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Print - 2006-04-29
Japanese minister sees price rise in a year

Japanese minister sees price rise in a year

Japanese Economics Minister Kaoru Yosano, speaking after the release of consumer price data on Friday, said that concerns over price rises could emerge within the next six months to a year. "I think there could come a time, within the next six months to a
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Japan inflation outlook spurs BoJ rate talk

Japan inflation outlook spurs BoJ rate talk

The Bank of Japan said on Friday it expected inflation to pick up over the next two years on the back of steady economic growth, reinforcing expectations that it may end an era of zero interest rates as early as in July.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
UN nears budget crisis if reform plans unresolved

UN nears budget crisis if reform plans unresolved

Developing nations and rich countries face a showdown on Friday over UN management reform proposals that could lead to a drastic cut off in funds to the United Nations.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Microsoft broke antitrust law to seal monopoly: EU

Microsoft broke antitrust law to seal monopoly: EU

Microsoft violated antitrust law to "double lock" a virtual monopoly it holds on personal computer operating systems, a European Commission lawyer told a court on Friday.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Bush agrees to Dubai defence purchase

Bush agrees to Dubai defence purchase

President George W. Bush on Friday approved a Dubai-owned company's $1.24 billion take-over of Doncasters, a British engineering company with US plants that supply the Pentagon, the White House said on Friday.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Siemens to cut 1,000 jobs

Siemens to cut 1,000 jobs

Siemens could cut about 1,000 jobs at its telecoms equipment unit in Germany, it said on Friday, taking another step in a gradual restructuring of its ailing Com unit to adjust to harsh market conditions.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Siemens to cut 1,000 jobs

Siemens to cut 1,000 jobs

Siemens could cut about 1,000 jobs at its telecoms equipment unit in Germany, it said on Friday, taking another step in a gradual restructuring of its ailing Com unit to adjust to harsh market conditions.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Arabs must speed reforms to lure investment: bankers

Arabs must speed reforms to lure investment: bankers

Arab states attract only 1.0 percent of global foreign investment despite the need to cut sky-high unemployment because reforms required to make them more attractive have not been made, bankers said on Friday.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
China says serious about piracy, but who's listening?

China says serious about piracy, but who's listening?

China is taking yet another stab at showing a sceptical world that it is tackling copyright piracy, a problem that costs US business alone an estimated $250 billion a year in lost sales.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Sri Lanka air strikes stop, but island on edge

Sri Lanka air strikes stop, but island on edge

Sri Lanka's military held off air strikes on Tamil Tiger rebel targets for a second day on Friday as aid workers took stock of the civilian damage, but both sides warned they would attack again if provoked.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Nepal protests continue as parliament reconvenes

Nepal protests continue as parliament reconvenes

Thousands of Nepalis surrounded the gates of the country's revived parliament on Friday, waving party flags and chanting slogans to keep up pressure for a new constitution after weeks of street protests.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
US and Canada reach deal on timber row

US and Canada reach deal on timber row

US and Canadian officials on Thursday agreed to end a longstanding, bitter, 4.5 billion dollar trade row over softwood construction lumber tariffs. "I am delighted to announce to you that we have reached an agreement that will finally put an end to the so
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Taiwan stocks make gains

Taiwan stocks make gains

Taiwan stocks rose 0.5 percent to a fresh 5-1/2-year closing high on Friday, with ASE leading the gains after the government lifted a ban on local chip packaging and testing firms building plants in China. The main TAIEX share index ended up 35.56 points
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Malaysian shares slightly firmer

Malaysian shares slightly firmer

Malaysian share prices closed 0.17 percent higher on Friday with some late-buying of blue chips ahead of the long weekend, dealers said.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Hong Kong stocks decline

Hong Kong stocks decline

Hong Kong stocks ended down 0.49 percent on Friday after China raised interest rates for the first time in 18 months, but local property firms rallied in the afternoon, led by Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
US stocks gain as Bernanke says Fed may pause

US stocks gain as Bernanke says Fed may pause

US stocks rose on Thursday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the Fed may pause in its 22-month cycle of raising borrowing costs, lifting shares of interest-rate sensitive companies such as banks and utilities.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
US Treasury debt prices climb

US Treasury debt prices climb

US Treasury debt prices rallied on Thursday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the Fed may pause its cycle of interest-rate increases. While leaving the door open to further moves, Bernanke's remarks to a congressional panel prompted a drast
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
US Treasury debt prices climb

