Expressing grave concern over the increase in rent up to 800 percent of Evacuee property by the Evacuee Trust Proper Board (ETPB), Central Secretary Finance Pakistan Muslim League (N) Mohammad Pervaiz Malik MNA, has asked the government to withdraw the in
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz acting chief, Makhdoom Javed Hashmi has said that game of military generals is over and now General Pervez Musharraf is ready to quit anytime. "Now we should prepare ourselves for the arising situation, general elections."
The Japanese International Co-operation Agency (Jica) is conducting feasibility of second Kohat tunnel and access road project under the Pakistan Transport Plan Study (PTPS) phase-II.
At least 12 people have died and over 50 hospitalised due to scorching heat during the last 24 hours in Khairpur district. According to information collected from all over the district, the temperature soared to 50 degree centigrade, which claimed 12 live
India will hold the festival of Pakistani movies, Minister for Culture Dr G G Jamal said on Thursday. Talking to private TV channel, he said as many as six movies are being taken to India for exhibiting Pakistani talent there.
Hundreds of thousands of gold dealers (jewellers) across the country are fleecing consumers by overcharging in the absence of any official regulatory mechanism and cheating them by selling impure ornaments without the presence of any standard quality test
Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal Leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman appears to be in a catch-22 situation after the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) ultimatum to the government. He has to take a decision within days about his course of action, which will have
A peaceful Afghanistan is more beneficial for Pakistan rather than the one in turmoil because of growing trade with Kabul that has touched $1.5 billion mark, interior minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao said.
The National Institute for Competitiveness (NIC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the German Technical Co-operation (GTZ) to launch a corporate social responsibility programme for Pakistan's industry.
A four-member World Bank educationists' team led by Benoit Millot, a lead education specialist, called on adviser to prime minister on finance and economic affairs Dr Salman Shah here on Thursday. Minister of state for finance Omar Ayub Khan was also pres
Cement sales during the last fiscal year showed a growth of 12.6 percent, reaching at 18.4 million tons - the highest number of dispatches made by the cement industry in its history.
Muttahida Qaumi Movement will put up candidates throughout the county in the 2007 general elections, MQM parliamentary leader Farooq Sattar said. Addressing a news conference here on Wednesday he expressed the confidence that the MQM manifesto would win v
Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP) has announced full support to MMA's movement to be launched against President Pervez Musharraf and sitting government from July 16.
Telenor has introduced TalkShawk, Chief Marketing Officer of Telenor, Bjorn Taale Sandberg announced here. Sandberg asserted that the TalkShawk is the most competitively priced prepared package in the market.
The Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) on Wednesday castigated National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Lieutenant General Shahid Aziz (Retd) for not showing up at the recent meeting of Senate's Standing Committee on Housing and Works' o
Pakistan Peoples Party on Thursday expressed shock and grief over the brutal murder of Abdul Samad Achakzai of the Pakhtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party in Quetta and asked for early arrest of the culprits. PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto, in a statement, called
The Pakistan Peoples' Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) on Thursday castigated the government for increase in gas tariff and termed it anti-people. PPP central information secretary Sherry Rehman in a statement lambasted the government's move to increase gas
Speakers at a function organised by People Lawyers Forum (PLF) have said that Charter of Democracy (CoD) would prove milestone for democracy in the country.
Sindh Home Minister, Rauf Siddiqi has directed that all the mobile telephone companies should take immediate steps to check crimes committed through illegal SIMs. He was speaking as chief guest at a function held at Bahadur Yar Jung Academy here on Thursd
Sri Lankan Consul General at Karachi, Manel De Silva has described Karachi as a peaceful and loving people city which, she said, will continue to refresh her memories for ever.
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said the government is fully aware of problems being faced by the people of Karachi due to power shortage and is taking remedial measures to bridge the gap between supply and demand of electricity.
Heavy rains lashed major parts of lower Sindh on Thursday evening, disrupting power supply to Mirpurkhas, Umerkot, Sanghar and Tharparkar districts from Grid Station Mirpurkhas and inundating low-lying areas with almost knee-deep water.
Heavy rains lashed major parts of lower Sindh on Thursday evening, disrupting power supply to Mirpurkhas, Umerkot, Sanghar and Tharparkar districts from Grid Station Mirpurkhas and inundating low-lying areas with almost knee-deep water.
