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Print - 2008-01-06
Poland bides time on decision to host shield

Poland bides time on decision to host shield

Poland is in no rush to decide on hosting a US anti-missile base before American elections as a change of guard at the White House could scuttle the project, Poland's foreign minister said on Saturday.
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Sri Lanka in crucial need of monitoring mission: rights group

Sri Lanka in crucial need of monitoring mission: rights group

Sri Lanka urgently needs an international rights monitoring mission following the government's decision to end a truce with Tamil rebels, a London-based rights group said Saturday as clashes continued in the north.
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Indonesia's ailing Suharto 'critical'

Indonesia's ailing Suharto 'critical'

Former Indonesian dictator Suharto was in a critical condition in hospital on Saturday, his doctors said, a day after the 86-year-old was admitted with a weakening heart and kidneys.
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Candidates sign up for Iran's March polls

Candidates sign up for Iran's March polls

Candidates began registering on Saturday for Iran's parliamentary election in March, which will pit conservatives who now dominate the assembly against moderates seeking a comeback. State television said prospective candidates began applying to stand in t
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Congo disputes UN report on Kinshasa battle abuses

Congo disputes UN report on Kinshasa battle abuses

Democratic Republic of Congo rejected as untrue on Saturday the findings a UN human rights report accusing government troops of using excessive force and summary executions during battles in Kinshasa last March.
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Afghan clerics warn Karzai against missionaries

Afghan clerics warn Karzai against missionaries

Afghanistan's Islamic council has told President Hamid Karzai to stop foreign aid groups from converting locals to Christianity and also demanded the reintroduction of public executions.
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
102-year-old quitting Britain for New Zealand

102-year-old quitting Britain for New Zealand

A 102-year-old man was setting sail Saturday to start a new life in New Zealand, becoming Britain's oldest emigrant in the process, BBC television reported. Eric King-Turner and his New Zealander wife Doris, 87, have decided to leave their village in Hamp
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
China cracks down on 'vulgar' entertainment

China cracks down on 'vulgar' entertainment

China is cracking down on "vulgar" entertainment and asked all video and audio producers to check their inventory for risque material with threats of fines and other punishment for those who do not weed it out.
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Etihad Airways lead sponsor of ADGC tournament

Etihad Airways lead sponsor of ADGC tournament

The Etihad Airways has reaffirmed its commitment to bring the world's top sports stars to the UAE with the announcement that it will be a lead sponsor of the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship (ADGC) for the next three years.
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Australia hit back at Asian criticism

Australia hit back at Asian criticism

Tennis Australia (TA) on Saturday hit back at Asian Tennis Federation (ATF) chief Anil Khanna's criticism of the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the season.
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Venus overpowers Sharapova in Grand Slam warning

Venus overpowers Sharapova in Grand Slam warning

American superstar Venus Williams fired a warning shot ahead of the Australian Open Saturday, crushing one of her main rivals Maria Sharapova in Hong Kong with a ruthless display of power tennis. Williams was unremitting in her onslaught against the Russi
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Smith guides South Africa to level series

Smith guides South Africa to level series

South African captain Graeme Smith blasted 85 off 79 balls to guide his team to a seven-wicket win on the fourth day of the second Test against the West Indies at Newlands Saturday. Smith's innings enabled South Africa to square the series with one match
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
ICC delays Harbhajan hearing

ICC delays Harbhajan hearing

India spinner Harbhajan Singh has been granted an extra day to prepare his defence to a charge of racially abusing Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds during the second Test. The International Cricket Council (ICC) said the hearing had been postponed un
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Australia post 213-run lead

Australia post 213-run lead

Matthew Hayden batted in pain to give Australia an outside chance of a record-equalling 16th Test victory over India in the second cricket Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday. The senior opening batsman battled a right thigh injury with the aid
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Twelve killed in Iraq; 18 held

Twelve killed in Iraq; 18 held

At least 12 Iraqis were killed and six wounded on Saturday in separate explosions in Baghdad and Baquba, as meanwhile the US military detained 18 suspects.In one incident, an explosive device went off on a road between the suburbs of Khanaqin and Saediya,
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Georgia's Saakashvili scrapes vote win: exit poll

