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Print - 2010-01-03
Renaming of NWFP: ANP forms body to take on board PML-N on issue

Renaming of NWFP: ANP forms body to take on board PML-N on issue

Awami National Party (ANP) has constituted five-member committee to discuss the issue of renaming NWFP with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), source told Business Recorder on Saturday. According to the sources, the committee would discuss and t
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Smaller provinces want provincial autonomy: ANP

Smaller provinces want provincial autonomy: ANP

The smaller provinces will not support repealing of 17th Amendment unless parliamentary committee on constitutional reforms evolve consensus on addressing issue of provincial autonomy including renaming of NWFP, says Awami National Party Spokesman (ANP) S
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Prime Minister takes notice of sugar price hike

Prime Minister takes notice of sugar price hike

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has taken serious notice of the media reports about the price escalation of sugar in the country, and directed the Minister for Finance to immediately convene a meeting of the committee, formed by the Cabinet on sugar
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Fire at security agency's office

Fire at security agency's office

At about 00:30 hour during night 02 January 2010 the head office of a private security company situated in House no 1131-C Mumtazabad Multan caught fire probably due to short circuiting and frequent fluctuation in supply of electricity. As a result of fir
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Heavy fog causes suspension of flights

Heavy fog causes suspension of flights

The provincial metropolis on Saturday was engulfed by heavy fog disrupting both air and road traffic. In the evening, the dense fog creep into the city, which limited the visibility. Thus, the Allama Iqbal International Airport's authority shutdown the ai
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Chief minister Punjab middle level competitions held

Chief minister Punjab middle level competitions held

Chief Minister Punjab provincial middle level competitions were held in four schools of the city, on Saturday. As many as 107 male and female students from nine divisions of the province participated in these competitions. These students spoke on "Twanaee
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Educational institutes to reopen from January 4

Educational institutes to reopen from January 4

All the educational institutes working under Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) will reopen from January 04 after ten days' winter break. The students are excited to resume their study activities after the vacation and will join their institutes with
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Dengue fever, swine flu treatable if handled efficiently: experts

Dengue fever, swine flu treatable if handled efficiently: experts

Hospitals in Karachi are being frequented by almost equal numbers of dengue fever patients, as well as those suspected to be suffering from swine flu. The two ailments are fortunately not fatal and could be efficiently handled, if attended in time.
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Senate to meet on January 11

Senate to meet on January 11

The President has summoned the Senate to meet in the Parliament House on Monday, January 11, 2010 at 11:00 am in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Clause (1) of Article (54) of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. This will be th
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Consensus on NFC Award termed landmark achievement

Consensus on NFC Award termed landmark achievement

Provincial Minister for Finance Tanvir Ashraf Kaira has said that the 7th NFC Award is a landmark achievement in the political history of Pakistan, and it will pave the way to give financial autonomy to the provinces, and redress grievance of Balochistan.
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Tobacco price based on cost of production: PTB

Tobacco price based on cost of production: PTB

Pakistan Tobacco Board (PTB) on Saturday said that the support price of tobacco had been fixed in consultation with tobacco growers. "We have taken all stakeholders on board regarding the fixation of minimum price of tobacco," Gohar Ali, advisor to PTB to
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
1.7 million Afghan refugees still in Pakistan

1.7 million Afghan refugees still in Pakistan

Out of 135,734 Afghan refugees in Sindh including 130,746 in Karachi, some 92,646 have been registered by Nadra and issued cards. So far 3.5 million Afghan refugees have been repatriated to their country while still 1.7 million are residing in various par
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Heavy fog grips Sialkot, disrupts life

Heavy fog grips Sialkot, disrupts life

Sialkot and its adjoining areas came in the grip of heavy fog as a result of which the normal life disrupted adversely on Saturday night. Traffic on the roads became very thin, while severe cold and fog restrained the people inside homes and also hindered
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
World Bank to hold two day workshop on environment strategy

World Bank to hold two day workshop on environment strategy

The World Bank is organising a two-day consultation workshop on Bank's group environment strategy and institutional analysis of Air Quality Management in Urban Pakistan" here at a local hotel from January 12. The bank sources said that the workshop is bei
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
'Courses to improve professional skills of mediapersons soon'

