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Print - 2007-12-01
Champions Trophy: Pakistan and Korea score upset wins

Champions Trophy: Pakistan and Korea score upset wins

Asian giants Korea and Pakistan scored upset wins over world-number-one team Australia and highly ranked Spain in a night of surprises at the Champions Trophy here Friday. Korea matched the mighty Australians, the reigning Olympic champions, stride for st
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Jaffer leads India's run-riot

Jaffer leads India's run-riot

Wasim Jaffer closed in on his second double-century as India exposed Pakistan's bowling limitations to reach a healthy 352-3 on the opening day of the second Test here on Friday. The opener gave a superb exhibition of strokeplay to make an unbeaten 192 fo
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Papal encyclical attacks atheism, lauds hope

Papal encyclical attacks atheism, lauds hope

Pope Benedict, in an encyclical released on Friday, said atheism was responsible for some of the "greatest forms of cruelty and violations of justice" in history. The 75-page "Spe Salvi", which takes its Latin title from a quote by St Paul (in hope we wer
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Energy-hungry India eyes role as 'wind superpower'

Energy-hungry India eyes role as 'wind superpower'

India might be painted as a pollution-spewing, global-warming economy of 1 billion people but it is also one of the world's biggest wind power users, part of a focus on renewable energy mostly unnoticed in the West.
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Chad rebels declare war on French, foreign forces

Chad rebels declare war on French, foreign forces

Chadian anti-government rebels on Friday declared a "state of war" against French and foreign military forces in an apparent warning to a European Union peacekeeping force that plans to deploy soon in eastern Chad.
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Dutch troops to stay in Afghanistan until 2010

Dutch troops to stay in Afghanistan until 2010

The Dutch government has decided to extend the Dutch mission in Afghanistan by another two years until 2010, the government said Friday. "Today the Dutch cabinet decided that we make a new contribution to the ISAF mission in (the Afghan province of) Uruzg
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Turkish army gets go-ahead for cross-border action

Turkish army gets go-ahead for cross-border action

Turkey's prime minister said on Friday his cabinet had authorised the armed forces to conduct a cross-border operation against Kurdish PKK rebels in northern Iraq, but analysts said major action did not appear imminent.
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Israel court backs Gaza fuel cuts, delays power curb

Israel court backs Gaza fuel cuts, delays power curb

Israel's top court has upheld a government decision to reduce the Gaza Strip's fuel imports, but postponed planned electricity cuts to the Hamas-ruled territory, Israeli officials said on Friday.
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Castro warns US could kill Chavez

Castro warns US could kill Chavez

Cuban President Fidel Castro warned on Friday that the United States could assassinate its fierce critic Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, and that doing so would rock the world's economy.
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Putin's party heads for landslide victory

Putin's party heads for landslide victory

Campaigning for Russia's parliamentary election ended on Friday with President Vladimir Putin's party on course for a landslide victory and opposition groups voicing fears of widespread ballot-rigging.
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
EU disappointed after nuclear talks, Iran digs in

EU disappointed after nuclear talks, Iran digs in

The European Union said it was disappointed after talks with Iran on Friday seen as a last chance to avert US pressure for tougher international sanctions over Tehran's disputed atomic programme.
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Nationwide transport strike hits Italy

Nationwide transport strike hits Italy

Italy's largest transport strike in 25 years cancelled hundreds of flights and brought trains, buses and ferries to a halt on Friday, creating frustration on the country's commuter-clogged roads. At midday, nearly 80 percent of employees had participated
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Turkish airliner crashes, all 57 on board killed

Turkish airliner crashes, all 57 on board killed

A Turkish domestic airliner crashed in the mountains in south-west Turkey on Friday, killing all 57 people on board, officials said. Private AtlasJet Airlines Chief Executive Tuncay Doganer said the cause of the crash was not clear as weather conditions w
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Seven nations vow to improve safety for war journalists

Seven nations vow to improve safety for war journalists

Seven countries have pledged to improve safety for journalists covering conflicts and combat impunity for those who target reporters, the international Red Cross said on Friday. Australia, Britain, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany and the United States ha
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
UN endorses Middle East conference in Annapolis

