Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (PPMA) has congratulated the Federal Minister for Health, Muhammad Nasir Khan on his election as president of World Health Assembly in its inaugural session held in Geneva on May 17-22, 2004.
The export of readymade garments is steadily increasing during last several years and in the year 2002-2003, the country earned US $1.1 billion against export of readymade woven garments alone.
"I was so impressed with Sonia Gandhi. She had it all, and then she decided against taking it. And I am not really sure of the real reasons behind her decision to decline the Prime Minister-ship of the country..."
The Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association has expressed grave concern over the "unproductive spendings" of the $350 million "Access to Justice Loan" obtained from the Asian Development Bank at a very high interest rate of nine percent.
Chandra Kumar Dhanuka, Chairman, Indian Tea Association (ITA) has urged Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) to take up issue of import duty on tea with government of Pakistan to get it reduced.
Adviser to the Sindh chief Minister on Local Government Affairs Wasim Akhtar on Wednesday constituted a water regulatory body to regulate supply of potable drinking water to the people of Hyderabad and Dadu districts.
Pakistan People's Party on Thursday welcomed the declaration of the Socialist International Executive meeting in Budapest held on May 14, 2004 emphasising the importance of peace, democracy and progress that has been built in Europe.
Disenfranchised Kuwaiti women have reacted with caution to a decision by the emirate's cabinet granting them full political rights, saying past experience was not encouraging.
The GSB Technologies Inc, of the USA has shown interest in establishing a power generation plant of 500 megawatt capacity in Karachi, based on garbage of the city and coal which would be available from Thar and Lakhra coal mines.
Since the assumption of power by General Pervez Musharraf, economic fundamentals of the country have improved a great deal. Fortunately, political government of Prime Minister Jamali has stayed the course and resisted the temptation of easy options with t
Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz will inaugurate the satellite office of International Finance Corporation (IFC) in the metropolis on Saturday, it was officially stated here on Thursday.
NWFP Health Minister Inayatullah while directing further acceleration of pace of work on implementation of medical university and women medical college project has said the work for actualisation of both projects had already entered into the final phase.
Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has strongly denounced what he called a blatantly anti-Pakistani act of PPP, which has written to the Commonwealth asking the organisation not to lift Pakistan's suspension.
Emphasising that a solution to the occupied Kashmir dispute is necessary for durable peace, Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri expressed the confidence that the Congress-led government would carry forward the Indo-Pak peace process.
Federal Minister for Religious Affairs, Zakat and Ushr Muhammad Ijaz ul-Haq on Thursday said the new Haj policy, applicable for next five years, would be announced in the next week.
Corps Commander Lieutenant General Ahsan Saleem Hayat visited the Quaid's mausoleum here on Thursday to pay homage to the father of Nation. He laid a floral wreath, and offered Fateha at the Quaid's Mazar.
The sales of home appliances across the country have grown by 20 to 25 percent per annum, as their prices continue to reduce for the last couple of years because of intense competition and low cost imports from china.
Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA) has chalked out a detailed programme for activating the technical and vocational training institutes in Punjab.
The fifth "Pakistan Industrial Fair-2004" with the slogan of "Rebuild Afghanistan" at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium is going to be held from May 22 to June 13.
The Agriculture Commissioner, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Dr Muhammad Hanif Hussain, said on Thursday the country has produced about 20 million tonnes of wheat which is enough to meet domestic requirements.
The Environment Protection Agency (EPA) NWFP has planned installation of CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) kits in two stroke rickshaws on experimental basis with the objectives of controlling air and noise pollution.
NWFP Governor Lieutenant General Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah (Retd) has expressed his deep grief and sorrow over the tragic and brutal murder of Fata Industries Director Mohammad Salim Mohmand.
The government is implementing National Drainage Programme (NDP) for bringing improvement in drainage, reclamation of water logged and saline land in the Indus basin.
The Collector Sales Tax, Peshawar, Ghulam Ahmad, has said the Central Board of Revenue (CBR) besides, working on structure reforms on tax-related education to tax-payers, has also introduced automation to simplify tax collection.
The latest close of key indices on major world stock exchanges and the London closing values of the euro, the Japanese yen, the British pound and gold bullion (previous day's closes in brackets).
A six-week training camp for under 20-year, arranged by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), would commence on May 24th here at the Jinnah Stadium, said President District Cricket Association (DCA) and Member Punjab Assembly Engineer Imran Ashraf.
Pakistan had signed three agreements with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) for enhancing co-operation in trade of food, agriculture and livestock commodities.
Pakistan Overseas Employment Promoter Association (POEPA) urged the government to establish Overseas Employment Promotion Bureau (OEPB) which will help in exploring new labour markets for absorption of Pakistani manpower abroad.
