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Print - 2005-08-08
Trade with India by road termed a big breakthrough

Trade with India by road termed a big breakthrough

Punjab Agriculture Marketing Minister Rana Qasim Noon on Sunday said road trade with India is a big breakthrough, which would help in decreasing the prices of vegetables of daily-use besides, overcoming the artificial shortage of vegetables.
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Maleeha calls for global strategy to fight terror

Maleeha calls for global strategy to fight terror

Pakistan's envoy in Britain Dr Maleeha Lodhi has called for a new and comprehensive strategy to fight terrorism that embraces both short and long term measures. In an interview with private TV channel, Dr Lodhi said that until long-term measures were evol
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Textile exporters hail Pak-China early harvesting programmes

Textile exporters hail Pak-China early harvesting programmes

Pakistan Textile Exporters Association (PTEA) has hailed the Pakistan-China early harvesting programmes of free trade agreement (FTA) allowing duty free access to Pakistani textiles as a big breakthrough for Pakistan in the new World Trade Organisation (W
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Teamwork urged to achieve EOBI targets

Teamwork urged to achieve EOBI targets

The officers of the Employees Old-age Benefits Institution (EOBI) should play their due role to ensure that the objective of the Institution is achieved through successful delivery of its subscribers' rights.
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Roads and sewerage projects inaugurated

Roads and sewerage projects inaugurated

The government will provide all basic amenities aiming at bringing improvement in life of the masses. This was stated by Balochlstan Local Government Minister Maulana Hussain Ahmed Sherodi, while inaugurating the construction of roads and sewerage lines h
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Election Commission finalises local government polls arrangements

Election Commission finalises local government polls arrangements

The Election Commission (EC) has finalised all arrangements for holding the first and second phases of Local Government polls. EC secretary Kanwar Muhammad Dilshad told PPI here on Sunday that a Complaint Cell has also been set up in the Commission which
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Rail link to AJK under study

Rail link to AJK under study

The government is planning to link Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) with main railway network of the country, it is learnt. "We are planning to link the AJK with the main railway network and we will soon start carrying out a feasibility study in this regard c
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Independence Day celebrations

Independence Day celebrations

Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad said the government has made elaborate arrangements to celebrate the Independence Day with great fervour and enthusiasm. He was presiding over a meeting held in Islamabad to finalise the preparations for the Indepe
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Early Kashmir resolution key to world peace: Rashid

Early Kashmir resolution key to world peace: Rashid

Paying tributes to Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Gillani, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Sunday said the early resolution of Kashmir was key to world peace. Speaking here at a seminar on the anniversary of Tehrik-e-Hur
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Every house to be electrified by 2007: Prime Minister

Every house to be electrified by 2007: Prime Minister

Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Sunday said it is government's vision to provide electricity to every house by 2007 under Khushaal Pakistan Programme in addition to building roads, providing clean drinking water and other civic facilities.
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Advice to intending Hajis

Advice to intending Hajis

The Spokesman and Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Religious Affairs, Muhammad Ilyas Dar, on Sunday said it has come to the notice of the ministry that some registered Haj organisers are transferring their allocated quota to some other Haj group organis
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Legal battle on Hasba bill to continue: Fazl

Legal battle on Hasba bill to continue: Fazl

Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) secretary-general and leader of the opposition Maulana Fazlur Rehman condemned the government move to expel foreign students studying in country's religious institutions and urged upon President Musharraf to take back the dec
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Pakistan investor-friendly country: Shaukat

Pakistan investor-friendly country: Shaukat

Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Sunday said Pakistan is an investor-friendly country which provides a lot of investment opportunities to local as well as foreign investors. He was holding a brainstorming session with the country's leading businessmen and i
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Sindh Governor for early completion of road expansion work

Sindh Governor for early completion of road expansion work

Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has issued directives for completion of renovation and expansion work at Shahra-e-Pakistan ahead of schedule keeping in view the quality of the project. He issued this directive while laying the foundation stone for renovat
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
'Wood Inlay Art' exhibition opens

