AIRLINK 78.78 Increased By ▲ 0.17 (0.22%)
BOP 4.80 Increased By ▲ 0.15 (3.23%)
CNERGY 4.10 Increased By ▲ 0.07 (1.74%)
DFML 38.30 Increased By ▲ 1.82 (4.99%)
DGKC 92.40 Increased By ▲ 4.15 (4.7%)
FCCL 23.77 Increased By ▲ 1.48 (6.64%)
FFBL 32.10 Increased By ▲ 1.95 (6.47%)
FFL 9.36 Increased By ▲ 0.18 (1.96%)
GGL 10.05 Increased By ▲ 0.13 (1.31%)
HASCOL 6.26 Increased By ▲ 0.15 (2.45%)
HBL 107.90 Increased By ▲ 2.90 (2.76%)
HUBC 142.15 Increased By ▲ 4.65 (3.38%)
HUMNL 10.76 Increased By ▲ 0.11 (1.03%)
KEL 4.80 Increased By ▲ 0.16 (3.45%)
KOSM 4.15 Increased By ▲ 0.15 (3.75%)
MLCF 38.50 Increased By ▲ 1.37 (3.69%)
OGDC 128.50 Increased By ▲ 9.31 (7.81%)
PAEL 25.31 Increased By ▲ 1.33 (5.55%)
PIBTL 6.31 Increased By ▲ 0.24 (3.95%)
PPL 119.49 Increased By ▲ 5.44 (4.77%)
PRL 23.92 Increased By ▲ 0.75 (3.24%)
PTC 12.60 Increased By ▲ 0.40 (3.28%)
SEARL 61.39 Increased By ▲ 2.34 (3.96%)
SNGP 64.00 Increased By ▲ 2.02 (3.26%)
SSGC 9.79 Increased By ▲ 0.03 (0.31%)
TELE 7.84 Increased By ▲ 0.17 (2.22%)
TPLP 9.82 Increased By ▲ 0.34 (3.59%)
TRG 64.61 Increased By ▲ 0.89 (1.4%)
UNITY 27.05 Increased By ▲ 0.20 (0.74%)
WTL 1.32 Increased By ▲ 0.02 (1.54%)
BR100 7,869 Increased By 291.5 (3.85%)
BR30 25,254 Increased By 1035.9 (4.28%)
KSE100 75,331 Increased By 2533.9 (3.48%)
KSE30 24,131 Increased By 917.2 (3.95%)
Jun 13, 2024 اردو ► PRINT EDITION ► BR MARKETS ► Dollar to PKR ►
Print - 2004-08-30
Romania floods kill five, damage homes and land

Romania floods kill five, damage homes and land

Five people died in floods which swept across eastern and southern Romania at the weekend, damaging hundreds of homes and disrupting road and rail traffic, authorities and media said on Sunday.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Australians to go to polls in October

Australians to go to polls in October

Australians will vote on October 9 in a cliff-hanger election pitting the conservative government against centre-left Labour, with national security and the economy key issues, Prime Minister John Howard said on Sunday.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Powerful typhoon poised to strike Japan

Powerful typhoon poised to strike Japan

A powerful typhoon loomed off south-western Japan on Sunday, threatening large areas of the country with fierce wind and rain.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Croatia fight back to win handball gold

Croatia fight back to win handball gold

Croatia were crowned Olympic handball champions on Sunday, after fighting back from a 10-point halftime deficit to beat Germany in the men's final.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Thailand plans to bid for 2016 Olympics

Thailand plans to bid for 2016 Olympics

Flushed with success after its most successful Olympics with three gold medals in the bag, Thailand plans to bid to host the Games in 2016, according to a newspaper report on Sunday.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Amir Khan to stay amateur

Amir Khan to stay amateur

British teenage boxing sensation Amir Khan intends to stay amateur and put big-money offers on hold after bowing out of the Athens Olympics with a silver medal on Sunday.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
China and Japan power 'awakening of Asia' at Athens

China and Japan power 'awakening of Asia' at Athens

The powerful performance in Athens by China and Japan marked the "awakening of Asia" that heralded a strong showing by Asians at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, International Olympic Committee (IOC) chief Jacques Rogge said on Sunday.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Brazil spikers edge Italy to take gold