Georgia's Saakashvili scrapes vote win: exit poll

Georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili won 52.5 percent in Saturday's presidential election, an exit poll showed, giving him just enough for victory without a second-round run-off.
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Bush to press allies on Iran on Middle East trip

Bush to press allies on Iran on Middle East trip

President George W. Bush said on Saturday he would use part of a weeklong Middle East trip next week to press allies to help keep Iran's "aggressive ambitions" in check. Bush will travel to Israel and the Palestinian West Bank as he tries to help the two
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Sri Lanka fighting kills 34 Tamil Tigers

Sri Lanka fighting kills 34 Tamil Tigers

Sri Lankan troops killed 34 Tamil Tiger rebels in northern Sri Lanka, the military said on Saturday, following the government's formal scrapping of an already tattered truce in the two-decade civil war. One soldier was killed and 11 wounded in fighting in
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Amnesty urges easing of Bangladesh emergency

Amnesty urges easing of Bangladesh emergency

London-based human rights group Amnesty International has urged Bangladesh's army-backed interim government to conduct trials of war criminals, ease a year-old state of emergency and protect human rights.
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Clinton, McCain leads shrink in New Hampshire

Clinton, McCain leads shrink in New Hampshire

Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican John McCain hold shrinking leads in New Hampshire three days before the state's presidential nominating contest, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Saturday.
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Storm buffets California, millions lose power

Storm buffets California, millions lose power

A fierce storm swept through central and northern California on Friday, cutting power to more than 1 million homes and businesses, closing major roads and cancelling flights at several airports.
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Kibaki offers unity government

Kibaki offers unity government

President Mwai Kibaki said on Saturday he was ready to form a national unity government to end Kenya's bloody turmoil but the opposition brushed the offer aside, saying he must step down and negotiate.
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Gates donates $10 million for telescope in Chile

Gates donates $10 million for telescope in Chile

Microsoft founder Bill Gates has donated ten million dollars to help build a 400-million dollar high-powered telescope in Chile, media here reported Saturday. Another Microsoft alumnus, Charles Simonyi, has donated 20 million dollars to the project, accor
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Neapolitans block trains over garbage crisis

Neapolitans block trains over garbage crisis

Angry Neapolitans blocked railway tracks, hurled stones at police and overturned vehicles on Saturday to protest against plans to reopen a waste dump to deal with the city's long-running refuse crisis. Naples has for years struggled with mounds of rubbish
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
UK journalist forced to stop working in Iran

UK journalist forced to stop working in Iran

Iran has refused to renew the visa of a British journalist based in Tehran, forcing him to leave the Islamic Republic, and has asked the Guardian to propose a new correspondent, an Iranian official said on Saturday.
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Iran hangs drug dealer

Iran hangs drug dealer

Iran hanged a convicted drug dealer in the northern town of Gorgan, the official news agency IRNA reported on Saturday. The 53-year-old man, whose name was not released, had been found guilty of selling five kilos (11 pounds) of opium. The hanging was car
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Somali gunmen briefly kidnap Libyan diplomats

Somali gunmen briefly kidnap Libyan diplomats

Somali gunmen seized the acting Libyan ambassador and a colleague while they shopped in Mogadishu's busy Bakara market on Saturday but freed them hours later, embassy staff said.
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Britney Spears loses child visitation

Britney Spears loses child visitation

A family court suspended Britney Spears' visitation rights to her two young sons on Friday after the pop star was hospitalised in a fit of hysterics over their handover to ex-husband Kevin Federline.
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Sony to add Skype Web phone function to PSP

Sony to add Skype Web phone function to PSP

Japan's Sony Corp plans to add an Internet phone function to its PlayStation Portable (PSP) game player in co-operation with eBay unit Skype to stir up demand, the Nikkei business daily said on Saturday.
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Five HDI centres constructed

Five HDI centres constructed

On the directive of Nazim Karachi Syed Mustafa Kamal, the city district government has completed the construction work of five centres of Heart Diseases Institute in different parts of the city at a cost of one billion rupees.
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Mehran University holds condolence meeting

