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Print - 2006-04-10
Nokia launches 3 new CDMA handsets

Nokia launches 3 new CDMA handsets

Mobile phone giant Nokia unveiled a new GSM/EDGE phone for North America on April 05, as well as three new CDMA handsets, adding to its offerings in the Americas where the technology is popular.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
LG boosts global handset estimate

LG boosts global handset estimate

LG Electronics Inc raised its forecast for the world handset market this year, but kept its own shipment estimate unchanged, saying the additional global growth will come from low-end phones.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Toshiba and SanDisk to build new chip plant in Japan

Toshiba and SanDisk to build new chip plant in Japan

Toshiba Corp and SanDisk Corp said on April 05 they will build a new flash memory plant in Japan in anticipation of further growth in demand for music phones and other gadgets, announcing their second expansion plan in three months.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
In Short: Apple unveils software to permit Windows use

In Short: Apple unveils software to permit Windows use

Apple Computer Inc, the maker of the Macintosh computer and iPod music device on April 05 rolled out a first-ever software patch to run Microsoft's dominant Windows operating system on its PCs, a move that could draw millions of new buyers.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Airbus denies report of Emirates A380 delay

Airbus denies report of Emirates A380 delay

Airbus said it was on schedule to deliver its A380 super-jumbo to its biggest customer for the aircraft, Dubai-based Emirates, denying a media report saying delivery would be delayed by engine tests.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Gulf bankers get licences to enter Syrian market

Gulf bankers get licences to enter Syrian market

Gulf investors have been awarded licences to open three banks in Syria, raising the stakes in a sector that opened to private capital two years ago after decades of state control, officials and bankers said on April 07.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Industry steps up battle against EU copyright levy

Industry steps up battle against EU copyright levy

A levy on electronic gadgets sold in the European Union is an extra tax that hinders competition and limits consumer choice, a new industry alliance said on April 05.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Moody's to overhaul bank ratings late this year

Moody's to overhaul bank ratings late this year

Moody's Investors Service plans to roll out a new way of analysing banks from September, to make the way it accounts for potential state support in a crisis more transparent, the rating agency's co-head of European banking said on April 06.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Chinese companies gear up for US auditing rules

Chinese companies gear up for US auditing rules

Chinese companies listed in the United States are going through costly and time-consuming preparations to comply with tighter regulations starting July 15, a US auditing consultant said on April 03.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Ford India vehicle sales up

Ford India vehicle sales up

Ford India, a wholly owned unit of Ford Motor Co, said on April 03, vehicle sales rose 83 percent from a year ago to 5,929 units in March, its highest monthly sales.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Ford India vehicle sales up

Ford India vehicle sales up

Ford India, a wholly owned unit of Ford Motor Co, said on April 03, vehicle sales rose 83 percent from a year ago to 5,929 units in March, its highest monthly sales.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Citigroup chief executive says major acquisition unlikely

Citigroup chief executive says major acquisition unlikely

Citigroup Inc Chief Executive Charles Prince said on April 04 the bank was unlikely to pursue any large acquisitions even though the US Federal Reserve had lifted a year-long ban on major deals, but he did not rule out smaller buys.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Which? slams banks over hefty overdraft charges

Which? slams banks over hefty overdraft charges

Consumer champion Which? has issued all current account providers with an ASBO - an Anti-Social Banking Order. The consumer group is incensed at banks' continued practice of charging customers big penalties for straying into unauthorised overdrafts.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Lehman setting up Indian banking unit

Lehman setting up Indian banking unit

Lehman Brothers, a top Wall Street firm, is launching an investment banking unit in India this year, joining a host of competitors expanding in a fast-growing market for deals like mergers and IPOs.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
IBM services unit seeks profit in smaller deals

IBM services unit seeks profit in smaller deals

International Business Machines Corp, facing falling revenue from selling computer services, is finding ways to squeeze more profit from the business by automating and standardising the work.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
IBM services unit seeks profit in smaller deals