'Wood Inlay Art' exhibition opens

An exquisite exhibition of Wood Inlay Art called 'Marquetry' by Abdul Rasheed Khan was held at Arts Council of Pakistan here on Saturday. Sindh CM's Adviser on information Salahuddin Haider performed the inauguration of the exhibition in which 33 art piec
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
'Alternative financing system must to replace badla'

'Alternative financing system must to replace badla'

Leading traders and dealers are of the view that the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has taken strong notice of 'wash deals' following the task force report, but has overlooked that badla should be replaced after alternative financin
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Need stressed for peaceful conduct of local government polls

Need stressed for peaceful conduct of local government polls

Former Sindh governor Lieutenant General Moinuddin Haider (Retd) said peaceful local government election process is necessary for the country. He was talking to newsmen at the Circuit House, Hyderabad, on Sunday evening where he was invited to a programme
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
SME Policy hailed

SME Policy hailed

The Union of Small & Medium Enterprises (Unisame) has congratulated Jehangir Khan Tareen, Federal Minister for Industries, Production & Special Initiatives; Khwaja Shahab, Chief Executive Small & Medium Enterprises Development Authority (Smeda) and the Go
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Talks on conventional CBMs with Delhi today

Talks on conventional CBMs with Delhi today

Encouraged by tangible progress at the two-day dialogue on nuclear CBMs, Pakistan and India will hold daylong talks on conventional 'confidence building measures' (CBMs) here on Monday.
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Badla rates rise by 650 basis points

Badla rates rise by 650 basis points

Badla rates on the last session of last week increased by 650 basis points as several financiers were reluctant to park funds because of uncertainty over increase in badla limits and release of task force report.
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Badla rates rise by 650 basis points

Badla rates rise by 650 basis points

Badla rates on the last session of last week increased by 650 basis points as several financiers were reluctant to park funds because of uncertainty over increase in badla limits and release of task force report.
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Badla rates rise by 650 basis points

Badla rates rise by 650 basis points

Badla rates on the last session of last week increased by 650 basis points as several financiers were reluctant to park funds because of uncertainty over increase in badla limits and release of task force report.
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Indus in medium flood at Kotri and Chashma

Indus in medium flood at Kotri and Chashma

The River Indus is in medium flood at Kotri and Chashma and in low flood at all other points. The River Chenab is in low flood at Khanki and Qadirabad while Ravi is in low flood at Balloki.
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Indus in medium flood at Kotri and Chashma

Indus in medium flood at Kotri and Chashma

The River Indus is in medium flood at Kotri and Chashma and in low flood at all other points. The River Chenab is in low flood at Khanki and Qadirabad while Ravi is in low flood at Balloki.
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Pakistan and China in close contact to defeat G-4 move

Pakistan and China in close contact to defeat G-4 move

Pakistan and China are in close contact through diplomatic channels to defeat the move by G-4 or Group of Four countries that aims at getting the Security Council's expansion by forced voting.
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Eight suspected Taleban killed in Afghanistan

Eight suspected Taleban killed in Afghanistan

Eight suspected Taleban militants were killed and three captured as Afghan and US-led troops raided their hideouts in south-eastern Afghanistan, an official said on Sunday. The raids by Afghan security forces, supported by members of the 19,000-strong US-
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Eight suspected Taleban killed in Afghanistan

Eight suspected Taleban killed in Afghanistan

Eight suspected Taleban militants were killed and three captured as Afghan and US-led troops raided their hideouts in south-eastern Afghanistan, an official said on Sunday. The raids by Afghan security forces, supported by members of the 19,000-strong US-
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
New law under study to check profiteers

New law under study to check profiteers

The Monopoly Control Authority (MCA) is working on a law to curb cartelising, monopolistic and restrictive trade practices for ensuring free-market economy. Official sources told Business Recorder that the MCA was drafting rules and regulations for
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
New law under study to check profiteers

New law under study to check profiteers

The Monopoly Control Authority (MCA) is working on a law to curb cartelising, monopolistic and restrictive trade practices for ensuring free-market economy. Official sources told Business Recorder that the MCA was drafting rules and regulations for
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
New law under study to check profiteers