Mehran University holds condolence meeting

A condolence meeting held at Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro condemning the murder of Benazir Bhutto and said that Pakistan and the Islamic world had suffered a tremendous loss. The vice-chancellor of the University Dr Abdul Qade
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Sialkot evolves security plan for Muharram

Sialkot evolves security plan for Muharram

District Administration has evolved a comprehensive security plan for handling law and order situation for the upcoming Muharram in Sialkot district. District Nazim Sialkot Muhammad Akmal Cheema expressed his views while presiding over a district peace co
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Construction boom in Panama is built on drug money

Construction boom in Panama is built on drug money

The shiny skyscrapers that soar above Panama City's coast and loom over the small Central American capital give it a skyline more suited to an Asian powerhouse like Hong Kong or Singapore. While a subprime mortgage crisis batters the United States, constr
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Global efforts hit reality wall in Colombian conflict

Global efforts hit reality wall in Colombian conflict

While much of the world was busy celebrating the end-of-year holidays, a political drama played out in the Colombian jungle that showed how even the powers of France and Venezuela can be embarrassed by a group of Marxist rebels holding civilian hostages f
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Between two worlds: Jews in the German armed forces

Between two worlds: Jews in the German armed forces

Gideon Roemer-Hillebrecht dons his skullcap for prayers and on special occasions when he wears his army uniform. But he hides his Jewish headgear under a hat when he takes a walk. For security reasons, he says. "I've come to fear being recognised as a Jew
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Appeal for calm

Appeal for calm

President Pervez Musharraf has quite rightly appealed to the people at large to maintain peace and calm and not to create any law and order problem to show their anger and protest over the tragic demise of PPP Life Chairperson Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto.
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Hard thinking needed

Hard thinking needed

On Christmas day message to the minorities both Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Mohammadmian Soomro stated that the government would champion minorities rights. Wrong, wrong and false. Are the people so gullible? You can fool them once or twice but no
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Small steps in the right direction

Small steps in the right direction

It is good to see that conservation is beginning to figure significantly in the government plans to grapple with the increasing water scarcity, which experts say, is only going to get more and more acute in the years to come. According to a Recorder Re
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Woes of textile sector

Woes of textile sector

The deteriorating law and order situation in the country has adversely impacted foreign investment as the number of "foreign investors" has gone down by 25-30 percent as compared to last year, Dr Shahzad Arshad, Chairman, Pakistan Cotton Fashion Apparel M
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
JCR-VIS reaffirms rating of POAF

JCR-VIS reaffirms rating of POAF

JCR-VIS Credit Rating Company Ltd has reaffirmed the fund stability rating of Pak Oman Advantage Fund (POAF) at 'AA-(f)' (Double A minus (f). POAF aims to provide returns from a portfolio of fixed income securities that carry minimal credit, liquidity and
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
JCR-VIS reaffirms rating of POAF

JCR-VIS reaffirms rating of POAF

JCR-VIS Credit Rating Company Ltd has reaffirmed the fund stability rating of Pak Oman Advantage Fund (POAF) at 'AA-(f)' (Double A minus (f). POAF aims to provide returns from a portfolio of fixed income securities that carry minimal credit, liquidity and
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Barriers impeding good corporate governance identified

Barriers impeding good corporate governance identified

A survey of 371 financial institutions/companies showed that lack of qualified professionals/ staff, information/ know-how about corporate governance principles and practices are major barriers to put in place good corporate governance in Pakistan.
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
KESC warns of action against KWSB

KESC warns of action against KWSB

The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) has decided to take stern action against Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) on non-payment of outstanding dues pending against it since last many years. Sources at KESC Recovery Department told Busine
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Chemi Rayon to be re-launched

Chemi Rayon to be re-launched

Chemi Viscofibre Limited to announce re-launching of viscose rayon staple fibre with much improved CVF quality and pioneer viscose rayon staple fibre producing plant in the country.
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Home minister reviews security plan

Home minister reviews security plan

Caretaker Sindh Home Minister, Brigadier Akhtar Zamin (Retd) has said that the provincial government has constituted a comprehensive security plan for upcoming Muharram-ul-Haram, to deal with any law and order situation, in consultation with religious sch
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Comprehensive strategy for Fisheries department stressed