UN endorses Middle East conference in Annapolis

The United Nations on Friday gave its support to the Middle East peace conference in Annapolis, Maryland, earlier in the week, saying it provides a "clear way forward" to ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Russia signs Europe arms pact suspension into law

Russia signs Europe arms pact suspension into law

President Vladimir Putin signed a law on Friday suspending Russia's participation in a key post-Cold War arms treaty, a move which could allow it to deploy more forces close to western Europe.
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Pound remains down

Pound remains down

The pound fell versus the dollar and euro on Friday as investors took a more bearish stance on the currency after a week that has seen negative data increasing expectations that the Bank of England may cut interest rates.
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Improving risk sentiment knocks yen in London

Improving risk sentiment knocks yen in London

The yen fell broadly on Friday and high-yielders gained after comments by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke cemented expectations of easier monetary policy, which may help the US economy to avoid a recession.
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Indian rupee climbs

Indian rupee climbs

The Indian rupee climbed in late deals on Friday as exporters and a large corporate aggressively sold the dollar on the view that local unit was heading back towards near-decade highs hit earlier this month, traders said. The partially convertible rupee c
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Credit spreads tighten

Credit spreads tighten

European credit spreads tightened on Friday, tracking gains in equity markets, as a dearth of negative headlines led short-sellers to cover their positions, while Colt Telecom took the lead amid merger talk.
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Credit spreads tighten

Credit spreads tighten

European credit spreads tightened on Friday, tracking gains in equity markets, as a dearth of negative headlines led short-sellers to cover their positions, while Colt Telecom took the lead amid merger talk.
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
FTSE keeps rallying

FTSE keeps rallying

Britain's top share index rose for the third day on Friday, up 1.3 percent led by banks and commodity plays as the US Federal Reserve chairman signalled a possible interest rate cut, whetting investors' appetite. The FTSE 100 ended up 83.4 points at 6,432
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
ICCO raises world cocoa deficit estimate

ICCO raises world cocoa deficit estimate

The International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO) said on Friday it had increased its estimate for the global cocoa deficit in 2006/07 to 242,000 tonnes from a previous forecast of 156,000 tonnes. The ICCO estimated a global surplus of 167,000 tonnes in 2005/06
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
London coffee lower, sugar little changed

London coffee lower, sugar little changed

Robusta coffee futures ended lower on Friday after the November contract expired with a large premium while cocoa closed higher and sugar was little changed. January robusta coffee ended $22 lower at $1,803 a tonne, reversing Thursday's gains in technical
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Oil drops below $89 on US economic worries

Oil drops below $89 on US economic worries

Oil plunged to a one-month low under $89 a barrel on Friday, extending a fall that has lopped nearly 10 percent off record prices on concerns about the economic health of top consumer the United States. The slide came as Opec members gave conflicting sign
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Argentine soya planting slow due to dry soils

Argentine soya planting slow due to dry soils

A lack of soil moisture this week slowed Argentine farmers' progress to sow 2007/08 soyabeans, the Agriculture Secretariat said on Friday, adding that some fields needed replanting due to frost damage.
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
New York cotton futures tumble

New York cotton futures tumble

Cotton futures tumbled on fund sales and end-of-the-month liquidation to settle on Friday near a three-month low and the poor tone may lead to further losses in the market over the coming sessions, brokers said. ICE Futures open-outcry March cotton contra
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Base metals ascend

Base metals ascend

Copper rose to a two-week high on Friday, on concerns about a decline in inventories in Shanghai and some easing of worries about an economic slowdown in the United States. Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange ended the official session at $7,000
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Gold slips further

Gold slips further

Gold slid around 2 percent on Friday, slipping further from this month's 28-year high as the market gave way to fund profit-taking for month- and year-end. Bullion also felt pressure from unfavourable fundamentals, with oil prices falling sharply, while t
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
US MIDDAY: wheat turns up

US MIDDAY: wheat turns up

Nearby wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade turned higher by midday on Friday on short covering, following as deferred contracts representing the new 2008 crop rose to contract highs, traders said.
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
US MIDDAY: cocoa and coffee surge