New law under study to check profiteers

The Monopoly Control Authority (MCA) is working on a law to curb cartelising, monopolistic and restrictive trade practices for ensuring free-market economy. Official sources told Business Recorder that the MCA was drafting rules and regulations for
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Four dacoits held with arms

Four dacoits held with arms

Anti-Dacoity and Anti-Robbery Cell (ADRC) police arrested four accused of three different gangs and recovered arms from their possession. According to a police statement here on Sunday, SP ADRC Altaf Qadri on a tip off formed a raiding party headed by DSP
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Ongoing struggle to be taken to logical end: Geelani

Ongoing struggle to be taken to logical end: Geelani

Thousands of supporters turned out on Sunday for a rally by Kashmiri leader Syed Ali Geelani, who vowed to continue the struggle until the territory is merged with Pakistan. "Today I vow before you that the ongoing struggle (against Indian rule) will be t
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
PML decides to fully empower NALC

PML decides to fully empower NALC

Pakistan Muslim League, which is the leading party in the Northern Areas Legislative Council (NALC) with 15 seats in the house of 24, has decided to fully empower the council to make it independent to ensure prompt action on the development of the area.
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
LSE index gains 150 points despite erratic trading

LSE index gains 150 points despite erratic trading

The share market gained 4.2 percent during last week ending on August 6. However, trading was erratic as investors were uneasy due to confusion over outcome of the meetings between government side and the brokers on the issue of COT and margin financing.
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
LSE index gains 150 points despite erratic trading

LSE index gains 150 points despite erratic trading

The share market gained 4.2 percent during last week ending on August 6. However, trading was erratic as investors were uneasy due to confusion over outcome of the meetings between government side and the brokers on the issue of COT and margin financing.
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Share market shows handsome recovery

Share market shows handsome recovery

The share market staged a handsome recovery last week on the back of expectations of good corporate announcements and on rumours that the government would soon raise the limit on badla financing, giving some ray of hope to investors to place fresh deals i
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Share market shows handsome recovery

Share market shows handsome recovery

The share market staged a handsome recovery last week on the back of expectations of good corporate announcements and on rumours that the government would soon raise the limit on badla financing, giving some ray of hope to investors to place fresh deals i
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Share market shows handsome recovery

Share market shows handsome recovery

The share market staged a handsome recovery last week on the back of expectations of good corporate announcements and on rumours that the government would soon raise the limit on badla financing, giving some ray of hope to investors to place fresh deals i
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Commerce Ministry refuses to let TCP release sugar stock in market

Commerce Ministry refuses to let TCP release sugar stock in market

Commerce Ministry has refused to accept the decision of Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance, Dr Salman Shah, for offloading of sugar buffer stock into the open market, saying that the Economic Co-ordination Committee (ECC) was the right forum and not the
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Commerce Ministry refuses to let TCP release sugar stock in market

Commerce Ministry refuses to let TCP release sugar stock in market

Commerce Ministry has refused to accept the decision of Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance, Dr Salman Shah, for offloading of sugar buffer stock into the open market, saying that the Economic Co-ordination Committee (ECC) was the right forum and not the
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Commerce Ministry refuses to let TCP release sugar stock in market

Commerce Ministry refuses to let TCP release sugar stock in market

Commerce Ministry has refused to accept the decision of Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance, Dr Salman Shah, for offloading of sugar buffer stock into the open market, saying that the Economic Co-ordination Committee (ECC) was the right forum and not the
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Proposed CFS to provide support to small investors

Proposed CFS to provide support to small investors

The proposed ''''Continuous Financing System'''' (CFS) would provide cushion to small and retail investors and would end all kinds of speculation about arranging financing to the stock market plagued by freezing of the limit to Rs 12 billion level.
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Proposed CFS to provide support to small investors

