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Print - 2005-09-11
US Treasuries up as inflation worries ease slightly

US Treasuries up as inflation worries ease slightly

US Treasury debt prices rose modestly on Friday, helped by the long end of the yield curve after a report on import prices, particularly for non-petroleum items, eased worries about accelerating inflation.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Emerging debt bonds hold ground at historic lows

Emerging debt bonds hold ground at historic lows

Emerging markets bonds held their ground at historically low spreads on Friday, supported by uncertainty over the future of interest rates in the United States and investors appetite for high yield.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Emerging debt bonds hold ground at historic lows

Emerging debt bonds hold ground at historic lows

Emerging markets bonds held their ground at historically low spreads on Friday, supported by uncertainty over the future of interest rates in the United States and investors appetite for high yield.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
American credit market outlook

American credit market outlook

High-grade corporate credit spreads are likely to appear a lot tighter later this month, and some strategists on Friday said that may be a good time to short the market.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
American credit market outlook

American credit market outlook

High-grade corporate credit spreads are likely to appear a lot tighter later this month, and some strategists on Friday said that may be a good time to short the market.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Brazilian stocks surge

Brazilian stocks surge

Brazil's stock market closed higher on Friday after consumer price data boosted expectations of interest rate cuts while the local currency gained on heavy dollar inflows.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Chile stocks soar slightly in sluggish trade

Chile stocks soar slightly in sluggish trade

Chilean stocks were up slightly on Friday in lackluster trade following the central bank's announced quarter-percentage point rate hike, while the peso edged up against the dollar.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Toronto stocks finish 1.12 percent firmer

Toronto stocks finish 1.12 percent firmer

Toronto stocks shot higher on Friday as energy shares rebounded while Biovail Corp led health-care issues with a massive boost from US approval of its once-daily painkiller.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Katrina not seen derailing US IPOs

Katrina not seen derailing US IPOs

Hurricane Katrina's impact on the robust US initial public offering market won't be clear until later this month, but analysts do not expect the disaster to stop companies from going public.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
US stocks rise as investors anticipate rate pause

US stocks rise as investors anticipate rate pause

US stocks rose on Friday and the blue-chip Dow had its biggest weekly gain since May as investors bet the Federal Reserve would pause in its campaign to raise interest rates due to economic fallout from Hurricane Katrina.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Clijsters says time limit liberating

Clijsters says time limit liberating

Kim Clijsters, who has vowed to quit tennis in two years, says her retirement plans won't increase the pressure on her Saturday as she bids to finally claim her first Grand Slam title at the US Open.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Paths to the women's final

Paths to the women's final

The paths to Saturday's US Open women's final: Mary Pierce (FRA x12) v Kim Clijsters (BEL x4)
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Langer and rain fall in Ashes decider

Langer and rain fall in Ashes decider

England finally saw the back of Justin Langer to break the best stand of this Ashes series on the third day of the fifth Test against Australia at The Oval here on Saturday.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Calcavecchia grabs five-stroke lead in Canadian Open

Calcavecchia grabs five-stroke lead in Canadian Open

Mark Calcavecchia, trying to snap a four-year winless drought, fired a three-under par 67 here Friday to seize a five-stroke lead after two rounds of the 5.5 million-dollar PGA Canadian Open.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Clijsters and Pierce book US Open final showdown

Clijsters and Pierce book US Open final showdown

Kim Clijsters and Mary Pierce rode their sizzling summer form into the final of the US Open on Friday with three-set triumphs over battling semi-final opponents Maria Sharapova and Elena Dementieva.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Russian craft delivers food to space station

Russian craft delivers food to space station

An unmanned Russian spaceship carrying food and equipment successfully docked with the International Space Station on Saturday, mission control said.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
China sentences kindergarten killer to death

China sentences kindergarten killer to death

China has sentenced to death a man convicted of killing a teacher and a 5-year-old student in a kindergarten in a rampage of rape, robbery and acts of lewdness, state media said on Saturday.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Koizumi holds on to lead on eve of polls