Brazil spikers edge Italy to take gold

An ecstatic team of Brazilian volleyball players cried, threw their coach in the air and dived head first on to the ground in unison after beating Italy 3-1 to win the men's Olympic gold medal on Sunday.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Artayev named 'best boxer'

Artayev named 'best boxer'

Olympic welterweight champion, Bakhtiyar Artayev of Kazakhstan, was named 'best boxer' of the Athens boxing tournament on Sunday.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Cuban Kindelan interrupts Khan's run to gold

Cuban Kindelan interrupts Khan's run to gold

Cuban master Mario Kindelan met the future of boxing and survived the experience when he out-pointed British teenager Amir Khan in the highlight of final action at the Olympic tournament on Sunday.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
AJK PPP to launch mass contact drive from September 5

AJK PPP to launch mass contact drive from September 5

The Pakistan Peoples Party, Azad Kashmir has announced to launch an across-the-state mass contact drive from September 5 to force the government to stop its anti-state and anti-people policies.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
KESC to install 35 PMTs in Defence area

KESC to install 35 PMTs in Defence area

Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) has finalised a scheme to strengthen the distribution network of residential and commercial consumers of Defence Housing Authority (DHA).
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Azakhel dam near Peshawar completed

Azakhel dam near Peshawar completed

The Small Dams Organisation (SDO), established with the objective of combating drought conditions in water scarcity areas of NWFP, has completed construction of Azakhel small dam in Peshawar.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Memon Forum urged to implement laws for socio-economic development

Memon Forum urged to implement laws for socio-economic development

PML Senator Nisar A Memon on Sunday asked the 'Memon Professionals Forum' (MPF) to send recommendations to the government for new legislation and implement existing laws, especially pertaining to education, healthcare and creation of more jobs for the upl
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
PML accounts submitted to Election Commission

PML accounts submitted to Election Commission

The Pakistan Muslim League (PML) submitted its annual accounts to the Election Commission of Pakistan at its office on Sunday to fulfil the requirements of the Election Commission.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
NGOs told to spend grants only on welfare projects: minister

NGOs told to spend grants only on welfare projects: minister

Punjab Baitul Maal Minister Chaudhry Mohammad Ejaz Shafi has said the government will provide all out assistance and grant to the NGOs for the launching of health, education and other public welfare-oriented projects.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
MCB initiates Islamic banking in Multan

MCB initiates Islamic banking in Multan

The Muslim Commercial Bank (MCB) has introduced Islamic Banking in Multan, and opened its first branch to facilitate the people of this region introducing "Riba free " Islamic investment deposit scheme with objectives to earn 'Halal' profits in strict con
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Six die in Brazil

Six die in Brazil

The second floor of a crowded Brazilian night-club collapsed early on Sunday, killing six people and injuring 110 on the level below, police said.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Japan hints may seek change in US forces deal

Japan hints may seek change in US forces deal

Japan's Defence Minister said on Sunday Japan may have to consider negotiating changes in the agreement that governs the status of US forces in Japan following a dispute over the management of a US helicopter crash in the southern prefecture of Okinawa ea
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Kremlin candidate favourite as Chechnya votes amid violence

Kremlin candidate favourite as Chechnya votes amid violence

A Kremlin-backed career police officer was set to be crowned leader of Chechnya in a vote Sunday that Moscow hopes will show progress towards peace in the embattled republic but that was nonetheless punctuated by violence.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Israelis fear fallout from Pentagon spy probe

Israelis fear fallout from Pentagon spy probe

Israel's image in the United States may be tarnished and relations with its main ally suffer even if suspicions a Pentagon analyst gave secrets to the Jewish state prove false, Israeli officials said on Sunday.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
US influence in Asia seen waning under Bush

US influence in Asia seen waning under Bush

Asia may have little to complain about if President George W. Bush wins a second term in office despite the lack of a coherent US policy and its waning influence in the region, analysts say.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Eight dead, 54 injured in French motorway pileup

Eight dead, 54 injured in French motorway pileup

Eight people were killed and 54 injured Sunday, 12 of them critically, in a pre-dawn pile-up of five vehicles on a motorway in south-west France, authorities said.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Iran sees only 'marginal' problems with IAEA

