A spokesman of the Punjab Transport Department (PTD) has contradicted a news item appeared in a section of press giving an impression that "the delegation of Asian Development Bank (ADB) has shown dissatisfaction over the performance of PTD and City Distr
Chief Executive Somansi Adventure Park, Lower Topa, Murree Sohail Lashari revealed that Recreation Private Limited, which was a sister Sozo Water Park, had opened Sozo Adventure Park at Lower Topa, Murree with a cost of Rs 30 million on BoT basis.
Pakistan Industrial & Traders Associations Front (Piaf) has urged the government to bring down import duty on tin plates from 25 percent to 10 percent, to ensure availability of cheaper packing material.
Haji Muhammad Yaqoob, member managing committee of Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) has assured the importers of paper that all the problems faced by them will soon be addressed.
The withdrawal of stamp duty on airline tickets, announced in the 2004-05 Sindh budget, has placed Sindh at par with other provinces, viz. Punjab, NWFP and Balochistan.
Pakistan Muslim League President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Wednesday said Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali will remain in office as long as he enjoyed trust of the Parliament and the ruling party.
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, June 24, 2004.
Secretary Religious Affairs Zakat and Usher, Vakil Ahmed Khan has said that a transparent system would be adopted for the selection of private Haj operators.
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, June 24, 2004.
An eight-member delegation of The Founders at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has left for Sri Lanka, says a press release issued here on Wednesday.
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, June 24, 2004.
The steering committee on freight subsidy has recommended to the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) to extend the deadline for freight subsidy, which expires on June 30, may be extended for a year.
A Division Bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday returned to the Chief Justice Nazim Hussain Siddiqui a plea for bail moved on behalf of former Federal Minister Asif Ali Zardari with the request that it should be assigned to a bench constituted afresh f
The Foreign Office spokesman on Wednesday said that experts from Pakistan and India would keep meeting periodically to continue their discussions on nuclear confidence building measures. The idea, he said, was to sustain the process and gain positive resu
Sharp erosion in the gap of the official and open market rates might strengthen the dollar further in the coming days and also help improve the remittances from overseas Pakistanis, currency market experts said on Wednesday.
Sharp erosion in the gap of the official and open market rates might strengthen the dollar further in the coming days and also help improve the remittances from overseas Pakistanis, currency market experts said on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali said on Tuesday that he enjoyed full support of his party Pakistan Muslim League (PML) and its allies, and rumours about change of government was nothing but a "political kite-flying".
This investment bank has emerged after merger of other entities into it subsequently the name of the bank was proposed to be changed to Crescent Standard Investment Bank Ltd.
As westerly wave over Kashmir has moved further eastward, and is still affecting Kashmir and adjoining Punjab, weather experts have forecast light to moderate rains over upper catchment of all main rivers during the next 24 hours. According to local met o
This investment bank has emerged after merger of other entities into it subsequently the name of the bank was proposed to be changed to Crescent Standard Investment Bank Ltd.
Pakistan, India, China and 19 other countries have pledged to move "hand-in-hand" to build a better Asia, ensuring good living conditions for their people.
Younger son of Pandit Bushan Bazaz, Chairman, Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Front (JKDF), Gaurav Bazaz has been shot dead in his office in Toronto (Canada).
The five of the seven South Asian countries and members of the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (Saarc), including Pakistan, were represented in Washington on Monday evening at a cultural programme.
Japan, Thailand and China have lauded the peace process between Pakistan and India, particularly the dialogue on Nuclear Confidence Building Measures (CBMs), hoping it would lead to a durable peace and security in the region.
The PPP parliamentary leader in NWFP Assembly on Wednesday took to task the MMA provincial government and its MPAs for discrediting all previous governments for lacking efforts in uncapping the net profit on hydel generation by federal government.
An Accountability Court here on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of SGS corruption reference against Benazir Bhutto, Asif Zardari and others till July 13.
The NWFP Assembly on Wednesday once again called for the implementation of the 7th Wage Board Award in the newspaper industry, and stoppage of the campaign of the publishing of advertisements against it in the newspapers forthwith.
The government on Wednesday constituted the anomalies committee, headed by Naved Ahsan, Secretary, Finance, and decided to receive anomalies from stake holders up to June 30, 2004.
The government is going to sign an agreement on Monday next for writing off of around $500 million debt out of the remaining $2 billion debt owed by Pakistan to US leaving the total debt to around $1.5 billion.
Sindh Government has expressed its inability to check misuse of chemicals that are available in the local market and being used as intoxicant by a large number of youngsters.
Sindh Assembly members discussing provincial budget 2004-5 said that priorities for the allocation of funds in different heads were seemingly misleading and difficult to rationalise and justify.
Punjab Finance Minister Hasnain Bahadur Dareshak announced 16 percent increase for pensioners who retired before 1994 and 8 percent increase for those who retired after 1994 effective from July 1, 2004, in the province.
The Pakistan Steel Mill (PSM) is likely to suffer a loss of $0.2 million as demurrage for delay in unloading of coal ship at PSM Jetty at the Port Qasim. The shipping company will charge $50,000 for each day out of schedule.
Some unknown miscreants blew up tower 698 of 500 KV Guddu-Dadu Circuit No 1 and tower 91 of 500 KV Guddu Circuit No 2 on Wednesday at 6:05 am simultaneously, said a Wapda's spokesman.
Fruits and vegetable exporters have turned down a proposal of the Ministry of Food and Agricultural (Minfal) to fix grading of the green stuff meant for export.
World Bank has approved $90 million Structural Adjustment Credit-II (SAC) for North West Frontier Province (NWFP) to undertake wider provincial reforms.
The farming community is uncertain over the incentives announced in the federal budget for the financial year 2004-05, as the government has not incorporated those proposals, which were necessary to enhance agriculture production and improve living standa
Miscreants on Wednesday fired rockets at a Frontier Corps camp in Razmak on Tuesday night, however there was no loss of life or damage to property, ISPR said.
The Sui Southern Gas Company has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Suparco for the procurement of 'Digital Scenes of SPOT-5 Satellite' (2.5 m resolution, black & white) covering company's transmission and distribution network for its GIS Proj
Allotment of about 1095 plots in I-9 and I-10 industrial estates against the total 1030 planned earlier by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) would compound problems for adjacent residential sectors.
Illegal collectors of charged car-parking fee disappeared from many sideroads in the city on Wednesday following the appearance of news stories in the newspaper about their activities.
All Pakistan Cottage Industries and Small Traders Welfare Association and Convenor LCCI Standing Committee for Cottage Industry, Ghulam Sarwar Malik has urged the government to devise a workable and effective strategy to make the country's cottage industr
Formal talks between the Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) were held on Wednesday in Khokharapar near Pakistan-India border.
In the Baghdad of yore years Shehrzad had to tell a story, never told before, every night to be able to survive another night. That perhaps is the lot of the hacks who cover the Byzantine politics of Pakistan and the role its chameleon players act out.
The government has confirmed that plans are under way to extend Pakistan Railways from Chaman to Afghan city Kandhar; rather a station or two beyond it. It is targeted for completion by 2008.
The National Assembly was informed on Wednesday that MCC Resource Development Company Limited (MRDL) of China has produced 9,514 tons blister copper having about 32,000 ounces of gold from Saindak project since August 2003.
Defence Minister Sikandar Iqbal told the National Assembly in a written statement on Wednesday that total value of the assets of Pakistan International Airlines stood at Rs 72,200 million.