Koizumi holds on to lead on eve of polls

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's ruling party held onto its solid lead on the eve of Japan's election, an opinion poll showed on Saturday, making the question not whether he would win, but by how much.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Afghan defence minister escapes assassination bid

Afghan defence minister escapes assassination bid

Gunmen opened fire on a vehicle belonging to Afghan Defence Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak on Saturday and shortly afterwards a helicopter carrying the country's army chief crash-landed. No one was seriously hurt in either incident and it was not clear if th
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Gunmen abduct Italian journalist in Gaza

Gunmen abduct Italian journalist in Gaza

Masked Palestinian gunmen abducted an Italian journalist on Saturday, his newspaper and witnesses said, in the latest in a string of kidnappings of foreigners in the Gaza Strip.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Egypt deploying guards to replace Israeli troops

Egypt deploying guards to replace Israeli troops

Egypt began deploying guards along its border with the Gaza Strip on Saturday to replace Israeli troops set to withdraw from occupied territory that will become a testing ground for Palestinian statehood.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Rescuers collect dead of New Orleans

Rescuers collect dead of New Orleans

Emergency workers collected the dead of New Orleans on Saturday and the official death toll rose slowly, boosting hopes Hurricane Katrina would claim far fewer lives than the thousands once feared.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Remembering 9/11, Bush cites Katrina

Remembering 9/11, Bush cites Katrina

US President George W. Bush vowed on Saturday Americans will overcome the ordeal presented by Hurricane Katrina as a weekend of September 11, 2001, remembrances was overshadowed by scenes of destruction in New Orleans and along the Gulf Coast.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
''Power from small producers to be purchased''

''Power from small producers to be purchased''

Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) Chairman Tariq Hameed has said in order to provide electricity to all the villages till 2007, government would purchase all the power generated by small producers at reasonable price.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
'Power from small producers to be purchased'

'Power from small producers to be purchased'

Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) Chairman Tariq Hameed has said in order to provide electricity to all the villages till 2007, government would purchase all the power generated by small producers at reasonable price.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
'Power from small producers to be purchased'

'Power from small producers to be purchased'

Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) Chairman Tariq Hameed has said in order to provide electricity to all the villages till 2007, government would purchase all the power generated by small producers at reasonable price.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
ATC reserves order on bail plea of Imtiaz's associate

ATC reserves order on bail plea of Imtiaz's associate

An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Karachi on Saturday reserved order on bail application of alleged accomplice of sacked provincial revenue minister Imtiaz Ahmed Sheikh in kidnapping for ransom case.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Call for recognising work of women at every level

Call for recognising work of women at every level

In order to bring women folk in the mainstream of national development, a number of practical steps have been initiated and the government as output of these steps expects that by 2015, about 30-percent employment of women in public sector would be achiev
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
LHC stays Jhang Chamber elections

LHC stays Jhang Chamber elections

The Lahore High Court (LHC), while staying the elections of Jhang Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI), has directed Secretary Ministry of Commerce and Secretary JCCI, to explain as to why the elections of JCCI are being conducted without removing disc
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Third phase of local government polls starts

Third phase of local government polls starts

The 3rd phase of local body election has been started with the issuance of nomination papers for elections of district, Tehsil and town Nazims on Saturday.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
PPP activist joins PML

PPP activist joins PML

Pakistan People's Party Bahawalpur President, Mian Mumtaz Ahmad Matiana MNA has resigned from his seat of National Assembly and joined PML and expressed his complete confidence in the leadership of Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
TUSDEC plans to set up CAD/CAM centres

TUSDEC plans to set up CAD/CAM centres

Technology Upgradation and Skill Development Company (TUSDEC) is planning to set up centres in different industrial towns of the country to impart training to the youth in the fields of Computer-aided designing (CAD) and Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM)
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
HEC approves new curriculum of farm engineering

HEC approves new curriculum of farm engineering

Higher Education Commission (HEC) has approved new Curriculum of Agriculture Engineering for higher classes under which 15 postgraduate courses would be held.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Fire put off

