Heat stroke is life threatening; and if immediate medical cover is not provided to the victim, death can occur, in case body temperature of victim rises above 100 degrees F.
A Singapore has agreed to help develop the master plan and design concept for the Korangi Creek Industrial Park (KCIP) project. An agreement was signed between National Industrial Parks Development and Management Company (NIP) and Jurong Consultants (Pte)
Water and Power Minister Liaqat Ali Jatoi said on Thursday the country has sufficient electricity to meet the needs of consumers and action would be taken against unannounced load-shedding. In an interview to a private television channel, he said a huge i
National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) will soon introduce vehicle identification and tracking system to control theft cases, Nadra Director General Brigadier (Retd) M. Zubair Ahmad said on Thursday.
Pakistan and China will initiate talks next week in Islamabad to prepare a five-year plan of economic Co-operation, particularly in the fields of trade, energy, road construction, urban development, telecommunication and agriculture.
The Pogee Conference-2006 with the theme entitled "Global Energy Requirements; Innovating for Regional Development" in concurrence with Pakistan Oil, Gas & Energy Exhibition will start from May 18 at a local hotel.
The Controller General of Accounts Iftikhar Ahmed Khan on Wednesday handed over cheques worth Rs 8.7 million as honoraria announced by the Sindh Governor Dr Ishrat-ul-Ibad Khan for officers and officials of Accountant General Sindh Karachi and District Ac
Chairman Hurriyat Conference Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Thursday hosted farewell lunch in the honour of newly appointed Pakistan's ambassador to New Zealand and outgoing Deputy High Commissioner to India Munawar Saeed.
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday discussed economic and political ties between Pakistan and Azerbaijan with President Ilham Aliyev with the two sides agreeing to further expand these into stronger multifaceted relations.
A military official on Thursday criticised an Indian commander's comments after he said an ongoing military exercise was aimed at dismembering Pakistan in the event of a war.
National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB) Chairman Daniyal Aziz said that more liabilities would be transferred to provinces and complexities emerging in allocation of funds would be resolved.
Ferozsons Laboratories Limited (FLL) has launched a patient and public education video on 'hepatitis C' as part of public service campaign. The development of a video is aimed at raising awareness to help the society in the fight against hepatitis C.
Unidentified gunmen shot dead a religious scholar in Sindh province on Thursday. Maulana Mula Bakhsh Jaffery was heading to his home from mosque when ambushed by gunmen in Kandhkot town.
The rate of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) has increased by Rs 20 to Rs 60 on Thursday. The taxi and rickshaw owners complained that the sale points located in different areas of the city such as Kalapul, Lines Area, Jahangir Road and Jamshed Road were clo
University of Karachi Professor Dr M Ajmal Khan speaking at a seminar on "Cash Crop Production Using the Saline Water" organised by the University of Sindh Institute of Botany here on Thursday said that the lack of fresh water leads to the creation of sal
In pursuance to the objectives of upgrading human resources, National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) has recently hired about 20 MBAs as audit trainees, with a view to improve its audit functions.
Although, the social circles have lauded the privatisation of garbage lifting from the city and the process is, somehow going satisfactory, there are a number of problems and hindrances facing private firms, who gained the contracts of garbage removal fro
City District Government Karachi Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal on Thursday inaugurated the newly constructed road to connect the National Institute of Cardio-Vascular Diseases (NICVD) with Sharea Faisal to provide a direct access to the ambulances and patients
Khusbakht Shuja'at, Prominent Television personality has emphasised the need of inclusion of fashion designing, textile designing and art work in school curriculum.
Pakistan on Thursday appointed Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and BMA Capital Management to manage a sale of up to 15 percent of Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) through an issue of global depository receipts (GDRs) and a domestic offering.
With 2.4 billion people world-wide still lacking access to modern energy services, and one quarter of the world's population still living without electricity, a UN panel on Wednesday focused on improving access to reliable, affordable and economically sou
The following have been elected office-bearers and members of the managing committee of UBL Former Executives Welfare Association for 2006-07: Safeer Raza Naqvi: Chairman; Nasrullah Khokhar: Honorary General Secretary/ Chief Executive; Hasan Zuberi: Vice-
Police resorted to light baton charge and fired tear gas shells to disperse rickshaw drivers who were staging a protest demonstration and blocked the Qurtaba Chowk here on Thursday.
The government's borrowing for budgetary support from the banking system is declining as it stood at Rs 55.02 billion till April 15, 2006 against the target of Rs 98 billion for the FY 2005-06.
The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) will charge 10 percent concessional rate of customs duty on the import of dextrose (injection grade and pharmaceutical grade). The CBR has amended SRO.567(I)/2005 through a notification issued here on Thursday to impleme
The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) will charge 10 percent concessional rate of customs duty on the import of dextrose (injection grade and pharmaceutical grade). The CBR has amended SRO.567(I)/2005 through a notification issued here on Thursday to impleme
The World Bank has cautioned the government in its study released here on Thursday that gender inequality was growing in Pakistan at an alarming pace and it needed a well thought strategy to tackle this issue of serious nature.
