News Archives for Print - 2012-03-17

Print - 2012-03-17

Sachin Tendulkar factfile

Factfile on India's Sachin Tendulkar who on Friday became the first batsman to score 100 international centuries:

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

A five-wicket haul from Mark Gillespie was not enough to prevent South Africa taking a first innings lead on day two of the second Test after dogged resistance from the Proteas' tail. South Africa were bowled out for 253 at tea, securing a 68-run lead, af

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Haddin heads home from West Indies tour

Australian wicket-keeper Brad Haddin Friday shocked his team ahead of their opening one-day international against the West Indies by returning home for "personal reasons." The 34-year-old has lost his one-day place to Matthew Wade, who is 10 years younger

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Spanish giants kept apart in Champions League draw

Spanish giants Barcelona and Real Madrid were kept apart in the draw for the Champions League quarter- and semi-finals here on Friday, setting up the possibility of a final showdown between the two in Munich. Real Madrid got the draw everyone wanted in th

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

PFF fines police team players

Tournament Disciplinary Committee of Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) has awarded KRL with three goals win against Police Football Team after physical assault by their six players against the match referee. The PFF body had imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 a

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Sri Lanka stars finally paid

Sri Lanka Cricket said on Friday it had paid all outstanding dues to its players, ending a period of uncertainty for the cash-strapped governing body and the nation's cricketers. The players had only been paid partially since the 2011 World Cup after the

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Old Ravians win festival cricket match

The Old Ravians-XI beat the Vice Chancellor-XI by 50 runs at the annual festival cricket match here on Friday at the Government College University Lahore Oval Ground. Punjab Education Minister and Old Ravian Mian Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rahman opened the cricket

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Annual sports festival of PGMI, LGH today

Annual sports festival of Post Graduate Medial Institute and Lahore General Hospital is being held here at Punjab Stadium on Saturday (today). Doctors, nurses, student nurses and their families are participating in the sports festival.

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Djokovic reaches semi-finals

Top seed and defending champ Novak Djokovic stepped up his bid for his third Indian Wells title by easing past 12th seed Nicolas Almagro 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday. World number one Djokovic has now beaten Almagro in all three career meetings and he has reached

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Sharapova outlasts iron woman Kirilenko

Three time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova rallied to defeat fellow Russian Maria Kirilenko 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 to reach the Indian Wells semi-finals Thursday. Sharapova needed three hours and five minutes to dispatch Kirilenko in their first meeting since

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Bangladesh gatecrash 100-ton Tendulkar party

Sachin Tendulkar made history with his 100th international century but India failed to stop Bangladesh from registering an upset five-wicket win in the Asia Cup tournament in Dhaka on Friday. Tendulkar, who now has 51 hundreds in Tests and 49 in one-day i

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Bangladesh gatecrash 100-ton Tendulkar party

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Bahrain opposition marks raid anniversary

Thousands of opposition supporters rallied in Bahrain on Friday to mark the one-year anniversary of the military raid on the capital's Pearl Square, the epicenter of last year's Shia uprising in the Gulf kingdom. Thousands of protesters waved Bahraini fla

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Sarkozy closes gap as France vote candidacy deadline passes

With just over a month to go Friday before the first round of France's presidential vote, right-wing incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy is closing the gap with Socialist frontrunner Francois Hollande. As opinion polls showed Sarkozy cutting his rival's lead after

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Head of Anglicans to step down amid rifts

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, the spiritual leader of the world's Anglicans, said on Friday he will resign at the end of the year after a decade of turmoil over female and gay bishops. The bushy-bearded 61-year-old announced that he would retur

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Vatican opens rare criminal probe into leaks

The Vatican has opened an extremely rare criminal investigation into embarrassing leaks of top-level sensitive documents alleging corruption and mismanagement in several of its departments. The investigation, announced in the Vatican newspaper on Friday,

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

'Faster-than-light' particles fade after cross-check

Neutrinos do not go faster than light, according to fresh measurements of a test last year that had suggested the particles broke the Universe's speed limit, CERN said on Friday. The new measurements were made by a team working independently from the scie

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

UN chief urges Pyongyang to reconsider satellite launch

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged North Korea on Friday to think again about its plan to launch a satellite with a long-range rocket, saying he was "seriously concerned" by Pyongyang's announcement. "The Secretary-General urges the DPRK (Democratic P

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

North Korea's plan for rocket launch stirs regional concern

North Korea said on Friday it will launch a long-range rocket carrying a "working" satellite to mark the centenary of founder Kim Il-sung's birth next month, sparking condemnation from the United States and others that it was in breach of a UN resolution.