US Treasury debt prices climb

US Treasury debt prices rallied on Thursday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the Fed may pause its cycle of interest-rate increases. While leaving the door open to further moves, Bernanke's remarks to a congressional panel prompted a drast
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Singapore shares jump

Singapore shares jump

Singapore share prices closed 0.37 percent higher at an all-time high on Friday on gains in banking stocks ahead of the weekend, dealers said. Volume traded totalled 1.7 billion shares worth 2.1 billion Singapore dollars (1.3 billion US), there were 200 r
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Thai shares tumble

Thai shares tumble

Thai share prices shed 0.22 percent on Friday after profit-taking in energy stocks following an easing of world oil prices, dealers said. They said global oil prices drifted lower Friday as concerns eased over tight US motor oil supplies, although traders
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Jakarta shares slip

Jakarta shares slip

Indonesian share prices closed 0.69 percent lower on Friday as the market absorbed remaining profit-taking pressure, tracking declines in the region set off by China's interest rate hike, dealers said. They said blue chips Telkom, Indosat, Bank Central As
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Tokyo shares plunge as Sony slide

Tokyo shares plunge as Sony slide

The Nikkei average posted its lowest close in a month on Friday, dropping 1.22 percent as shares in Sony Corp tumbled after the electronics giant forecast a sharp profit decline this business year.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Philippines shares dip

Philippines shares dip

Philippines share prices closed 0.48 percent lower on Friday in a technical correction after recent gains took the market to near seven-year highs, dealers said.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Swiss franc stays near dollar highs after Bernanke

Swiss franc stays near dollar highs after Bernanke

The Swiss franc remained close to three-month highs against the dollar on Friday as comments by the US Federal Reserve that it may soon stop raising interest rates continued to weigh on the greenback.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Chinese yuan up as dollar loses ground

Chinese yuan up as dollar loses ground

China's yuan strengthed against the dollar on Friday, the last trading day before a week-long Labour Day holiday, as the US currency continued to lose ground globally.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Dollar mired near seven-month lows

Dollar mired near seven-month lows

The dollar was holding near a seven-month low against the euro on Friday after Fed chief Ben Bernanke gave the clearest sign yet the central bank's two-year campaign of raising interest rates may be coming to an end.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Dollar drops as Bernanke says Fed pause possible

Dollar drops as Bernanke says Fed pause possible

The dollar tumbled to a seven-month low against a basket of major currencies on Thursday after Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke gave the clearest signal yet that the current campaign of raising interest rates may be coming to an end.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Asian currencies new highs after China rate rise

Asian currencies new highs after China rate rise

Asian currencies firmed on Friday, with some hitting multi-year highs, after a Chinese interest rate rise and as the Federal Reserve chief indicated that a series of US rate increases were nearing an end.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Hong Kong dollar firms

Hong Kong dollar firms

The Hong Kong dollar inched higher on Friday, while long-dated interbank rates softened after the chairman of the US Federal Reserve hinted that an interest rate tightening campaign was nearing an end.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Chad poll going ahead despite threats

Chad poll going ahead despite threats

Chadian authorities on Friday brushed aside calls to postpone a presidential election next week and said neither rebel threats of violence nor logistical obstacles would stop it going ahead.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Chirac proposes World Bank account to channel Palestinian aid

Chirac proposes World Bank account to channel Palestinian aid

French President Jacques Chirac on Friday proposed the creation of a special account at the World Bank to channel international aid funds to the Palestinians and head off an impending financial meltdown in the territories.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Nato allies split on global partnership plan

Nato allies split on global partnership plan

Nato allies raised doubts on Friday over a US-backed plan to enhance ties with countries from Asia to Scandinavia, with some arguing the alliance should focus on more pressing security priorities nearer home.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Nato commits to Afghan expansion

Nato commits to Afghan expansion

Nato backed a plan on Friday to take foreign troop numbers in Afghanistan to their highest level since the Taleban's overthrow sending the alliance on what is set to be the toughest ground mission in its 58-year history.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Al Qaeda leader killed

Al Qaeda leader killed

Iraqi and US troops killed a leader of al Qaeda in Iraq on Friday and the city of Baquba was under curfew after at least 30 people died a day earlier in one of the biggest recent battles with insurgents.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
US troops to leave Iraq by mid-2008: adviser