IBM services unit seeks profit in smaller deals

International Business Machines Corp, facing falling revenue from selling computer services, is finding ways to squeeze more profit from the business by automating and standardising the work.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Thai stocks likely to trade narrowly in holidays

Thai stocks likely to trade narrowly in holidays

Thai share prices are expected to be range-bound in the coming holiday-shortened week, with investors seen cautious following Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's surprise announcement to resign, dealers said.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Tokyo investors have 17,800 points in sights

Tokyo investors have 17,800 points in sights

Japanese share prices are likely to continue their rapid ascent next week and may reach 17,800 points for the first time since May 2000 on hopes of solid company earnings, dealers said Friday.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Asian currencies close mixed against dollar

Asian currencies close mixed against dollar

Asian currencies ended the week mixed against the greenback with the yen slightly lower following a surprise fall in confidence at large Japanese manufacturers while the Australian dollar was buoyed by strong commodity prices.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Bangladesh interbank rates

Bangladesh interbank rates

Bangladesh Interbank buy/sell rates for the taka against the dollar on Sunday. 69.15/70.30 (previous 69.15/71.03) Call Money Rates: 14.00-30.00 percent (previous 12.00-34.00 percent).
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Further gains expected for Malaysian shares

Further gains expected for Malaysian shares

Malaysian share prices are expected to extend gains in buoyant trade next week following a surge in trading volumes, dealers said Friday. For the week ending April 7, the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange composite index rose 17.08 points or 1.8 percent to 943.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Hong Kong stocks to trend lower on correction

Hong Kong stocks to trend lower on correction

Hong Kong share prices are likely to trade lower in the coming week as they undergo a correction following more than four percent gains this week, dealers said Friday.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Rate jitters linger as Wall Street eyes earnings

Rate jitters linger as Wall Street eyes earnings

Wall Street digests its first batch of quarterly earnings reports in the coming week, but jitters about inflation and interest rates are likely to remain a factor, analysts say.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Australian shares head for pause after record rally

Australian shares head for pause after record rally

Australian share prices are likely to pause for breath in the coming week after enjoying a recent record-breaking rally which saw key indices break the 5,000 points barrier, dealers said.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Taiwan shares to continue firmer

Taiwan shares to continue firmer

Taiwan share prices are expected to continue firmer next week, sustaining recent momentum on continued foreign investor interest, especially in the key electronics sector, dealers said Friday.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Jakarta shares seen consolidating

Jakarta shares seen consolidating

The Indonesian stock market is expected to consolidate in the coming week after finishing at record highs over the past few days, analysts said Friday.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
London investors look to extend strong run this week

London investors look to extend strong run this week

Britain's stock market, fresh from reaching its highest level for more than five years, will seek further momentum in shortened trading next week, as investors take apart new data and earnings updates.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Interpol notice on Dawood Ibrahim

Interpol notice on Dawood Ibrahim

Interpol has issued a special notice against India's most wanted criminal sought for the 1993 serial bomb blasts in Mumbai that killed more than 260 people, the international police agency's Web site showed.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
One killed in Afghanistan blast

One killed in Afghanistan blast

Three bombings including a suicide blast killed a soldier and wounded 16 other Afghans Sunday, officials said, in the latest in a spate of attacks linked to Taleban insurgents.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Karzai arrives in India

Karzai arrives in India

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai arrived in India Sunday on a three-day visit for talks on economic relations, countering terrorism and regional growth. Karzai was received at the airport by India's junior minister for parliamentary affairs, Suresh Pa
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Bush should explain war intelligence leaks: Republican senator

Bush should explain war intelligence leaks: Republican senator

President George W. Bush owes the US public an thorough explanation of his decision to leak classified information to justify the Iraq invasion, a powerful Republican lawmaker said Sunday. "It was not the right way to go about it, because we ought not to
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Switzerland seeks arrest of Iranian former minister