US MIDDAY: cocoa and coffee surge

New York cocoa futures shot up in early trade on Friday on fund buying as the market tested resistance at $2,000, while coffee also rose, traders said. On the screen, ICE benchmark March cocoa jumped $16 to $1,987 per tonne at 9:25 am (1425 GMT), after hi
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
US MIDDAY: sugar softens

US MIDDAY: sugar softens

Raw sugar futures slipped in early dealings on Friday on sales by small speculators and brokers said bearish fundamentals may push prices to lower ground next week, brokers said. ICE Futures electronic March sugar was off 0.02 cent at 9.77 cents per lb at
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
US MIDDAY: corn down

US MIDDAY: corn down

Corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade were lower early on Friday amid massive deliveries on the December contract, falling crude oil, end-of-month long-liquidation and a sharp drop in wheat and soy, traders said.
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
US MIDDAY: copper extends rally

US MIDDAY: copper extends rally

US copper futures extended a two-day rally Friday morning, with steep inventory declines in Shanghai warehouses and another positive day on Wall Street fuelling the red metal's early push higher, traders said.
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
US MIDDAY: soyabeans sink

US MIDDAY: soyabeans sink

Soyabean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade plunged Friday on month-end profit-taking after climbing to a 34-year high this week, traders said. The products also were pressured by long liquidation and huge first-day deliveries against the December cont
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
US MIDDAY: gold plummets

US MIDDAY: gold plummets

Gold futures in New York dropped sharply for a fourth straight session on Friday due to a combination of weaker energy prices, chart-based selling and book squaring on the last day of November. A bearish report by Goldman Sachs, which recommended investor
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
SSGC to lay 20 inches diameter pipeline

SSGC to lay 20 inches diameter pipeline

Managing Director, Sui Southern Gas Company(SSGC) , Azim Iqbal Siddiqui has said that the company is now working on laying 20 inches diameter pipe line to improve pressure of gas for industrial and captive power generation use in Hub.
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Fair elections

Fair elections

Our two prime political leaders and ex-prime ministers have started to sound like already expecting defeat in upcoming general elections. Both of them have pointed out that due to current election commission set-up free and fair elections could not be pos
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
'Solve people's problems'

'Solve people's problems'

This is to make an earnest appeal to President Pervez Musharraf to address the problems faced by the people at large, mainly the continuous price hike of essential articles and provide them with as much relief as possible.
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Monthly Roundup: more things uncertain than certain

Monthly Roundup: more things uncertain than certain

"Après moi le deluge" (After me the Deluge - Louis XV King of France) In a very frank interview with BBC on 17 November 2007 President Musharraf is reported to have "hit back against all his domestic and international critics by warning them that if he we
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
The roller coaster of uncertainty

The roller coaster of uncertainty

Both President Pervez Musharraf's speech at his oath-taking ceremony and later his address to the nation on Thursday evening were indeed well-worded, abounding in sentimentality, but offered little in terms of showing the way out of the political uncertai
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
State Bank's prognosis of the economy

State Bank's prognosis of the economy

The State Bank of Pakistan is widely known for its independent and objective analysis of the economic situation of the country. Addressing the business community at the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry on 26th November, the SBP Gov
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
'Democracy to continue under Musharraf'

'Democracy to continue under Musharraf'

Former minister and candidate for NA 194 Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar has hailed the decision by President Pervez Musharraf to doff uniform, saying the step would be a milestone for continuity of democracy in the country.
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Altaf congratulates Musharraf

Altaf congratulates Musharraf

Muttahida Qaumi Movement Qauid Altaf Hussain has congratulated Pervez Musharraf over taking oath as civilian President. In a statement released on Friday, Altaf Hussain welcomed President Musharraf announcement about lifting a state of emergency and said
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Drive against quacks, fake medicine sellers soon in NWFP

Drive against quacks, fake medicine sellers soon in NWFP

The NWFP caretaker Health Minister, Syed Kamal Shah has decided to launch a campaign against the quacks and fake medicine sellers in the province. Talking to media persons at district Mardan on Friday, he warned the fake health practitioners and medicine
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Tribesmen urged to stand up against anti-social elements