An all time record in the exports of kinnow has been set by sending 162,873.81 tonnes till April 22 (2005-06 Kinnow export season), according to latest figures provided by the Pakistan Horticulture Development and Export Board (PHDEB).
An all time record in the exports of kinnow has been set by sending 162,873.81 tonnes till April 22 (2005-06 Kinnow export season), according to latest figures provided by the Pakistan Horticulture Development and Export Board (PHDEB).
An all time record in the exports of kinnow has been set by sending 162,873.81 tonnes till April 22 (2005-06 Kinnow export season), according to latest figures provided by the Pakistan Horticulture Development and Export Board (PHDEB).
The five permanent members of the UN Security Council held unscheduled consultations here Thursday on a binding Franco-British draft resolution demanding a halt to Iran's uranium enrichment.
The five permanent members of the UN Security Council held unscheduled consultations here Thursday on a binding Franco-British draft resolution demanding a halt to Iran's uranium enrichment.
As many as 1,000 chickens died in a poultry farm in adjoining village Bheeko Chhor on Pasrur road and keeping in view of suspected bird flu the poultry farm has been sealed immediately.
The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency (PACRA) has upgraded the long-term entity rating of MCB Bank Limited to "AA+" (Double A plus), while maintaining the short-term rating at "A1+" (A one plus).
The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency (PACRA) has upgraded the long-term entity rating of MCB Bank Limited to "AA+" (Double A plus), while maintaining the short-term rating at "A1+" (A one plus).
Barclays bid rates, maximum rates for payment of interest by authorised dealers on deposits (other than those brought under FE Circular No: 45 of 1985) and on deposits (brought under FE Circular No: 45 of 1985) -- issued by the Foreign Exchange Rates Comm
The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency (PACRA) has upgraded the long-term entity rating of MCB Bank Limited to "AA+" (Double A plus), while maintaining the short-term rating at "A1+" (A one plus).
Rates applicable for conversion into rupees of Foreign Currency Deposits, Dollar Bearer Certificates, Foreign Currency Bearer Certificates, Special US Dollar bonds and profits thereon by all banks and also for providing forward cover on foreign currency d
The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency (PACRA) has upgraded the long-term entity rating of MCB Bank Limited to "AA+" (Double A plus), while maintaining the short-term rating at "A1+" (A one plus).
The NWFP Assembly with Speaker Bakht Jehan Khan in chair on Thursday passed a resolution with majority demanding setting up of a stock exchange in Peshawar. The resolution was tabled by Muzafar Said and was passed by the house with majority.
The government deal of handing over Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) to Etisalat has started hurting the "telecom deregulation policy 2004" that supported the phenomenal increase of telecom sector and grabbed potential foreign investment
Kenyan farmers on Thursday faulted the government for dragging its feet in the publication of rules to govern direct sales of their produce to overseas buyers, which they say will guarantee them better returns.
The government deal of handing over Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) to Etisalat has started hurting the "telecom deregulation policy 2004" that supported the phenomenal increase of telecom sector and grabbed potential foreign investment
The government deal of handing over Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) to Etisalat has started hurting the "telecom deregulation policy 2004" that supported the phenomenal increase of telecom sector and grabbed potential foreign investment
The Karachi Port handled 104,781 tonnes of cargo including 84,339 tonnes import and 20,442 tonnes export cargo including 5,216 containers during last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Thursday.
New car registrations in Germany, Europe's biggest auto market, fell 10 percent in April to 282,000 units, the VDA industry association said on Thursday, noting the month had three fewer sales days than April 2005.
Relatives began the grim task on Thursday of identifying bodies of some of the 113 passengers and crew killed when their Armenian airliner crashed into the Black Sea off Russia's coast.
Cash basis bids for corn were steady to higher around the US Midwest on Thursday as dealers tried to generate movement while soyabean bids were flat at interior locations but fell along rivers.
Singapore Telecoms, Southeast Asia's largest phone firm, on Thursday posted a surprise 14 percent rise in quarterly profit, thanks to strong Asian mobile growth, and said it would return S$4 billion ($2.6 billion) to investors.
US FOB Gulf soyabean basis offers fell on Wednesday on thin export demand, while corn and wheat were mostly steady, traders said. Export demand for US soyabeans continues to lag due to a seasonal shift in business to South America.
Singapore Telecoms, Southeast Asia's largest phone firm, on Thursday posted a surprise 14 percent rise in quarterly profit, thanks to strong Asian mobile growth, and said it would return S$4 billion ($2.6 billion) to investors.
Corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade closed lower on Wednesday on fund selling and active seedings of the US corn crop, traders said. CBOT corn closed unchanged to 1-1/4 cents per bushel lower, with May down 1 at $2.32-1/4 per bushel. July was down
Malaysia may allow national power firm Tenaga Nasional Bhd to raise electricity tariffs from next month, Energy Minister Lim Keng Yaik said on Thursday.