Switzerland seeks arrest of Iranian former minister

Switzerland issued an international arrest warrant for Iran's former intelligence minister Ali Fallahian whom it suspects of ordering the murder of an Iranian government opponent in 1990, the Swiss foreign ministry said on Sunday.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
European Imams aim to link Islamic, Western values

European Imams aim to link Islamic, Western values

European imams meeting in Vienna have pledged to work harder to prove that Islam is compatible with democracy and that the majority of Muslims living in the West support human rights, free speech and pluralism.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
India denies compromise on nuclear-weapons plan

India denies compromise on nuclear-weapons plan

India's top foreign ministry official has denied the country's nuclear weapons programme has been compromised by last month's nuclear deal with Washington.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
US report on Iraq offers bleak assessment

US report on Iraq offers bleak assessment

An internal US embassy report on Iraq's provinces and obtained by the New York Times concluded in January that the stability of the strategic Baghdad region is a serious concern.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Brazilian wins top architecture Pritzker prize

Brazilian wins top architecture Pritzker prize

Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha has won the 2006 Pritzker Architecture Prize for his half century of work, which brought beauty and order to a gritty and chaotic Sao Paulo.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Italians vote in election

Italians vote in election

Italians voted on Sunday in an election that could oust Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, the media tycoon who promised prosperity but failed to lift Italy's flagging economy during five years in power.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Iraq parliament could convene soon

Iraq parliament could convene soon

Iraq's acting speaker of parliament said on Sunday he would call on the assembly to convene in the next few days, raising the possibility that political deadlock over a new prime minister may be broken.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Military strike on Iran 'not on agenda': Straw

Military strike on Iran 'not on agenda': Straw

A military strike against Iran is not on the agenda and the United States is committed to a negotiated solution to the dispute over Iran's nuclear ambitions, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said on Sunday.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Israeli law eases settlers into east Jerusalem

Israeli law eases settlers into east Jerusalem

Ten days before he and 28 relatives were evicted from their east Jerusalem homes, Riyad Ghozlan received a bill for 245,000 dollars in back rent from the "real" Jewish owners and a court order to leave.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Future of oil

Future of oil

Recently oil market has witnessed surge in global oil price. Crude oil jumped to a two-month high on concern that U.S. refiners will fail to produce enough gasoline to keep up with peak demand this summer.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Non-tariff barriers being studied

Non-tariff barriers being studied

The Ministry of Commerce is studying non-tariff barriers faced by Pakistani exporters in various export destinations, including but not limited to U.S., E.U., India, etc. In a joint meeting with the Collector of Customs, Lahore, APTMA, LCCI and FPCCI it w
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Withholding tax regime: simplification of filing procedure-III

Withholding tax regime: simplification of filing procedure-III

PERFORMA CERTIFICATE OF TAX COLLECTED/DEDUCTED: The Performa Certificate of Collection/Deduction of Tax is given below. The information contained in the certificates are sufficient enough to depict the particulars of both ie the persons from wham t
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Six engineering universities

Six engineering universities

I will regard the news item of prime importance when President Musharraf and Dr Attaur Rahman announced that six engineering universities will be established by 2008 with the help of top universities of Sweden, Holland, Germany, Austria, France and South
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Olympiad

Olympiad

'circa' 776 B.C., GREECE : The Olympic Games, were held on the templed plains of Olympia, near Pisa in Elis, where the Alpheus flows to the western coast of the Peloponnesus. These games seem to be the oldest of all. These were the most important as a fes
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Indian Islamic schools offer lesson in harmony

Indian Islamic schools offer lesson in harmony

Indian schoolgirl Julita Oraon, a devout Christian, never misses Sunday mass, but the rest of her week is spent studying Arabic and Sufi literature among other subjects at an Islamic religious school, or madrasa.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
The silent majority should show courage

