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Print - 2015-01-18
'New auto policy soon'

'New auto policy soon'

The government would soon announce a new auto policy, said Finance Minister Ishaq Dar during a meeting with a delegation of Japan-Pakistan Business Co-operation Committee here. He said Pakistan offers competitive incentives to foreign investors and called
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Polish government signs deal with protesting miners

Polish government signs deal with protesting miners

The Polish government signed a deal on Saturday with unions from Europe's biggest coal producer Kompania Weglowa to end protests against plans to restructure the company, but gave no details of the agreement. The government said this month it planned to s
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Daimler to extend contract of China division boss

Daimler to extend contract of China division boss

Daimler AG will extend the contract of the head of its China division Hubertus Troska, who is also a board member, the newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung said on Saturday. The supervisory board will extend his contract at its February meetin
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Asian gasoil prices jump

Asian gasoil prices jump

Asian gasoil prices jumped on Friday, tracking gains in crude oil prices, but demand remained stable as prices are still more than 50 percent lower than they were a year ago, traders said. The Philippines' Petron bought 250,000 barrels of 500 ppm sulphur
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
CBOT wheat futures close lower

CBOT wheat futures close lower

Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat futures closed lower for the eighth session in a row on Friday, falling into negative territory late in the session as traders closed out positions ahead of a holiday weekend. K.C. hard red winter wheat and MGE
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
US Midwest corn bids mixed

US Midwest corn bids mixed

Spot corn basis bids were steady to mixed around the US Midwest on Friday amid a lack of farmer sales, dealers said. Grain merchants said some farmers inquired about prices, but were not interested even as Chicago Board of Trade corn futures rallied about
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Ukraine's 2014 grain harvest rises by 2.4 percent

Ukraine's 2014 grain harvest rises by 2.4 percent

Ukraine's grain harvest rose by 2.4 percent to 63.8 million tonnes in 2014 mostly due to a higher output of wheat and barley, Ukraine's state statistics service said on Friday. The share of food grain rose to 39 percent or to 25 million tonnes last year f
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
European wheat futures rise to one-week high

European wheat futures rise to one-week high

European wheat futures rose on Friday, with benchmark Paris prices touching a one-week high, buoyed by an 11-year low for the euro against the dollar and a slight bounce in Chicago. March milling wheat on Paris-based Euronext settled 3.25 euros or 1.7 per
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Asian rice prices stable but thin demand, huge Thai stocks drag

Asian rice prices stable but thin demand, huge Thai stocks drag

Thai and Vietnamese rice export prices were stable this week, but downward pressure came from Thailand's huge state stockpile and thin demand across Asia, traders said on Wednesday. They added that some would-be buyers were holding off on purchases until
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
US natural gas futures fall one percent

US natural gas futures fall one percent

US natural gas futures lost 1 percent on Friday on forecasts for less cold and weaker heating demand over the next two weeks. Front-month gas futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange closed down 3.1 cents at $3.127 per million British thermal units. Fo
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
India's December palm oil imports rise

India's December palm oil imports rise

Indian palm oil imports rose 5 percent to 836,447 tonnes in December from a month earlier because of tight supplies of local soyaoil plus the decision by big producers to allow duty-free exports of palm oil, which made overseas purchases cheaper. The worl
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Asian naphtha up on demand

Asian naphtha up on demand

Asia's naphtha front-month second-half February price lagged the following month by $3 a tonne, making this the smallest gap between the two months since December 16, reflecting a stronger market. The support came from Taiwanese demand and a possible, tem
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Australian coal prices premium over Europe doubles in three days

Australian coal prices premium over Europe doubles in three days

The premium for Australian coal prices over European import rates have doubled over three days amid stronger demand from North Asia, including China and South Korea, after trading at a discount throughout the second half of 2014. Prices for coal shipments
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Prices fall amid modest trading on grain market

