This cement company of Karachi remained in the public sector during 9M 2003-04, the period under review. The Q3 Report states about privatisation process, "There has been no change in the status after Honourable Sindh High Court has granted stay order."
This cement company of Karachi remained in the public sector during 9M 2003-04, the period under review. The Q3 Report states about privatisation process, "There has been no change in the status after Honourable Sindh High Court has granted stay order."
This public limited company listed on the stock exchanges in Karachi and Lahore. It was incorporated in the province of Punjab having its registered office in 41-K Model Town Lahore. It is one of the constituent members of a large conglomerate, Lakson Gro
This public limited company listed on the stock exchanges in Karachi and Lahore. It was incorporated in the province of Punjab having its registered office in 41-K Model Town Lahore. It is one of the constituent members of a large conglomerate, Lakson Gro
Saudi Arabia's Banque Saudi Fransi and French insurer Assurance Generales de France applied on Sunday to set up an insurance company in the kingdom, the bank said.
The head of the World Bank praised the Egyptian cabinet's economic reforms and said on Sunday the bank was ready to provide new financing, adding that his only advice was that Egypt follow through on its promises.
French companies and farmers have reeled in deals reportedly worth up to five billion euros (dollars) in China during a state visit to the country by President Jacques Chirac, but executives were said to be disappointed that bigger business was not won.
Airbus could still afford to develop the A350 mid-size jetliner to compete with Boeing's 7E7 even if it loses government launch subsidies in a US-European aircraft trade row, analysts said on Thursday.
South Korea's state-owned Korea Electric Power Corp (KEPCO) is considering investing in the construction of a 350 million dollar steam power plant in Indonesia, a top official said Sunday.
Japan and Thailand have agreed to leave out rice from a planned bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), a breakthrough that could see a deal agreed by the end of the year, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun said on Sunday.
Top US economic forecasters are growing increasingly worried about the impact of surging oil prices on consumer and business spending in 2005, a survey released on Sunday showed.
The German government expects growth to slow to 1.8 percent in 2005 from two percent this year, and finance ministry experts say Germany is not likely to meet EU budget deficit rules in 2005, a newspaper reported on Sunday.
Sri Lanka's foreign reserves are falling, inflation is galloping, balance of payments are in the red, but the island is banking on petroleum price boom to get out of the woods.
On average, hundreds of thousands of consumers visit the Sony Ericsson Application Shop every month. This shop has proven a valuable go-to-market channel for third party application developers that create software and games for Sony Ericsson phones.
China's consumer inflation is expected to slow in the fourth quarter after exceeding 5 percent in recent months, state media said on Sunday, citing a forecast by the State Development and Reform Commission.
Major Gulf producer Kuwait will back a hike of 1 million barrels per day in Opec's output ceiling if oil prices stay at record levels, a move that would bring formal production limits in line with actual supplies.
Top world oil exporter Saudi Arabia vowed on Sunday to maintain a cushion of spare supplies of up to 2 million barrels per day (bpd) to meet future demand growth.
The median overnight rate on the Egyptian pound fell to 4 percent on Sunday from 9 percent the previous session as demand for pounds eased near the end of a period for calculating reserve requirements, traders said.
Indian shares will take direction from technology earnings this week and should rise if strong profit growth beats expectations, while bonds are seen sliding for a third week amid fresh supplies and record high oil prices.
Tokyo stocks are likely to hold recent gains this week, underpinned by strong corporate earnings and expectations that US and Japanese share markets will remain unfazed by record crude oil prices.
Hong Kong stocks are expected to come under pressure in the week ahead, with the city's third land auction this year and the trading debut of electricity generator China Power in focus.
Taiwan stocks are expected to take a breather this week after rising to a four-month high, as President Chen Shui-bian failed to announce concrete measures to improve ties with China in a National Day speech.
Bombings on Egypt's Red Sea coast hit Egyptian stocks hard on Sunday when the market reopened after the Muslim weekend but prices soon began to stabilise at an average of about 3.5 percent down, brokers said.
European stock markets should outperform their US peers over the next three months as investors squeeze the last drops of profit from the cyclical lag on Europe's corporate earnings cycle and cheaper valuations.
British government bonds are set to be underpinned by benign inflation data and a well-received auction of ultra long gilts this week, adding to the boost they have had from perceptions that interest rates may have peaked.
British government bonds are set to be underpinned by benign inflation data and a well-received auction of ultra long gilts this week, adding to the boost they have had from perceptions that interest rates may have peaked.