Proposed CFS to provide support to small investors

The proposed ''Continuous Financing System'' (CFS) would provide cushion to small and retail investors and would end all kinds of speculation about arranging financing to the stock market plagued by freezing of the limit to Rs 12 billion level.
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Proposed CFS to provide support to small investors

Proposed CFS to provide support to small investors

The proposed 'Continuous Financing System' (CFS) would provide cushion to small and retail investors and would end all kinds of speculation about arranging financing to the stock market plagued by freezing of the limit to Rs 12 billion level.
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Proposed CFS to provide support to small investors

Proposed CFS to provide support to small investors

The proposed 'Continuous Financing System' (CFS) would provide cushion to small and retail investors and would end all kinds of speculation about arranging financing to the stock market plagued by freezing of the limit to Rs 12 billion level.
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
ADR bodies work hampered by departmental representatives

ADR bodies work hampered by departmental representatives

Alternative Disputes Resolution (ADR) committees are not functioning properly due to the lukewarm attitude of departmental representatives (DRs) who attend the meetings without any preparation. In a bid to improve the situation, the CBR has decided to nom
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
ADR bodies work hampered by departmental representatives

ADR bodies work hampered by departmental representatives

Alternative Disputes Resolution (ADR) committees are not functioning properly due to the lukewarm attitude of departmental representatives (DRs) who attend the meetings without any preparation. In a bid to improve the situation, the CBR has decided to nom
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
ADR bodies work hampered by departmental representatives

ADR bodies work hampered by departmental representatives

Alternative Disputes Resolution (ADR) committees are not functioning properly due to the lukewarm attitude of departmental representatives (DRs) who attend the meetings without any preparation. In a bid to improve the situation, the CBR has decided to nom
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Top 5 brokers' concentration at 23-32 percent

Top 5 brokers' concentration at 23-32 percent

The share of top five stockbrokers in key stocks futures is in the range of 23 to 32 percent. This was stated in a research note made by Jahangir Siddiqui Capital Markets. In a recent development, broker-wise open interest position is made available for t
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
THE RUPEE: mixed trend in currency market

THE RUPEE: mixed trend in currency market

Two-way trading was seen in the currency market last week ending on August 6, 2005, as the rupee maintained firm posture versus dollar. It, however, lost lustre in terms of euro.In the inter-bank market, the rupee did not move sharply against dollar and t
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
THE RUPEE: mixed trend in currency market

THE RUPEE: mixed trend in currency market

Two-way trading was seen in the currency market last week ending on August 6, 2005, as the rupee maintained firm posture versus dollar. It, however, lost lustre in terms of euro.In the inter-bank market, the rupee did not move sharply against dollar and t
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
blasts in Balochistan

blasts in Balochistan

Three explosions on Sunday hit parts of Balochistan but caused no casualties, police and officials said. One blast shattered some windows in Turbat, 600km south-west of Quetta, said a police officer. And two blasts damaged an electricity pylon in south-ea
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
blasts in Balochistan

blasts in Balochistan

Three explosions on Sunday hit parts of Balochistan but caused no casualties, police and officials said. One blast shattered some windows in Turbat, 600km south-west of Quetta, said a police officer. And two blasts damaged an electricity pylon in south-ea
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Over 0.1 million non-duty paid vehicles plying on roads

Over 0.1 million non-duty paid vehicles plying on roads

The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) has estimated that over 0.1 million non-duty paid vehicles are plying in the country, according to data compiled by customs department. The audit of provincial excise departments showed that a large number of non-duty pa
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Over 0.1 million non-duty paid vehicles plying on roads

Over 0.1 million non-duty paid vehicles plying on roads

The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) has estimated that over 0.1 million non-duty paid vehicles are plying in the country, according to data compiled by customs department. The audit of provincial excise departments showed that a large number of non-duty pa
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Over 0.1 million non-duty paid vehicles plying on roads

Over 0.1 million non-duty paid vehicles plying on roads

The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) has estimated that over 0.1 million non-duty paid vehicles are plying in the country, according to data compiled by customs department. The audit of provincial excise departments showed that a large number of non-duty pa
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
President's statement on KBD irks PPPP