The silent majority should show courage

How bad have things become for Muslims in the West can only be gauged from first hand observation in the US and the UK. One happened to be in US in the recent past and was fortunate to meet a large number of US citizens of Pakistani origin at National Ass
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
US and democracy

US and democracy

When the Bush administration announced its promotion of democracy in the Greater Middle East project, its primary aim, of course, was to justify the Iraq adventure. The truth of the matter is that there is an inherent contradiction in what Washington perc
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Wapda arrears

Wapda arrears

The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) is an important public sector organisation, providing much needed energy to the industrial, commercial and domestic users of the country.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Cotton godown and offices burnt

Cotton godown and offices burnt

A big godown of cotton and offices of cotton brokers were completely reduced to ashes when huge fire broke out in the Rahim Center Tata Bazar here on Sunday.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
'Khyber Safari train projecting soft image of NWFP'

'Khyber Safari train projecting soft image of NWFP'

Khyber Safari train, a majestic steam train service of Pakistan Railways, which is run between Peshawar to Landi Kotal (Khyber Agency) from time to time, is a great source to promote the dwindling tourism industry in Frontier province besides projecting t
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
'Upcountry a lucrative center for stock business'

'Upcountry a lucrative center for stock business'

GM Malkani, Chief Executive of Jahangir Siddiqui Capital Markets, has said that upcountry is a very lucrative center for the stock business and he believes he could generate as much as 10 percent additional business only from Lahore.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
'Upcountry a lucrative center for stock business'

'Upcountry a lucrative center for stock business'

GM Malkani, Chief Executive of Jahangir Siddiqui Capital Markets, has said that upcountry is a very lucrative center for the stock business and he believes he could generate as much as 10 percent additional business only from Lahore.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
ARD demands free, fair elections

ARD demands free, fair elections

The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) has demanded free and fair elections forthwith under the supervision of an independent Election Commission and an interim government be formed with the consent of joint opposition.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
'Army should not interfere in civil affairs'

'Army should not interfere in civil affairs'

Speakers at a seminar, organised by Pakistan Thinkers' Forum, here on Sunday, came up with a consensus view that the government should take decisions in the supreme national interests, and Army should not interfere in the civil affairs.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
'Every Punjab village has a school now'

'Every Punjab village has a school now'

Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Muhammad Afzal Sahi has said the government has taken a lot of revolutionary steps to improve the standard of education sector.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Punjab to promote livestock sector

Punjab to promote livestock sector

Punjab Baitul Maal Minister Chaudhry Ijaz Shafi has said the government is taking steps to develop the livestock sector on modern scientific lines to achieve self-reliance in production of meat and milk.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
MMA to publish white paper on privatisation process

MMA to publish white paper on privatisation process

The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) has said it will soon publish a white paper on the privatisation of state assets by the government "at throwaway prices to its favourites" and a committee had been formed to collect the data.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Eid Milad preparations in full swing

Eid Milad preparations in full swing

All the preparations are in full swing to celebrate Eid Milad-Un-Nabi (SAW) with religious fervour across the country on Tuesday. Two processions were taken out in the Multan city which were attended by thousands of youths, Ulema and students regar
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Punjab plans land records management programme

Punjab plans land records management programme

Punjab government will launch "Land Records Management and Information Systems Programme" during next fiscal year 2006-07 with the total cost of dollars 60 million to improve the land records service delivery of the province with the co-operation of the W
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Bugti says no link with surrenderers

Bugti says no link with surrenderers

The Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) Chief Nawab Muhammad Akbar Khan Bugti on Sunday made it clear that he had no link with the so-called commanders who surrendered to the government. In an interview with the BBC, he said there was no association between him an
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
SCCI welcomes ban on cement export

SCCI welcomes ban on cement export

The Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) has warmly welcomed the government ban on the export of cement from Pakistan. Talking to newsmen SCCI Vice President Ejaz Ahmad Soni urged the federal government to allow immediate duty-free imports of c
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Spices godown looted

