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Print - 2011-04-13
Mubarak in hospital after probe summons

Mubarak in hospital after probe summons

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, 82, was admitted to hospital on Tuesday, state television reported, two days after he was summoned to take part in a probe by the public prosecutor. Mubarak, ousted on February 11 after 30 years in office, was summ
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
New York cotton ends sharply lower

New York cotton ends sharply lower

US cotton futures crumbled to a weak close on Tuesday as investors liquidated amid a broad sell-off in the commodity markets, and the bearish momentum could continue in the days ahead, analysts said. The key May cotton contract on ICE Futures US dove 4.85
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
US copper retreats

US copper retreats

Copper retreated from an earlier five-week high on Monday, snapping a four day rally as the struggling dollar strengthened and a strong aftershock in Japan unnerved some investors. COMEX May copper shed 4.15 cents to settle at $4.46 per lb, near the botto
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Shanghai copper falls

Shanghai copper falls

London and Shanghai copper prices dropped about 1 percent on Tuesday, weighed down by a recommendation from long-term commodity bull Goldman Sachs to close long positions in the metal and an escalating nuclear crisis in Japan. Shanghai's most active coppe
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Copper prices fall

Copper prices fall

Copper fell on Tuesday as investors fretted about softness in demand from top metals consumer China, while the deepening nuclear crisis in Japan and recent strength in oil prices also knocked the demand outlook. Three-month copper on the London Metal Exch
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Oil slumps on Goldman warning

Oil slumps on Goldman warning

Crude fell more than $3 on Tuesday as Goldman Sachs warned again of a price reversal and key forecasters said expensive oil could erode demand. Oil extended its retreat from 32-month peaks reached early on Monday, with US crude's 5.8 percent drop from Fri
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Tokyo rubber futures slump

Tokyo rubber futures slump

Key Tokyo rubber futures slumped nearly 4 percent on Tuesday, tracking other commodities lower after Goldman Sachs advised its clients to lock in commodity trading profits. Risk aversion may also have accelerated after Japanese authorities upgraded the nu
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
New York cocoa and sugar rise

New York cocoa and sugar rise

Cocoa futures pared gains on Monday after Ivory Coast's defeated leader Laurent Gbagbo was arrested and the European Union lifted sanctions on the top producer's two main ports, indicating export resumption was near. Sugar rose after the US Agriculture De
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Malaysian palm oil futures dip

Malaysian palm oil futures dip

Malaysian palm oil futures ended down 1.3 percent on Tuesday, weighed down by weakness in other vegetable oils and bearish inventory and production data from the previous session. The benchmark June crude palm oil contract on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives cl
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
US soyabeans lower

US soyabeans lower

US soyabean futures ended nearly 2 percent lower on Monday, under pressure from China export concerns and expectations for a bumper crop of soyabeans in South America, traders said. Earlier on Monday, an official with China's state-owned trading house COF
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Liffe cocoa rises

Liffe cocoa rises

Liffe July cocoa closed 27 pounds higher at 1,937 pounds a tonne on Tuesday, as dealers awaited further information on when exports might resume from top producer Ivory Coast. Liffe May white sugar fell $4.90 to close at $698.30 a tonne, as dealers focuse
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
US gold and silver retreat

US gold and silver retreat

Gold and silver hit new highs on Monday before falling in tandem with crude oil, as safe-haven bids faded and as investors heeded a recommendation from long-term commodities bull Goldman Sachs. After hitting a record high $1,476.21 an ounce earlier, gold
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Gold falls in Asia

Gold falls in Asia

Gold slipped nearly 1 percent on Tuesday, hovering below a record high and silver was off a 31-year peak hit in the previous session after long-term commodity bull Goldman Sachs advised investors to lock-in trading profits before oil and other markets rev
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Gold slides in Europe

Gold slides in Europe

Gold slid by more than 1 percent on Tuesday, echoing a sharp decline in the oil price and ignoring the decline in the dollar to succumb to profit-taking after having hit record highs on Monday. The correlation between gold and the dollar index reached its
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
US MIDDAY: cocoa rises