'Courses to improve professional skills of mediapersons soon'

Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Qamar Zaman Kaira has said a training programme would be initiated this month to improve professional skills of mediapersons. "I have asked the Ministry of Information to expedite the process and finalise a curri
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Mazboot Pakistan Peace Rally today

Mazboot Pakistan Peace Rally today

A 'Mazboot Pakistan Peace Rally' will be organised on January 3. An announcement here on Saturday said the event would be held under the auspices of Pakistan Khaskheli Ettehad (PKE). The rally will start from Karoonjher (Tharparkar District) and culminate
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
NAVTEC to establish sub-office in Gwadar

NAVTEC to establish sub-office in Gwadar

National Vacation and Technical Education Commission (NAVTEC) would establish a sub-office in Gwadar. In response to the prime minister's recent announcement in Gwadar, NAVTEC has started necessary arrangements to establish its sub-office in Gwadar to pro
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
18,000 government employees registered under FGEHF

18,000 government employees registered under FGEHF

Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation (FGEHF) has registered around 18,000 employees under the government's scheme to provide houses to government servants. The scheme was launched by the Prime Minister in August last year. Talking to APP, Direc
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Assistant advocate general resigns

Assistant advocate general resigns

Assistant advocate general Punjab, Adnan Sheikh has resigned from his office due to some personal reasons. He submitted his resignation to Governor Punjab, Salman Taseer. Adnan is son of former president Supreme Court Bar Association Akram Sheikh.
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
CJP chairs Supreme Court Building Committee's meeting

CJP chairs Supreme Court Building Committee's meeting

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP), Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Saturday issued directives to concerned authorities about renovation work of SC Principal Seat Islamabad, Lahore Registry and judges' Rest House in Murree.
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Mangla dam affectees call on minister

Mangla dam affectees call on minister

AJK Minister for Mangla Dam affairs, wild life and fisheries Chaudhry Muhammad Yousaf has said that the inauguration of under construction Mangla dam raising project will be exercised only after completion of entire project.
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Completion dates of Khan Khwar, Allai Khwa Dams announced

Completion dates of Khan Khwar, Allai Khwa Dams announced

Construction of Khan Khwar Dam will be completed by February 2010 while work on Allai Khwa Dam will be over by October 2011, with the two projects scheduled to add altogether 193 mega-watt of electricity to the country's power transmission system. "Work o
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Hostels to be built for working women across country

Hostels to be built for working women across country

Minister for Youth Affairs Shahid Hussain Bhutto has said the ministry would construct women hostels across the country to facilitate working and rural women. He said with progressive change in the economic structure of the country and more women living o
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
'Peace walk' held in Sialkot

'Peace walk' held in Sialkot

Baidarie Sialkot, in solidarity with the 'Aman Ithad" and South Asia Partnership-Pakistan, organised a "peace walk" and public meeting here on Friday afternoon. The walk began from Greenwood street Sialkot and passing through different areas terminated at
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
'Unscheduled load shedding to be minimised'

'Unscheduled load shedding to be minimised'

The Chief Executive Gujranwala Electric Power Company (Gepco) Muhammad Ibrahim Majoka has said that Gepco was fully alive to the situation and was taking necessary measures to facilitate the industrial production by minimising the load shedding and contro
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Fog disrupts flight schedules

Fog disrupts flight schedules

As many as eight domestic and international flights were delayed owing to foggy weather at Benazir International Airport here on Saturday. According to details provided by Airport Inquiry here, daily flight from Karachi, which was due at 9.15 am arrived t
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Child-student beaten to death by seminaries' teachers

Child-student beaten to death by seminaries' teachers

An eight-year old student, Ghulam Sarwar, was tortured to death by Qari Abdul Rehman, a teacher of a religious seminary in Mankot (Kabirwala), some 50 km east of Multan, according to DPO Khanewal Muhammad Kamran Khan. He said, "We have taken the teacher i
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Projects in Gilgit-Baltistan to be completed soon