Prices fall amid modest trading on grain market

Most of the commodity items drifted lower on the wholesale grain market on Saturday in modest trading, dealers said. On the cereals side, Moong Afghani was down by Rs 25 to Rs 13125, other items held the last levels, they added. On the grams side, Bajra l
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Canadian canola futures lower

Canadian canola futures lower

ICE Canadian canola futures were narrowly lower on Friday as investors continued to take profits after prices reached a six-month high on Thursday, traders said. Good exporter demand was met by light offerings from farmers while canola's relative high pri
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Rapeoil edges higher on European vegoils market

Rapeoil edges higher on European vegoils market

Rapeoil on the European vegetable oils market traded at slightly higher levels on Friday, boosted partly by a weakening in the euro to an 11-year low against the dollar. Dutch/EU rapeoil trade included February at 670 euros, up 1 euro, while February-Apri
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Cotton market: prices under pressure ahead of PCGA report

Cotton market: prices under pressure ahead of PCGA report

Prices drifted lower on the cotton market on Saturday ahead of the Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) report, dealers said. The official spot rate was unchanged at Rs 4,950, dealers said. In the ready session, around 8,000 bales of cotton changed
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Oil cake market rates

Oil cake market rates

Both the futures were lower on the forward cottonseed oilcake market on Saturday in the process of trading, dealers said. The January contract closed at Rs 1568.00 on Thursday and it opened with 20 paisa loss at Rs 1567.80 in the morning session, they sai
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
US FOB Gulf corn offers up, soya steady

US FOB Gulf corn offers up, soya steady

US FOB Gulf corn basis offers were marked 10 cents a bushel higher after the market close on Friday amid slow farmer selling and a pick-up in demand after this week's slide in futures, traders said. Soyabean futures and basis were steady despite confirmat
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Vietnam's coffee sales pick up, January shipments to fall

Vietnam's coffee sales pick up, January shipments to fall

Coffee trading in Vietnam picked up this week as farmers cashed in on higher prices for their crops, while January shipments from the world's largest robusta producer may be lower than expected, traders said on Thursday. Most Vietnamese farmers are holdin
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Indian cumin seed futures higher, sugar down

Indian cumin seed futures higher, sugar down

Indian jeera, or cumin seed, futures ended higher on Thursday for the fourth session in a row as lower acreages supported higher prices. The key February jeera contract rose 0.1 percent to close at 16,455 rupees ($265) per 100 kg on the National Commodity
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Member to Member

Member to Member

The following transactions member to member subsequently reported on Saturday (January 17, 2015).

Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
THE RUPEE: modest gains

THE RUPEE: modest gains

The rupee posted fresh gains against the dollar and euro on the money market on Saturday in the process of trading, dealers said. The rupee appreciated by 10-paisa in relation to the dollar for buying and selling at Rs 101.10 and Rs 101.30 respectively. I
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
THE RUPEE: modest gains

THE RUPEE: modest gains

The rupee posted fresh gains against the dollar and euro on the money market on Saturday in the process of trading, dealers said. The rupee appreciated by 10-paisa in relation to the dollar for buying and selling at Rs 101.10 and Rs 101.30 respectively. I
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
World Shipping Schedule

World Shipping Schedule

Karachi Port's world-wide shipping schedule beginning Saturday (January 17, 2015).

Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
World Shipping Schedule

World Shipping Schedule

Karachi Port's world-wide shipping schedule beginning Saturday (January 17, 2015).

Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Automart: car prices in Karachi

Automart: car prices in Karachi

The prices of different makes and models of cars prevailing in Karachi in the week ended Saturday (January 17, 2015).

Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Grain market rates

Grain market rates

Karachi grain market rates in rupees on Saturday (January 17, 2015).

Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Hides and skin rates

Hides and skin rates

Hides and skin rates in rupees prevailing on the commodity markets in Karachi on Saturday (January 17, 2015).

Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Lahore Grain Market Rates

Lahore Grain Market Rates

Grain and other commodity rates in rupees on Akbari Mandi on Saturday (January 17, 2015)

Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Poultry Rates

Poultry Rates

Wholesale poultry rates on Saturday (January 17, 2015) and for Sunday (January 18, 2015).
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Cotton Spot Rates

Cotton Spot Rates

Official KCA spot rates for local dealings in Pakistan rupees on Saturday (January 17, 2015).

Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Bullion Rates

Bullion Rates

Gold and silver rates in rupees per 10 grams prevailing in major cities on Saturday (January 17, 2015).

Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Bullion Rates

Bullion Rates

Gold and silver rates in rupees per 10 grams prevailing in major cities on Saturday (January 17, 2015).

Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
The Weather

The Weather

The weather report on Saturday (January 17, 2015) and the forecast for Sunday (January 18, 2015).

Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Your rupee last half year

Your rupee last half year

Following currency fluctuations took place in foreign exchange rates during the last half year. (July 2 to December 31, 2014).

Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
IP gas pipeline: Iran cautions Pakistan

IP gas pipeline: Iran cautions Pakistan

Tehran cautioned Islamabad over falling behind the schedule in fulfilling its obligations in a multi-billion-dollar pipeline project that is to take natural gas from Iran to Pakistan. "Under a contract signed between Iran and Pakistan, the latter had to d
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
IP gas pipeline: Iran cautions Pakistan

IP gas pipeline: Iran cautions Pakistan

Tehran cautioned Islamabad over falling behind the schedule in fulfilling its obligations in a multi-billion-dollar pipeline project that is to take natural gas from Iran to Pakistan. "Under a contract signed between Iran and Pakistan, the latter had to d
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
IP gas pipeline: Iran cautions Pakistan

IP gas pipeline: Iran cautions Pakistan

Tehran cautioned Islamabad over falling behind the schedule in fulfilling its obligations in a multi-billion-dollar pipeline project that is to take natural gas from Iran to Pakistan. "Under a contract signed between Iran and Pakistan, the latter had to d
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Top officials suspended over POL crisis

Top officials suspended over POL crisis

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has suspended the entire petroleum team except for Petroleum Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi over the worst-ever petroleum crisis. A statement issued by the Prime Minister Office stated that the Prime Minister has taken serious n
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Top officials suspended over POL crisis

Top officials suspended over POL crisis

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has suspended the entire petroleum team except for Petroleum Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi over the worst-ever petroleum crisis. A statement issued by the Prime Minister Office stated that the Prime Minister has taken serious n
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Top officials suspended over POL crisis

Top officials suspended over POL crisis

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has suspended the entire petroleum team except for Petroleum Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi over the worst-ever petroleum crisis. A statement issued by the Prime Minister Office stated that the Prime Minister has taken serious n
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
CNG supply resumed in Lahore

CNG supply resumed in Lahore

In order to ease the current petrol crisis, Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) announced on Saturday to resume gas supply to CNG filling stations in Lahore on Saturday and Sunday, SNGPL officials told Business Recorder. "To facilitate the p
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
CNG supply resumed in Lahore

CNG supply resumed in Lahore

In order to ease the current petrol crisis, Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) announced on Saturday to resume gas supply to CNG filling stations in Lahore on Saturday and Sunday, SNGPL officials told Business Recorder. "To facilitate the p
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
CNG supply resumed in Lahore

CNG supply resumed in Lahore

In order to ease the current petrol crisis, Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) announced on Saturday to resume gas supply to CNG filling stations in Lahore on Saturday and Sunday, SNGPL officials told Business Recorder. "To facilitate the p
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Petrol shortage costs economy over Rs 10 billion per day: survey

Petrol shortage costs economy over Rs 10 billion per day: survey

Petrol shortage in the country is costing the economy over Rs 10 billion loss per day, a survey carried out by Business Recorder revealed. The loss ranges from transportation issues leading to increasing absenteeism from offices in the public and p
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Petrol shortage costs economy over Rs 10 billion per day: survey