Fire put off

Fire brigade staff through their efficient and quick operation put off the fire erupted in a godown of Zeenat Textile Mills, Site area of the city. No human loss was reported.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Hearing put off in case against Zardari

Hearing put off in case against Zardari

Additional District and Sessions Judge acting as judge special court has adjourned till October 12, the proceedings in a case against Asif Ali Zardari, husband of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, as his counsel produced his medical certificate.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Vocational centres for dropout children soon: Qazi

Vocational centres for dropout children soon: Qazi

Federal Minister for Education Javed Ashraf Qazi said on Saturday that vocational centres would be established in the provinces to impart technical education to dropout children.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Pakistan relaxes stand on Kashmir issue: Gillani

Pakistan relaxes stand on Kashmir issue: Gillani

Pakistan has relaxed its stand on the Kashmir dispute and it seems that on the international pressure it was changing its principle stance on the issue, and it also appears that an environment was being created to convert Line of Control (LoC) in to a per
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Modern commercialism and Shari'ah

Modern commercialism and Shari'ah

Shari'ah is generally in the common parlance taken to be the divinely revealed or canonical law of Islam. The verb Shari'ah means to introduce, enact, prescribe, give or make laws. Literally, Shari'ah is the right way of life also called 'din' or 'minhaj'
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Oil price hike

Oil price hike

Since the oil prices have started soaring in the world markets, locally, the rates of essential commodities and daily-use items also depicting upward trend steeply. It is an open secret that if the oil prices go up in the international markets, all the ne
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
PTCL calling cards

PTCL calling cards

The PTCL Calling Cards for national/international calls have neither any Helpline service in general nor any office in Karachi for provision of immediate assistance to subscribers.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Cubans await Castro's elusive Chinese kitchen

Cubans await Castro's elusive Chinese kitchen

Six months after President Fidel Castro promised that every Cuban household would get an electric rice cooker and other appliances, most Cubans are wondering where they are. In announcing the plan earlier this year, Castro took to the stage like a televis
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Export of agricultural commodities: threats and opportunities

Export of agricultural commodities: threats and opportunities

Rice is an important food as well as a cash crop of Pakistan. It occupies 11% of the cropped area in Pakistan and is planted on about 5.7 million acres and produces about 4.6 million metric tonnes of milled rice. Approximately, 55% of the production is co
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
EU-China textile deal

EU-China textile deal

The announcement during the recent visit of British Prime Minister Tony Blair to China - currently holding the European Union's (EU) rotating presidency - that the stockpiles of Chinese textile products in European warehouses can now be offloaded onto ret
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
For the sake of depositors

For the sake of depositors

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has responded to several complaints made by depositors with the issue of a directive to all banks and development finance institutions (DFIs) to clearly stipulate the annual rate of return on all their products that are ad
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
New truck stand

New truck stand

All truck stands would be shifted outside of the city at Jhang Road Stand from September 15. This was decided in a joint meeting of Goods Carriers Association and District Administration.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
PML district Nazim candidate assures to serve masses

PML district Nazim candidate assures to serve masses

The candidate of ruling Pakistan Muslim League for District Nazim Rawalpindi Raja Javed Ikhlas has said that he will serve the people of the district without any discrimination and use all his efforts for the continuation of the development process.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Cholistan being made tourist attraction

Cholistan being made tourist attraction

The biggest desert of Pakistan Cholistan is being accessible for everyone to see the nature. For the attraction of foreigners, tourists and adventurists, some necessary development are being made.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Second international CNG exhibition from September 21

Second international CNG exhibition from September 21

Second International Conference and Exhibition, CNG Conex 2005 will be held on September 21-22 at Lahore with the objective to remote CNG as an alternative and environment friendly fuel in the country and promotion of locally manufactured CNG equipment.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Government to lead country towards socio-economic uplift: Rashid