US troops to leave Iraq by mid-2008: adviser

American troops will probably be gone from Iraq by mid-2008 as the Iraqi forces they are training take over from them, Iraq's National Security Adviser Mowaffak al-Rubaie said on Friday.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
World safer, despite 11,000 attacks in 2005: US

World safer, despite 11,000 attacks in 2005: US

The US war on terrorism has made the world safer, the State Department's counterterrorism chief said on Friday, despite more than 11,000 terrorist attacks world-wide last year that killed 14,600 people.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Two East Timorese killed in protests

Two East Timorese killed in protests

Two East Timorese civilians were killed during a protest in Dili Friday over the dismissal of nearly 600 soldiers, a hospital director said. Several thousand protestors took to the streets for the third time this week in support of the soldiers, who were
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Karzai offers olive branch to Taleban

Karzai offers olive branch to Taleban

Afghan President Hamid Karzai marked the 14th anniversary of the defeat of a communist government on Friday with a call to the Taleban to give up their insurgency and rejoin society.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Villepin denies role in mounting French scandal

Villepin denies role in mounting French scandal

French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin denied on Friday that he was involved in a smear campaign against the man who could be his rival in next year's presidential race, Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Vatican urges to boycott Da Vinci Code film

Vatican urges to boycott Da Vinci Code film

The Vatican stepped up its offensive against "The Da Vinci Code" on Friday when a top official close to Pope Benedict blasted the book as full of anti-Christian lies and urged Catholics to boycott the film.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
US seals deal on military bases in Bulgaria

US seals deal on military bases in Bulgaria

The United States signed an agreement on Friday to establish three military bases in Bulgaria as it shifts troops from old Cold War positions to smaller installations closer to the Middle East and Africa.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Vaughan getting stronger: Byas

Vaughan getting stronger: Byas

Injury-hit England captain Michael Vaughan is making "gradual progress" in his recovery from the knee problem that forced him home from the India tour, Yorkshire director of cricket David Byas reported Friday.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Wawrinka dismantles Karlovic

Wawrinka dismantles Karlovic

Stanislas Wawrinka became the first man this week to crack the huge serve of Ivo Karlovic as he defeated the Croatian 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 to reach the semi-finals of the Barcelona Open here on Friday.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
West Indies and Zimbabwe out to impress

West Indies and Zimbabwe out to impress

West Indies and Zimbabwe enter their seven-match limited-overs international series that begins on Saturday and Sunday at the Antigua Recreation Ground with plenty to prove to themselves and the rest of the world.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Indian rupee extends rise

Indian rupee extends rise

The Indian rupee gained past a psychologically key 45-per-dollar mark on Friday as the dollar fell overseas after the US Federal Reserve said it could pause in its rate tightening campaign.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Sterling keeps rallying

Sterling keeps rallying

Sterling rose more than half a percent to 7-month highs against the dollar and hit its highest in three days against the euro on Friday, buoyed by broad dollar weakness and upbeat UK data.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Dollar extends losses in London

Dollar extends losses in London

The dollar slipped on Friday, extending losses against a basket of major currencies into a sixth session after a report showing robust US economic growth did little to overturn the market's view that interest rates are close to a peak.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Indian shares recover after crackdown on 24 brokerages

Indian shares recover after crackdown on 24 brokerages

Indian share prices plunged on Friday after regulators accused two dozen brokerages of manipulating public offerings, but the market quickly bounced back to end higher as investors saw buying opportunities.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
US Stocks: Friday's unofficial close

US Stocks: Friday's unofficial close

US tech stocks dropped on Friday after a disappointing profit outlook from Microsoft Corp, but the broad Standard & Poor's 500 index was higher on news that economic growth picked up in the first quarter.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Bonds: Itraxx index tightens

Bonds: Itraxx index tightens

Europe's Itraxx Crossover index tightened sharply on Friday, with spreads falling the most in one day since the current series was introduced to hit record tight levels, traders said. The index, made up largely of high-yield credits, tightened 10 basis po
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Bonds: Itraxx index tightens

Bonds: Itraxx index tightens

Europe's Itraxx Crossover index tightened sharply on Friday, with spreads falling the most in one day since the current series was introduced to hit record tight levels, traders said. The index, made up largely of high-yield credits, tightened 10 basis po
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Chinese shares at 19-month high