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Swiss woman kidnapped in Yemen

Armed tribesmen have kidnapped a Swiss woman in western Yemen and are demanding the Yemeni government free their jailed relatives in return for her release, an Interior Ministry official said in Sanaa on Friday. He said the teacher was kidnapped on Wednes

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

All six Arab Gulf states to close embassies in Syria

All six Arab Gulf states will close their embassies in Syria in protest at the year-long crackdown in the country, said Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) head Abdullatif al-Zayani early Friday. Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar and Ku

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Moldova elects president

Moldova's parliament elected a veteran judge of neutral political stripe to be the country's president on Friday, ending a three-year hiatus that had delayed reform in the poor, ex-Soviet republic. "After 917 days, the epic of electing a president is over

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

World's tallest man finally stops growing

Good news for Turkey's Sultan Kosen, at eight foot three (2.51 meters) the world's tallest living man: he can now say with confidence that he's finally grown up. Nearly two years after gamma ray radiosurgery at the University of Virgina, doctors confirmed

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Turkey considers Syria buffer zone

Turkey said on Friday it might set up a "buffer zone" inside Syria to protect refugees fleeing President Bashar al-Assad's forces, raising the prospect of foreign intervention in the year-long revolt. With the uprising entering its second year, UN-Arab Le

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Indian police say Delhi, Bangkok blasts linked

Indian police have established a link between a bomb that wounded an Israeli diplomat's wife in New Delhi and a fumbled bomb plot in Thailand, the city's police chief said on Friday, adding that arrest warrants had been issued for three Iranians. New Delh

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

European client pans Goldman slowness to reassure clients

Joining a growing chorus of criticism, one of Europe's largest asset managers lashed out at Goldman Sachs Group Inc for not communicating quickly enough with clients after ex-banker Greg Smith publicly condemned the way the bank treats clients.

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

US lawmakers back Sachs to lead World Bank

A group of Democratic lawmakers in the US Congress Friday pushed President Barack Obama to name renowned American economist Jeffrey Sachs as the next World Bank president. Sachs, whose self-declared candidacy has drawn a number of endorsements from around

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

IMF warns date for passing quota reforms nearing

The International Monetary Fund on Friday warned that endorsements of its 2010 plan to double its resources remain far shy of what is necessary for approval. With two of the Fund's leading shareholders, the United States and Germany, still not having give

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Estonia to extradite cyber fraud scam suspect to US

An Estonian charged in a massive world-wide cyber fraud scam will be extradited to the United States, the prosecutor's office in Tallinn said on Friday, to face court over the case which saw millions of computers infected with malicious software. The Esto

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

China marks net capital inflows again

China's central bank and commercial banks bought a net $4 billion in foreign exchange in February, marking a second straight month of net capital inflows despite a trade deficit. But analysts say the central bank may have to cut the amount of cash banks m

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Monte Paschi workers protest against bank shake-up

Thousands of striking workers at Italy's Monte dei Paschi di Siena, demonstrated against a staff cost-cutting plan on Friday, in the largest protest to hit the world's oldest lender in more than 30 years. "Get out! Get out!" shouted the workers outside th

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Congo under scrutiny over Hezbollah business links

Democratic Republic of Congo has awarded lucrative forestry concessions to a company controlled by a Lebanese businessman who also runs a firm subject to sanctions by the United States as a front for Hezbollah. The 2011 concessions issued by Congo's envir

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Apple cements tablet market dominance with new iPad

Apple Inc's newest iPad was looking like another hot seller on Friday, with hundreds queueing at stores across Asia and Europe to get their hands on a gadget likely to dominate the tablet-computer market well into next year. The third-generation device ha

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

First reuse water system introduced

Google Inc has announced the first reuse water system at one of its US data centres, pairing with a local water and sewer authority on the venture involving its Douglas County centre Google said in a statement Thursday the system is financed by the intern

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Google making search smarter

Google says it is retooling its search machine to go beyond recognising words in queries and begin understanding what it is people are asking for. The California-based Internet titan is intent on adding "semantic" capabilities to automatically comprehend

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Romania government okays power market liberalisation

Romania's centrist coalition government approved a calendar on Friday to liberalise its electricity market by 2013 for industrial consumers and 2017 for households, which will raise prices and encourage much needed investment.