Government to lead country towards socio-economic uplift: Rashid

Federal Minister of Information and Broadcasting Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said that the government of Pakistan Muslim League is firm to lead country towards new horizons of socio economic development and resolve all problems of masses at their doorstep.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Corps Commander visits PIA head office

Corps Commander visits PIA head office

Corps Commander Lieutenant-General Syed Athar Ali visited PIA Head Office here to see the facilities of the national carrier, says an announcement on Saturday. PIA Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Tariq Kirmani received the Corps Commander and also br
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
BB's counsel ends arguments in PIA reference

BB's counsel ends arguments in PIA reference

Abdul Hafeez Lakho, counsel for former prime minister Benazir Bhutto concluded his arguments here on Saturday before Judge Parkash Lal Ambwani of an Accountability Court at Karachi in an alleged corruption case commonly known as PIA reference.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Parliament right forum to address issues: Prime Minister

Parliament right forum to address issues: Prime Minister

Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has underlined the need to discuss all political issues in the parliament, which is the highest forum in the country, with a view to strengthening democracy and democratic institutions.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Trade-oriented consuls to be appointed in some countries

Trade-oriented consuls to be appointed in some countries

The Foreign Office is preparing a list of trade-oriented persons for appointment as honorary consuls-general in several countries that have potential of absorbing more exports from Pakistan.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
No pressure in war on terror: minister

No pressure in war on terror: minister

Pakistan was fighting the war on terrorism in line with its own strategic interest and not under any external pressure. This was stated by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Khusro Bakhtiar while talking to newsmen in Rahim Yar Khan here Thursday.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
NGOs urged to play role in enhancing literacy rate

NGOs urged to play role in enhancing literacy rate

District Co-ordination Officer Attock Babar Khan Nasir has urged upon the NGOs to play their effective role for enhancement of literacy rate in the country as this is the social obligation of every citizen to promote literacy.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
PPP calls for debate in Senate for undermining FPSC

PPP calls for debate in Senate for undermining FPSC

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has called for a debate in the Senate on the 'systematic undermining' of the Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC). A call attention notice was submitted on Saturday in the Senate by Senator Farhatullah Babar.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
NRB and not EC raises local government poll fees: Dogar

NRB and not EC raises local government poll fees: Dogar

Acting Chief Election Commissioner Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar has revealed that the four-fold increase in fees for the third phase of local government elections had been made by the National Reconstruction Bureau NRB and the Election Commission task was t
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Punjab Governor due in Shanghai on Monday

Punjab Governor due in Shanghai on Monday

Punjab Governor Lieutenant General Khalid Maqbool (Retd) will arrive here on Monday on a weeklong official visit to China. His visit is aimed at strengthening bilateral co-operation with China's Jiangsu province that enjoys sister-city status with Punjab
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Prime Minister vows to make Pakistan a progressive Islamic state

Prime Minister vows to make Pakistan a progressive Islamic state

Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has reiterated his government's commitment to make Pakistan a progressive, modern, developed, enlightened and democratic Islamic country with a vibrant and growing economy. He was addressing the passing out parade of police off
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Class XII (Pre-Engineering) results announced

Class XII (Pre-Engineering) results announced

Rafia Iqbal Hashmi of the Aga Khan Higher Secondary School, F.B. Area, secured the first position in the Intermediate (Class XII) Science (Pre-Engineering) Annual examinations 2005.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Political parties' workers training emphasised

Political parties' workers training emphasised

A programme for the development of political parties in Sindh province, on Saturday stressed the need to provide proper training to political workers with the purpose of fostering a more democratic culture in the country.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Widespread rains bring relief and miseries together

Widespread rains bring relief and miseries together

As monsoon is about to end, Karachi and some other parts of Sindh have begun to receive mild to heavy rains, turning the weather pleasant for some and disquieting for many.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Power outage hits water supply

Power outage hits water supply

The city received 80 MGD less water on Saturday due to disruption of power supply to KW&SB Dhabaji, Gharo and Pipri pumping stations. According to a spokesman for KW&SB, the disruption of water supply affected whole of the city and particularly Landhi, Ko
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Union Bank performance highlighted