Spices godown looted

A group of 14 robbers including four in police uniforms have looted a godown at Jhang Road in area of Gulfishan Colony Police Post and taken away 170 bags of spices worth Rs 0.5 million at gun point here, on Saturday morning.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Swedish company to launch weight-reducing shake

Swedish company to launch weight-reducing shake

A Swedish firm known as Better Life Scandinavia INTL, dealing in nutrition and weight management products, will soon launch weight-reducing shake to help fight obesity and burning extra fat in the human body. In this regard a pre-launching ceremony of foo
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Sehba opens handicrafts expo

Sehba opens handicrafts expo

The First Lady Begum Sehba Musharraf on Sunday inaugurated an exhibition of handicrafts, organised by the Pakistan Navy Women Association (PNWA) at Naval Complex here aimed at raising funds for the earthquake victims.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Conference on refugees problems

Conference on refugees problems

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the OIC would jointly convene a ministerial conference on refugees problems in Islamabad on April 22-24.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Reap to arrange export trophy award

Reap to arrange export trophy award

The Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (Reap) has decided to arrange "Export Trophy Award" for top ten rice exporters to appreciate their services for increasing the country's export. Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz will be the chief guest on this occasio
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Donor fatigue not materialised: UN official

Donor fatigue not materialised: UN official

United Nations Humanitarian Co-ordinator for Pakistan, Jan Vandemoortele said on Saturday that the much talked about 'donor fatigue' did not materialise in the wake of the earthquake, adding that the real parents of success were both strong national leade
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
'Afact' meeting today

'Afact' meeting today

The 24th 'Afact' steering committee meeting, being organised by E-commerce Gateway and hosted by E-commerce Resource Centre, will be held on April 10 and 11, 2006, in Lahore.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Homage paid to Allama I I Kazi

Homage paid to Allama I I Kazi

The world famed intellectual, Dr N A Baloch, has urged the youth to follow in the footsteps of famous scholars and community reformers. He was speaking at the inaugural ceremony of 'Sindh University Founder's Week' on Sunday, organised by 'Beautification
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Moong, grams score sharp gains

Moong, grams score sharp gains

Moong and gram were sharply higher on the commodity wholesale markets during the week ended on April 8, 2006. Modest fluctuations were also marked in jute goods, chemicals, plastic mouldings, cotton cakes etc.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Karachi University to remain closed on April 11

Karachi University to remain closed on April 11

The University of Karachi and its affiliated colleges shall remain closed on April 11, on account of Eid-Milad-un-Nabi, said a notification issued by Karachi University here on Sunday.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Cotton trade and prices remain rangebound

Cotton trade and prices remain rangebound

Production shortfall and presence of TCP on the market affected cotton trading and prices during the week ended on April 8, 2006. Around 25000/30000 bales were sold. The spot rate on realistic count was brought down by Rs 25 on the opening day to Rs 2400.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Cotton trade and prices remain rangebound

Cotton trade and prices remain rangebound

Production shortfall and presence of TCP on the market affected cotton trading and prices during the week ended on April 8, 2006. Around 25000/30000 bales were sold. The spot rate on realistic count was brought down by Rs 25 on the opening day to Rs 2400.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
FOREIGN TRADE INQUIRIES

FOREIGN TRADE INQUIRIES

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
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Transporters to observe wheel-jam strike on April 22

Transporters to observe wheel-jam strike on April 22

The Karachi Transport Ittehad - an alliance of 15 transport owners' associations, in its emergent meeting on Sunday decided to observe wheel-jam strike in the city on April 22 to protest against non-arrest of killers of transporter Malik Khalid Hussain Aw
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
'CDGK keen to resolve communities problems'

'CDGK keen to resolve communities problems'