Comprehensive strategy for Fisheries department stressed

The Sindh Government should formulate a comprehensive strategy in three months' time that would help eliminate the sanctions imposed by the EU on the Fisheries Department regarding seafood. This was stressed by the Chairman Trade Development Authority of
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Two judges named as ECP members

Two judges named as ECP members

President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday appointed Justice Ghulam Dastagir Shahani of the Sindh High Court (SHC) and Justice Jehan Zaib Rahim of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) as members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) with immediate effect.
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Upholding of university faculty's honour top priority

Upholding of university faculty's honour top priority

The newly appointed Punjab University vice-chancellor Professor Dr Mujahid Kamran has said that upholding of university faculty's honour and prestige as well as upgradation of university's academic standards will remain his top most priority.
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Kashmiris observe 'right to self-rule' day

Kashmiris observe 'right to self-rule' day

The only peaceful solution to the outstanding Kashmir issue lies in the implementation of the United Nations resolutions adopted in 1949 giving Kashmiris the choice to decide their fate and future under UN supervised plebiscite.
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Train services resume

Train services resume

Pakistan Railways (PR) has resumed service of Shalimar Express (27-Up/28-Down) from Saturday, a spokesman of the organisation said here on Saturday. The spokesman said that due to temporary stoppage of 29-up/30-down 'Shah Rukn-e-Alam' Express, Shalimar Ex
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
'Steps taken to maintain peace during Muharram'

'Steps taken to maintain peace during Muharram'

Punjab Caretaker Chief Minister, former justice Ejaz Nisar has said that Islam is the religion of peace, love and brotherhood. He said that the process of development and progress could not be expedited without peace and tranquillity in the society, point
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Aptma holds demonstration against loadshedding

Aptma holds demonstration against loadshedding

All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Aptma) will hold protest demonstrations in front of Chief Minister's House, Wapda House and SNGPL office on Wednesday (December 9) against the power load shedding and disconnection of gas supply to textile mills tha
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Hideya Iijima new managing director, chief executive Hinopak

Hideya Iijima new managing director, chief executive Hinopak

Hideya Iijima has recently taken charge of Hinopak as Managing Director & CEO. To welcome H. Iijima and to bid farewell to K. Maeda, Managing Director & CEO of Hinopak a ceremony was held at a local hotel recently. The ceremony was attended by large numbe
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Punjab University vice chancellor makes administrative changes

Punjab University vice chancellor makes administrative changes

The newly appointed Punjab University vice-chancellor Professor Dr Mujahid Kamran made some administrative changes in the University. The vice-chancellor has appointed Associate Professor Institute of Communication Studies Dr Mujahid Ali Mansoori as Stude
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
People's representatives should be empowered to resolve problems

People's representatives should be empowered to resolve problems

Lahore District Nazim Mian Amer Mahmood has stressed the need for setting up municipal police and courts to check and control violation of local laws, like food adulteration, air pollution. He was talking to a delegation of officer under-training of Distr
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Mustafa Kamal unhappy with staff performance

Mustafa Kamal unhappy with staff performance

The Nazim, City District Government Karachi (CDGK), Syed Mustafa Kamal has expressed dissatisfaction over the performance of the city government departments issued directives for strict action against officials showing lethargy and not taking immediate ac
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
PIA brings back 39,824 Hajis

PIA brings back 39,824 Hajis

PIA's return Haj flights, which commenced on December 25, 2007, up to January 3 had brought back 39,824 Hajis through on 119 flights from Saudi Arabia to Pakistan. PIA will ferry back over 121,447 Hajis through 364 Haj flights.
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Workshop on 'Women's pivotal role in democracy'

Workshop on 'Women's pivotal role in democracy'

A two-day training workshop for 50 female trainees of the union councils of Bahawalpur and Lodhran was held in the main secretariat of Goher Foundation. Titled 'women's pivotal role in democracy' the workshop was presided over by well-known scholar, socia
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
APTMA discusses power suspension with Pesco

APTMA discusses power suspension with Pesco

Chairman, All Pakistan Textile Manufacturing Association (APTMA) NWFP Zone Muhammad Taimur Shah has strongly resented the meeting of an unauthorised person on behalf of the association to decide the fate of the textile industry in the province.
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Pakistan IT exports to touch $11 billion mark by 2011