Tribesmen urged to stand up against anti-social elements

NWFP Governor Lieutenant General Ali Muhammad Jan Aurakzai (Retd), on Friday urged tribesmen to stand up against anti-social elements and miscreants, who were trying to disturb the peaceful atmosphere of the Agency, which had always remained peaceful.
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Pakistan has highest rate of breast cancer

Pakistan has highest rate of breast cancer

The Pink Ribbon Campaign Pakistan and the Lahore College Women University are holding a Pink Ribbon Day to raise awareness on breast cancer among students on Saturday. Omer Aftab, Sameena Ali, Doctors Farogh Zahra and Bushra Mateen will speak on different
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Ruet-e-Hilal body to meet on December 10

Ruet-e-Hilal body to meet on December 10

A meeting of central Ruet-e-Hilal committee for sighting the moon of Eid-ul-Azha, 1428 Hijri will be held on December 10 in Quetta. According to an official news release here on Friday, the Zonal, District Ruet-e-Hilal committees will also hold meetings a
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Altaf Parwaz's death anniversary today

Altaf Parwaz's death anniversary today

The 15th death anniversary of a leading Urdu and Punjabi poet of sub continent, writer, journalist, broadcaster and a prominent worker of Pakistan movement late Altaf Parwaz will be observed on December 1, 2007 on Saturday.
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
New era of progress to dawn in quake-hit areas: General Nadeem

New era of progress to dawn in quake-hit areas: General Nadeem

Deputy Chairman Earthquake Re-construction and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA) Lieutenant General Nadeem Ahmad said that with the completion of ongoing mega projects in earthquake-affected areas of Azad Kashmir and NWFP, a new era of progress and prosperi
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
BDS results announced

BDS results announced

The University of Health Sciences in Lahore has announced the results of the IInd professional BDS (revised scheme) annual examination 2007. Candidates of de'Montmorency College of Dentistry, Lahore, Nishtar Medical College, Multan, FMH College of Medicin
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
LeaseSoft awarded

LeaseSoft awarded

NetSol Technologies Ltd Pakistan Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Salim Ghauri on Friday said the best financial industry application award for NetSol proved that LeaseSoft was the product of choice for the leasing and finance industry.
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
IPDF and USPMU to sign MoU

IPDF and USPMU to sign MoU

The Infrastructure Project Development Facility (IPDF), Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, and Urban Sector Policy and Management Unit (USPMU) are going to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) here on Saturday (today).
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Capital market played positive role in economy's uplift: Prime Minister

Capital market played positive role in economy's uplift: Prime Minister

Caretaker Prime Minister Mohammadmian Soomro said here on Friday that the capital market in Pakistan had played a positive role in the development and expansion of the economy. Like other sectors of the economy, he said, the capital market had also done r
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Workshop on 'training of hypnotherapy'

Workshop on 'training of hypnotherapy'

The World Psychiatric Association (Zone 15) and the Fountain House Lahore organised a 10-day workshop on "training of hypnotherapy'. Professor Dr S Azhar Ali Rizvi praised the effort by Coordinator Usman Rasheed Chaudhry and co-co-ordinator Zubia Iqbal fo
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Merchants rue price rises, politics

Merchants rue price rises, politics

With no customers in sight at his bazaar jeans stall, 23-year-old Mohammad Asad Khan is sick of political turbulence in country that he says is ruining his business. In this market in the Lahore, traders blame President Pervez Musharraf for their struggle
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
'Online trading future' road-show today

'Online trading future' road-show today

A one-day investment road-show on "Future of Online Trading in Pakistan" would be held at a local hotel on Saturday. This road show is being organised by AKD Trade, a division of AKD Securities Limited in collaboration with The Mediators Conferences (TMC)
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
LCCI delegation off to India for attending ITEX

LCCI delegation off to India for attending ITEX

A 250-member Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) delegation led by its President, Shahid Hassan Sheikh, on Friday left for India through Wagah to take part in five-day International Trade Expo (ITEX). The International Trade Expo is a global ma
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
10 tribunals formed to hear appeals of candidates