Union Bank performance highlighted

"We are not a high street bank. We have our design on upscale banking and are interested in credible business practice." The optimism and resolve emanated from Union Bank President and CEO Shaukat Tarin, while analysing half yearly report of his bank in a
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
NWFP government to file review petition in Supreme Court

NWFP government to file review petition in Supreme Court

The NWFP government has decided to file a review petition in the Supreme Court regarding the apex court's objections on Hasba bill, it is learnt. The NWFP government will move the apex court and later after its review and again will bring the bill in the
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Detention period extended

Detention period extended

The jail authorities did not produce Zubair Qayyum and others before the Special Court for Suppression of Terrorist Activities, as the Punjab home secretary extended their detention for further three months.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Naimat suggests improvement in sanitation system

Naimat suggests improvement in sanitation system

Naimatullah Khan, former nazim, Karachi District Government, has reiterated urgency to address the sewerage and sanitation system in the metropolis to help masses avoid preventable diseases, more prominently Hepatitis A and E besides other common ailments
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
CDGK starts relief work for rain-hit people

CDGK starts relief work for rain-hit people

Declaring emergency to deal with the situation caused by heavy rains in Karachi, the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) on Saturday shifted 750 people to safer locations from Katchi Abadies near the banks of Lyari River.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
'Tanneries' wastewater to be discharged after treatment'

'Tanneries' wastewater to be discharged after treatment'

Sindh Governor Dr Ishrat-ul-Ibad on Saturday directed authorities to make all local tanneries bound to discharge their effluent after proper treatment through effluent treatment plant, which was near completion in Korangi Industrial area in accordance wit
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
371 released Indian fishermen off to Lahore

371 released Indian fishermen off to Lahore

As many as 371 Indian fishermen who were released from Landhi Prison following agreement between Pakistan and Indian foreign secretaries in New Delhi last week left for Lahore by a train on Saturday night.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Malir and Lyari rivers in high flood

Malir and Lyari rivers in high flood

Sudden rise in water flow in Lyari and Malir rivers has once again raised the question as to why encroachments into riverbeds of the two rivers have been allowed by the authorities over the years.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Karachi to face water shortage

Karachi to face water shortage

Sudden power breakdown following unexpected downpour has affected water supply schedule and sewerage pumping in the metropolis. The supply of about 90 million gallon pre day (MGD) water remained suspended to consumers of heavily populous parts of the city
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
AKU organises fifth pain symposium

AKU organises fifth pain symposium

Aga Khan University Hospital's (AKUH) Department of Anaesthesia organised its fifth Pain Symposium titled 'Recent Developments in Pain Management: Conventional to interventional Approaches', which was attended by a large number of anaesthesiologists, onco
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Thai group to seek investment in agriculture sector

Thai group to seek investment in agriculture sector

High officials of the Charoen Pokphand Group (CP) - Thailand's multinational corporation specialising in developing seed, food and livestock - will visit Pakistan on Sunday to seek investment opportunities in agriculture sector.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Parties to be issued notices: EC

Parties to be issued notices: EC

Election Commission of Pakistan secretary Kanwar Muhammad Dilshad has said the election commission in its meeting on Saturday decided to publish in the official gazette statements of accounts submitted by 45 political parties in pursuance of article 13 of
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Iran hands over 72 illegal Pakistani immigrants

Iran hands over 72 illegal Pakistani immigrants

Iranian authorities have handed over 72 illegal Pakistani immigrants to levies force Taftan, Chaghi District Administrative Officer on Saturday said. The arrested people had entered Iran without legal travelling documents.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
WCN protests over increased election fee

WCN protests over increased election fee

Women Councillors Network (WCN) on Saturday held demonstration here in front of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) protesting unprecedented increase in the nomination fee for women contesting against the reserved seats in the district assemblies' p
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Lack of quorum mars National Assembly proceedings