President's statement on KBD irks PPPP

Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) Sindh President Syed Qaim Ali Shah has expressed concern over statement of President General Pervez Musharraf on Kalabagh Dam.
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
MQM to resist introduction of Hisba Bill in Karachi: Altaf

MQM to resist introduction of Hisba Bill in Karachi: Altaf

Addressing a general workers' meeting on Sunday night here at Gulshan-e-Iqbal via telephone from London, Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader Altaf Hussain said his party will not only resist attempts to introduce the Hisba Bill in Karachi but will foil the mo
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Terror suspect held on arrival in UK

Terror suspect held on arrival in UK

Haroon Aswat, a Briton apprehended in Zambia two weeks ago reportedly wanted in connection with last month's deadly bomb attacks in London, was arrested on his arrival in Britain on Sunday after being deported from Lusaka, Scotland Yard announced."Haroon
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Shaukat leaves for Japan and Hong Kong today

Shaukat leaves for Japan and Hong Kong today

Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz will be visiting Japan and Hong Kong from August 8 to 13 with a view to further strengthening country's economic, commercial and political ties with its important far eastern partners.
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Shaukat leaves for Japan and Hong Kong today

Shaukat leaves for Japan and Hong Kong today

Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz will be visiting Japan and Hong Kong from August 8 to 13 with a view to further strengthening country's economic, commercial and political ties with its important far eastern partners.
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
India declines to export live animals to Pakistan

India declines to export live animals to Pakistan

India has informed Pakistan that its trade rules and regulations do not permit to export or sell live animals in large numbers to any country, official sources told Business Recorder on Sunday.
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
India declines to export live animals to Pakistan

India declines to export live animals to Pakistan

India has informed Pakistan that its trade rules and regulations do not permit to export or sell live animals in large numbers to any country, official sources told Business Recorder on Sunday.
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
India declines to export live animals to Pakistan

India declines to export live animals to Pakistan

India has informed Pakistan that its trade rules and regulations do not permit to export or sell live animals in large numbers to any country, official sources told Business Recorder on Sunday.
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Two US troops among 42 killed in Iraq

Two US troops among 42 killed in Iraq

At least 42 people were killed in attacks across the country on Sunday as Iraq's President announced a series of meetings of political leaders to negotiate issues holding up completion of the new constitution.
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Two US troops among 42 killed in Iraq

Two US troops among 42 killed in Iraq

At least 42 people were killed in attacks across the country on Sunday as Iraq's President announced a series of meetings of political leaders to negotiate issues holding up completion of the new constitution.
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
The Weather

The Weather

The weather report on Sunday (July 31) and the forecast for Monday (August 01, 2005).
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
KKI weekly market review

KKI weekly market review

Khanani & Kalia International (Pvt) Limited Weekly Market Review on Sunday (August 07, 2005).
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Atlas Fund Prices

Atlas Fund Prices

Atlas Fund Prices on Sunday (August 07, 2005).

Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Atlas Fund Prices

Atlas Fund Prices

Atlas Fund Prices on Sunday (August 07, 2005).

Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Atlas Fund Prices

Atlas Fund Prices

Atlas Fund Prices on Sunday (August 07, 2005).

Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Your rupee last week

Your rupee last week

Following currency fluctuations took place in foreign exchange rates during the last week. (August 1 - 6, 2005).

Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Jones fined for Hayden send-off

Jones fined for Hayden send-off

England fast bowler Simon Jones was fined 20 percent of his match fee for gesturing at Matthew Hayden after dismissing the Australia batsman on Saturday during the second Ashes Test here at Edgbaston.
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Smashing serves send Roddick and Blake into final

Smashing serves send Roddick and Blake into final

Top seed Andy Roddick served like lightning while medical comeback marvel James Blake served notice he is back here on Saturday, each advancing to the final of the 600,000-dollar ATP Washington Classic.
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
England win Ashes Test thriller