10 tribunals formed to hear appeals of candidates

The Elections Commission has set up 10 tribunals to hear appeals by candidates contesting the January 8 general elections. The tribunals will be Justices Abdul Shakoor Parcaha, Hamid Hussain Shah, Hamid Farooq, Syed Asghar Haidar, Syed Zahid Hussain, Faza
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Third International Book Fair commences

Third International Book Fair commences

The Third Karachi International Book Fair (KIBF) commenced here at the Expo Centre on Friday. The five-day event is being organised by the Pakistan Publishers and Booksellers Association (PPBA) in collaboration with the National Book Foundation, governmen
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
HIV infection cases on rise in Pakistan

HIV infection cases on rise in Pakistan

According to a study conducted by UN AIDS and WHO, the total number of HIV positive people in Pakistan lies between 46000 to 0.21 million, informed the guest speakers in a press briefing held here on Friday. They further disclosed that in Pakistan, an imp
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
1,000 women killed annually in the name of honour

1,000 women killed annually in the name of honour

An average 1,000 women are murdered in the name of honour every year in the country, out of them majority cases are not reported to law enforcement agencies or concerned non-governmental organisations for taking appropriate action against the perpetrators
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Kashmiris call for truck service

Kashmiris call for truck service

Activists from an independence movement held a protest in Azad Kashmir on Friday calling for a truck service to be started between Muzaffarabad and occupied Srinagar. Around 100 people joined the demonstration in Muzaffarabad, before around three dozen to
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Training workshop for journalists starts

Training workshop for journalists starts

A capacity building daylong workshop has been organised for the journalists at the district press club Khanewal on December 1. General Secretary of the club, Muhammad Ashraf Paracha, told newsmen on Friday that the workshop, titled "Rules and regulations
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Mela for special people

Mela for special people

The Lahore Businessmen Association for Rehabilitation of Disabled is holding "Labard Mela" for special people, marking the World Disabled Day on December 3 at the Race Course Park.
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Zakat Council meeting today

Zakat Council meeting today

The provincial Zakat Council is holding its 104th meeting on Saturday in the council's chairman office. Council Chairman Muhammad Akram Baittu will chair the meeting.
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
'PEF scheme helped promote quality education'

'PEF scheme helped promote quality education'

The Punjab Education Foundation's (PEF) financial assistance scheme for private schools of less privileged areas has helped promote quality of education through public-private partnership in the province. This was stated by PEF chairman Shahid Hafeez Kard
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
ICMAP launching internet-based distance learning education

ICMAP launching internet-based distance learning education

The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan (ICMAP) is launching Internet Based Distance Learning Programme (IBDLP) from Spring-2008 session. An announcement to this effect was made by the spokesperson of the ICMAP here on Friday.
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
'Iqbal's thoughts guiding-light'

'Iqbal's thoughts guiding-light'

Ambassador Dr Zouhaier Dhaouadi of Tunisia, who visited the Pakistan Academy of Letters on Friday, said the poetic works of Allama Dr Muhammad Iqbal are precious asset for Arabic literary men, including his own.
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Pharmaceutical products warehousing in various states demanded

Pharmaceutical products warehousing in various states demanded

Chairman, Pakistan Chemists and Druggists Association RA, P&C, R&D and diplomatic affairs committee, Dr Mustaq Noorwala, has suggested that Pakistan should make necessary arrangement for warehouse facilities in various countries for storage of Pakistan's
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Newly-constructed Sialkot airport opened for air traffic

Newly-constructed Sialkot airport opened for air traffic

The fist passenger flight of Pakistan International Airline (PIA), PK-396, with 118 passengers landed at the newly-constructed Sialkot International Airport on Friday. The Senior Vice President Flight Service PIA, Salah-ud-Din and Shahid Latif General Man
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Draft Charter of Media Freedom finalised

Draft Charter of Media Freedom finalised

Journalists from across the country attending the national conference on media freedom, laws and security wrote a draft Charter of Media Freedom (CMF) registered profound sense of regret with the seven restrictive Ordinances against freedom of expressions
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
LHCBA hunger strike continues

