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Print - 2005-03-15
Blair's international brainstorming to combat climate change

Blair's international brainstorming to combat climate change

Thirty Energy and Environment ministers from 20 industrialised and emerging countries will gather here at the behest of the British government Tuesday and Wednesday to debate climate change and how to combat it. The informal meeting is to lay the groundwo
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Himalaya glaciers receding fast due to warming: WWF

Himalaya glaciers receding fast due to warming: WWF

Himalayan glaciers are receding at among the fastest rates in the world due to global warming, threatening water shortages for millions of people in China, India and Nepal, a leading conservation group said on Monday. The World-wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
UAE to crack down on child camel jockey trafficking

UAE to crack down on child camel jockey trafficking

The United Arab Emirates said on Monday it would crack down on the trafficking of Asian child camel jockeys, a practice internationally condemned as a form of slavery. Rights groups say several thousand boys, some as young as four, work as jockeys in the
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Washington slams door shut on Sinn Fein

Washington slams door shut on Sinn Fein

Leaders of the Irish Republican Army's political wing head to Saint Patrick's Day events in the United States this week battered by a furor over IRA crime, shut out of talks in Washington and banned from its annual fundraising drive among Irish-Americans.
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
US concerned by Venezuela arms deals

US concerned by Venezuela arms deals

A senior US military commander has expressed concerns over Venezuela's arms procurement programme, the Financial Times reported on Monday. General Bantz Craddock, the commander-in-chief of the US Southern Command, said he was worried about the end-destina
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Former Kosovo Prime Minister pleads not guilty to war crimes

Former Kosovo Prime Minister pleads not guilty to war crimes

Kosovo's former Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj pleaded not guilty at The Hague on Monday to charges of murder, rape and deportation of civilians as a guerrilla leader in a 1998-99 war against Serb forces. Haradinaj, a former regional commander of the Kos
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Strong quake in eastern Turkey injures 18, causes damage

Strong quake in eastern Turkey injures 18, causes damage

A second earthquake in three days jolted eastern Turkey early Monday, leaving 18 injured and causing material damage, local authorities said, quoted by the Anatolia news agency. The tremor, which measured 5.9 on the open-ended Richter scale, struck at 3:5
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Osama tried to communicate with Zarqawi

Osama tried to communicate with Zarqawi

Osama bin Laden attempted to communicate with al Qaeda's frontman in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a month ago through a letter that was seized when a ground courier in Pakistan was intercepted, a counter-terrorism expert said here Monday. "About four weeks
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Parliament session ends: China authorises use of force against Taiwan

Parliament session ends: China authorises use of force against Taiwan

China underlined its paramount political and economic objectives as an annual parliament session ended on Monday, authorising the use of force if Taiwan moved toward independence and reiterating commitment to stable growth. The National People's Congress
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Bangladesh bans smoking in public places

Bangladesh bans smoking in public places

A law banning smoking in public places and tobacco advertising came into force across Bangladesh on Monday and was hailed an important first step by anti-tobacco campaigners. The Smoking and Tobacco Product Usage (Control) Act was passed by the Bangladesh
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
UN human rights chief chides global community

UN human rights chief chides global community

The United Nations' human rights chief chided the international community Monday about its record on protecting civil liberties, saying it was too selective in responding to abuses around the world. Opening the annual session of the UN Human Rights Commis
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Afghanistan rules out legalising opium cultivation

Afghanistan rules out legalising opium cultivation

Afghan Interior Minister Ali Ahmad Jalali ruled out Monday the possibility of legalising Afghan opium production, the largest in the world, for making medicines. An international drug policy think-tank, The Senlis, suggested to President Hamid Karzai in D
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
US aviation still vulnerable to attack

US aviation still vulnerable to attack

US aviation remains vulnerable to attack and groups such as al Qaeda may try to target non-commercial planes and helicopters, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing a confidential government report. The report by the FBI and the Department of Homel
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Sharon rejects truce offer

Sharon rejects truce offer

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon rejected a Palestinian bid on Monday to win a formal cease-fire with militants, a statement from his office said. "The cease-fire the Palestinians are working for does not give up the terror option, and is not a solutio
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Macedonia gets 1st Hague indictment

Macedonia gets 1st Hague indictment

Former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boskovski, a hard-liner in the 2001 Albanian insurgency crisis, has been indicted by the Hague tribunal for war crimes, the Justice Ministry said on Monday. It is the first indictment by the UN tribunal for war cr
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Earthquakes jolt Mumbai, Indian Ocean archipelago

