The advent of cellular phones not only revolutionised the telecommunication industry but also provide busy individuals with the opportunity to be in continuous contact with people at any place coupled with unimaginable boost to the businesses.
Until fairly recently Pakistan's economy was the foster child of highly indebted, unstable, and degenerating economies. It was full of puzzles and setbacks. The debt situation was worsening day by day with increasing fears of default. Not surprisingly, go
The law and order situation which has been bad enough in the North Waziristan Agency due to an ongoing fight between the security forces and militants (better known in the area as Taleban for their support for the Taleban fighters in the neighbouring Afgh
The Economic Co-ordination Committee of the Cabinet last Tuesday, gave approval to Commerce Minister Humayun Akhtar's proposed strategy for the upcoming round of negotiations under WTO in Hong Kong. Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said the Commerce Minister h
The Capital City Traffic Police has advised the citizens travelling through Shahra-e-Faisal to adopt alternative routes as they might face problems due to presence of VVIPs in the city for Sunday and Monday.
The Punjab government has decided to establish Musalihat Anjumans at Union Council (UC) level for providing speedy and inexpensive justice to the masses at their doorstep.
Speaker National Assembly Choudary Amir Hussain has said that the government is mobilising huge funds on banishing the backwardness and poverty from the country on top priority basis.
Punjab Minister for Baitul Maal Mian Ijaz Shafi on Sunday said that the district government had dispatched 175 truckloads for the rehabilitation of earthquake affected people.
The Punjab Irrigation and Drainage Authority (PIDA) has constituted 3,666 farmer committees to resolve their problems. At a meeting here, PIDA Chief Engineer Qazi Muhammad Anwar said the government had included another 14 farmer organisations in the irrig
The Lyallpur Town Administration has imposed a ban on the entry of slow-moving vehicles, including donkey-carts, motorcycle-rickshaws and tongas, in eight bazaars around the Clock Tower and adjoining commercial centres.
Various Christian organisations in the country have urged the government to take immediate action against the culprits involved in the mob violence and setting two churches, two missionary schools, residence of priest on fire at Sangla Hill and immediate
City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has asked all those persons affected by the Lyari Expressway project to contact concerned Town Nazims in case of any complaint as they have been delegated the powers to look into such complaints and take an appropriate decisi
Tehreek-e-Istaqlal (TI) President, Rehmat Khan Wardag has described the water issue as of paramount importance to the country in the next 10 years, in which the provinces of Sindh and Punjab would be facing severe hardships due to seasonal and water short
Technology Upgradation and Skill Development Company (Tusdec) has approved the establishment of CAD/CAM centres in Peshawar, Gujranwala and Lahore to provide training to youth in computer-aided designing and manufacturing techniques.
The timely increase in procurement prices of phutti had impacted positively inviting buyers to life before they face more losses. The maximum lint sales in one day in days was seen at 30,000 bales. Spot was at the outset raised by Rs 20 to Rs 2360 without
The timely increase in procurement prices of phutti had impacted positively inviting buyers to life before they face more losses. The maximum lint sales in one day in days was seen at 30,000 bales. Spot was at the outset raised by Rs 20 to Rs 2360 without
Name of Dr Arsalan Razzak, elected unopposed to the LSE Governing Board, was erroneously printed as 'Seth Abid Group-backed candidate,' in BR report captioned, 'LSE EOGM to confirm results of election on 17th,' appearing in 9th November issue.
Pakistan Coast Guards, Uthal Battalion arrested two alleged narcotics traffickers and recovered liquor bottles from their possession during a snap checking of a passenger coach between Aghor and Uthal town of Balochistan.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogen made a brief stopover at Karachi airport on Sunday morning on his way back home after a visit to Australia and New Zealand.
Educational centers of Bhagatpura, Karnalpura, Tajpura and Muridke, being run under Aaghosh School System, have announced the results of examination of Class -I, and the ratio of their result has remained 80 percent.
The residues of the antibiotics injected to animal mixed in milk and meat pose a great threat to public health and no one including government is taking notice of this important matter, said renowned livestock expert Dr Hafiz Muhammad Matiullah while spea
The Punjab Governor, Lieutenant-General Khalid Maqbool (Retd), has said that Kalabagh Dam will cause no loss to Sindh and all the provinces will be benefiting from its construction.