US MIDDAY: cocoa rises

US cocoa futures charged higher to finish firm on Tuesday, shrugging off the weak commodity complex as industry buyers poured in amid expectations that top grower Ivory Coast will resume exports in the near future. The benchmark May raw sugar contract dro
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
US MIDDAY: copper sharply lower

US MIDDAY: copper sharply lower

Copper ended Tuesday with its biggest one-day loss in about five weeks, caught in a broad-based commodity rout led by a sharp drop in oil and fears that Japan's nuclear crisis could stall a global recovery. COMEX May copper fell 7.65 cents to settle at $4
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
US MIDDAY: gold drops

US MIDDAY: gold drops

Gold dropped 1 percent on Tuesday, on track for its biggest fall in a month, as a sharp drop in crude oil on a bearish forecast from Goldman Sachs dragged the metal further from record highs. Rallying prices of US government debt also took some safe-haven
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
US MIDDAY: grain markets plunge

US MIDDAY: grain markets plunge

US grain markets fell on Tuesday in a broad commodities sell-off, with corn futures sinking as investors cashed out profits from its recent surge. For the first time since 1996, spot wheat futures fell below those for corn due to tight supplies that have
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
13 suspects held in Peshawar

13 suspects held in Peshawar

The city police arrested 13 outlaws from various areas of the city and recovered weapons from their possession on Tuesday, police said. According to detail, on special directives of CCPO Liaqat Ali Khan the police started search operation in various areas
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Mobilink, Ufone sign agreement for 'tower sharing'

Mobilink, Ufone sign agreement for 'tower sharing'

Setting a precedent of unique collaboration, Mobilink, Pakistan's largest cellular service provider and a subsidiary of Orascom Telecom Holding, and Ufone, an Etisalat group company, signed an accord for tower sharing. The agreement was signed between Ras
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Punjab Assembly session on April 14

Punjab Assembly session on April 14

Punjab Assembly will hold its session on April 14, 2011 at 3:00pm. The session, to be chaired by Speaker Rana Muhammad Iqbal would be held at the requisition of opposition members. Meanwhile, Punjab Assembly Press Gallery Committee would meet in the assem
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Police foil two attempts of dacoities; six held

Police foil two attempts of dacoities; six held

Islamabad Police have foiled two attempts of dacoities in the city by arresting six outlaws and recovered a stolen taxi car, mobile phones, 1.270 kg charas, 250gram opium, one pistol and 118 bottles of liquor from their possession. Tarnol Police succeeded
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
PFMA demands procurement of one million tons of wheat

PFMA demands procurement of one million tons of wheat

Pakistan Flour Mills Association(PFMA), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has demanded the procurement of 1 million tons wheat during the current harvest season to meet the requirements of the province and abolition of check-posts for illegal collection from wheat loade
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Iesco inaugurates AJK grid station

Iesco inaugurates AJK grid station

Islamabad Electric Power Company (Iesco) has constructed a new 33KV Grid Station at Fateh Pur/Nikyal (AJK), which was inaugurated by Sardar Attiq Ahmed Khan, Prime Minister of AJK on Tuesday. Sardar Attiq appreciated and congratulated Chief Executive Offi
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Overseas promoters mend fences

Overseas promoters mend fences

Two groups of Pakistan Overseas Employment Promoters Association (Poepa) have decided to chalk out a roadmap to work jointly to facilitate promoters and announced setting up of a 10-member committee to this effect. The committee has been tasked to work ou
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Probe against Hanif Kalia, Munaf Khanani restarts

Probe against Hanif Kalia, Munaf Khanani restarts

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has reinitiated investigation into money laundering charges against Hanif Kalia and Munaf Khanani (K&K), registered with FIA, Abbottabad. Sources said that the reinvestigation has been ordered because the investigati
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Telecom policies should be pro-consumer: Awan

Telecom policies should be pro-consumer: Awan

Federal Minister for Information Technology & Telecom (IT&T) Dr Zaheeruddin Babar Awan has said that all telecom policies should be pro-consumer and those should be meant for the people of Pakistan. He said this during his visit to Pakistan Telecommunicat
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Erra acquires ISO 9001 2008 certification