Indian Commerce & Industry Minister Kamal Nath has taken up with South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (Saarc) Secretariat issue of restricted import of goods under South Asian Free Trade Agreement (Safta) from India by Pakistan and said notif
Indian Commerce & Industry Minister Kamal Nath has taken up with South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (Saarc) Secretariat issue of restricted import of goods under South Asian Free Trade Agreement (Safta) from India by Pakistan and said notif
Indian Commerce & Industry Minister Kamal Nath has taken up with South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (Saarc) Secretariat issue of restricted import of goods under South Asian Free Trade Agreement (Safta) from India by Pakistan and said notif
The soaring "twin deficits", ie, current account and fiscal deficit is posing threat to the national economy simultaneously on both internal and external fronts, as the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday reported that the current account deficit dur
The soaring "twin deficits", ie, current account and fiscal deficit is posing threat to the national economy simultaneously on both internal and external fronts, as the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday reported that the current account deficit dur
The soaring "twin deficits", ie, current account and fiscal deficit is posing threat to the national economy simultaneously on both internal and external fronts, as the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday reported that the current account deficit dur
Two occupation policemen have been arrested in Indian occupied Kashmir over the weekend for the gunning down of a musician that sparked a wave of protest in the occupied Srinagar, police said on Thursday. "We have arrested two Central Reserve Police Force
Two occupation policemen have been arrested in Indian occupied Kashmir over the weekend for the gunning down of a musician that sparked a wave of protest in the occupied Srinagar, police said on Thursday. "We have arrested two Central Reserve Police Force
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) sold a total of Rs 28,200 million of Market Treasury bills on Thursday in a four-day and two week repo operation to mop up funds from the money market.
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) sold a total of Rs 28,200 million of Market Treasury bills on Thursday in a four-day and two week repo operation to mop up funds from the money market.
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) sold a total of Rs 28,200 million of Market Treasury bills on Thursday in a four-day and two week repo operation to mop up funds from the money market.
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) sold a total of Rs 28,200 million of Market Treasury bills on Thursday in a four-day and two week repo operation to mop up funds from the money market.
Groundbrea-king ceremony of the M-3 Industrial City will be held in September 2006, said Mian Muhammad Latif, Chairman, Faisalabad Industrial Estate Development and Management Company (FIEDMC.
The parliament of Bosnia's Serb Republic adopted on Wednesday a government plan for the sale of a 65 percent stake in the country's number two telecoms operator, Telekom Srpske.
Chairman Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA), Chaudhry M Zaka Ashraf has said that sufficient stocks of sugar are available in the country and sugar supply to the market is in accordance with its demand and consumption.
The shortfall of $800 million in export target of preceding year has triggered apprehensions of industrial recession, closure of thousands of textile exporting units, huge unemployment and worsening of law and order situation in the country. This was stat
President General Pervez Musharraf has summoned the meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) on July 15. The meeting would review national security and other important issues. All NSC members have been formally asked to attend the meeting.
President General Pervez Musharraf has summoned the meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) on July 15. The meeting would review national security and other important issues. All NSC members have been formally asked to attend the meeting.
Pakistan Muslim League President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Thursday said if any party tried to create political and economic crisis in the country through tendering resignations from assemblies, the government has the option to hold by-elections and ext
The Zorlu Energy Group, one of the leaders of Turkish energy sector, plans to build a wind power plant in Pakistan. The company signed an agreement to establish a wind farm in Pakistan with a service life of 20 years. The Zorlu Energy Group said the wind
French Finance Minister Thierry Breton reaffirmed on Thursday the government was not using its 15 percent stake in car maker Renault to influence a possible alliance with US rival General Motors Corp.
The Pakistan Tobacco Dealers Association and Small Cigarette Manufacturing Association on Thursday announced boycott of the purchase of tobacco from growers in protest against the levy of unnecessary taxes by NWFP and district governments in the province.
Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and industry (SCCI) President Dr Nouman Idris Butt has expressed deep concern over the unscheduled load-shedding, which crippled the industrial sector of this export-oriented city and hub of cottage industry of the country.
A radical Muslim cleric plans to sue Italy for 10 million euros ($12.73 million) for allegedly helping the CIA kidnap him in Milan in 2003 and fly him to Egypt, his lawyer told Reuters on Thursday. Two Italian spy chiefs were arrested on Wednesday in conn
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
Bears returned in the front seat on the Islamabad Stock Exchange (ISE) where selling-pressure intensified in hot favourite amid decrease in index. ISE Ten index showed a decrease of 6.54 points, as the ten index moved from 2,572.53 to 2,565.99 points.
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Bears returned in the front seat on the Islamabad Stock Exchange (ISE) where selling-pressure intensified in hot favourite amid decrease in index. ISE Ten index showed a decrease of 6.54 points, as the ten index moved from 2,572.53 to 2,565.99 points.
Share prices turned mixed on Lahore Stock Exchange (LSE) on Thursday while late session pressure pushed the market in minus column, however, buying interest in cements averted major falls and it eventually ended with a marginal loss.