Pakistan IT exports to touch $11 billion mark by 2011

The IT industry of Pakistan with low telecommunication cost, 100 percent ownership of equity and repatriation of the foreign investors profits as well as tax exemption until 2016, has the potential to increase exports from $1.4 to $11 billion by 2011,
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Coldest day in Ziarat

Coldest day in Ziarat

It was the coldest day in Ziarat where temperature declined to -7 degree centigrade on Saturday while there are chances of rain and snowfall in some parts of the country during the next 12 hours while, according to Meteorological Department.
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
PTI holds demonstration against power cuts, flour crisis

PTI holds demonstration against power cuts, flour crisis

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf activists held a demonstration outside the Lahore Press Club on Saturday to protest the incessant power cuts and the wheat flour shortages. Led by Tehreek's Youth Wing local leaders, the party activists gathered outside the club a
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
ANP holds demonstration against flour shortage

ANP holds demonstration against flour shortage

Scores of workers of Awami National Party (ANP) held a procession against shortage and sky rocketing prices of flour in the country here on Saturday. The procession was taken out from the district office of the party and ended at a public gathering on mai
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
ANP announces three-day mourning

ANP announces three-day mourning

Awami National Party (ANP) on Saturday announced three-day mourning here over the killing of his party leader Shahbaz Khan Lala. The decision was taken in a meeting, which was attended by party leaders Haji Rahman Ullah Khan, Jehanzaib Khan, Muhammad Sale
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Shahbaz urges ticket holders for closer contact with masses

Shahbaz urges ticket holders for closer contact with masses

President Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and former Punjab chief minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif has asked the party ticket holders from Lahore to make their mass contact campaign more effective. He said this while addressing a meeting of PML-N ticket holders
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
PML-N to demand Musharraf's resignation: Ahsan

PML-N to demand Musharraf's resignation: Ahsan

Secretary general of PML-N Ahsan Iqbal has said that the party's central working committee (CWC) in its Sunday's Lahore meeting would demand the resignation of President Pervez Musharraf besides chalking out strategy to foil the government plan of rigging
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Father's plan to sell his child foiled

Father's plan to sell his child foiled

Rawalpindi Police on Saturday foiled a heinous plan of a cruel father who was to sell his infant child to a French couple, though the culprit managed to escape. Saheli, an Afghan woman gave birth to a baby boy at Rawalpindi General Hospital (RGH) four day
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Rangers initiate campaign in Lyari

Rangers initiate campaign in Lyari

On the directives of Director General Pakistan Rangers (Sindh), Major General Liaquat All, the Rangers personnel have initiated a campaign in Lyari and adjoining areas in order to recover the goods allegedly looted by miscreants in the aftermath of tragic
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Maintenance of peace, harmony in Muharram directed

Maintenance of peace, harmony in Muharram directed

Inspector General of Police Punjab Ahmad Nasim has directed all the RPOs, CPOs and DPOs to make comprehensive security arrangements for ensuring complete maintenance of law and order during Muharram-ul-Harram across the province.
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Reckitt Benckiser award ceremony held

Reckitt Benckiser award ceremony held

Reckitt Benckiser Pakistan has been given the award for being the most preferred organisation for challenging and interesting work in the year 2007 at the Graduate Employer Awards Ceremony organised by the Pakistan Society for Human resource Management (P
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Integrated development plan for Mirpur soon

Integrated development plan for Mirpur soon

Mirpur Development Authority (MDA) will soon resume the process of sector-wise revising of all allotted residential plots falling in the jurisdiction of Mirpur city and its adjoining areas.
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
EOBI introduces call-free centre

EOBI introduces call-free centre

Employees Old-age Benefit Institution (EOBI) has introduced a Call Free Centre and JVR centre, which is providing continuous contact with the pensioners, registered employees, industrial and commercial establishments and employers.
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
63 to contest NWFP Assembly seats reserved for women

63 to contest NWFP Assembly seats reserved for women

Different political parties have nominated 63 women for their election against 22 seats reserved for women in the NWFP Provincial Assembly. According to Election Commission of Pakistan, out of these 63 women candidates 14 have been nominated by Pakistan M
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Sale of flour at control rate eases situation