Earthquakes jolt Mumbai, Indian Ocean archipelago

Earthquakes rattled the western Indian state of Maharashtra and the tsunami-hit Andaman islands in the Indian Ocean on Monday but no casualties were immediately reported. A quake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted Maharashtra's state capital Mumbai
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Iraqi government talks at impasse as 8 killed

Iraqi government talks at impasse as 8 killed

Talks on forming Iraq's government were at an impasse Monday over Kurdish demands on the ethnically-divided city of Kirkuk and their peshmerga fighters, as violent attacks killed at least eight people. With the historic first session of the country's new
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
56 journalists killed world-wide in 2004

56 journalists killed world-wide in 2004

At least 56 journalists were killed for their work world-wide last year, the highest toll for the profession in a decade, as Iraq remained the most dangerous place in the world for reporters, a US-based media rights group said Monday. Another 122 journali
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Monday's unofficial close: US stocks up as oil prices ease, dollar gains

Monday's unofficial close: US stocks up as oil prices ease, dollar gains

US stocks edged higher on Monday as oil prices eased, the dollar recovered some ground and merger and acquisition activity helped the tobacco and technology sectors. Philip Morris, the tobacco arm of Altria Group Inc, is bidding $5 billion to buy Indonesi
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Corporate bonds slip amid subdued trading

Corporate bonds slip amid subdued trading

European corporate bonds slipped on Monday amid subdued trading, as bonds of major US auto makers extended declines on investor concern over declining market share and the pace of economic growth. Bonds of Ford traded five basis points wider on continued
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Corporate bonds slip amid subdued trading

Corporate bonds slip amid subdued trading

European corporate bonds slipped on Monday amid subdued trading, as bonds of major US auto makers extended declines on investor concern over declining market share and the pace of economic growth. Bonds of Ford traded five basis points wider on continued
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Telecoms lead FTSE to weaker close, O2 places stock

Telecoms lead FTSE to weaker close, O2 places stock

A move by renamed mobile phone operator O2 to raise cash via a share placing snuffed out an early rally attempt by Britain's blue-chip shares, leaving the FTSE 100 index in the red by Monday's close. O2, changing its name from mmO2, raised 375 million pou
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Sterling down versus buoyant dollar

Sterling down versus buoyant dollar

Sterling slipped against the dollar on Monday while it held steady versus the euro as investors awaited this week's economic data for clues on the UK interest rate outlook. A lower-than-expected rise in producer prices and a slowing house price inflation
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Dollar gains versus yen in London

Dollar gains versus yen in London

The dollar jumped nearly three-quarters of a percent against the yen on Monday as investors bought back the cheapened greenback following its slide after poor US trade number on Friday. Some analysts said rising US Treasury yields and investors' nervousne
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Metals dip, pressured by firm dollar

Metals dip, pressured by firm dollar

Copper fell nearly 1.5 percent by the close of trade on the London Metal Exchange (LME) on Monday on profit-taking prompted by the dollar's recovery, traders and analysts said. Three-months copper closed $44 lower at $3,198 a tonne from Friday's London ke
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
New York cotton settles lower

New York cotton settles lower

Cotton futures closed lower Monday on trade sales and speculative profit-taking as the market took a breather after surging to a nine-month high at the end of last week, analysts said. The New York Board of Trade's key May contract fell 0.54 cent to finis
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Gold falls, looks to 16-1/2-year peak

Gold falls, looks to 16-1/2-year peak

Gold recoiled from last week's 2005 high above $445 an ounce in Europe on Monday, coming under pressure as the dollar fought back, traders said. The metal had a strong chance of revisiting prices last seen in June 1988, with currencies the key driving for
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Oil rises as US temperatures lift natural gas

Oil rises as US temperatures lift natural gas

Near-record oil prices rose on Monday as natural gas futures rallied on forecasts for cool US weather. US distillate stocks are stubbornly below year-ago levels on trucking and heating demand, making oil prices vulnerable to natural gas rallies late in th
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Ivory Coast cocoa farmers suspend strike

Ivory Coast cocoa farmers suspend strike

Ivory Coast cocoa farmers' unions said on Monday they had suspended a strike over funding for co-operatives in the world's top producer and were due to talk with industry bodies from Tuesday. "Our union has suspended the strike since Saturday...because we
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
NTC hearing for duty reduction

NTC hearing for duty reduction

The National Tariff Commission (NTC) will hold a public hearing for reduction of customs tariff on imported raw materials for soap manufacturers on March 24. The Pakistan Soap Manufacturers Association has approached the NTC to reduce the custom duty on i
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
NTC hearing for duty reduction