Projects in Gilgit-Baltistan to be completed soon

Speaker, Legislative Assembly of Gilgit-Baltistan, Wazir Baig on Saturday said that many development projects had been initiated in all the districts here and those would be completed within the given timeframe. Talking to newsmen, he said that best polic
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Punjab releases Rs 123 billion for development work: Kaira

Punjab releases Rs 123 billion for development work: Kaira

Provincial Minister for Finance, Planning and Development, Tanvir Ashraf Kaira has said that Punjab government has released Rs 123 billion for completion of development schemes in the province during the first five months of current fiscal year in which R
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Infrastructure vital for rapid development: Shahbaz

Infrastructure vital for rapid development: Shahbaz

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that infrastructure is of key importance for rapid development and promotion of economic and trade activities. Therefore, the Punjab government has adopted a solid strategy in this regard.
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Traffic wardens

Traffic wardens

Capital City Police Officer (CCPO), Muhammad Pervez Rathore, has said that public service is the sole mission of traffic wardens. CCPO directed traffic wardens to keep a vigil on suspicious elements and suspected vehicles during their duty hours.
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Truck knocks down motorcycle: three of a family killed

Truck knocks down motorcycle: three of a family killed

Three people including a woman and a minor girl were killed and one other injured when a fast moving truck rammed down a motorcyclist in New Karachi on Saturday, sources said. Kamal 43, son of Salamat Ali with his wife Asma 35 and two minor girls one-year
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Malik appears before accountability court in Rawalpindi

Malik appears before accountability court in Rawalpindi

Federal Minister for Interior, Rehman Malik on Saturday personally appeared before Special Accountability Court in two references and submitted copies of the orders of his bail granted by the Lahore High Court and sought exemption from appearance in perso
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
PML-Q to expose corruption of rulers: Shujaat

PML-Q to expose corruption of rulers: Shujaat

President, Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q), Senator Chaudhry Shujaat Hussein has expressed grave concern over hike in gas and electricity tariff and said that the people are fed up with the gimmicks of rulers. While addressing the re-organisation meeting
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
PHMA meeting on January 4

PHMA meeting on January 4

The general body meeting of Pakistan Hosiery Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PHMA) with press conference of chairman, all value added textile associations is scheduled to be held at PHMA house, Karachi on Monday, 4th Jan, to protest against the g
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Gang war: man shot dead in Lyari

Gang war: man shot dead in Lyari

Tension grips some parts of Lyari Town, when another professional criminal of "Lyari Gang War" was killed in Baldia by his opponent group on Saturday, police and witnesses said. According to sources, Abdul Ghafoor 30, son of Badshah Khan was killed by his
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
PKMA seeks Rs five billion to compensate affected traders

PKMA seeks Rs five billion to compensate affected traders

Chairman Pakistan Kiryana Merchants Association (PKMA) Nadeem-ur-Rehman has urged the government to increase the pledged Rs 3 billion funds further by Rs 5 billion to compensate the affected traders for losses of over 30 billion and for the rehabilitation
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
NCHD encourages skills of Malakand IDPs: Nafisa

NCHD encourages skills of Malakand IDPs: Nafisa

National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) encourages the skills of internally displaced people of Swat, Malakand, and Mansehra, said Nafisa Shah, Chairperson NCHD while addressing a group of women parliamentarians at Lok Virsa, where a festival has
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Country may face water crises in coming summer

Country may face water crises in coming summer

The country is heading towards water crisis in coming summer season due to combination of below normal winter rains and snowfall, which caused by El Nino conditions, started in June 2009, and consequently suppressing winter precipitation over Pakistan.
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Business not possible without taking risk: Taseer

Business not possible without taking risk: Taseer

Governor Punjab Salman Taseer has said that business was not possible without taking risks adding only those businessmen succeed who take full advantage of an opportunity. "To become a successful businessman your vision should not be limited." He was addr
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
CoAS visits Miranshah

CoAS visits Miranshah

The Chief of Army Staff (CoAS), General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Saturday visited Miranshah. He was briefed about the security situation in the area. During informal interaction with the field commanders and the troops, the COAS appreciated their professio
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
PML-Q for probe into Karachi tragedy