Petrol shortage costs economy over Rs 10 billion per day: survey

Petrol shortage in the country is costing the economy over Rs 10 billion loss per day, a survey carried out by Business Recorder revealed. The loss ranges from transportation issues leading to increasing absenteeism from offices in the public and p
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Petrol shortage costs economy over Rs 10 billion per day: survey

Petrol shortage costs economy over Rs 10 billion per day: survey

Petrol shortage in the country is costing the economy over Rs 10 billion loss per day, a survey carried out by Business Recorder revealed. The loss ranges from transportation issues leading to increasing absenteeism from offices in the public and p
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Oil price slump puts at risk clean energy push: experts

Oil price slump puts at risk clean energy push: experts

Falling oil prices could have a negative impact on global efforts to develop renewable energy sources, experts warned Saturday at a conference in Abu Dhabi. Oil prices have fallen by almost 60 percent since June, crashing on worries over global oversupply
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Oil price slump puts at risk clean energy push: experts

Oil price slump puts at risk clean energy push: experts

Falling oil prices could have a negative impact on global efforts to develop renewable energy sources, experts warned Saturday at a conference in Abu Dhabi. Oil prices have fallen by almost 60 percent since June, crashing on worries over global oversupply
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Oil price slump puts at risk clean energy push: experts

Oil price slump puts at risk clean energy push: experts

Falling oil prices could have a negative impact on global efforts to develop renewable energy sources, experts warned Saturday at a conference in Abu Dhabi. Oil prices have fallen by almost 60 percent since June, crashing on worries over global oversupply
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Dar asks Japanese companies to expand operations

Dar asks Japanese companies to expand operations

Dilating upon the Pakistan economy, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Saturday said the international financial institutions had restarted working with Pakistan and called on the Japanese businesses to expand their operations in the country. The member compan
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Dar asks Japanese companies to expand operations

Dar asks Japanese companies to expand operations

Dilating upon the Pakistan economy, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Saturday said the international financial institutions had restarted working with Pakistan and called on the Japanese businesses to expand their operations in the country. The member compan
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Dar asks Japanese companies to expand operations

Dar asks Japanese companies to expand operations

Dilating upon the Pakistan economy, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Saturday said the international financial institutions had restarted working with Pakistan and called on the Japanese businesses to expand their operations in the country. The member compan
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Japan Prime Minister pledges $2.5 billion in Middle East aid

Japan Prime Minister pledges $2.5 billion in Middle East aid

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged Saturday $2.5 billion in humanitarian and development aid for the Middle East as he launched a regional tour that includes visits to Jordan and Israel. In a speech in Cairo, Abe pledged $200 million in non-milita
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Two brothers shot dead by rivals in Gujar Khan

Two brothers shot dead by rivals in Gujar Khan

Armed men shot dead two real brothers and dumped their bodies in dam which were recovered by police on Saturday. According to details, Najeeb and Ehsan hailing from Mohallah Kashmirian exchanged hot words with Adnan, Usman and others residing in nearby lo
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Kinno export to be raised up to $500 million till 2017

Kinno export to be raised up to $500 million till 2017

Director Citrus Research Institute Altaf ur Rehman said that Pakistani exporters were making efforts to increase the Kinno export up to 500 million dollars till 2017. Kinno local exporters on Saturday the director citrus institution said that guidance wou
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Four suspects held

Four suspects held

Rangers on Saturday claimed to have arrested four notorious criminals during targeted raids in different parts of the city. According to the official Rangers conducted raids in Baldia town and Malir areas and arrested four criminals. They also recovered a
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Power tariff: GMAP chief concerned over second raise in a month

Power tariff: GMAP chief concerned over second raise in a month

Grinding Mills Association of Pakistan (GMAP) President Chaudhry Iftikhar Bashir has expressed his concern over increase of 68 paisa per unit in electricity prices and said second raise in power prices during one month would increase the hardships of the
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
First polio case of 2015 reported in KP

First polio case of 2015 reported in KP

First polio case of year 2015 was surfaced in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Saturday. According to Federal Ministry of Health, nine-month-old girl, Rohaida hailing from district Tank of KP was found affected with polio virus. It is the first polio case of th
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Blasphemous caricatures: SCBA calls strike tomorrow