Erra acquires ISO 9001 2008 certification

The Earth-quake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Authority (ERRA) has received ISO 9001 2008 certificate from United Kingdom for its services in rehabilitation and reconstruction of the October 2005 earthquake-hit areas. The ISO 9001 certificate awarding
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Huge potential in Pakistan for broadband service providers: PTA chief

Huge potential in Pakistan for broadband service providers: PTA chief

Pakistan has emerged as a lucrative market for broadband service providers owing to the huge potential it offers, especially in wireless broadband market. Pakistan is among the five dynamic economies of Asia in terms of increased penetration of mobile pho
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Flood affected people: PVDP constructs latrines in 250 houses

Flood affected people: PVDP constructs latrines in 250 houses

Pakistan Village Development Programme (PVDP) in assistance with Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) has completed construction of 250 latrines out of 450 latrines in the houses of most vulnerable flood affectees in union councils, Mohib Banda and Amankot; distric
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
The kidnapping galore

The kidnapping galore

The three years of present democratic setup has given many gifts and surprises to the people of Pakistan. This includes corruption, inflation, unemployment and worsening law and order situation. Nobody seems safe. The kidnapping for ransom has increased a
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Portugal fears poverty as bailout 'tsunami' approaches

Portugal fears poverty as bailout 'tsunami' approaches

As Portugal prepares to negotiate an international bailout to rescue its debt-ridden economy, concern is growing over the conditions that will be imposed by lenders and over their social impact in what is already Western Europe's poorest country.
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Hike in petroleum products' prices

Hike in petroleum products' prices

The parliament and the relevant ministry and its stewards have grossly misguided the Prime Minister who states that he has no idea of reducing the petroleum prices and the only option is to provide subsidy that the government cannot afford. Others who are
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Devolving the HEC

Devolving the HEC

The HEC is being devolved only, and some argue that it is being fragmented and practically disbanded. Perhaps initial government intentions were harsher or were misunderstood. Ministry of Finance has announced that it has released HEC funding for the quar
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
India's human rights abuses in Kashmir

India's human rights abuses in Kashmir

The US State Department's annual assessment for 2010 of the state of human rights in the world notes the commission of gross human rights violation in the Indian-held Jammu and Kashmir. It says there were numerous reports that the government and its agent
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Rise in inflation

Rise in inflation

After showing a declining trend in the past two months, the rate of inflation has risen again during March, 2011. According to the latest data released by the Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS), the rate of inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Ind
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
'Education reforms may help overcome terrorism, militancy'

'Education reforms may help overcome terrorism, militancy'

Modern knowledge has also been made part of education being imparted in "madaris" so that alumni could be able to face the challenges of present era and better job opportunities could also be made available to them. Punjab Auqaf and Religious Affairs Haji
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
National budget 2011-12: MCCI begins preparation of proposals

National budget 2011-12: MCCI begins preparation of proposals

Multan Chamber of Commerce & Industry (MCCI) has started preparation of proposals for the coming National annual budget 2011-12 at the call of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), which has sought proposals for the nationa
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Mushahid for joint strategy to overcome challenges

Mushahid for joint strategy to overcome challenges

Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-e-Azam) Secretary General, Mushahid Hussain Sayed Monday called for broad-based consensus between all the political parties for evolving a joint strategy on four major challenges including economy, energy, education and terro
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Libya unrest: Parties condemn US intervention

Libya unrest: Parties condemn US intervention

Workers Party Pakistan, Labour Party Pakistan, Communist Mazdoor Kissan Party, Revolutionary Socialist Movement, Awami Party, Awami Jamhoori Forum, National Students Federation, Progressive Youth Front, Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee and National Trade
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
PWF to arrange 'ANF Rustame Pakistan Dangal'

PWF to arrange 'ANF Rustame Pakistan Dangal'

Pakistan Wrestling Federation (PWF) is organising a three-day "ANF Rustame Pakistan Dangal" from May 20 at Karachi. The preliminary round of prestigious event will be held on April 25 here at Wapda Sports Complex in which the country's top wrestlers will
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Raymond Davis case: LHC seeks reply from interior ministry by April 19