PML-Q for probe into Karachi tragedy

Secretary General, PML(Q) Mushahid Hussain Sayed called for holding an open inquiry on Saturday under the supervision of Supreme Court into a terrorist attack in Karachi on Ashura Day. He said this during a visit to MQM headquarters at Azizabad along with
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
India hands over 31 Pakistani fishermen

India hands over 31 Pakistani fishermen

India on Saturday evening handed over 31 Pakistani fishermen, including three children to Pakistan through Wagah border. An Indian official said the authorities brought them to Wagah-Attari this morning from Bhuj jail in Gujarat for repatriation.
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Yemen steps up al Qaeda fight as president meets top US general

Yemen steps up al Qaeda fight as president meets top US general

Yemen has sent reinforcements to fight al Qaeda militants in its east, a security source said on Saturday as top US general David Petraeus met with Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. The security forces and army were dispatched to the eastern provinces
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Two schools blown up

Two schools blown up

The terrorists blew up two boys' schools and a health center late Friday night. According to the political administration, two schools and health centre were destroyed late last night.
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Eight killed in wagon-oil tanker collision

Eight killed in wagon-oil tanker collision

A road accident claimed 8 lives including that of two women and a child, near Sindh-Punjab border, on Friday. Police sources said that the accident occurred when a passenger wagon collided head-on with an oil tanker on the Kashmore-Sadiqabad road. The inj
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Sugar prices shoot up to Rs 70 per kg in NWFP

Sugar prices shoot up to Rs 70 per kg in NWFP

Sugar crisis has again surfaced in NWFP as the price of commodity has touched Rs 70 per kilogram in the open market against the rate fixed by the government at Rs 38 per kg. Reason for price hike is being attributed to low sugarcane yield this year. Sugar
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Sugar prices shoot up to Rs 70 per kg in NWFP

Sugar prices shoot up to Rs 70 per kg in NWFP

Sugar crisis has again surfaced in NWFP as the price of commodity has touched Rs 70 per kilogram in the open market against the rate fixed by the government at Rs 38 per kg. Reason for price hike is being attributed to low sugarcane yield this year. Sugar
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Sugar prices shoot up to Rs 70 per kg in NWFP

Sugar prices shoot up to Rs 70 per kg in NWFP

Sugar crisis has again surfaced in NWFP as the price of commodity has touched Rs 70 per kilogram in the open market against the rate fixed by the government at Rs 38 per kg. Reason for price hike is being attributed to low sugarcane yield this year. Sugar
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Spinners demand implementation of one percent drawback facility

Spinners demand implementation of one percent drawback facility

Chairman of All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Aptma) NWFP, Afan Aziz, has demanded implementation of payment of 1 percent drawback on sale of yarn to large exporters announced under export house scheme in the Textile Policy 2009-14. In a statement i
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Iran warns West it will make its own nuclear fuel

Iran warns West it will make its own nuclear fuel

Iran warned on Saturday the West has until the end of the month to accept Tehran's counterproposal to a UN-drafted plan on a nuclear exchange, or the country will start producing nuclear fuel on its own. The warning was a show of defiance and a hardening
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Leading Egyptian clerics back Gaza tunnel barrier

Leading Egyptian clerics back Gaza tunnel barrier

A council of leading Muslim clerics has supported the Egyptian government's construction of an underground barrier along the border with Gaza to impede tunnelling by smugglers, a report said on Friday. The Islamic Research Council of Al-Azhar University,
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Mousavi says he is not afraid of dying for reforms

Mousavi says he is not afraid of dying for reforms

Iranian opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi said on Friday he was ready to die for his reformist campaign after a disputed election in June, defying hard-line calls for his execution. "I'm not afraid of being one of the martyrs who lost their lives in th
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Zardari performs ground-breaking of Darwat Dam

Zardari performs ground-breaking of Darwat Dam

President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday performed the ground-breaking ceremony of Rs 8732.128 million Darwat Dam project. The concrete-packed rockfill dam will be completed in 3 years and will help irrigate a command area of 50,000 acres, extendable to 80,
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Zardari performs ground-breaking of Darwat Dam