Blasphemous caricatures: SCBA calls strike tomorrow

The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) announced Saturday that it would observe a countrywide strike against publication of sacrilegious caricatures of Holy Prophet (PUBH) by French magazine Charlie Hebdo. In a press statement, SCBA said that lawyers wo
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Ongoing petrol crisis in Punjab artificially created: MNAs

Ongoing petrol crisis in Punjab artificially created: MNAs

Pakistan Peoples Party MNAs Mir Ejaz Jakhrani, Imran Zafar Leghari and Sardar Rafique Ahmed Jamali said the ongoing petrol crisis in Punjab was artificially created. Federal government kept on watching the inefficiency of Federal Minister for Petroleum un
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
MMIC protests against blasphemous publication

MMIC protests against blasphemous publication

Muslim Masihi Ittihad Council (MMIC) on Saturday staged protest demonstration against the publication of blasphemous caricatures by a French weakly magazine. The members of MMIC staged protest in front of national press club. The protesters were holding p
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Rally held in Multan to condemn satirical caricatures

Rally held in Multan to condemn satirical caricatures

More than 500 activists of religious and political parties and lawyers on Saturday organised a rally to condemn the blasphemous caricatures published by French weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo.
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
PTCL extends EVO Wingle discount offer

PTCL extends EVO Wingle discount offer

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has extended the EVO Wingle one year discount offer till January 31. This offer has been extended for customers to experience EVO Wingle wireless broadband at discounted monthly charges of Rs 1250 per mont
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Government, armed forces equally committed against terrorism: President

Government, armed forces equally committed against terrorism: President

Pakistan currently faces series of challenges, predominantly terrorism against which both the armed forces and government are equally committed, President Mamnoon Hussain said this while talking to the participants of the first international exhibition of
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
About 100 banned organisations active in Punjab

About 100 banned organisations active in Punjab

How shocking it is that as many as 95 banned groups are still active in Punjab. This seems to be a sardonic comment on the performance of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif who, a few years ago, had implied that he was keen to cut a deal with militants. How ha
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Rare help gets Saint Petersburg homeless through winter

Rare help gets Saint Petersburg homeless through winter

In his seven years spent living rough around Russia's second city of Saint Petersburg, Valera has lost his girlfriend and four fingers to the brutal winter weather. But though freezing temperatures claim the lives of hundreds of homeless people in the cit
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Greece's Syriza: from marginal leftists to austerity challengers

Greece's Syriza: from marginal leftists to austerity challengers

Voters gathered around a smartly-dressed candidate from Greece's anti-austerity party Syriza in an affluent Athens suburb asking the question everybody wants answered: Will the country go bust? But then the Syriza candidate quickly had to field what's pro
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Energy security

Energy security

At the famous Madame Tussaud's wax museum in London, sculptures representing renowned individuals from history, politics and popular culture stand in silent vigil, eerily lifelike but transfixed in inaction. This silent house of waxworks is strongly remin
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Grappling with extremist organisations

Grappling with extremist organisations

According to a press report, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan told a recent high-level meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, that as many as 95 - a much higher number than that appearing in a national security document made public earl
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Language diplomacy

Language diplomacy

In the part of the world that we live in, religion and ethnicity mainly determine the contours of belonging if not statehood, and thereby considerably influence and shape bilateralism between the regional countries. No wonder then a high-profile three-mem
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Tens of thousands rally in Chad to support army move against Boko Haram

Tens of thousands rally in Chad to support army move against Boko Haram

Tens of thousands of people rallied in the capital of Chad on Saturday in support of the authorities' decision to send troops to fight Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamists. Prime Minister Kalzeube Pahimi Deubet led the demonstrators as they marched from city ha
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Tens of thousands rally in Chad to support army move against Boko Haram

