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Print - 2004-04-07
Iran offers IAEA more comprehensive declaration

Iran offers IAEA more comprehensive declaration

UN atomic energy agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei said Tuesday that Iran had pledged to reveal more details on its suspect nuclear programme by next month and that his talks here yielded "welcome and positive steps" by the Islamic republic.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Proposed right issues

Proposed right issues

Right issues proposed by companies listed on Karachi Stock Exchange.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Iran and UAE supply extra oil to Asia

Iran and UAE supply extra oil to Asia

Iran and the United Arab Emirates will supply extra barrels above allocated volumes to term customers in Asia in April or May, despite OPEC's pact to cut output this month, market sources said on Tuesday.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Iran and UAE supply extra oil to Asia

Iran and UAE supply extra oil to Asia

Iran and the United Arab Emirates will supply extra barrels above allocated volumes to term customers in Asia in April or May, despite OPEC's pact to cut output this month, market sources said on Tuesday.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Shares buy-back schedule

Shares buy-back schedule

Shares buy-back schedule of listed companies on Tuesday (April 06, 2004).
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Dividend/Bonus Announcements

Dividend/Bonus Announcements

Dividend/Bonus Announcements by Companies listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Board Meetings

Board Meetings

Board Meetings of Companies listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
BOARD MEETINGS

BOARD MEETINGS

Board Meetings of Companies listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Netherlands to give Rs 150 million for environment plan

Netherlands to give Rs 150 million for environment plan

The Netherlands will provide Rs 150 million to Pakistan for the implementation of Pakistan Environment Programme (PEP). The Dutch government will also extend support for strengthening capacity of environment sector in Pakistan.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Cross Transactions

Cross Transactions

Cross transactions between client to client reported on Tuesday (April 06, 2004).
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Netherlands to give Rs 150 million for environment plan

Netherlands to give Rs 150 million for environment plan

The Netherlands will provide Rs 150 million to Pakistan for the implementation of Pakistan Environment Programme (PEP). The Dutch government will also extend support for strengthening capacity of environment sector in Pakistan.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
All shares index report

All shares index report

The sector-wise all shares index report on Tuesday (April 06, 2004).
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
India and France begin naval exercises

India and France begin naval exercises

The Indian and French navies on Tuesday began their biggest-ever joint exercise off the coast of the west Indian resort state of Goa, an Indian navy spokesman told AFP.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
India and France begin naval exercises

India and France begin naval exercises

The Indian and French navies on Tuesday began their biggest-ever joint exercise off the coast of the west Indian resort state of Goa, an Indian navy spokesman told AFP.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Ishtiaq passes away

Ishtiaq passes away

Syed Ishtiaq Ali, a writer of many books on history died here on Tuesday of heart failure, his family sources said.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
EU commits 2.5 million euros to protect women rights

EU commits 2.5 million euros to protect women rights

The European Union has committed 2.5 million euro to protect women and workers' rights in Pakistan as the EU wants to see Pakistan as 'enlightened and moderate' state in the comity of nations.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Jamali ready to discuss ECL law with opposition

Jamali ready to discuss ECL law with opposition

Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Tuesday informed the opposition that he was ready to discuss amendments in the Exit from Pakistan (Control) Ordinance, 1981.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Hearing of APNS petition continues

Hearing of APNS petition continues

Senior Advocate Abdul Hafeez Pirzada, counsel for the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) completed his arguments on Tuesday in the petition filed against the implementation of 7th Wage Board Award in the Supreme Court.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Parco high ratings maintained for 7th year running

Parco high ratings maintained for 7th year running

The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency (Pacra) for the seventh year running has maintained the entity ratings of Pak-Arab Refinery Limited (Parco) at 'AAA' (Triple A) and 'A1+' (Single A One Plus) for long term and short term, respectively.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Lahore Grain Market Rates

Lahore Grain Market Rates

Grain and other commodity rates in rupees on Akbari Mandi on Tuesday (April 06, 2004).
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Poultry rates

Poultry rates

Wholesale poultry rates on Tuesday (April 06) and rates for Wednesday (April 07, 2004).
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Kachhi Canal to bring farm revolution

Kachhi Canal to bring farm revolution

The Balochistan agriculture scene will undergo a welcome change when the Kachhi Canal project is completed in the next three years at a cost of over Rs 31 billion.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Cotton Spot Rates

Cotton Spot Rates

Official KCA spot rates for local dealings in Pakistan rupees on Tuesday (April 06, 2004).
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
FROM A RINGSIDE SEAT