During the first three months of FY06 (July-September 2005), cumulative earnings of the three listed E&P companies, grew by 30 percent, reached Rs 13.1 billion versus Rs 10.1 billion during the same period last year.
During the first three months of FY06 (July-September 2005), cumulative earnings of the three listed E&P companies, grew by 30 percent, reached Rs 13.1 billion versus Rs 10.1 billion during the same period last year.
In order to issue CNICs in rural areas of Larkana, Kamber-Shahdadkot, Shikarpur and Jacobabad districts; the Nadra Mobile Van-II, Mobile Van-VII, Mobile Van-VIII and Mobile Van-IX will visit the various union councils of the said districts up to December
The total cement dispatches for the first five months of FY06 stood at 7.23 million tons, a growth of 10.6 percent over 6.53 million tons in the same period last year, showing that new construction activity has maintained the pace set a year ago. Local sa
The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) is planning to give recreational trips and other lucrative incentives to tax officials working in the fully reformed units, in addition to the double pay package they are already enjoying.
A joint team of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), NSS, PTCL and FIA raided a house here on Saturday in Sector G-6 and confiscated an illegal gateway exchange.
Troops of Pakistan Army Engineers and Frontier Works Organisation, since their employment in affected areas immediately after the earthquake, have done extremely well in restoration of road communication, removal of debris, provision of clean drinking wat
Federal Relief Commissioner (FRC) Major General Farooq Ahmed has said that there is no danger from accumulation of water due to land-sliding at two places in earthquake-hit areas of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
The 150-member World Trade Organisation (WTO) is starting its crucial week-long meeting at Hong Kong from December 13 to reach agreement for expanding trade in agriculture, manufacturing and services sectors amid fears of many poor countries, which lack t
The Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) has donated Rs 0.1 million for installation of Close Circuit TV (CCTV) in cantonment area President RCCI Jalil Ahmad Malik presented a cheque of the amount to ASP cantonment area Muhammad Ishfaq for t
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Sunday announced arrival of additional plastic sheeting to winterise the shelters for an additional 17,500 earthquake affected families.
Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA), Rawalpindi and Chaklala Cantonment Boards and Water and Sewerage Agency (Wasa) and three other government organisations would face power disconnection over Rs 671.187 million default as IESCO has decided to disconnec
Federal Minister for Culture, Dr G.G Jamal has said that training institutes would be established to train professional people in the fields of excavation, preservation and other disciplines of cultural field.
Government in collaboration with private sector has prepared a comprehensive plan to promote tourism in the earthquake-hit areas, said Dr G.G Jamal the federal minister for Tourism.
KESC-CEO Frank Scherschmidt said local industries were key customers and future plans of the power utility would be prepared to provide priority services to them for the economic development of the country.
Prices moved both ways on the commodity wholesale markets during the week ended on December 10, 2005. Some of the higher commodities were Irri, dal masoor, cotton cakes, chemicals, showed mixed trend and bajra was down.
Chairman, Drug Court, Punjab sentenced Azhar Hussain Shah for three years rigorous imprisonment with a fine of Rs 100,000 for manufacturing and supply of spurious drugs.
The Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (Comsats), with its focused efforts in the field of BioSciences, has held two workshops in Egypt. Comsats organised these events in close collaboration with its S&T Center o
Export Promotion Bureau has received the following Trade Enquiries from abroad. Interested Pakistani parties dealing in the under mentioned items can obtain further details from the addresses given or from EPB Head Quarters and its Regional/Sub-Regional O
The track record of social sector service delivery in Pakistan is so poor and tempting to assert that almost any reform in governance arrangements would produce better results.
Deputy Speaker, NWFP Assembly Ikramullah Shahid on Saturday claimed that the forward bloc has mustered the full support of 25 members of provincial assembly.
Pakistan has improved its international trade performance owing to positive economic reforms in the last five years that have boosted merchandise trade/GDP ratio of the country.
Kashmala Tariq, MNA and member, Relief Co-ordination Committee, has said that during their three-day visit, the parliamentary delegation held important bilateral meetings with senior US officials, and interacted usefully with Congressmen and people in tra
Representatives of various NGOs and minority organisations expressed their concern over the poor human rights conditions in the country. At a meeting held in Toba Tek Singh to observe the World Human Rights Day on Saturday, some of the speakers also accus
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing a 205 million dollars loan and grant package to help increase access to quality social services in Balochistan.