Chinese shares at 19-month high

Chinese shares ended on Friday at their highest level in 19 months as investors bought banking stocks after the central bank surprised markets by raising the country's lending rates for the first time in 18 months.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Seoul shares drop

Seoul shares drop

Seoul shares posted their biggest fall in eight weeks on Friday, led by firms reliant on China such as steel maker POSCO, after Beijing raised interest rates, creating worries about slowing demand in South Korea's top export market.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
FTSE posts biggest one-week loss since October

FTSE posts biggest one-week loss since October

UK stocks ended down on Friday, suffering their biggest weekly fall since October, as oil stocks such as BP fell and reassuring US data failed to offset concern triggered by China's interest rate hike.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Coffee supply crisis on horizon for 2007

Coffee supply crisis on horizon for 2007

Coffee futures may spike next year because of a looming shortage of green coffee beans caused by growing consumer demand coupled with an off year in Brazil's biennial crop cycle.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Gold price may rise for years to come

Gold price may rise for years to come

Gold prices may extend their rally for at least another two to three years, supported by strong physical and investment demand, supply constraints and world political tensions, a fund manager said on Thursday.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Oil climbs above $72 on Iran nuclear jitters

Oil climbs above $72 on Iran nuclear jitters

Oil climbed above $72 a barrel Friday after the world's nuclear watchdog confirmed that Iran has flouted demands to stop enriching uranium, renewing worries about threats to oil supply.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
New York cotton futures higher

New York cotton futures higher

Cotton futures closed higher Friday on fund buying and end-of-month speculative short-covering, with the steady tone seen spilling over into trading early next week, brokers said.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
London sugar firms

London sugar firms

London white sugar futures closed higher on renewed speculative and fund buying as the market showed signs of resuming its rise after recent consolidation, dealers said.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Metals end mixed

Metals end mixed

London Metal Exchange (LME) metals ended mixed on Friday, with the market nervous ahead of a long weekend in Europe, traders said. Towards the close LCH.Clearnet announced sharp increases in margins, which traders said were to protect the clearing house a
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
European gold soars to 25-year high

European gold soars to 25-year high

Gold spiked to a new 25-year high on Friday after the UN nuclear watchdog said Iran had ignored a UN Security Council call to suspend nuclear fuel enrichment. Silver also jumped by eight percent, with both metals getting an extra boost from the dollar's p
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
US MIDDAY: cocoa rebounds

US MIDDAY: cocoa rebounds

US cocoa futures rose Friday as a weaker dollar helped the market recover part of the previous day's losses amid lethargic trade.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
US MIDDAY: coffee surges

US MIDDAY: coffee surges

Benchmark arabica coffee futures surged on Friday just before the close as speculators saw the opportunity to buy ahead of the long holiday weekend in London and Brazil, both of which are closed on Monday to celebrate May Day, dealers said.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
US MIDDAY: sugar higher

US MIDDAY: sugar higher

Raw sugar futures banked on late investment fund buying to end sharply higher Friday as the spot contract expired, and most players feel the market will grind higher in the days ahead, brokers said.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
US MIDDAY: wheat rallies

US MIDDAY: wheat rallies

Wheat futures at the Chicago Board of Trade were higher at midmorning on Friday, rallying from early declines on updated weather forecasts that removed some moisture from the US Plains, traders said.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
US MIDDAY: corn jumps

US MIDDAY: corn jumps

Chicago Board of Trade corn futures jumped 3 to 6 cents per bushel near midday on Friday on fund buying, tied to surging outside markets that saw gold soar to fresh 25-year highs, traders said.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
US MIDDAY: copper firms

US MIDDAY: copper firms

US copper futures climbed at the open Friday as investors returned to the buy-side of the market following Thursday's 4 percent sell-off, while news of a new labour strike in Chile supported the gains, sources said.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
US MIDDAY: soyabeans, soyaoil rally

US MIDDAY: soyabeans, soyaoil rally

The Chicago Board of Trade soyabean market rallied on Friday, breaking out of its recent trading ranges when it gapped higher on the open amid a fresh round of speculative buying, traders said.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
US MIDDAY: gold powers to new high

US MIDDAY: gold powers to new high

Gold futures in New York shot to a 25-year high above $650 early Friday, buoyed by a falling dollar and a pop in silver triggered by the launch of the first silver-backed security, dealers said.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Punjab to expand ambulance service