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Indonesia sends illegal waste back to Britain

Indonesia has asked Britain to take back 1,800 tonnes of waste after inspectors found liquid and illegal mixed waste in containers marked as "scrap metal," Britain's Environment Agency said Friday. The agency confirmed it had launched an investigation aft

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

New York cotton ends a shade higher

US cotton futures settled slightly firmer on Friday on late trade and consumer buying in a market that remained fundamentally bearish, analysts said. The benchmark May contract on ICE Futures US rose 0.14 cent to finish at 87.48 cents per lb, dealing from

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Shanghai copper rises

Copper firmed on Friday, supported by an improved US economic outlook, although worries about demand from top consumer China amid higher Shanghai stocks is likely to weigh on sentiment. The most-traded June copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Copper slips on Chinese demand worries

Copper slipped on Friday as lacklustre demand from top consumer China weighed on the market, while a weak dollar and an improving macroeconomic backdrop prevented further losses. Three-months copper on the London Metal Exchange fell to $8,510 a tonne at 1

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Oil climbs over two percent

Oil prices rose more than 2 percent on Friday on support from the continuing tensions over Iran's disputed nuclear program and the potential for supply disruptions in the region along with the weaker dollar. Crude futures posted marginal weekly losses, bu

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Rotterdam vegetable oil prices

Friday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT.

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Rotterdam vegetable oil prices

Friday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT.

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Tokyo rubber stays lower

Tokyo rubber futures edged lower on Friday, extending losses into a third straight session as a lack of activity in the physical market weighed on prices, but limited supply and firm oil supported sentiment. The benchmark rubber contract on the Tokyo Comm

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Soya jumps to six-month high

US soyabeans rose for the third day in a row on Thursday to a six-month high on more evidence of export demand shifting to the United States from South America where drought has decimated crops in Brazil and Argentina. A weak dollar and firm equities also

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Palm oil flat

Malaysian palm oil futures were almost flat on Friday, as some traders booked profits from a nine-month high notched in the previous session, while strong exports and soybean supply fears in drought-hit South America supported prices. Palm oil recorded fo

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Coffee and sugar dip

ICE arabica coffee futures flirted with a 17-month low on Friday, weighed down by prospects for a big Brazilian crop, while sugar consolidated lower in choppy trade as dealers monitored weather before the harvest in the centre-south of Brazil. Cocoa was f

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Gold rises in New York

Gold rose 1 percent on Thursday, snapping three consecutive days of losses on a dollar drop and technical purchases, but heavy put buying and disappointment over Federal Reserve easing could still pressure the metal. Gold followed riskier assets, with the

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Gold slips in Asia

Gold ticked lower in volatile trade on Friday, heading for a third straight week of losses as a brightening economic outlook in the United States prompted investors to park their money elsewhere, while India's plan to double the import duty on bullion era

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Gold steadies

Gold steadied on Friday but was still set for its largest weekly decline in three months, after top consumer India said it would double import duties on bullion and upbeat US data this week fed optimism over the global economy, boosting risk appetite. Cus

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

US MIDDAY: soya rallies

US soya bean futures hit a six-month high early on Friday, rising for a fourth straight day, on support from a weaker dollar and strong demand for US supplies due to a drought-reduced crop in South America. End-of-week profit taking limited gains, but soy

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

US MIDDAY: copper slips

In New York, the May COMEX contract finished down 1.95 cents at $3.8780 per lb, after dealing in a session range between $3.8675 and $3.94 on Friday. Volumes remained light at the end of the week. Nearly 55,700 lots traded in late New York business, about

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

US MIDDAY: gold unchanged

Gold was largely unchanged on Friday, but posted its second-biggest weekly decline this year due to an early week drop after the Federal Reserve withheld additional easing amid a string of encouraging US economic data. The metal fell 1 percent earlier in

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

MSMST delegation meets CJ PHC

A delegation of Malik Saad Memorial Sports Trust (MSMST) led by its board of trustees and other members held a meeting with Chief Justice Peshawar High Court Justice Dost Muhammad Khan here on Wednesday. The MSMST delegation was comprised of Amjad Aziz Ma

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

EASA invites PIA team to Cologne

Wilfred Schulze, Head of Organisations Department- European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) - has invited the PIA team to EASA Head Quarters in Cologne for a meeting to reinstate the Part -145 Maintenance Organisation Approval.