Iran sees only 'marginal' problems with IAEA

Iran has answered all "serious questions" about its nuclear activities but says some "marginal problems" could arise when the UN's atomic energy agency meets next month, a spokesman said Sunday.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Chirac urges journalists' release, sends minister

Chirac urges journalists' release, sends minister

President Jacques Chirac urged Iraqi militants on Sunday to release two French journalists they were holding in Iraq and sent Foreign Minister Michel Barnier to the region to help seek their freedom.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
New York marchers condemn Bush and Iraq war

New York marchers condemn Bush and Iraq war

Demonstrators carrying colourful banners and signs marched up one of New York's main avenues on Sunday to protest President George W. Bush's policies over the Iraq war and the economy the day before the Republican convention opens.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Musharraf has to shed uniform: MMA leader

Musharraf has to shed uniform: MMA leader

Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal deputy secretary general Liaquat Baloch has said that after the election of Shaukat Aziz, General Pervaiz Musharraf is trying his best not to shed the uniform and in this regard, General Musharraf is making lame excuses but he has
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Shujaat and Mushahid discuss PML matters

Shujaat and Mushahid discuss PML matters

Secretary General Pakistan Muslim League, Senator Mushahid Hussain on Sunday held a meeting with former Prime Minister and President PML Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain at his residence here.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Using healthy rice seed

Using healthy rice seed

I am finding it quite difficult to come up with recommendations for the government to intervene in the rice sector, as market forces are the main players in the decision-making, process of all stakeholders.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Saving precious lives from road accidents

Saving precious lives from road accidents

Road transportation is not only the most popular and widely used it is also the only mode which is available to most of the population in Pakistan. Transportation of passengers and goods by roads creates jobs, reduces transportation costs and increases ac
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Dual attitude of UN

Dual attitude of UN

I feel at liberty to draw the media's attention towards the UN's dual attitude towards US interest and the rest of the world.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
China aims to bridge the gap with Tibet

China aims to bridge the gap with Tibet

On a dusty river bed in the shadow of the Potala Palace, home of Tibet's exiled Dalai Lama, a bridge is rising that China says will bring prosperity to the Roof of the World.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Buying and selling price of real assets

Buying and selling price of real assets

Have you ever noticed why there is such a large spread between the buying and selling price of real assets and those of financial assets charged by a specialised dealer of those assets. Try taking a car to an automobile showroom and ask the value of the c
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
A perspective on 'Takaful' insurance

A perspective on 'Takaful' insurance

Nowadays, 'Takaful' has become a buzzword amongst the insurance circles in Pakistan. This Shariah-compliant, co-operative form of insurance has finally 'come of age' having been in practice for over two decades in the more 'enlightened' regions of
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Improving primary education

Improving primary education

The brightening of prospects of improving the primary and secondary education in the country, to which US Ambassador to Pakistan Nancy Powell excitedly referred while speaking as the chief guest at the district improvement grants award ceremony, in Karach
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
And now the difficult part

And now the difficult part

Shaukat Aziz's victory in the election for the new Prime Minister was a foregone conclusion. But the manner in which the drama unfolded in the National Assembly on Friday left a bad taste in the mouth.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
PFBDA felicitates Shaukat

PFBDA felicitates Shaukat

Pakistan Federal Builders and Developers Association (PFBDA) has congratulated Shaukat Aziz on assuming the office of Prime Minister of the country.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
ARD to convene APC against Shaukat's election

ARD to convene APC against Shaukat's election

The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) on Sunday said it would call an all parties conference (APC) against the "unconstitutional and undemocratic" election of Shaukat Aziz as prime minister.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
LoC fencing resented

LoC fencing resented

Former foreign affairs secretary Akram Zaki on Sunday, rejecting Indian charges of backing infiltration across the Line of Control, urged New Delhi to refrain from such malicious exercise.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Three held for attempts on President's life

Three held for attempts on President's life

Intelligence agents and police have arrested three men suspected of involvement in two assassination attempts on President Pervez Musharraf, a security official said on Sunday.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Hazrat Ali conference

Hazrat Ali conference

Markazi Imam Hussain Council will arrange Birthday Conference of Hazrat Ali (RA) tomorrow (Monday) at 3.00 pm at a local hotel.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Expatriates in UK pin high hopes on Shaukat

