Dr Ayub Thaukar, 55, died here on Wednesday.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Security steps for Rawalpindi ODI reviewed

Security steps for Rawalpindi ODI reviewed

The District Administration of Rawalpindi has decided to stop the traffic on double road and its adjacent road leading towards Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium from March 14 to 16, to make sure the security of the cricketers during the March 16 One day Internat
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Proposed right issues

Proposed right issues

Right issues proposed by companies listed on Karachi Stock Exchange.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Sindh minister accepts SPLA demands

Sindh minister accepts SPLA demands

Sindh Minister for Education Irfanullah Khan Marwat has agreed to send seven-point demands of Sindh Professors and Lecturers' Association (SPLA), with the recommendation of provincial education department to federal government.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
Executive district officer told to appear in court

Executive district officer told to appear in court

Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi bench has directed the Executive District Officer (EDO) of Chakwal to appear in the court to submit reply of the petition filed against him in the august court.
Published 11 Mar, 2004 12:00am
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