Punjab to expand ambulance service

The Punjab government has decided to expand the sphere of emergency ambulance service at district level in the province. Official sources told Business Recorder on Friday that emergency ambulance service would be started shortly in Sialkot and late
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Students briefed about biodiversity park

Students briefed about biodiversity park

The United Nations agencies, operating in Pakistan, organised on Thursday a study tour and briefing for students at the Morgah Biodiversity Park. 50 students from the Grammar School, Rawalpindi, and Beaconhouse School, Islamabad, took part in the briefing
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Plan to set up cadet college in Pasrur finalised

Plan to set up cadet college in Pasrur finalised

Necessary arrangements are being finalised for the establishment of a cadet college in Pasrur tehsil of Sialkot district. The first phase of this proposed Cadet College would be accomplished at cost of Rs 220 million.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Nust seminar today

Nust seminar today

The Finance Club of Nust Institute of Management Sciences is holding a seminar on Saturday on "Sustainability of globally competitive Banking System in Pakistan", here at Nust Headquarters Auditorium, Rawalpindi Cantt.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Two awarded MPhil degrees

Two awarded MPhil degrees

The University of Sindh approved the award of M. Phil degrees to two candidates in disciplines of the faculties of Natural Sciences and Social Sciences here on Wednesday.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Ravian Economists' Alumni dinner

Ravian Economists' Alumni dinner

The Ravian Economists Alumni dinner was held at the front lawn of the Bokhari auditorium of GC University Lahore. Speaking on the occasion, Department of Economics Chairman Dr Qais Aslam said the Department of Economics at the GCU was one of the country's
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Polls to be held in 2007, says Shaukat Mazari

Polls to be held in 2007, says Shaukat Mazari

Deputy Speaker of Punjab Assembly Sardar Shaukat Mazari said that General Elections would be held in 2007 and this assembly would complete its tenure which is a good tradition after 1977 and these would be transparent, fair, free and impartial like past a
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
CPJ seeks information about abducted Pakistani journalist

CPJ seeks information about abducted Pakistani journalist

In two letters on Friday, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) urged the leaders of the United States and Pakistan to investigate the disappearance of Pakistani journalist Hayatullah Khan, who was seized by unidentified gunmen along the Pakistan-Afg
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
PPPP supports Kalabagh Dam construction with consensus

PPPP supports Kalabagh Dam construction with consensus

Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarian (PPPP) Secretary General Jahangir Badar has said the schedule of return of party head Benazir Bhutto has been finalised and she would be back in the country prior to general elections.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Funds released for cotton ginning institute, testing laboratories

Funds released for cotton ginning institute, testing laboratories

Federal Minister for Textiles Mushtaq Ali Cheema has said that government had released funds for the establishment of Cotton Ginning Research Institute and Cotton Testing Laboratories and these institutions would be run with the collaboration and consulta
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Punjab government gets more KPP schemes during second quarter

Punjab government gets more KPP schemes during second quarter

A total of 1,174 schemes were approved under Khushal Pakistan Programme-I (KPP-I) during Q2 FY06, of which 404 were for roads, 390 for electrification, 38 for gas, 27 for education, 9 for health, 227 for water supply, 77 for sanitation and 2 for bulldozer
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Shaukat vows to carry forward uplift projects

Shaukat vows to carry forward uplift projects

Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday said the present government was committed to carry forward development projects in the country and provide all basic amenities at their doorstep.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
Hannover Fair proves big success for Pakistani exhibitors

Hannover Fair proves big success for Pakistani exhibitors

The Hannover Fair 2006 came to a resounding close on Friday, April 28, 2006, with Pakistani exhibitors expressing complete satisfaction over their participation. Numerous companies bagged business orders, and availed opportunities from European markets. T
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
The Weather

The Weather

The weather report on Friday (April 28, 2006) and the forecast for Saturday (April 29, 2006).
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
New York cotton

New York cotton

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

Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
PML-N demands Javed's presence in National Assembly

PML-N demands Javed's presence in National Assembly

Pakistan Muslim League -N has demanded of the Speaker of National Assembly to issue production orders for MNA Javed Hashmi and not to show his partiality and bias in favour of the ruling party and must be impartial as he is custodian of the House.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
New York cotton

New York cotton

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

Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
People lose faith on government: Imran

People lose faith on government: Imran

Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan said that Pakistanis had greater spirit to serve the cause of relief as compared to other nations, but they did not have faith in government.
Published 29 Apr, 2006 12:00am
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