Sargodhians, alumni of PAF Public School, with the collaboration of National Productivity Organisation (NPO) and Engineering Development Board (EDB) has introduced an idea of using bamboo for house construction because of low cost, indigenous raw material
Well-known journalist, peace activist and former member of Rajya Sabha (India), Kuldip Nayyar, has proposed that both India and Pakistan should give maximum autonomy, minus foreign affairs, defence and currency, to the parts of Jammu and Kashmir under the
NWFP Inspector General of Police (IGP) Muhammad Raffat Pasha, in a ceremony, inaugurated the newly constructed Police Officers' Bachelor Hostel at Police Lines here on Saturday.
The members of the Sindh Club and their guests were very pleasantly surprised on Sunday finding President Pervez Musharraf and his wife with family members at the premises for the 'Brunch.'
Pakistan and India have finalised a draft agreement which would pave the way to restart a ferry service between them that was broken off 30 years ago, officials said on Sunday.
The Paris-based organisation Reporters Sans Frontiers (RSF) and the Tribal Union of Journalists (TUJ) have urged Pakistan's federal and local authorities to quickly identify who is responsible for the kidnapping of journalist Hayatullah Khan in Pakistan's
International telecom manufacturers and institutional investors will participate in a two-day Pakistan Telecom Infrastructure Conference "The Future is Now", starting here on Monday.
Certain increase in encroachments and permission of parking on main roads by the civic bodies has caused lot of problems for the motorists as well as for pedestrians, as hour's long traffic jam on Bank Road, Kashmir Road, Haider Road and Gowalmandi in Can
Senate Chairman Mohammedmian Soomro has urged non-governmental and civil society organisations to come up with the latest technologies that could cater for the needs of the quake affectees as the rehabilitation is posing a big challenge in the wake of win
Federal Railways Minister Mian Shamim Haider has said that the raise in railway fare was under consideration after thrice increase in the price of diesel.
The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (Ecnec) will meet on December 14 to consider 24 projects and schemes including special package for restoration and rehabilitation of drought-hit areas, official sources told Business Recorder her
In our culture women tend to invest than savings in gold, while men try to hedge against inflation by investing in dollars. Demand for gold in the domestic market is on the decline.
In our culture women tend to invest than savings in gold, while men try to hedge against inflation by investing in dollars. Demand for gold in the domestic market is on the decline.
In our culture women tend to invest than savings in gold, while men try to hedge against inflation by investing in dollars. Demand for gold in the domestic market is on the decline.
When MasterCard Inc, the world's No 2 credit-card association, announced this summer that it planned to go public, speculation quickly grew that arch-rival Visa, the world's No 1 card association, would quickly follow suit.
When MasterCard Inc, the world's No 2 credit-card association, announced this summer that it planned to go public, speculation quickly grew that arch-rival Visa, the world's No 1 card association, would quickly follow suit.
The $2.8 billion Islamic bond issue from Dubai's ports corporation has attracted intense investor interest and is likely to be oversubscribed by at least 50-75 percent, a lead manager said on Sunday.
The $2.8 billion Islamic bond issue from Dubai's ports corporation has attracted intense investor interest and is likely to be oversubscribed by at least 50-75 percent, a lead manager said on Sunday.
Bollywood romance hero Saif Ali Khan was given bail after he admitted to police his car hit a 13-year-old boy and fractured his leg in the western Indian city of Mumbai, police said Sunday.
Since there was no considerable movement in blue chips, mainly because of PTCL issue and confusion over appointment of bourses chairmen, equities moved randomly on Lahore Stock Exchange (LSE) during the past week, however, following interest in fertiliser
Since there was no considerable movement in blue chips, mainly because of PTCL issue and confusion over appointment of bourses chairmen, equities moved randomly on Lahore Stock Exchange (LSE) during the past week, however, following interest in fertiliser
Habib Bank Limited (HBL) has announced ''Voluntary Separation Scheme'' (VSS) for its 2,350 non-clerical staff, according to which the optees would be able to get alternative employment opportunities.
Habib Bank Limited (HBL) has announced 'Voluntary Separation Scheme' (VSS) for its 2,350 non-clerical staff, according to which the optees would be able to get alternative employment opportunities.
