Hunza village produces its own electricity Dawn | By A Correspondent | HUNZA, July 20: Minister for Finance and Privatisation Syed Naveed Qamar has said that community participation is vital for sustainable development. | He was speaking at a public rally in Ahmedabad, a hamlet 15 kilometres north of Aliabad, the headquarter of Hunza, after openi...
Sost situation worries PPP Dawn | By Our Staff Reporter | ISLAMABAD, June 28: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has expressed concern over ‘deliberate attempts’ being made to create law and order problem in upper Hunza by remnants of the past regime and called for an immediate halt to such activities. | PPP spokesman and former senato...
Pepco’s receivables rise to Rs140bn Dawn | By Our Staff Reporter | ISLAMABAD, July 22: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) owes more than Rs39 billion to the Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco) on account of unpaid electricity bills. | Sources told Dawn on Tuesday that Pepco’...
‘Muslims rely on foreign communications’ Dawn | By Our Reporter | LAHORE, July 22: The Muslim World is forced to depend on foreign communication networks due to lack of advanced communication skills and information technology (IT). | This was the consensus of speakers at the inaugural session of...
Responding to the economic challenges The News International Wednesday, July 23, 2008 | Nasim Zehra | The writer is an Islamabad-based security analyst | With mounting economic challenges Pakistan's elected government's response profile needs to be outstanding. The economic crunch that is hitting out all acros...
By Nasim Zehra 7/23/2008 The News International The writer is an Islamabad-based security analyst | With mounting economic challenges Pakistan's elected government's response profile needs to be outstanding. The economic crunch that is hitting out all across the country has applied a terrible sque...
Outages, muggy weather test people's patience The News International Monday, July 21, 2008 | By Our Correspondent | LAHORE | POOR electricity distribution has added to the miseries of the people in humid weather when the Wapda already said that it was unable to meet the power shortage due to limited generation capacit...
KARACHI: Matric candidates: request to relax age bar rejected Dawn | By Azizullah Sharif | KARACHI, July 18: The Inter-Board Committee of Chairmen (IBCC), a representative body of all educational boards of the country, has turned down a request from the NWFP for lifting the age bar on the candidates appearing in the...
KARACHI: Plea against Rangers’ claim to land adjourned Dawn | By Our Staff Reporter | KARACHI, July 17: Deputy Attorney-General Imran Ahmed questioned the maintainability of a petition challenging acquisition of land by the Rangers in a housing society when the matter came up for hearing by a vacation divisio...
Punjab aims to enhance meat exports The News International Thursday, July 24, 2008 | By Mansoor Ahmad | LAHORE: The Punjab government, realising the potential of livestock to narrow down trade deficit, has planned to boost processed meat exports to $200 million in the current fiscal year compared to $34 million last year. | The News has learnt that the Punjab government is hopeful that exports of processed...
Pakistan, Morocco likely to begin talks on PTA in Oct The News International Morocco may supply DAP before Rabi crop | Sunday, July 20, 2008 | By our correspondent | ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Morocco would start negotiations regarding signing of Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) in October 2008 and have decided to negotiate the possibility of the setting up a joint venture for the production of DAP fertilizer either in the p...