FROM A RINGSIDE SEAT

Safe passage of the National Security Council bill in the National Assembly is a foregone conclusion, but if one was to hear Aitzaz Ahsan's speech on Tuesday evening one would tend to believe that many a conscientious government members would also lose so
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Bullion Rates

Bullion Rates

Gold and silver rates in rupees per 10 grams prevailing in major cities on Tuesday (April 06, 2004).
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Bullion Rates

Bullion Rates

Gold and silver rates in rupees per 10 grams prevailing in major cities on Tuesday (April 06, 2004).
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Prime Minister warns al Qaeda

Prime Minister warns al Qaeda

Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has warned al-Qaeda to stay away from Pakistan and said every terrorist is a high value target for Pakistan.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Shaheen Insurance earns Rs 20.645 million net profit

Shaheen Insurance earns Rs 20.645 million net profit

The Shaheen Insurance Company has made a pre-tax profit of Rs 31.78 million for the year ended December 31, 2003, which is 38 percent more than the pre-tax profit as compared to last year. Net profit for 2003 stands at Rs 20.645 million.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Closing of sterling rates

Closing of sterling rates

Closing of sterling rates at 1730 GMT - on Tuesday (April 06, 2004)
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Shaheen Insurance earns Rs 20.645 million net profit

Shaheen Insurance earns Rs 20.645 million net profit

The Shaheen Insurance Company has made a pre-tax profit of Rs 31.78 million for the year ended December 31, 2003, which is 38 percent more than the pre-tax profit as compared to last year. Net profit for 2003 stands at Rs 20.645 million.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Dacoits loot Rs 15 million from UBL branch in Wana

Dacoits loot Rs 15 million from UBL branch in Wana

A United Bank Limited (UBL) branch at Rustam Adda in Wana, South Waziristan, was looted at gun point by some unknown armed dacoits and fled with Rs 15.03 million booty.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Smeda approves establishment of Jica cell

Smeda approves establishment of Jica cell

The board of directors of Small & Medium Enterprise Development Authority (Smeda) in principle approved the establishment of Jica cell in all the four provinces for the up-gradation of the textile sector.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
New York cotton

New York cotton

Closing prices of New York cotton in US cents/pound on Monday.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
New York cotton

New York cotton

Closing prices of New York cotton in US cents/pound on Monday.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Nine suspects held for Karachi blasts

Nine suspects held for Karachi blasts

The city police have arrested nine suspects of Karachi blasts belonging to banned Harkat-ul-Mujahideen Al-Alami, who, during initial investigation confessed their involvement in three major bombings and 27 other terrorist activities in Karachi.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
The Weather

The Weather

The weather report on Tuesday (April 06) and the forecast of Wednesday (April 07, 2004).
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Two held in double murder case

Two held in double murder case

The police have traced three culprits involved in a complicated double murder case of rape and killing two minor girls Sassi and Hajra in the vicinity of Memon Goth, Gadap Town. Two people were arrested, while third suspect is still at large.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
SHC sets aside 10 SSP activists' conviction

SHC sets aside 10 SSP activists' conviction

The appeals of as many as 10 activists of banned Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) were allowed by Sindh High Court on Tuesday, filed against conviction in three separates sectarian killing cases.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Standard Chartered and Pak-Kuwait sign IRS

Standard Chartered and Pak-Kuwait sign IRS

The Standard Chartered Bank and Pak-Kuwait Investment Company (Private) Limited have executed a long-term local currency interest rate swap (IRS).
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
MMA opposes NSC bill in its present form

MMA opposes NSC bill in its present form

The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) wants supremacy of parliament, and is opposed to the National Security Council Bill-2004 in its present form.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
13th National Scouts Jamboree to be held from April 16

13th National Scouts Jamboree to be held from April 16

Around five thousand boy scouts from across the country will participate in the week-long 13th National Scouts Jamboree to be held in Sumbol Park Garden Avenue, Islamabad from April 16.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Pakistan taking steps for women empowerment

Pakistan taking steps for women empowerment

Pakistan has taken concerted actions for the economic and political empowerment of women in the country, the annual session of the UN Commission on Human Rights was informed on Tuesday.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Kasuri in Shanghai

Kasuri in Shanghai

Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri arrived here on Tuesday at first leg of his three-day visit to China.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Two relatives of UC Nazim held on bike snatching charge

Two relatives of UC Nazim held on bike snatching charge

Muzaffargarh police have arrested two close relatives of a Nazim of Union Council No 34, Gulab Khan Chandia, and their two accomplices on the charge of snatching a motorcycle at gunpoint from a lawyer.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Khyber Steam Safari falls victim to PR, STC negligence