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

'Pakistan offers diverse experiences and opportunities'

.Ali Hamdani Managing Director and CEO Siemens Pakistan pointed out that Pakistan offers diverse experiences and opportunities for engineers as the country has a range of industrial activity from oil and gas to textiles, sugar, infrastructure etc, which n

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

FBR chairman urged to grant DGI&I Customs certain powers

Directorate General Intelligence and Investigation Customs has requested Chairman FBR Mumtaz Haider Rizvi to empower the directorate to exercise powers of the Sales Tax Act 1990 and Federal Excise Act 2005 to investigate beverage industry and check moveme

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Former military officers from Fata join PTI

Former military officers from Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) announced to join Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) here on Friday. Captain Tahir Afridi (Retd) and Major Sharif (Retd) made announcement during a press conference here at Peshawar Pres

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Threats of terrorist attacks: LEAs comb areas adjacent to Margalla Hills

In the wake of increasing threats of terrorist attacks the law enforcement agencies on Friday combed the areas adjacent to Margalla Hills and maintained high alert across the city to avert any untoward incident. Combing was carried out following intellige

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Government urged to take proactive steps towards journalists' safety

Speakers at a seminar regarding "Journalists' Safety and Security" called for proactive measures for protection and security of working journalists, especially hailing for war-infested tribal agencies. They said that journalists are facing severe life thr

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

'Developing entrepreneurship is essential to reducing poverty'

Developing entrepreneurship is an essential ingredient for achieving the UN's Millennium Development Goal of reducing poverty. While sound macroeconomic policies and providing market access are crucial, Pakistan needs to nurture and develop entrepreneurs,

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa traders threaten to besiege FBR building

Traders of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have threatened that they would besiege the building of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and hold a long march to Islamabad, if government failed to withdraw the new fixed-tax and fuel adjustment surcharge in electricity bills

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa to hold second World Pashto Literary Convention

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Culture and Information Mian Iftikhar Hussein said that the culture department in collaboration with Pashto Adabi Chaman Thall is arranging a 2-day Second World Pashto Literary Convention on 6th and 7th April 2012 in Nishta

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Partly Facetious: The difference between Prime Minister and peon

"What's the difference between a Prime Minister and a peon?"

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Fuel-saving measures

Month of March 2012 has crossed the halfway mark. Motorists are keeping their fingers crossed whether or not there would be another home-made drone attack on them in the form of yet another hike in the POL products' prices in about a fortnight time from n

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Greek media struggles to survive financial crisis

Greek journalist Dimitris Trimis never imagined himself heading Athens' journalist union. But things changed for the veteran reporter after he found himself locked out of his newspaper when the publisher suddenly declared bankruptcy. Trimis is among the g

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Unconventional pre-budget tax proposals - II

Assignment of tax: Assignment of a tax means transfer of taxation power from a higher level to a lower level government. Taxation power includes the following: right to levy the tax, collect the tax, and appropriate the proceeds from the tax. Thus,

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Is there a private sector in Pakistan?

The private sector is defined as that part of the economy that has no concern with the public sector and moves independently of the government support or control. The corporate sector and the individual enterprises make up this sector. In capitalist regim

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Kayani speaks his mind

All these months and years, Chief of Army Staff, General Kayani, has stood calm, unruffled at the centre of the storm as howling winds swirled around him. He kept his cool over incessant debate about the role of military leadership, as it has come under s

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Water woes

The United Nations has warned that water shortages in several parts of the world have reached chronic proportions and without a crackdown on waste the situation will further aggravate.

