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PPP capable to meet challenges: Chandio  ISLAMABAD: Minister for Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD), Moula Buksh Chandio on Tuesday said that the government of Pakistan Peoples Party is capable to meet all the challenges. He said that PPP had made struggle against the dictatorial rule. Talking to a private television channel, he said that criticism is the right of every person, adding that all the parties prepare manifesto according to the policy set by their leaders. He stressed the need for observing tolerance in all affairs. Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2012 ...

Farooq Naek discusses legal issues with PM  ISLAMABAD: Minister for Law Farooq H. Naek called on Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf at Prime Minister House here on Tuesday and discussed with him various legal issues and the provision of quick and inexpensive justice to the people. The Law Minister briefed the Prime Minister regarding the amendments in the CrPC law to control the theft of electricity, gas and petrol. The Minister also discussed the problem of stay orders which have stuck more than billion ...
Pakistan renews offer of cooperation to India NEW DELHI: Pakistan has renewed its offer of cooperation to India for combating the terrorism being the common concern for the two countries. Commenting on the reported arrest of Abu Jindal, the spokesperson of the Pakistan High Commission, New Delhi stated that Pakistan has been in the forefront in the campaign against terror. “As agreed at the highest level between Pakistan and India, terrorism is a common concern and counter-terrorism cooperation is in the mutual interest of ...
Minimum wages increased to Rs8,000: Sindh CM  KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah, addressing the budget session of the Sindh Assembly, said on Monday the provincial government has raised the minimum wages of labourers from Rs 7,000 to Rs 8,000, while the development funds for MPAs have also been increased. In his speech on the occasion of the approval of the annual budget for 2012-13, he said the provincial assembly has presented a historic budget in which substantial funds have been ...
JI hopeless of present govt, demands elections forthwith  KARACHI: The Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan has demanded holding general elections forthwith as it does not expect the grave issues facing country can be resolved by the existing government in the next few months. “The entire nation is well aware how the elections are hijacked but despite that JI considers elections as the peaceful means of change and would continue struggling for it,” central Ameer of JI Syed Munawar Hassan said addressing a 2-day training session organized by ...
Rs.75m loans given to kiln workers: minister LAHORE: Punjab Labour Minister Haji Ehsaan-ud-Din Qureshi said the department had provided Rs 75 million interest-free microcredit to kilns workers in two districts for the elimination of bonded labour, child labour and exploitation of workers. Talking to a delegation of industrial workers on Saturday, he said that veterinary staff had visited 154 kilns and provided treatment to 448 animals of labourers. He said that free education including books, stationery, transport and uniform were also being provided to ...
Meeting of the Pashtuns of June 24 would be a successful: Altaf  KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has said that the public meeting of the Pashtun people being held on June 24 in Jinnah Ground Azizabad would prove to be a landmark for the people of the country, particularly for the Pashtun people. The public meeting would give a message of brotherhood and love to all the nationalities including the Pashtuns, he said in a statement issued by MQM here on Friday. He commended the workers ...

 



 
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Banking Review 2012

Annual2011/12
Foreign Debt $65.562bn
Per Cap Income $1,372
GDP Growth 3.7%
Average CPI 10.08%
MonthlyFBS July-June
Trade Balance $-21.271 bln
Exports $23.641 bln
Imports $44.912 bln
WeeklyMay 13, 2013
Reserves $11.863 bln