NTC hearing for duty reduction

The National Tariff Commission (NTC) will hold a public hearing for reduction of customs tariff on imported raw materials for soap manufacturers on March 24. The Pakistan Soap Manufacturers Association has approached the NTC to reduce the custom duty on i
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Smoking claims 50,000 lives in Pakistan annually: expert

Smoking claims 50,000 lives in Pakistan annually: expert

Cigarette smoking is claiming more than 50,000 lives per annum in Pakistan that is a national tragedy and needs united efforts to overcome it. Dr Aslam Chaudhry, a well-known ENT Specialist and Associate Professor in Rawalpindi General Hospital stated thi
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Malaysians offered land for livestock farms

Malaysians offered land for livestock farms

The government has offered land to Malaysia to invest in livestock farms in the country. This was discussed in a meeting of Malaysian delegation, headed by Tan Sri Dato Emeritess, with Federal Minister for Food Agriculture and Livestock Sikandar Hayat Bos
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Moot on 'Achieving Self-sufficiency in Edible Oils'

Moot on 'Achieving Self-sufficiency in Edible Oils'

The Agricultural Foundation of Pakistan in collaboration with Pakistan Oilseed Development Board, Pakistan Science Foundation and Pakistan Agricultural Research Council is holding a national conference on "Achieving Self Sufficiency in Edible Oils" from M
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Supreme Court adjourns private power companies' appeals

Supreme Court adjourns private power companies' appeals

The appeals, involving two private power companies and another by former federal minister Jehangir Badr against the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), were adjourned by the Supreme Court to different dates in the next month here on Monday. Chief Justic
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Malaysian investors willing to initiate joint ventures

Malaysian investors willing to initiate joint ventures

Malaysian investors have expressed readiness to embark upon joint venture in the sectors of construction, IT, energy, computer hardware, city planning and tourism to further promote bilateral trade ties between the two brotherly countries. The announcemen
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Two-month amnesty to Adiala jail inmates

Two-month amnesty to Adiala jail inmates

The Provincial Minister for Prisons Saeed Akbar Khan granted two-month' s amnesty to all prisoners lodged in Adiala Central Jail, but the prisoners facing sentence under murder, terrorism and other heinous crimes would not attain this facility. Minister g
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Irfan Memon Helmets for motorbike users

Irfan Memon Helmets for motorbike users

Effective March the Punjab government has strictly enforced helmet law that makes it mandatory on a motorcyclist or scooter-rider to invariably wear a helmet while on road. Every day hundreds of motorbike users are currently being challenged in the provin
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
SBP's special audit of HBL

SBP's special audit of HBL

We are pleased to see an article in the newspapers regarding the SBP's special audit of HBL. After a long time and effort made by different firms and your esteemed newspaper for the heavy mark-up on mark-up charged by Habib Bank Ltd the State Bank of Paki
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Handicapped post office

Handicapped post office

The lack of postal facilities highlighted by the public through Press and various complaints to the PMG (Sindh), still stand unattended and unresolved. There is only one post office in Gulistan-e-Jouhar area, Karachi, without its proper establishment whic
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Aborigines in Taiwan battle to save their culture

Aborigines in Taiwan battle to save their culture

Resplendent in leather head-dresses mounted with eagle feathers and trimmed with bear fur, and wild boar tusks tied with ribbons around their sinewy arms, the warriors surround a squealing mountain pig. A few swift stabs in the neck and the hog is dead, t
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
World Consumer Rights Day

World Consumer Rights Day

March 15 is an annual occasion for celebrating World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD), with a purpose to show solidarity with consumer movement. It is to promote the basic rights of consumers to demand their rights of being respected and protected. It is also a
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
New 'revolutionaries' show discontent with Putin policies

New 'revolutionaries' show discontent with Putin policies

Nikolai is a revolutionary. "I woke up one morning and realised I was born to be one," said the Moscow student as he walked along the elegantly crumbling balustrade encircling Moscow State University. "I realised that the only thing people can do in Russi
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
The delays in PSDP implementation

The delays in PSDP implementation

A report appearing in this paper the other day disclosed that at a meeting, held earlier this month, the National Economic Council (NEC) decided not to include those projects in the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for which the provinces could
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Elusive consensus

Elusive consensus

Try as they might, the authorities are still chasing the will-o'-the-wisp of consensus on dams and water storages. It is instructive how, despite being master of all he surveys, even President General Pervez Musharraf is finding it difficult to have his w
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Dhabeji Medical Centre to be revived

Dhabeji Medical Centre to be revived

Sindh Minister for Labour, Transport, Industries and Commerce Muhammad Adil Siddiqui has directed the Sindh Employees Social Security Institution (SESSI) officials to reactivate the Dhabeji Medical Centre, and provide more, medical facilities to secured w
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Price control 'CDGK officials must have magisterial powers'