Sale of flour at control rate eases situation

In order to ensure availability of flour to consumers at control rate, 80 sale points have been set up at different prominent places in the City and Saddar revenue limits, here, under the instructions of DCO Major (Retd) Azam Suleman Khan where 20 kg flou
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Venue of Saarc CCI moot changed

Venue of Saarc CCI moot changed

The venue of Saarc Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI's) important presidential meeting, in the wake of assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, has now been changed from Karachi to New Delhi.
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Iranian consulate seeks SCCI help in curbing smuggling

Iranian consulate seeks SCCI help in curbing smuggling

Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) and Iranian Consulate Saturday agreed upon bilateral trade and proposing measures to control smuggling of Iranian goods and holding of an exhibition of Iranian products in Peshawar.
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Soomro likely to meet business leaders

Soomro likely to meet business leaders

Caretaker Prime Minister Muhammadmian Soomro is likely to hold a meeting with the representatives of business community in next few days. Leader of business community and former President of Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI)
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Entry of 43 Ulema banned

Entry of 43 Ulema banned

District government has banned the entry of 43 ulema and 'zakirs' in jurisdiction of the district during Muharram-ul-Harram.
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
All set to observe Moharram peacefully

All set to observe Moharram peacefully

DCO Major Azam Suleman Khan (Retd) has directed the officers of departments concerned to implement the Muharram plan in accordance with its spirit and discharge their assignments in this regard with full devotion, dedication and commitment so as to ensure
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Schedule of Benazir's memorial rites in AJK

Schedule of Benazir's memorial rites in AJK

Pakistan People's Party Azad Jammu and Kashmir would hold ceremonies in memory of its slain Chairperson Benazir Bhutto from January 9, President of the PPP-AJK Chaudhry Abdul Majeed announced on Saturday. Addressing a news conference here after meeting of
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Reap elections

Reap elections

Haji Azhar Akhter and Abdul Bassir have been elected unopposed Chairman and Vice-Chairman of Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (Reap) for 2008.
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Rs 51,000 realised from shopkeepers as fine

Rs 51,000 realised from shopkeepers as fine

An amount of Rs 51,000 was realised as fines from 15 shopkeepers and three shopkeepers were awarded 7 days imprisonment each by the DDO(R) City Mehmud Aslam Wazir, here, during a crackdown launched against profiteers, particularly those involved in sellin
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Obama under fire in New Hampshire race

Obama under fire in New Hampshire race

Presidential rivals in both parties took aim at Democrat Barack Obama's experience and health care proposals on Saturday, hours ahead of back-to-back debates that could reshape tight nominating races in New Hampshire.
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Obama under fire in New Hampshire race

Obama under fire in New Hampshire race

Presidential rivals in both parties took aim at Democrat Barack Obama's experience and health care proposals on Saturday, hours ahead of back-to-back debates that could reshape tight nominating races in New Hampshire.
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
NWFP governor Aurakzai quits

NWFP governor Aurakzai quits

Lieutenant General Ali Mohammad Jan Aurakzai (Retd), Governor of NWFP, on Saturday tendered his resignation after serving as governor of the province for a period of about one and half years. The Governor Balochistan Owais Ahmad Ghani is likely to be appo
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
NWFP governor Aurakzai quits

NWFP governor Aurakzai quits

Lieutenant General Ali Mohammad Jan Aurakzai (Retd), Governor of NWFP, on Saturday tendered his resignation after serving as governor of the province for a period of about one and half years. The Governor Balochistan Owais Ahmad Ghani is likely to be appo
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Altaf concerned over electricity, wheat crisis

Altaf concerned over electricity, wheat crisis

Expressing concern over wheat flour and power crisis in the country the founder and leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Altaf Hussain has demanded the government to take steps for mitigation of the situation. In a statement issued here on Saturda
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
Participation of 'all parties' in polls encouraging: Prime Minister

Participation of 'all parties' in polls encouraging: Prime Minister

Caretaker Prime Minister Mohammedmian Soomro has said that participation of 'all political parties' in general election-2008 is an encouraging sign for the ongoing political process and would strengthen democratic institutions in the country.
Published 06 Jan, 2008 12:00am
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