Acting, City Nazim, Nasreen Jaleel on Sunday said City District Government Karachi (CDGK), is endeavouring to develop effective co-ordination with Community Boards (CBs) for resolution of the problems being faced by different communities in the provincial
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Parliamentary team leaves for Holland

Parliamentary team leaves for Holland

The five-member parliamentary delegation led by Senate Chairman Muhammadmian Soomro on Sunday left for Holland on four-day visit.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Lawyers oppose setting up of Federal High Court

Lawyers oppose setting up of Federal High Court

Rejecting the government's proposal to set up a Federal High Court, the lawyers on Sunday called it a government conspiracy to take away the exclusive jurisdiction of the provincial high courts.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Pakistan becomes China's most important partner

Pakistan becomes China's most important partner

Pakistan is increasingly becoming China's most important partner in Asia, with greater thrust on promoting economic ties, according to a report published in an influential and leading English magazine, the 'Beijing Review' this month.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Cotton cultivation before May banned

Cotton cultivation before May banned

The Punjab Agriculture Department has banned the cultivation of cotton crop in 11 districts before May. The cultivation of cotton crop before May 1 has been banned in Vehari, Multan, Khanewal, Lodhran, Bahawalnagar, Dera Ghazi Khan, Rajanpur, Muzafargarh,
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Arrangements reviewed

Arrangements reviewed

Capital administration has finalised Eid-e-Milad un Nabi procession security and traffic arrangements in a meeting held here. Deputy Commissioner Chaudhry Muhammad Ali chaired the meeting. Members of Markazi Milad Committee Islamabad participated t
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Special benches in superior courts a necessity: ministry

Special benches in superior courts a necessity: ministry

A spokesperson of the Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights said on Sunday that specialisation in the superior courts in various domains of administration of justice "has become necessary" for expeditious disposal of cases.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
MMA suggests repealing 17th Amendment: Fahim

MMA suggests repealing 17th Amendment: Fahim

Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) Chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim has said that MMA has proposed for repealing the 17th Amendment and this task will be accomplished as soon as the opposition parties get majority in the Parliament.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
70 exhibitors to attend Hanover Messe 2006

70 exhibitors to attend Hanover Messe 2006

More than 70 Pakistani exhibitors and entrepreneurs along with a dozen university professors and experts will be participating in the Hanover Messe 2006, the world's premier technology show being held in Germany from April 24-28.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Rains across country

Rains across country

The intermittent heavy rains that started on Saturday night in Islamabad, parts of Kashmir, NWFP and Northern Areas paralysed life in Battagram, Balakot and Kohistan districts.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Relief package for people soon: Rashid

Relief package for people soon: Rashid

Information minister Sheikh Rashid has said Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif have no role in the coming general elections. According to the constitution, the next election would be held in 2008 rather 2007 and some opposition leaders have seconded this poi
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Benazir gets International Woman of the Year Award

Benazir gets International Woman of the Year Award

The first Muslim woman ever to be elected Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto was presented with the Emirates International Woman of the Year Award 2005 for her inspirational accomplishments.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
PPP accuses government of covering up role in buying oil from Iraq

PPP accuses government of covering up role in buying oil from Iraq

The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has accused the present regime of covering up its role in buying oil from three companies during the military government that had made payment of surcharge in the United Nations Oil for Food programme.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
MQM opposes use of force in Balochistan and Fata

MQM opposes use of force in Balochistan and Fata

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has said that his party is opposed to use of force in Balochistan, Waziristan and Bajur Agency and other tribal areas and wants the issues resolved through negotiations.
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Punjab government's Crorepati scheme turns into a fiscal enigma

Punjab government's Crorepati scheme turns into a fiscal enigma

The Bank of Punjab has not held the sale of Punjab Development Fund 'Crorepati' scheme tickets after September last year. The people are anxiously waiting for resumption of the sale of Rs 25 tickets but there is no word in newspapers either about continua
Published 10 Apr, 2006 12:00am
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