Habib Bank Limited (HBL) has announced 'Voluntary Separation Scheme' (VSS) for its 2,350 non-clerical staff, according to which the optees would be able to get alternative employment opportunities.
The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) for the seventh consecutive week closed on a positive note mainly because of fresh buying erupted in patches and cautiously in cement, banks and oil group despite lack of positive news from the privatisation front.
The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) for the seventh consecutive week closed on a positive note mainly because of fresh buying erupted in patches and cautiously in cement, banks and oil group despite lack of positive news from the privatisation front.
The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) for the seventh consecutive week closed on a positive note mainly because of fresh buying erupted in patches and cautiously in cement, banks and oil group despite lack of positive news from the privatisation front.
The government has replaced the quantity-based sugarcane pricing formula with 'recovery content' ratio, and constituted a committee to work out a mechanism to ensure payment to the sugarcane growers within 15 days of delivery to the mills in the new syste
Pakistan would make the final principal and interest payment on foreign currency bonds that were rescheduled in 1999 on Monday, said Syed Wasimuddin, spokesman for the central bank.
Pakistan would make the final principal and interest payment on foreign currency bonds that were rescheduled in 1999 on Monday, said Syed Wasimuddin, spokesman for the central bank.
Pakistan would make the final principal and interest payment on foreign currency bonds that were rescheduled in 1999 on Monday, said Syed Wasimuddin, spokesman for the central bank.
Pakistan would make the final principal and interest payment on foreign currency bonds that were rescheduled in 1999 on Monday, said Syed Wasimuddin, spokesman for the central bank.
As the 6th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) starts on Tuesday thousands of protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong, demanding halt to the upcoming talks.
As the 6th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) starts on Tuesday thousands of protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong, demanding halt to the upcoming talks.
As the 6th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) starts on Tuesday thousands of protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong, demanding halt to the upcoming talks.
Pakistan and Malaysia are signing agreement on Early Harvest Programme (EHP) next week, reducing tariff on 239 industrial and agricultural products, to be effective from next calendar year, official sources told Business Recorder.
Pakistan and Malaysia are signing agreement on Early Harvest Programme (EHP) next week, reducing tariff on 239 industrial and agricultural products, to be effective from next calendar year, official sources told Business Recorder.
Pakistan and Malaysia are signing agreement on Early Harvest Programme (EHP) next week, reducing tariff on 239 industrial and agricultural products, to be effective from next calendar year, official sources told Business Recorder.
Year-end demand for dollars from importers and routine debt payments kept the rupee under pressure versus dollar in the currency market last week, money experts said.
Year-end demand for dollars from importers and routine debt payments kept the rupee under pressure versus dollar in the currency market last week, money experts said.
A woman patient with a suspected case of highly contagious haemorrhage fever, commonly known as Congo fever, died at a government hospital on Sunday, health officials said.
A woman patient with a suspected case of highly contagious haemorrhage fever, commonly known as Congo fever, died at a government hospital on Sunday, health officials said.
The government is considering to revise the Afghan Transit Trade Agreement (ATTA) to provide direct transportation of the transit cargo from Karachi Port to Afghanistan, bypassing the cumbersome procedure of unloading and reloading of cargo at Peshawar Dr
The government is considering to revise the Afghan Transit Trade Agreement (ATTA) to provide direct transportation of the transit cargo from Karachi Port to Afghanistan, bypassing the cumbersome procedure of unloading and reloading of cargo at Peshawar Dr
The government is considering to revise the Afghan Transit Trade Agreement (ATTA) to provide direct transportation of the transit cargo from Karachi Port to Afghanistan, bypassing the cumbersome procedure of unloading and reloading of cargo at Peshawar Dr
An Iraqi insurgent group has kidnapped four Iranians north of Baghdad, who it said were on a mission on behalf of a leading Shia body in Iran, Al Arabiya satellite television reported on Sunday.
At least 40 people were killed, most of them women and children, and about a dozen injured when fire broke out in a bus carrying passengers returning from wedding party here in Ghaziabad, on Sunday night.
At least 40 people were killed, most of them women and children, and about a dozen injured when fire broke out in a bus carrying passengers returning from wedding party here in Ghaziabad, on Sunday night.