LHCBA hunger strike continues

The Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) hunger strike camp continued for the fourth day against the emergency and the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) in the bar premises. President bar Ahsan Bhoon, Vice President Firdoos Butt, Secretary Bar S
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Timely rains brighten prospects of Rabi crops

Timely rains brighten prospects of Rabi crops

Timely rains in the past twenty four hours have brightened prospects of bumper Rabi crops in the water deficit barani areas of the country, agriculture experts told Business Recorder here on Friday.
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
World AIDS Day today

World AIDS Day today

World AIDS Day would be observed on Saturday December 1st to focus global attention on the devastating impact of the disease epidemic. Observance of this day provides an opportunity for government, faith organisations, community organisations and individu
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
IUCN Pakistan and Norway to cooperate on climate change

IUCN Pakistan and Norway to cooperate on climate change

The Norwegian Embassy and IUCN Pakistan Friday signed an agreement for developing and institutionalising the Technical Advisory Panel (TAP) on Climate Change for Pakistan. Dr Sissel Volan, Head Development Section, Royal Norwegian Embassy and Sohail Maqbo
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Saarc cultural festival starts in India

Saarc cultural festival starts in India

The first ever Saarc Cultural Festival began here on Friday with participation of music bands, students, exhibitors and writers from regional grouping to improve people-to people contact. The festival, which will continue for three weeks, has been organis
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
US diplomat calls to lift curbs on media

US diplomat calls to lift curbs on media

The US embassy's Press Attaché, Elizabeth O Colton, on Friday visited Power99 FM Radio station here and expressed the US Government's "grave concern" over the continued closure of Power99 FM radio and other private radio and television channels in the cou
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Musharraf committed to boost Sino-Pak ties: envoy

Musharraf committed to boost Sino-Pak ties: envoy

Pakistan Ambassador to China in an interview has said that President Pervez Musharraf is deeply committed to further strengthening the Sino-Pak "time-tested" bonds of friendship and comprehensive partnership.
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
The Weather

The Weather

The weather report on Friday (November 30, 2007) and the forecast for Saturday (December 01, 2007).
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Decision to lift emergency hailed

Decision to lift emergency hailed

British Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, has welcomed President Pervez Musharraf's announcement that the state of emergency will be lifted on December 16. According to a press release by the Press and Public Affairs Section of the British High Commissio
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
New York cotton

New York cotton

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

Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
'Emergency helped put Pakistan back on democratic track'

'Emergency helped put Pakistan back on democratic track'

Three special envoys of the Pakistan government on Thursday stoutly defended President Pervez Musharraf's decision to impose the state of emergency, saying it had to be done to put the country back on the democratic track.
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
New York cotton

New York cotton

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

Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Modaraba company officials fined Rs 1.05 million

Modaraba company officials fined Rs 1.05 million

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has imposed a fine of Rs 1,050,000 on the chief executives and directors of Providence Modaraba Limited and BRR Investment (Pvt) Limited, the managers of Guardian Modaraba and BRR International Mod
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Key stock and currency market movements

Key stock and currency market movements

The latest close of key indices on major world stock exchanges and the London closing values of the euro, the Japanese yen, the British pound and gold bullion (previous day's closes in brackets).

Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Modaraba company officials fined Rs 1.05 million

Modaraba company officials fined Rs 1.05 million

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has imposed a fine of Rs 1,050,000 on the chief executives and directors of Providence Modaraba Limited and BRR Investment (Pvt) Limited, the managers of Guardian Modaraba and BRR International Mod
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
27 papers for Sindh Assembly minorities' seats rejected

27 papers for Sindh Assembly minorities' seats rejected

The Provincial Election Commission (PEC), Sindh, has rejected nomination papers of 27 candidates for minorities reserved seats in Sindh assembly as scrutiny process continued on Friday. According to official sources, 71 candidates had filed nomination for
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Personalities dominate politics in Pakistan

Personalities dominate politics in Pakistan

Politics are dominated more by personalities than ideology. Here is a guide to the key figures to watch ahead of the general election on January 8.
Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
Cotton Spot Rates

Cotton Spot Rates

Official KCA spot rates for local dealings in Pakistan rupees on Friday (November 30, 2007).

Published 01 Dec, 2007 12:00am
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