The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has put in place an elaborate system to deal with public complaints pertaining to the conduct of licensees doing businesses of natural gas (sui gas), compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG
PIA will expand the network of its Speedex courier to 61 cities of the country by end of June 2004. Currently, it is serving in 14 big cities of Pakistan.
Merger of diverse political groups into PML-Q was ridden by personal motives and to prolong the autocratic rule against the wishes of the people, and the people would rise against this unholy alliance.
The position of the inflows/outflows at Tarbela, Mangla and Chashma along with the reservoirs' levels and the barrages at 6.00 am on Thursday was as under:
Small and Medium Enterprise Development Authority (Smeda) has started translation of its pre-feasibility reports and sector briefs in Urdu which will be uploaded on its website for easy understanding by the SME sector.
The Punjab government has approved to make legislation for providing shelter, food, education and training to hapless children and a bill in this regard will be presented in the upcoming session of provincial assembly.
A three-member delegation of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) called on the District Nazim Mian Amer Mahmood here on Thursday and discussed various proposals for extending a grant of US $1 million, besides extending technical assistance for improving qual
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday disposed of a petition filed by Town Nazim Khwaja Hassan with directions to the petitioner to submit a presentation to Home Secretary Punjab.
The Lahore High Court (LHC) office returned the petition filed by President PPPP, Punjab, Qasim Zia, praying re-election for the office of President of Pakistan.
Sharp decline was seen in the rupee's value versus the dollar in the open market on Thursday as it lost 10 paisa on the buying and selling counter at Rs 58.65 and Rs 58.75 respectively on rising demand of the greenback, dealers said.
Sharp decline was seen in the rupee's value versus the dollar in the open market on Thursday as it lost 10 paisa on the buying and selling counter at Rs 58.65 and Rs 58.75 respectively on rising demand of the greenback, dealers said.
An-11 member delegation of diplomats from the Association of South East Nations (Asean), who are under training at the Foreign Services Academy in Islamabad on Thursday visited the Punjab University as part of their training.
The auditors of the company emphasised although the company booked after tax loss at Rs 7.32 million (2001-02: Rs 4.78) and has accumulated losses of Rs 101.94, million but they have prepared the financial statements on going concern basis.
The Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court (LHC) has transferred District and Sessions Judge Lahore Muhammad Khalil Chaudhry, and appointed him as Member Inspection Team (MIT) LHC.
The auditors of the company emphasised although the company booked after tax loss at Rs 7.32 million (2001-02: Rs 4.78) and has accumulated losses of Rs 101.94, million but they have prepared the financial statements on going concern basis.
The Governor of Punjab Lieutenant General Khalid Maqbool (Retd) has asked upon Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC), Saarc and Organisation of African countries that they instead of depending on help of developed countries should endeavour to develop e
Union of Small & Medium Enterprises (Unisame) will hold a meeting with Mohammed Saleem Shaikh, Managing Director, Mercantile Consolidated, an Export Enhancement Services Company, on May 21.
Malaysian engineering and energy firm Ranhill Bhd, which has been expanding overseas to push growth, plans to invest in a power plant in Pakistan, a top company official said on Thursday.
The Federal Finance Minister, Shaukat Aziz has officially launched Air Blue, a private sector airline that its sponsors claim would be a "paperless" and world-class airline. It would be run on the concepts of e-ticketing, e-reservation and e-check-in syst
The development and promotion of Small Power Producers (SPPs) would be emphasised by the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) at a meeting to be held here on Saturday (May 22).
Sugarcane cess funds recovered from sugarcane growers have not been released as a result of which construction of roads connecting agri-farms with city markets has been disrupted.
All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Aptma) Chairman Waqar Monnoo has shown reservation on the success of State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) new scheme of the long-term financing for the export-oriented projects (LTF-EOP).
Exporters of value-added textile products have warned the Central Board of Revenue (CBR) that if SRO 554, which allows duty-free import of machinery for export-oriented projects, was rescinded in the new budget, new export projects would not be coming.
A delegation of Islamabad Flour Mills Association (IFMA) called on Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) and complained about the Punjab government's wheat policy whereby the government has banned inter-district movement of wheat stock.
Experts Advisory Cell of the Ministry of Industries & Production has chalked out a comprehensive plan to make the industrial sector more vibrant, innovative, dynamic and globally competitive under the WTO regime by integrating it with the international ma
During a luncheon meeting the other day with the Executive Committee of Small and Medium Enterprises Association (SAMEA), headed by it's president Zafar Iqbal and a selected group of small and medium-level exporters, State Bank Governor Dr Ishrat Hussain
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
Export Promotion Bureau has received the following Trade Enquiries from abroad. Interested Pakistani parties dealing in the under mentioned items can obtain further details from the addresses given or from EPB Head Quarters and its Regional/Sub-Regional O