Raymond Davis case: LHC seeks reply from interior ministry by April 19

Lahore High Court here Thursday sought reply from interior ministry by April 19 in a petition filed regarding alleged missing families of Faizan and Faheem, killed by Raymond Davis. On Tuesday, an assistant advocate general Wali Khan filed a written state
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Rs nine billion saved through austerity drive: Khosa

Rs nine billion saved through austerity drive: Khosa

Punjab government has saved rupees nine billion through austerity and simplicity drive during the current year and this drive would continue. Senior Advisor to Chief Minister, Sirdar Zulifqar Ali Khosa said this while presiding over the meeting of Provinc
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Iranian trade team due next month

Iranian trade team due next month

A high-powered Iranian business delegation led by Governor of Khorasan Razavi Province Mahmoud Salahi will visit Pakistan next month to discuss installation of solar-based systems for electricity generation and establishment refineries in Pakistan.
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Over 6,000 manpower in Punjab: Tevta providing apprenticeship training

Over 6,000 manpower in Punjab: Tevta providing apprenticeship training

Technical Educa-tion and Vocational Training Authority (Tevta) is providing apprenticeship training to more than 6000 manpower in 783 operating Industries across the province of the Punjab. It was disclosed by Chairperson Tevta Saeed Ahmad Alvi while addr
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Punjab reopens non-perennial irrigation canals on Friday

Punjab reopens non-perennial irrigation canals on Friday

Punjab irrigation department has decided to reopen its six monthly non-perennial canals from 15th April, Friday to start sowing of Kharif crops including all important cotton, rice and sugar crops, Punjab Canal Regulator M H Siddiqui told Business Reco
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Disqualification of Malik: LHC gives last chance to Centre

Disqualification of Malik: LHC gives last chance to Centre

The Lahore High Court here Tuesday giving last opportunity to federal government and chairman senate, directed to file their replies by April 20 in a petition seeking disqualification of Rehman Malik as Senator. On previous hearing, Justice Sh. Azmat Saee
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Used buses' import: MOI&P disagrees with commerce ministry's proposal

Used buses' import: MOI&P disagrees with commerce ministry's proposal

The Ministry of Industries and Production has disagreed with the proposal of commercial import of three-year old used buses with a capacity of 40 or more seats. The Ministry of Industry and Production, however suggested Ministry of Commerce to allow impor
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Minister to inaugurate workshop from April 14

Minister to inaugurate workshop from April 14

Federal Minister for Industries and Production Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani will inaugurate a day workshop at Sialkot on "Challenges and Potentials of Surgical Instruments Industry" on Thursday. It has been organised jointly by Surgical Instruments Manufacture
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
ITP contributes Rs 27 million to national exchequer

ITP contributes Rs 27 million to national exchequer

Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) has earned about Rs 27 million for national exchequer by issuing over 141,939 tickets to traffic violators during first quarter of the year 2011.
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
OICCI for provision of adequate energy to reduce poverty

OICCI for provision of adequate energy to reduce poverty

The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) has urged the government to take measures for provision of adequate and affordable energy to reduce poverty and improve living standards of the people.
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
PML-N flayed for 'deceiving' nation on Davis issue

PML-N flayed for 'deceiving' nation on Davis issue

Central Information Secretary of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI), Omar Sarfaraz Cheema has taken to task leader of the opposition in Chaudry Nisar Ahmad for maligning agencies in the Raymond Davis's case. In a press statement issued, here on Tuesday, he sai
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Chinese delegation visits LCU

Chinese delegation visits LCU

China, the emerging economic power, is set to play a dominant role in world economy and international trade and substantial benefits of this immense economic activity can be shared by those who are well verse in Chinese language. This was said by Rector L
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Curbing industrial crimes: Aptma-police joint body to be set up

Curbing industrial crimes: Aptma-police joint body to be set up

All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Aptma) Punjab and CCPO office, Punjab agreed on Tuesday to set up Industry Police Liaison Committee (IPLC) joint office to control the growing incidents of industrial crimes. In a meeting held at the Aptma Punjab of
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Three illegal colonies demolished

Three illegal colonies demolished

The Faisalabad Development Authority (FDA) demolished three illegal housing colonies on Tuesday. According to a spokesman of FDA, developers of illegal housing schemes were repeatedly asked to get them regularised but they failed. He said that according t
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Naek for immediately putting into operation MoUs with China