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Measures being taken to control extortion: Malik

Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Friday said the government and law enforcing agencies are taking serious measures to control extortion and other criminal activities in Karachi. He said that he recently held meetings with law enforcing agencies and stake

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Call to bridge public-police trust deficit

There is a need to bridge the growing trust deficit between public and police in order to arrest the strengthening extortion mafia in the city, said Additional Inspector General (AIG) Akhtar Hussain Gorchani on Friday. Speaking at a news conference at the

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Sabzwari seeks action

Provincial lawmaker of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Faisal Sabzwari said on Friday that the business community's demand for action against the extortion mafia in the city was being ignored. Following the adjournment of the Sindh Assembly session by the

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

MQM stages protest demonstration

Legislators of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) staged protest demo outside the Sindh Assembly on Friday against the increase in demands of extortion of money from the business community and incidents of street crimes in Karachi. Members of the Coordination

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Uproar over incidents of extortion mars Sindh Assembly session: PPP versus MQM clash averted

Provincial legislators belonging to Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) on Friday escaped a possible scuffle during the Sindh Assembly session, which spanned for short period of time amid uproar. Since formation of the coaliti

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Sindh University notification

The University of Sindh (SU) has extended date up to April, 02 for the submission of applications by candidates for different positions in administration and teaching as already announced by the University. The interested candidates are hereby advised to

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Tent-pegging competition commences at Capital

A three-day tent-pegging competition started here at the federal capital on Friday after eight years, as last event of mastery in horsemanship was held in the city in 2004. The Capital Development Authority (CDA) in collaboration with the different organi

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Development of marble and granite sector PASDEC establishes machinery pool in Fata

Pakistan Stone Development Company (PASDEC) with the assistance of FATA Development Programme-(Livelihood) has established a machinery pool for the development of marble and granite sector in FATA. The machinery pool will be used for provision of modern m

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Samsung inaugurates two more Concept-Shops in Lahore

Samsung Electronics, a market leader and award-winning innovator in consumer electronics and telecommunications is expanding its network of 'Samsung Concept Shops' in numerous cities across Pakistan. Special inauguration ceremonies were held at the two ne

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

'Efforts on to enhance Indo-Pak economic cooperation'

The leadership of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), and Saarc-CCI join hands to foster Indo-Pakistan economic co-operation through meaningful collaborations in areas of mutual

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

PFUJ welcomes insurance package announcement

President, Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), Pervaiz Shaukat has welcomed on Friday, Senior Federal Minister, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi announcement to launch a comprehensive insurance package for the working journalists, and hoped that steps wou

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Raja speaks about BISP's role in Balochistan

The government is giving priority to the well-being of the people of Balochistan hence Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) is working on the same lines for the socio-economic uplift of the province as per the directives of President Asif Ali Zardari a

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Flood-hit people still lack basic facilities

Thousands of rain and flood-hit people still lack basic facilities including food and other household items, according to a report prepared by Sindh Relief Department. About 20 percent people were still living in the relief camps because they did not have

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

A modern public transport system initiated: chief minister

Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif said that the government is endeavouring for raising the living standard of masses and an organised programme for the provision of a modern public transport system and other services to the people has been ini

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Agriculture, livestock sector: UVAS, ASF team up to conduct research

The University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) and Agribusiness Support Fund (ASF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to conduct research in the field of agriculture and livestock, organise capacity building training and various deve

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

'Flour prices are stable in Punjab'

Special Assistant to the Chief Minister Punjab, Muhammad Mansha Ullah Butt has claimed that flour prices are stable in the province and flour millers are selling flour bags on government announced rates. He warned that unilateral increase in flour prices

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

LCCI seeks zero duty on digital cameras

The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) on Friday demanded of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to bring down duty on digital cameras at par with mobile phones that was zero percent. LCCI President Irfan Qaiser Sheikh was talking to Toru Iwaok

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Supreme Court seeks report on re-use of syringes

The Supreme Court of Pakistan bench directed Punjab secretary health to apprise of the steps taken to stop the re-use of the syringes. The bench while hearing the matter of several deaths at Punjab Medical Institute due to use of spurious drugs, also orde

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Bonhams to hold Pakistani art auction in Dubai

Bonhams 1793 Limited, the world's largest auctioneers of contemporary and Asian art has announced to hold second auction of Pakistani art, the preview of which will be held in Dubai during the last week of March this year. The auction itself will be held

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Unannounced power outages resurface

Apart from scheduled power outages, unannounced loadshedding is also being carried out across Punjab due to rising power shortage ahead of summer. The industry sources said that unannounced loadshedding duration has crossed six hours a day and they were c

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

International companies and investors: Punjab providing favourable environment, says Shahbaz

Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that the provincial government is following the policy of acquiring international co-operation for promoting economic activities and bringing innovations in public welfare projects.