Lack of quorum mars National Assembly proceedings

Seething divisions in the ranks of ruling Pakistan Muslim League led to the adjournment of the National Assembly sitting on Saturday without taking up the business.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
FROM A RINGSIDE SEAT

FROM A RINGSIDE SEAT

The National Assembly sitting on Saturday, summoned two days earlier than scheduled by the Leader of the House Shaukat Aziz himself, started late by full one hour and lasted not more than half an hour - thanks to the treasury benches' persistent absence.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
'Nation urged to follow Quaid's teachings'

'Nation urged to follow Quaid's teachings'

President General Pervez Musharraf has called upon the nation to adhere unflinchingly to Quaid-e-Azam's principles of unity, faith and discipline to make Pakistan a dynamic and forward-looking Islamic welfare state.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
ADB to support $500 million plan for improving public finances

ADB to support $500 million plan for improving public finances

In order to improve Public Finances, the Punjab Government has embarked on a comprehensive programme of fiscal and financial management reform. Asian Development Bank (ADB) is supporting this programme under a five-year Punjab Resource Management Programm
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
ADB to support $500 million plan for improving public finances

ADB to support $500 million plan for improving public finances

In order to improve Public Finances, the Punjab Government has embarked on a comprehensive programme of fiscal and financial management reform. Asian Development Bank (ADB) is supporting this programme under a five-year Punjab Resource Management Programm
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
ADB to support $500 million plan for improving public finances

ADB to support $500 million plan for improving public finances

In order to improve Public Finances, the Punjab Government has embarked on a comprehensive programme of fiscal and financial management reform. Asian Development Bank (ADB) is supporting this programme under a five-year Punjab Resource Management Programm
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Pak-UK extradition treaty in final stages

Pak-UK extradition treaty in final stages

The UK and Pakistan were "in the final stages" of negotiating their first extradition treaty, a British Home Office spokesman has been quoted by a British daily as saying here on Saturday.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Pak-UK extradition treaty in final stages

Pak-UK extradition treaty in final stages

The UK and Pakistan were "in the final stages" of negotiating their first extradition treaty, a British Home Office spokesman has been quoted by a British daily as saying here on Saturday.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
12 killed in Indian occupied Kashmir

12 killed in Indian occupied Kashmir

Twelve people, including a child and three soldiers, were killed and 13 were wounded in separate attacks in occupied Kashmir, security officials said on Saturday.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
12 killed in Indian occupied Kashmir

12 killed in Indian occupied Kashmir

Twelve people, including a child and three soldiers, were killed and 13 were wounded in separate attacks in occupied Kashmir, security officials said on Saturday.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Dutch court loses Qadeer's files

Dutch court loses Qadeer's files

The Amsterdam court, which sentenced the father of Pakistan's nuclear program Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan to four years in prison in 1983, has lost the legal files, and the court's vice-president suspects that CIA had a hand in the documents' disappearance.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Dutch court loses Qadeer's files

Dutch court loses Qadeer's files

The Amsterdam court, which sentenced the father of Pakistan's nuclear program Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan to four years in prison in 1983, has lost the legal files, and the court's vice-president suspects that CIA had a hand in the documents' disappearance.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Shaukat for enhancing defence ties with Bangladesh

Shaukat for enhancing defence ties with Bangladesh

Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Saturday called for increasing defence co-operation between Pakistan and Bangladesh that would also contribute toward promoting peace in the region.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Shaukat for enhancing defence ties with Bangladesh

Shaukat for enhancing defence ties with Bangladesh

Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Saturday called for increasing defence co-operation between Pakistan and Bangladesh that would also contribute toward promoting peace in the region.
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
Canadian businessmen urged to invest in Pakistan

Canadian businessmen urged to invest in Pakistan

Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Canada-Pakistan Technology Business Forum have decided to make joint efforts to enhance liaison and co-operation between the trade communities of Pakistan and Canada in the fields of export, import, investment,
Published 11 Sep, 2005 12:00am
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