Naek for immediately putting into operation MoUs with China

Pakistan and China have signed a number of MoUs in almost all arenas of life and they need to be put into operation without further delay, said Acting President and Chairman Senate Farooq H. Naek in his concluding remarks in the conference on Pak-China Re
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
PU inaugurates research work on Unesco sponsored Sui-Vihar project

PU inaugurates research work on Unesco sponsored Sui-Vihar project

Punjab University inaugurated research work on the Unesco sponsored project "Sui-Vihar Excavations and Archaeological Reconnaissance of Southern Punjab." An inaugural ceremony in this regard was held at Institute of Bio-chemistry and Bio-technology attend
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Construction of ring road in Sialkot approved

Construction of ring road in Sialkot approved

Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Tuesday afternoon said that President Asif Ali Zardari has approved the mega project of construction of ring road in Sialkot costing billion of rupees and work on this mega project would be undertaken shortly. Inauguratin
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Request for fewer US trainers reflects fear of spying

Request for fewer US trainers reflects fear of spying

Pressure from Pakistan for a cut in the number of US Special Forces trainers working in sensitive regions is due to fears they are also spying, according to Pakistani sources with knowledge of the request, illustrating the extent to which growing mutual m
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
ISL's initial public offer oversubscribed: first day of book-building

ISL's initial public offer oversubscribed: first day of book-building

On the first day of book-building, International Steels Limited (ISL) has received bids for 81 million shares against its offer of 61.9 million shares. This is the first public offering at the Karachi bourse after 12 months. The company has offered 61.9 m
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
ISL's initial public offer oversubscribed: first day of book-building

ISL's initial public offer oversubscribed: first day of book-building

On the first day of book-building, International Steels Limited (ISL) has received bids for 81 million shares against its offer of 61.9 million shares. This is the first public offering at the Karachi bourse after 12 months. The company has offered 61.9 m
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Show-cause notices against PCS officers: LHC rejects request for stay

Show-cause notices against PCS officers: LHC rejects request for stay

The Lahore High Court here on Tuesday rejected request for stay against show-cause notices issued by Chief Secretary Punjab to Provincial Civil Service (PCS) officer on charges of misconduct. The court observed that first of all it would be determined whe
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Punjab wheat procurement: BoP-led banks group to lend Rs 71.3 billion

Punjab wheat procurement: BoP-led banks group to lend Rs 71.3 billion

A Bank of Punjab-led consortium on Tuesday signed a financial agreement, worth Rs 71.3 billion, with Punjab Food Department, for wheat procurement campaign 2011. The consortium includes Askari Commercial Bank, Bank Alfalah, First Women Bank, Habib Metropo
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Pesco asked to minimise power loadshedding

Pesco asked to minimise power loadshedding

Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Ameer Haider Khan Hoti has asked Peshawar Electricity Supply Company (Pesco) to take practical measures for minimising loadshedding in the province and appealed the people to avoid Kunda Culture and ensure timely payment
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Legislation to be made to regularise contractual doctors: Prime Minister

Legislation to be made to regularise contractual doctors: Prime Minister

Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday said that legislation would be made to regularise the services of all contractual medical officers under a new service structure announced by him the other day in the National Assembly. The Prime Minister
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Pakistan, France hold political consultation

Pakistan, France hold political consultation

Pakistan and France Tuesday held bilateral political consultation and discussed expanding trade and investment, as well as people-to-people contact and parliamentary exchanges. A statement issued by the Foreign Office revealed that the Pakistan side was l
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
UN urged to revise peacekeepers' remuneration

UN urged to revise peacekeepers' remuneration

A delegation of Permanent Representatives of five major troops contributing countries to the UN peacekeeping operations, headed by Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the UN, Ambassador Abdullah Hussain Haroon, met with Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
'Jalozai Camp IDPs being repatriated'

'Jalozai Camp IDPs being repatriated'

Internally Displaced Persons from Jalozai Camp, Bajaur and Mohmand Agencies are being sent back to their native villages. An official of Afghan Commission, Noor Akbar told BBC that 24 families have been sent back to Mohmand tribal region where peace has b
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Government urged to take action against militants in Kurram Agency