Expatriates in UK pin high hopes on Shaukat

Overseas Pakistanis living across Britain on Sunday welcomed the election of Shaukat Aziz as Prime Minister and hoped he would use his economic acumen for ensuring that fruits of economic growth trickle down to the poor.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Pakistan slams Afghan blasts

Pakistan slams Afghan blasts

Pakistan has strongly condemned the acts of terrorism in Afghanistan and conveyed deepest sympathies to the Government of Afghanistan.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
PWC moot on September 15

PWC moot on September 15

The Pakistan Workers Confederation (PWC), Punjab, has announced to hold a national conference on September 15 to discuss various issues relating to labour laws, economic and social rights of working class, unemployment and price-hike issues.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Chinese Prime Minister greets Shaukat

Chinese Prime Minister greets Shaukat

Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao has greeted Shaukat Aziz, the newly elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, and expressed hope that under his guidance Pakistan would achieve success in socio-economic fields.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Parliamentarians call on Prime Minister

Parliamentarians call on Prime Minister

Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Sunday said that his government's sole agenda was welfare of the people and economic prosperity and stability of the country.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
'Women focusing on abrogation of Hadood Ordinance'

'Women focusing on abrogation of Hadood Ordinance'

Women are fully prepared to focus on the abrogation of Hadood Ordinance after their successful crusade against Karo-kari in Pakistan, said Ms Raheela Tiwana, deputy speaker Sindh Assembly.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Balochistan chief minister inaugurates Marble City

Balochistan chief minister inaugurates Marble City

Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Muhammad Yusuf has said that Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz while empowering him to make any announcement and taking measures about provincial development, has assured that the federal government would extend full co-operation
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Conducive weather conditions brighten bumper cotton crop prospects

Conducive weather conditions brighten bumper cotton crop prospects

Conducive weather is brightening the prospects for a bumper cotton crop of 11.5 million 375-lb bales in 2004-05 season with very good cotton quality. As the harvesting is gaining momentum, more and more ginning factories are resuming operation in new crop
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Conducive weather conditions brighten bumper cotton crop prospects

Conducive weather conditions brighten bumper cotton crop prospects

Conducive weather is brightening the prospects for a bumper cotton crop of 11.5 million 375-lb bales in 2004-05 season with very good cotton quality. As the harvesting is gaining momentum, more and more ginning factories are resuming operation in new crop
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
16 kidnapped for ransom

16 kidnapped for ransom

Six armed men stopped two pick-ups coming from Afghanistan on Sunday and took 16 passengers hostage on Sunday, officials said.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
PIA restarts service to Moscow

PIA restarts service to Moscow

After several years of direct air link suspension with Moscow, the national carrier PIA restarted its service with the departure of first PIA flight PK-733 to the Russian capital.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Miscreants wiped out from Wana and Shakai: ISPR

Miscreants wiped out from Wana and Shakai: ISPR

The security forces have wiped out the hideouts of miscreants from Wana, Shakai and surrounding areas, DG ISPR Major General Shaukat Sultan said on Sunday.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Four die as roof collapses

Four die as roof collapses

Four labourers were killed when the roof of a dilapidated building caved in on Sagar Road here on Sunday afternoon.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
LHC benches for this week

LHC benches for this week

As many as seven division and 18 single benches will work at the principal seat of the Lahore High Court, during the week commencing from Monday (August 30, 2004).
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Ministers hail Shaukat as Prime Minister

Ministers hail Shaukat as Prime Minister

Punjab ministers while congratulating the new premier on his exaltation, have said the victory of Shaukat Aziz as the prime minister would bring improvement in the areas of economic, agriculture and law and order stability in the country and further enhan
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
CBR to launch special value addition scheme in NWFP

CBR to launch special value addition scheme in NWFP

The member Sales Tax, Central Board of Revenue (CBR), Shahid Ahmad has said the CBR would to launch a special value addition scheme, and those which go for value-addition would be exempted of the audit.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
China sees growing economic ties with Pakistan

China sees growing economic ties with Pakistan

China hopes that its decades' old partnership with Pakistan will further grow particularly in the economic field, after the election of Shaukat Aziz as new Prime Minister.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Computer number: sales tax registration staff demanding bribe

Computer number: sales tax registration staff demanding bribe

The staff of Collectorate of Sales Tax and Central Excise, Rawalpindi, is demanding Rs 1000 as bribe for issuance of computer numbers necessary for obtaining new sales tax registration under Centralised Registration Office (CRO), Central Board of Revenue
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
IJT activists hold demonstration