Tens of thousands rally in Chad to support army move against Boko Haram

Tens of thousands of people rallied in the capital of Chad on Saturday in support of the authorities' decision to send troops to fight Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamists. Prime Minister Kalzeube Pahimi Deubet led the demonstrators as they marched from city ha
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Pending tax appeals: ATIR figures totally at variance with FBR data

Pending tax appeals: ATIR figures totally at variance with FBR data

There is a huge difference in the number of pending appeals pertaining to tax cases at the level of Appellate Tribunal Inland Revenue (ATIR) when Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) data is compared with the actual figures available with Chairman Appellate Tri
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Pending tax appeals: ATIR figures totally at variance with FBR data

Pending tax appeals: ATIR figures totally at variance with FBR data

There is a huge difference in the number of pending appeals pertaining to tax cases at the level of Appellate Tribunal Inland Revenue (ATIR) when Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) data is compared with the actual figures available with Chairman Appellate Tri
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Pending tax appeals: ATIR figures totally at variance with FBR data

Pending tax appeals: ATIR figures totally at variance with FBR data

There is a huge difference in the number of pending appeals pertaining to tax cases at the level of Appellate Tribunal Inland Revenue (ATIR) when Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) data is compared with the actual figures available with Chairman Appellate Tri
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Afghan Cabinet nominee on Interpol most wanted list

Afghan Cabinet nominee on Interpol most wanted list

Mohammad Yaqub Haidari, who was nominated as minister of agriculture by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, has been found in the most-wanted list of Interpol (International Criminal Police Organisation). With his photo and further details published on the org
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Afghan Cabinet nominee on Interpol most wanted list

Afghan Cabinet nominee on Interpol most wanted list

Mohammad Yaqub Haidari, who was nominated as minister of agriculture by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, has been found in the most-wanted list of Interpol (International Criminal Police Organisation). With his photo and further details published on the org
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
PSO highlights reasons behind fuel shortage

PSO highlights reasons behind fuel shortage

The Pakistan State Oil (PSO) is pointing a finger at the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) and the federal government for contributing towards the current fuel crisis in some of the country''s major cities. With the state-run PSO having gone o
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
PSO highlights reasons behind fuel shortage

PSO highlights reasons behind fuel shortage

The Pakistan State Oil (PSO) is pointing a finger at the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) and the federal government for contributing towards the current fuel crisis in some of the country's major cities. With the state-run PSO having gone ou
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
PSO highlights reasons behind fuel shortage

PSO highlights reasons behind fuel shortage

The Pakistan State Oil (PSO) is pointing a finger at the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) and the federal government for contributing towards the current fuel crisis in some of the country's major cities. With the state-run PSO having gone ou
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Coal-fired Gaddani projects no longer at the top of priority list

Coal-fired Gaddani projects no longer at the top of priority list

The government has removed imported coal fired 10 projects of 6,600MW (660MW each) at Gaddani (Balochistan) from top priority projects in consultation with National Energy Agency (NEA) China for at least one to two years citing lack of funding, an officia
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Coal-fired Gaddani projects no longer at the top of priority list

Coal-fired Gaddani projects no longer at the top of priority list

The government has removed imported coal fired 10 projects of 6,600MW (660MW each) at Gaddani (Balochistan) from top priority projects in consultation with National Energy Agency (NEA) China for at least one to two years citing lack of funding, an officia
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Benazir murder case: prime witness retracts statement

Benazir murder case: prime witness retracts statement

Brigadier Javed Iqbal Cheema (Retd), former director general of the National Crisis Management Cell, has surprised many by retracting his earlier statement in a Rawalpindi Anti-Terrorism Court in the Benazir Bhutto murder case. Former Prime Minister and c
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Coal-fired Gaddani projects no longer at the top of priority list

Coal-fired Gaddani projects no longer at the top of priority list

The government has removed imported coal fired 10 projects of 6,600MW (660MW each) at Gaddani (Balochistan) from top priority projects in consultation with National Energy Agency (NEA) China for at least one to two years citing lack of funding, an officia
Published 18 Jan, 2015 12:00am
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