Zardari performs ground-breaking of Darwat Dam

President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday performed the ground-breaking ceremony of Rs 8732.128 million Darwat Dam project. The concrete-packed rockfill dam will be completed in 3 years and will help irrigate a command area of 50,000 acres, extendable to 80,
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Zardari performs ground-breaking of Darwat Dam

Zardari performs ground-breaking of Darwat Dam

President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday performed the ground-breaking ceremony of Rs 8732.128 million Darwat Dam project. The concrete-packed rockfill dam will be completed in 3 years and will help irrigate a command area of 50,000 acres, extendable to 80,
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Financial, agriculture, educational services: VAT exemption proposed

Financial, agriculture, educational services: VAT exemption proposed

The Provincial Value Added Tax (VAT) Bill 2010 has proposed VAT exemption on supply of financial services, supply of educational services and services relating to land provided it is to be used for agricultural purposes. It is learnt on Saturday that the
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Financial, agriculture, educational services: VAT exemption proposed

Financial, agriculture, educational services: VAT exemption proposed

The Provincial Value Added Tax (VAT) Bill 2010 has proposed VAT exemption on supply of financial services, supply of educational services and services relating to land provided it is to be used for agricultural purposes. It is learnt on Saturday that the
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Financial, agriculture, educational services: VAT exemption proposed

Financial, agriculture, educational services: VAT exemption proposed

The Provincial Value Added Tax (VAT) Bill 2010 has proposed VAT exemption on supply of financial services, supply of educational services and services relating to land provided it is to be used for agricultural purposes. It is learnt on Saturday that the
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Urea price up by Rs 20 per bag

Urea price up by Rs 20 per bag

Urea producers on Saturday announced a raise in the price of urea, an essential crop nutrient, by Rs 20 per 50 kg bag across the country due to rising cost of production, followed by gas and power prices hike, market source said. They said almost all urea
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Urea price up by Rs 20 per bag

Urea price up by Rs 20 per bag

Urea producers on Saturday announced a raise in the price of urea, an essential crop nutrient, by Rs 20 per 50 kg bag across the country due to rising cost of production, followed by gas and power prices hike, market source said. They said almost all urea
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Urea price up by Rs 20 per bag

Urea price up by Rs 20 per bag

Urea producers on Saturday announced a raise in the price of urea, an essential crop nutrient, by Rs 20 per 50 kg bag across the country due to rising cost of production, followed by gas and power prices hike, market source said. They said almost all urea
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
E-10 sale starts today

E-10 sale starts today

After the notification of price by Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra), Pakistan State Oil (PSO) will start marketing of E-10 ethanol-blended gasoline from Sunday in Karachi. The Managing Director (MD) of PSO, Irfan Qureshi, told Business Recorder
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
E-10 sale starts today

E-10 sale starts today

After the notification of price by Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra), Pakistan State Oil (PSO) will start marketing of E-10 ethanol-blended gasoline from Sunday in Karachi. The Managing Director (MD) of PSO, Irfan Qureshi, told Business Recorder
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
E-10 sale starts today

E-10 sale starts today

After the notification of price by Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra), Pakistan State Oil (PSO) will start marketing of E-10 ethanol-blended gasoline from Sunday in Karachi. The Managing Director (MD) of PSO, Irfan Qureshi, told Business Recorder
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
50 percent CNG and petrol price differential may be maintained

50 percent CNG and petrol price differential may be maintained

The government may maintain 50 percent price differential between CNG and petrol prices by applying industrial tariff to CNG, instead of commercial. CNG Dealers Association (CDA) chairman Abdus Sami Khan told Business Recorder that Minister for Pet
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
50 percent CNG and petrol price differential may be maintained

50 percent CNG and petrol price differential may be maintained

The government may maintain 50 percent price differential between CNG and petrol prices by applying industrial tariff to CNG, instead of commercial. CNG Dealers Association (CDA) chairman Abdus Sami Khan told Business Recorder that Minister for Pet
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
50 percent CNG and petrol price differential may be maintained

50 percent CNG and petrol price differential may be maintained

The government may maintain 50 percent price differential between CNG and petrol prices by applying industrial tariff to CNG, instead of commercial. CNG Dealers Association (CDA) chairman Abdus Sami Khan told Business Recorder that Minister for Pet
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Government urged to distribute 30 million energy savers among consumers