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

South Korea to help reduce energy shortfall

The Korean Ambassador to Pakistan Choongjoo Choi said on Friday that South Korea to provide full support to Pakistan to overcome energy crisis that has crippled the entire trade and industry in Pakistan. He was speaking at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce a

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Malaysian team visits UVAS

A Malaysian delegation of scientists met University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Talat Naseer Pasha discussed matters regarding livestock Halal products and academic pursuits. Chairman Halal Development Co-operatio

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Need stressed to promote best breeds of horses

Speakers at a conference said that population of horses is decreasing with large pace in the country, while other countries like India are investing in it and getting foreign exchange by exporting horses. Keeping in view, it was need of the hour to promot

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Wardens' misbehaviour: traffic chaos over rickshaw drivers' protest

A dramatic protest, of a Rickshaw driver Mazhar Khan against misbehaviour of traffic wardens, ended after five hours who climbed over a high powered electricity pole in the city. During his protest a large number of vans, bus and truck drivers also gather

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

CNG stations in Sindh to remain closed today

All CNG stations in Sindh including Karachi will remain closed for 24 hours from 9.00 am, on Saturday till 9.00 am, on Sunday, under gas load management. According to an announcement of Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) on Friday, this step is being taken b

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Mangla Dam-hit victims: AJK Prime Minister for timely rehabilitation

Azad Jammu Kashmir, Prime Minister Chaudhry Abdul Majeed directed Mangla Dam Resettlement Organisation to provide possible residential facilities and ensure timely rehabilitation of dam raising project affected people. Addressing various delegations of th

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

OPF institutions: projects under way to ensure quality education: Farooq

Minister for Overseas Pakistanis, Dr Farooq Sattar on Friday said education standard in OPF institutions would be further improved through ensuring possible facilities to students as well as staff there. He said that some projects are underway to ensure q

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

1,287 bottles of foreign liquor seized

Directorate General of Intelligence and Investigation Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) seized 1,287 bottles of foreign origin smuggled liquor during ongoing anti-smuggling operations. Sources said here on Friday that in pursuance of specific information, th

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Japan awards MEXT research scholarships to 8 Pakistani students

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (MEXT) has awarded MEXT research scholarships for the year 2012 to eight (8) postgraduate students of Pakistan, aiming to provide them an opportunity to pursue higher studies in t

Published 17 Mar, 2012 12:00am

Previous Day

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 20	277.90
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 20	277.70
USD to Japanese Yen / Sep 20	143.85
USD to Swiss Franc / Sep 20	0.85
Pound Sterling to USD / Sep 20	1.33
Euro to USD / Sep 20	1.12

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 20	5,702.55
India Sensex / Sep 20	83,184.80
Tokyo Nikkei / Sep 20	37,723.91
Nasdaq / Sep 20	17,948.32
Hang Seng / Sep 20	18,258.57
FTSE 100 / Sep 20	8,229.99
Dow Jones / Sep 20	42,063.36
Germany DAX 30 / Sep 20	18,720.01

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Sep 20	71.92
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Sep 20	2,621.88
Cotton US¢/pound / Sep 20	73.52
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Sep 21	18,935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Sep 21	233,625
Petrol/Litre / Sep 22	249.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Sep 22 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Sep 22 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Sep 22 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Sep 22 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Sep 22 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Sep 22 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Sep 22 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Sep 22 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Sep 22 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Sep 22 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Sep 22 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Sep 22 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Sep 22 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Sep 22 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Sep 22 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Sep 22 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Sep 22 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Sep 22 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Sep 22 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Sep 22 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Sep 22 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Sep 22 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Sep 22 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Sep 22 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Sep 22 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Sep 22 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Sep 22 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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