Khyber Steam Safari falls victim to PR, STC negligence

Khyber Steam Safari, an adventure time ride through the legendary Khyber Pass by antiquated steam mechanism lost the whole winter tourism season due to the break down of a bridge in Khyber Agency.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Law demanded to deal with occupational diseases

Law demanded to deal with occupational diseases

The rapid industrialisation and thereby discharge of poisonous gases, chemicals and effluents into water is increasing health hazards including lungs diseases like asthma, asbestosis, silicosis, heart diseases, muscle ailments, infertility and cancer-rela
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
NAB seeks final report against PTCL engineer

NAB seeks final report against PTCL engineer

National Accountability Bureau has asked the Director Investigation, Punjab to submit the final report of a complaint against Bashir Ahmed Mulghani, Divisional Engineer Telephones, Digital Transit, PTCL Multan Telecom region, for his corruption and acquis
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
US War College team visits Pakistani embassy

US War College team visits Pakistani embassy

A group representing faculty members of the US National War College visited the Pakistan embassy and attended a briefing by ambassador Ashraf Jehangir Qazi.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Hedge trading in cotton market opposed

Hedge trading in cotton market opposed

Government should not allow speculative and hedge trading in cotton market because it would ruin the smaller traders while big traders would become millionaire in a season at the cost of ginners' and cotton growers' fate.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
HCCI concerned over tax challans

HCCI concerned over tax challans

The sub-committee of Hyderabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HCCI) for local government has expressed concern on issuance of challans to traders by the contractors of Taluka Latifabad Municipal administration with regard to sanitation and other taxes.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Jatoi calls on CNS

Jatoi calls on CNS

Federal Minister for Industries and Production, Liaquat Ali Jatoi, called on the Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Shahid Karimullah at the Naval Headquarters in Islamabad.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Inflows and outflows of rivers

Inflows and outflows of rivers

The position of the inflows/outflows at Tarbela, Mangla and Chashma along with the reservoirs levels and the barrages at 6 am on Tuesday.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Sterling at one-year high against euro

Sterling at one-year high against euro

Sterling rose one percent against the dollar and also hit a one-year high versus the euro on Tuesday as investors shifted their funds back to the pound with prospects of higher interest rates in Britain.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Dollar hits two-week high against yen

Dollar hits two-week high against yen

The dollar jumped to a two-week high against a crumbling yen on Tuesday as a brightening economic picture in the United States bolstered expectations US interest rates will rise sooner rather than later.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Deal in sight on temple-mosque row: Advani

Deal in sight on temple-mosque row: Advani

India's deputy prime minister said Tuesday agreement was in sight on resolving one of India's most explosive religious disputes over construction of a Hindu temple on the ruins of a razed mosque.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Mexico rescuers find more bodies, flood toll at 34

Mexico rescuers find more bodies, flood toll at 34

Rescue workers pulled three more bodies from ruined homes in northern Mexico on Tuesday, taking the death toll to 34 after flash floods ripped through a normally arid town near the US border.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
West criminally responsible on Rwanda

West criminally responsible on Rwanda

Western powers bear "criminal responsibility" for Rwanda's 1994 genocide because they did not care enough to stop it, the commander of the beleaguered UN peacekeeping force at the time said on Tuesday.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Lithuania sacks president over corruption scandal

Lithuania sacks president over corruption scandal

Lithuania's parliament threw out President Rolandas Paksas on Tuesday after 15 months in office, narrowly voting to impeach him on corruption charges just weeks before the former Soviet republic joins the EU.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
China stamps its authority on Hong Kong

China stamps its authority on Hong Kong

China, fearing growing calls for greater democracy in Hong Kong, stamped its authority on the territory on Tuesday by ruling that it alone will determine the shape and timing of elections.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Shabbir Shah arrested

Shabbir Shah arrested

Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) Chairman, Shabbir Ahmad Shah was arrested at Sopore on Tuesday while on his way to Kupwara during the election boycott campaign.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Sialkot jolted

Sialkot jolted

An earthquake jolted Sialkot and its adjoining areas early Tuesday morning as a result of which people got scared and came out of their houses, reciting 'Kalimah'.
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am
Amnesty and HRCP, others condemn killing of innocent Iraqis

Amnesty and HRCP, others condemn killing of innocent Iraqis

Amnesty International, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Pakistan Seraiki Party, Labour Party Pakistan, Pakistan People's Party, Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, Pakistan Muslim League-N, Tehrik Jafaria Pakistan have strongly condemned the US attack on residen
Published 07 Apr, 2004 12:00am