Government urged to distribute 30 million energy savers among consumers

The Asian Development (ADB) and Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) have urged the government to distribute 30 million compact fluorescent lamps (CFL)/energy savers free of cost to the consumers which, according to Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pep
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Government urged to distribute 30 million energy savers among consumers

Government urged to distribute 30 million energy savers among consumers

The Asian Development (ADB) and Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) have urged the government to distribute 30 million compact fluorescent lamps (CFL)/energy savers free of cost to the consumers which, according to Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pep
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Government urged to distribute 30 million energy savers among consumers

Government urged to distribute 30 million energy savers among consumers

The Asian Development (ADB) and Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) have urged the government to distribute 30 million compact fluorescent lamps (CFL)/energy savers free of cost to the consumers which, according to Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pep
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Nawaz for unity of nation against corruption

Nawaz for unity of nation against corruption

PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif on Saturday said that time has come for unity of the whole nation against corruption and 'inaction'. Addressing a meeting of the provincial organising committee of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Punjab, he said that democracy and i
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Nawaz for unity of nation against corruption

Nawaz for unity of nation against corruption

PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif on Saturday said that time has come for unity of the whole nation against corruption and 'inaction'. Addressing a meeting of the provincial organising committee of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Punjab, he said that democracy and i
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Your rupee last month

Your rupee last month

Following currency fluctuations took place in foreign exchange rates during the last month. (December 1 to 31, 2009)

Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Gilani denies rift between army, PPP

Gilani denies rift between army, PPP

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that there is no rift between the Pakistan Army and the Pakistan People's Party leadership. "There is no clash among the state institutions and they are working within the ambit of the Constitution," said Gilani
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
The Weather

The Weather

The weather report on Saturday (January 02, 2010) and the forecast for Sunday (January 03, 2010).

Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Gilani denies rift between army, PPP

Gilani denies rift between army, PPP

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that there is no rift between the Pakistan Army and the Pakistan People's Party leadership. "There is no clash among the state institutions and they are working within the ambit of the Constitution," said Gilani
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Bullion Rates

Bullion Rates

Gold and silver rates in rupees per 10 grams prevailing in major cities on Saturday (January 02, 2010).

Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Zardari vows to fight 'anti-democracy' elements

Zardari vows to fight 'anti-democracy' elements

President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday vowed to strongly fight against the "anti-democracy elements" and asked political forces to safeguard the country's interests. "Any evil eye cast against Pakistan will be confronted unitedly by political forces of th
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Bullion Rates

Bullion Rates

Gold and silver rates in rupees per 10 grams prevailing in major cities on Saturday (January 02, 2010).

Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Repair work begins today on 22 damaged buildings

Repair work begins today on 22 damaged buildings

The repair work of 22 buildings between Light House and Boulton Market, affected by arson after bomb blast on December 28, will start from Sunday. On the request of City Nazim Mustafa Kamal, the contractors of Water and Sewerage Board and City Government
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Cotton Spot Rates

Cotton Spot Rates

Official KCA spot rates for local dealings in Pakistan rupees on Saturday (January 02, 2010).

Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Repair work begins today on 22 damaged buildings

Repair work begins today on 22 damaged buildings

The repair work of 22 buildings between Light House and Boulton Market, affected by arson after bomb blast on December 28, will start from Sunday. On the request of City Nazim Mustafa Kamal, the contractors of Water and Sewerage Board and City Government
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
Repair work begins today on 22 damaged buildings

Repair work begins today on 22 damaged buildings

The repair work of 22 buildings between Light House and Boulton Market, affected by arson after bomb blast on December 28, will start from Sunday. On the request of City Nazim Mustafa Kamal, the contractors of Water and Sewerage Board and City Government
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
General Kapoor knows well what his forces cannot do: General Tariq

General Kapoor knows well what his forces cannot do: General Tariq

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Tariq Majid on Saturday said the Indian army chief General Kapoor knows very well what the Indian armed forces cannot and Pakistan Armed Forces can pull off militarily. He was responding to a questio
Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am
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