Government urged to take action against militants in Kurram Agency

Chairman National Assembly Standing Committee on States and Frontier Regions (Safron), Sajid Hussain Turi on Tuesday urged the government to take action against the militants disrupting peace in the region. Addressing the National Assembly on a point of o
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
FROM A RINGSIDE SEAT

FROM A RINGSIDE SEAT

The growing uproar between and within different political parties over the fate of Higher Education Commission (HEC) reflects confusion over the understanding of the members of the august house on the unanimously passed eighteenth constitutional amendment
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Condolence reference for Dr Nabi Bux Baloch

Condolence reference for Dr Nabi Bux Baloch

A condolence reference for eminent scholar, late Dr Nabi Bux Baloch, was held at the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) on Tuesday. Rich tributes were paid on the occasion to Dr Nabi Bux Baloch for his services in the realms
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
PPP assures ANP of removing reservations

PPP assures ANP of removing reservations

A three-member delegation of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Sindh met President Awami National Party (ANP) Sindh, Shahi Syed at Mardan House, here on Tuesday. The delegation comprised General Secretary PPP Sindh, Taj Haider, Advisor to Sindh Chief Minister,
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
74 illegal immigrants arrested near Pasni

74 illegal immigrants arrested near Pasni

At-least 74 illegal immigrants including Afghan, Bangladeshi and Pakistani nationals were arrested near Pasni, Balochistan on Tuesday. According to an official announcement of Pakistan Coast Guards (PCG), a joint operation was conducted by PCG and team of
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
MNAs divided over HEC's devolution

MNAs divided over HEC's devolution

Confused and markedly dissimilar views were expressed by members of the National Assembly on Tuesday regarding devolution of Higher Education Commission (HEC) to provinces. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) termed the HEC a federal subject under item 1
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Meeting March target: FBR unhappy with chief commissioners' working

Meeting March target: FBR unhappy with chief commissioners' working

The Federal Board of Revenue has expressed serious concern over the performance of some Chief Commissioners of Large Taxpayer Units (LTUs) and Regional Tax Offices (RTOs) in meeting the assigned targets for March 2011, as only 50 percent of the chief comm
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
UK announces 20 million pound assistance for floods victims

UK announces 20 million pound assistance for floods victims

The United Kingdom (UK) government on Tuesday announced that it would help over half-a-million people in Pakistan recovering from last year's floods by building flood-resistant homes, restoring vital irrigation and drainage systems, creating jobs, replaci
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Secretary health appointment: reply sought from CS

Secretary health appointment: reply sought from CS

The Lahore High Court (LHC) here on Tuesday sought reply from Chief Secretary (CS) Punjab in a petition challenging appointment of secretary health Punjab Fawad Hasan Fawad. Safdar Shaheen Pirzada filed the petition submitting that the respondent was appo
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
The Weather

The Weather

The weather report on Tuesday (April 12, 2011) and the forecast for Wednesday (April 13, 2011).

Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Up to April 15: CNG stations to remain closed from 12pm till 06am daily

Up to April 15: CNG stations to remain closed from 12pm till 06am daily

All CNG stations in Karachi, interior Sindh and Balochistan will remain closed from 12pm till 6:00am daily up to 15 April 2011. This was decided in a meeting held between Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) and the representatives of various CNG stations asso
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Bullion Rates

Bullion Rates

Gold and silver rates in rupees per 10 grams prevailing in major cities on Tuesday (April 12, 2011).

Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Three-day Besakhi festival begins

Three-day Besakhi festival begins

The three-day Besakhi festival of Sikh community started here Tuesday at Gurdawara Punja Sahib with participation of around 1400 Sikhs from India and 5000 from home. Over 10,000 participants will reach Gurdawara till last day festival on April 14 to celeb
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
Danish Navy frees 16 Pakistanis from Somali pirates

Danish Navy frees 16 Pakistanis from Somali pirates

Danish Navy have freed 16 Pakistanis and two Iranians from the custody of Somali pirates in a air-raid operation, who had been held hostage since last year. According to a press release issued by the Danish Embassy here on Tuesday the rescue operation was
Published 13 Apr, 2011 12:00am
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