Price control 'CDGK officials must have magisterial powers'

Karachi Nazim Naimatullah Khan has said that it was necessary to give powers of magistrate to officers of the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) to control the increasing prices of milk, sugar, wheat and other essential items. The City Nazim was talk
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
KANUPP to double power generation capacity

KANUPP to double power generation capacity

The Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (KANUPP) is going to double its power generation capacity from current 50 MW to 100 MW by June 2006. This was stated by KANUPP complex General Manager Qamarul Huda while talking to newsmen on the sidelines of a workshop her
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Need for diversifying learning stressed

Need for diversifying learning stressed

"'One type fits for all' mode of education has destroyed innovation and the spirit of learning in everyone, including parents, children, teachers and the society. To bring about any meaningful change in the lives as well as state of education in Pakistan
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Global energy use to post 54 percent rise by 2025

Global energy use to post 54 percent rise by 2025

The world-wide energy use will register 54 percent increase from current level by 2025, primarily driven by developing Asia. The electricity use would be nearly doubled by that time with slight increase in nuclear power use in coming days, but predictable
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
976 HIV/AIDS cases detected in Sindh

976 HIV/AIDS cases detected in Sindh

The Sindh Assembly was told on Monday that 25 HIV/AIDS screening centres operating in Sindh had so far detected 976 positive cases in the province and efforts to educate people on sexually transmitted diseases were being made to save the vulnerable group
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Criticism on KCR revival rejected

Criticism on KCR revival rejected

Sindh Governor Dr Ishrat-ul-Ebad Khan described the criticism on revival of Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) as undue and based on lack of knowledge. He said the step taken in the first phase was an important progress towards complete rehabilitation of circ
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
PFBA results announced

PFBA results announced

The 13th Annual Meeting of Pakistan France Business Alliance (PFBA) presided over by French Ambassador to Pakistan and Patron-In-Chief PFBA, Pierre Charasse held here on March 12. Election officer Tariq Amin announced the results of Executive Committee el
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
FPCCI extends full support to Prime Minister's initiatives

FPCCI extends full support to Prime Minister's initiatives

FPCCI President Chaudhry Mohammad Saeed has assured Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz of full support of the private business sector to his (PM's) endeavours to boost the economy and exports of the country. According to press release issued here on Monday, Chau
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
The Weather

The Weather

The weather report on Monday (March 14) and the forecast for Tuesday (March 15, 2005).
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Government urged to improve law and order in Site area

Government urged to improve law and order in Site area

All Pakistan Textile Processing Mills Association (Aptpma) Chairman M. Arif Lakhani has urged the government to take appropriate measures to improve law and order as well as traffic problems in Site Industrial Area here. Talking to newsman, he pointed out
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
New York cotton

New York cotton

Friday's closing prices of New York cotton in US cents/lb.

Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Ghani group installs float glass plant

Ghani group installs float glass plant

The Ghani Group Limited has installed float glass plant. Till now, Pakistan had no float glass plant and was importing it from other countries. Peter Scully is the project director for this venture. He visited the Ghani Float Glass Plant to guide and inst
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
New York cotton

New York cotton

Friday's closing prices of New York cotton in US cents/lb.

Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Election issues: DTO body to look after APGMJA affairs

Election issues: DTO body to look after APGMJA affairs

A committee has been constituted to look after the day-to-day affairs of the All Pakistan Gem Merchants and Jewellers Association (APGMJA) by the Director, Trade Organisation (DTO), Ministry of Commerce (MoC) pending adjudication of its election issues. A
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Key stock market movements at 1800 GMT on March 14

Key stock market movements at 1800 GMT on March 14

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).
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Moot on biochemistry begins

Moot on biochemistry begins

The discipline of biochemistry was ignored in the past and was not accorded due status. Karachi University Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui stated this here on Monday. He was delivering presidential address at the four-day workshop
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Closing of sterling rates

Closing of sterling rates

Closing of sterling rates at 1730 GMT - on Monday (March 14, 2005).

Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Steps being taken to improve education system: minister

Steps being taken to improve education system: minister

Federal Minister for Education Lieutenant General, Javed Ashraf Qazi (Retd) has said that government was taking steps to strengthen and improve education system for the betterment of students in the country. Talking to PTV he said that Aga Khan Board was
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
HRD tops government priority, says Karamat

HRD tops government priority, says Karamat

The Pakistan's Ambassador to United States, Jehangir Karamat, has said that President Musharraf's government is determined to make human resource development its number one priority since the most important asset of a nation is its people. He observed thi
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Safety Commission to evaluate police performance

Safety Commission to evaluate police performance

The District Public Safety and Police Complaints Commissions (DPS and PCCs) are bound to prepare their annual performance reports under the amendment of the Police Order-2002, said Director General of National Police Bureau Dr Mohammad Shoaib Siddle on Mo
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Cotton Spot Rates

Cotton Spot Rates

Official KCA spot rates for local dealings in Pakistan rupees on Monday (March 14, 2005).

Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Pakistan to host world Ulema moot on May 4

Pakistan to host world Ulema moot on May 4

Minister for Population Welfare Chaudhry Shahbaz Hussain said that Pakistan will host an International Ulema Conference on May 4 to create awareness among the people about the family planning. Speaking in a PTV programme "News Morning" on Monday, he said
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Poultry rates

Poultry rates

Wholesale poultry rates on Monday (March 14) and for Tuesday (March 15, 2005).
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Expatriate satellite TV channel owners asked to start operation at home

Expatriate satellite TV channel owners asked to start operation at home

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Monday asked the satellite TV channels owned by Pakistanis operating abroad to stage come back as the government was fully determined to offer all possible facilities to them. "Efforts are o
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Dutch minister due today

Dutch minister due today

Netherlands Minister for Development Co-operation Agnes Van Ardenne will arrive here on a three-day visit on March 15. The purpose of visit is to strengthen bilateral ties between the two countries and to intensify existing partnerships in the fields of d
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Musharraf's honesty inspires Indian leftists

Musharraf's honesty inspires Indian leftists

Top Indian Left leaders General Secretary Communist Party (Marxist), Harkishan Singh Surjeet and his CPI counterpart A B Bardhan have commended the honesty and sincerity of President General Pervez Musharraf in addressing all the issues between Pakistan a
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Bus service may pave way for Kashmir solution: Anwar

Bus service may pave way for Kashmir solution: Anwar

President Azad Jammu and Kashmir Major Sardar Mohammad Anwar (Retd) said on Monday that Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service may prove to be a step forward for the solution of Kashmir dispute in accordance with the ambitions of Kashmiri people. Talking to a
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
No threat of locusts attack: PPD

No threat of locusts attack: PPD

Plant Protection Department (PPD) Director-General Rashid Bashir Mazari on Monday ruled out an immediate attack of locusts in the country, saying the department was fully equipped to cope such situation, if any. Speaking in a PTV programme, Mazari said th
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Senate panel for strong industry-education linkage

Senate panel for strong industry-education linkage

The Sub-Committee of the Senate Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Research underscored the need for constitution of a framework and mechanism required for the linkage between industry, education and the institutes of science and technolog
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Common strategy on prioritised industrial sub-sectors urged

Common strategy on prioritised industrial sub-sectors urged

Trade, investment promotion and Industrial integration are the basic ingredients for economic growth of the ECO region, said President FPCCI Chaudhry Mohammad Saeed here on Monday. "To obtain these objectives a forward-looking, pragmatic and labour intens
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Mehfil-e-Qirat

Mehfil-e-Qirat

World-renowned Qaris spellbound the audience at the International Mehfil-e-Qirat jointly arranged by Department of Religious Affairs NWFP and Punjab. The Mehfil was held at spacious Darwaish Mosque on Mall Road on Sunday night and a large number from acro
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Lahore Grain Market Rates

Lahore Grain Market Rates

Grain and other commodity rates in rupees on Akbari Mandi on Monday (March 14, 2005).

Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Agriculture sector to undergo changes in compliance with WTO

Agriculture sector to undergo changes in compliance with WTO

The process of trade liberalisation is an integral part of current trends in globalisation, and Pakistan wants to reap the benefits of increased growth, which is the process of liberalisation promises. This was stated by Ismail M Qureshi, Federal Secretar
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Hides and skin rates

Hides and skin rates

Hides and skin rates in rupees prevailing on the commodity markets in Karachi on Monday (March 14, 2005).

Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Grain market rates

Grain market rates

Karachi grain market rates in rupees on Monday (March 14, 2005).

Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
US experts visit PCRWR

US experts visit PCRWR

A four-member delegation of water resources experts from USA, led by Dr Ingrid M. Verstraeten of US Geological Survey, is on a two-week visit to Pakistan to discuss modalities of water resources development projects.
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Nestlé Milkpak sales up by 22.3 percent

Nestlé Milkpak sales up by 22.3 percent

Nestlé Milkpak Ltd achieved consolidated sales of Rs 12.9 billion in 2004, showing a growth of 22.3 percent as compared to previous year. According to a press release issued by the company here on Monday, its consolidated net profit rose by 30 percent to
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
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