England win Ashes Test thriller

England beat Australia by just two runs to win the second Ashes Test on the fourth day at Edgbaston here on Sunday. England's victory, the closest in Ashes history, was achieved with more than a day to spare, and saw them level the five-Test series at 1-1
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
McCullum and Vettori slam centuries

McCullum and Vettori slam centuries

New Zealand were 452 for nine on the first day of the first Test against Zimbabwe here on Sunday. Brendon McCullum and Daniel Vettori slammed centuries in the imposing fightback after New Zealand had slumped to 113 for five soon after lunch.
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
India clinch final place in tri-series

India clinch final place in tri-series

Yuvraj Singh scored a brilliant third one-day hundred as India weathered a brave West Indies fight-back on Sunday to clinch a seven-run victory and a place in the tri-series tournament final against Sri Lanka. Singh rescued India after an early top order
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
PCB slammed for dancing at the whims of Englishmen

PCB slammed for dancing at the whims of Englishmen

In what turned out to be a pretty interesting week in more ways than one, a clutch of former cricketing greats have unleashed a barrage of criticism on the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). By and large their wrath has focussed on the England tour itinerary t
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Peng's run ends as Pierce, Sugiyama meet in final

Peng's run ends as Pierce, Sugiyama meet in final

Less than 24 hours after posting one of the biggest upsets of the 2005 WTA Tour season, Peng Shuai's amazing run came to a halt in the semi-finals of the Accura Classic on Saturday.
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Beckman grabs lead in PGA International

Beckman grabs lead in PGA International

American Cameron Beckman rebounded to score 13 points and take the lead with a total of 23 points after the second round of the five million dollar PGA The International on Saturday. Billy Mayfair, who celebrated his 39th birthday Saturday, Brandt Jobe an
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Ivanova breaks women's 20km walk record

Ivanova breaks women's 20km walk record

Olimpiada Ivanova of Russia broke the women's 20 kilometres world record when she won the women's 20 kilometre walk here at the World Championships on Sunday. The 34-year-old timed 1hr 25min 41sec breaking the old mark of 1hr 26min 22sec jointly held by Y
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Alzheimer's disease 'smoking gun' found

Alzheimer's disease 'smoking gun' found

Researchers announced on Thursday (August 4) they have discovered a toxin that plays an important role in the progression of Alzheimer's disease, giving rise to hopes that drugs might be able to slow the onslaught of dementia.
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Proper screening prevents breast cancer earlier

Proper screening prevents breast cancer earlier

A recent analysis study on breast cancer screening for low socio-economic status women in various areas of Karachi suggests that these women should undergo proper screening to identify the breast cancer in the first stage, when the metastasis has not take
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Exotic plants - implications on indigenous species, human health

Exotic plants - implications on indigenous species, human health

Exotic plants, imported and planted for beautification and other purposes, had cognisable implications on local plant species. Some exotic species had serious health implications while others rapidly extincted the traditional indigenous plants species ove
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Ethanol as alternative for fuel

Ethanol as alternative for fuel

Pakistan is passing through a stage where a major chunk of our hard earned foreign exchange is going down the drain through imports of petroleum products especially motor gasoline. It is time we should start planning about alternate substitute for fuel.
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
Let our cities not become waste dumping sites

Let our cities not become waste dumping sites

Increasing population and insufficient basic facilities, of proper waste collection and disposal system have posed serious health hazards in most parts of the country. The solid waste management remained a neglected area and partially collected waste in t
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
HEALTH UPDATE: diabetes raises pancreatic cancer risk

HEALTH UPDATE: diabetes raises pancreatic cancer risk

Middle-aged and older Americans who are newly diagnosed with diabetes also appear to have a higher risk of deadly pancreatic cancer, according to a study published on Tuesday (August 2).
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
HEALTH UPDATE: 'prehypertension' triples heart attack risk

HEALTH UPDATE: 'prehypertension' triples heart attack risk

People whose blood pressure is slightly elevated - a condition called prehypertension - have triple the risk of a heart attack compared to those with healthy blood pressure, researchers said on Thursday (August 4).
Published 08 Aug, 2005 12:00am
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