Heading into the heart of earnings season this week the expected results look robust, but a slowing of future profit growth and the impact of surging oil prices on the economy could conspire to hold down stocks.
The crippled Canadian submarine HMCS Chicoutimi arrived by tow Sunday at the British naval base at Faslane, on Scotland's west coast, where investigators were hoping to establish the cause of a fatal fire on board.
Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian used his National Day speech on Sunday to call for peace talks with arch foe China and urge adoption of a system to prevent an outbreak of conflict in the narrow strait dividing them.
Shops were shut in Dhaka on Sunday and most vehicles stayed off the roads in a daylong strike called by opposition parties to demand the resignation of a government that has just completed three years in power.
North Korea has accused the United States of triggering a regional arms race by deploying navy destroyers equipped with Aegis missile tracking systems in the sea off the communist state.
Malaysia Sunday promised an inquiry into a US report which said a man with the same name as Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was involved in an oil scam with the former Iraqi regime.
Two former senior UN weapons inspectors in Iraq on Sunday criticised US President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair for clinging to ever-weaker arguments to justify their war on Iraq.
Maldivian President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom Sunday lifted a state of emergency he clamped on the Indian Ocean atoll nation two months ago to crush pro-democracy protests.
Gulf Arab states said after security talks on Sunday they had agreed to boost co-operation against al Qaeda militants, drug trafficking and money laundering in the oil-rich region.
A Palestinian was killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza on Sunday, as US Democrat presidential hopeful John Kerry warned that if he wins the November 2 election there will be no reprieve for sidelined Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
President George W. Bush held on to a slim lead in an ABC News poll released on Sunday, getting 50 percent of the vote against 46 percent of likely voters who supported his opponent, Sen. John Kerry.
Democratic presidential contender John Kerry, in an interview published Sunday, slammed President George W. Bush's Middle East policy, saying democracy cannot be imposed on foreign nations.
The most powerful typhoon to hit eastern Japan in a decade fizzled out on Sunday after causing a trail of destruction which left six people dead and three others missing, police and weather officials said.
A total of 20 tourists were confirmed dead and four were missing Sunday after a bus plunged into a river in south-west China's Sichuan province, state media reported.
India on Sunday searched cargo containers for military ordnance after stumbling across huge piles of shells and missiles imported along with scrap metal by private dealers, the army said.
Increase in cottonseed (phutti) arrivals in Sindh ginneries has been reduced to 47 percent from 101 percent of corresponding period of last year following rains and high velocity winds in cotton growing areas in lower Sindh.
Tourists returning to the beaches of Bali two years after bombings killed 202 people say the resort island is now no more dangerous than anywhere else in the world as terrorism's global threat grows.
Please refer to the article published in the Business Recorder on September 22, 2004 written by Ms Saima Aziz from Ottawa, Canada regarding graffiti and an culturals heritage. I forward a few lines for your consideration.
The Pakistan Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation Ltd (PICIC) is a pioneer development finance institution and has played a key role in the development and creation of the industrial infrastructure in Pakistan.
Allium cepa (Onion) is a very common vegetable of our daily use for the preparation of curry or salad. It is a wonderful vegetable, which would have been a fruit if it is not been pungent and full of sulphur ingredients.
FOOD BORNE ILLNESS: Food borne illness generally refers to illnesses caused by micro-organisms consumed by eating any type of food. When people complain of "food poisoning," they may actually have been exposed to the micro-organisms that cause food
Economic security is the most sought after assurance of well being in the modern age of technology. An effective instrument of ensuring security is Insurance-may it be the security of dependants of the bread-winner or it may be the security of goods lost
A delegation of tax officials has successfully negotiated with the World Bank officials in Washington on $125.9 million grant, including proposed IDA credit of $102.9 million, and a UK DFID grant of $23 million for the 'tax administration reform project'.
Talking to journalists recently at the Locomotive Factory at Risalpur, where he had gone to participate in a ceremony marking the rolling out of the sixth locally manufactured locomotive, the Minister for Railway, Mian Shamim Haider, made an important dis
The noisy response of the Opposition to the draft bill 'The President to Hold Another Office Act-2004' (to take effect from December 31, 2004, on enactment) which the government introduced in the National Assembly on Friday (October 9), appears to have co
Incessant rains threaten Zimbabwe's last chance of finishing the tri-nation one-day tournament on a high note as they square off with Asian champions Sri Lanka at Pindi Ptadium here on Monday.
Zimbabwe cricket chief Peter Chingoka said on Sunday he hopes cricket will move forward in his country after a turmoil which led to the suspension of their Test status and a probe into allegations of racism.
Three persons, including two students, were killed, while 39 others injured in a head-on collision between a school van and a truck near Batgram, police said.
Federal Ministry for Women Development is in process to evolve a strategy making local women strong enough to contest the next national polls on seats reserved for women as well as on general seats - without any provision for specified quota.
District Nazim Multan Riaz Hussain Qureshi, on Sunday visited the site of bomb blast in Rashidabad along with councillors and his MPA son Mueen Qureshi and assured the owners of shops and homes which were badly damaged due to bomb blast that these would b
'Mobile Political Schools' for Women will start functioning from December this year with the support of the UNDP, enabling women from across the country to participate in political process manifested in the form of local body provincial and national polls
As many as 165,000 subsidised bags of wheat flour would be provided to the consumers costing Rs 190 per bag in Sialkot district under a special Ramazan package.
Chief of the PML election cell for upcoming Legislative Council and Local Bodies polls in Northern Areas Senator Nisar A Memon here on Sunday said that the government was committed to develop infrastructures facilities for the people of the area, as it wa
Federal Minister for Labour, Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis, Ghulam Sarwar Khan has directed Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF) to start development work on Zone-V of the Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF) in Islamabad immediately says a press relea
People have strongly criticised the City District Government (CDG) for launching a campaign of lifting vehicles without providing proper parking facility in different areas of the provincial metropolis.
The World Health Organisation will on Monday co-sponsor a global day campaign which urges the need for pain relief to be viewed as a human right and asks people to recognise pain as a pressing problem and act now to alleviate suffering, a press release sa
Low trading interest was apparent on the wholesale markets though Ramazan and Eid festivals are very close. The changes were seen in plastic mouldings, tea, til, guwar, wheat, cottonseed oilcake, jute goods etc.
Iqbal Zaidi, Regional General Manager of Allied Bank of Pakistan called on the NWFP Governor Lieutenant General Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah (Retd) at Governor's House Peshawar.
The Punjab prisons department on the directive of Punjab Chief Minister has made special arrangements for 'Sehr and Iftar' during Ramazan for all Muslim inmates in the jails across the province.
NWFP Governor Lieutenant General Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah (Retd) has said that the formation of agency council is the first step towards the devolution of powers in Fata and these would be entrusted with the authority to utilise development funds as wel
According to Pakistan Cotton Ginners' Association (PCGA) report, seed-cotton (phutti) arrivals up to September30 have registered a robust increase of 85.90 percent (Sindh 59.83 percent and Punjab 103.45 percent) over same period of last year. This does no
According to Pakistan Cotton Ginners' Association (PCGA) report, seed-cotton (phutti) arrivals up to September30 have registered a robust increase of 85.90 percent (Sindh 59.83 percent and Punjab 103.45 percent) over same period of last year. This does no
Cotton prices showed slightly uppish trend on back of spinners regular buying interest against world trend which looked for a direction and closed with divergent trend, said relevant sources.
Widespread off-season rains and snow falls in the upper regions of the country bring great relief to the people of Barani areas and enable the farmers to sow wheat crop on large tracts of Barani land.
Lahore District Nazim Aamir Mahmood has said that the city district government would establish 'Sasta bazaars' during Ramazan to provide essential items at economical prices to the people.
Provincial Minister for Auqaf and Religious Affairs, Sahibzada Saeed-ul-Hassan Shah said that a Muslim cannot be a terrorist and a terrorist cannot be a Muslim, a handful miscreants were creating a state of terror through subversive and terrorist activiti
Federal Parliamentary Affairs Minister Dr Sher Afgan Niazi has said the recent bomb blast in Sialkot and Multan are a part of international terrorism and religious organisations are not involved in the incidents.
Speaker National Assembly Chaudhry Amir Hussain strongly condemned the terrorist activities held in Sialkot, Multan and Karachi and termed inhuman act against the mankind.
A three-day international workshop, jointly organised by Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (Parc) and Rice-Wheat Consortium (RWC) Project Research Information System Module (PRISM) will be held here tomorrow (Monday).
The Workshop on 'Capacity Building and On-Job Training' will be held in Peshawar on October 11. NWFP Information Minister Iqbal Daudzai will preside over the workshop, Provincial Information Secretary Mohammad Atzal Khan told APP on Sunday.
Provincial Minister for Co-operatives Colonel Malik Mohammad Anwer (Retd) and Provincial Minister for Tourism, Mian Mohammad Aslam have expressed deep sense of sorrow and grief on killing of renowned religious scholars Mufti Mohammad Jamil and Maulana Naz