IJT activists hold demonstration

To express solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners staging hunger-strike in Israeli jails for the last 15 days, the activists of the Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT), Punjab University, held a peaceful protest demonstration outside the Lahore Press Club on Su
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
'AJK forests preservation vital for economic growth'

'AJK forests preservation vital for economic growth'

The AJK Minister for Finance Raja Nisar Ahmed Khan has said that preservation of Kashmir's forests is vital for economic growth of Pakistan and warned that forests have reduced over 12 percent area of state which were 42 percent on the time of independenc
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Heavy fluctuations marked on commodity markets

Heavy fluctuations marked on commodity markets

Heavy fluctuations were marked on the wholesale commodity markets showing movement both sides of the counter during the week ended on August 28, 2004.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
KBCA advice to citizens

KBCA advice to citizens

The Karachi Building Control Authority has advised the citizens to beware of housing projects, publicised by the builders without seeking No Objection Certificate (NOC).
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Shell and Pakistan Suzuki sign agreement

Shell and Pakistan Suzuki sign agreement

Recently an agreement was signed between Shell Pakistan Ltd and Pak Suzuki Motor Co Ltd With the signing of formal agreement by Zahra Ahmed, General Manager Lubricants, Shell Pakistan and K. Ayukawa M.D. Pak Suzuki, Shell Pakistan will now supply Suzuki r
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Cotton buying steps up

Cotton buying steps up

The cotton buyers slightly stepped up buying towards the middle of the week as sellers appeared defiant to sell below their investment, during the week ended on August 28, 2004, relevant sources said.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Government urged to abolish BISEs' exam fees

Government urged to abolish BISEs' exam fees

Though the Punjab government has set a precedent while declaring free education up to matriculation, the Boards of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISEs) of the province are following the practice of enhancing exam fees disproportionately, thus depr
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Qayyum sees no outcome of Pak-India talks

Qayyum sees no outcome of Pak-India talks

Supreme head of Muslim Conference and former AJK premier Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan has said that Pakistan-India talks on Indian occupied Kashmir will not be result-oriented as they do not involve Kashmiris and as New Delhi takes these parleys to pursue its
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
1,300 to be recruited in police from Jacobabad: minister

1,300 to be recruited in police from Jacobabad: minister

Sindh Inter-Provincial Co-ordination Minister Dr Sohrab Khan Sarki has notified that Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim would soon visit 25 under-construction police check-posts and three police stations at Sindh-Balochistan border, and review the
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Beach cleaned for turtles' growth

Beach cleaned for turtles' growth

World Wide Fund for Conservation of Nature (WWF-Pakistan), in collaboration with ICI Pakistan and City District Government Karachi (CDGK), on Saturday organised a beach-cleaning event at turtle nesting ground of Sandspit here to mark its project "Save The
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
English to be introduced in primary syllabus: Hamida

English to be introduced in primary syllabus: Hamida

Sindh Education and Literacy Minister Dr Hamida Khuhro has hinted at bringing about changes in the syllabus of primary schools so as English could be taught in primary classes along with mother tongues--Sindhi and Urdu.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Cloudy weather forecast

Cloudy weather forecast

The meteorological department has forecast partly cloudy and windy weather for Karachi with maximum temperature ranging between 31°C and 33°C on Monday.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Seven die of poisonous water

Seven die of poisonous water

Seven people, including three women and two children died of using poisonous water of Manchhar lake in one village Maula Bux Mallah near Manchhar.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
NWFP focuses on prayers and curbing vice

NWFP focuses on prayers and curbing vice

Cinemas are barred from hoisting movie bill-boards and shopkeepers are afraid to display posters featuring women in Peshawar city.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Demonstrations to be staged against US on September 11

Demonstrations to be staged against US on September 11

Demonstrations would be staged in each and every village, town and city of the country on September 11 to express their anger against the acts of America and its allies against Muslim world and to condemn their aggression, brutalities and atrocities.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Sportsmanship medal for De Lima

Sportsmanship medal for De Lima

Brazil's Vanderlei de Lima will be presented with a medal named after the founder of the modern Olympics in recognition of his 'exceptional demonstration of fair play and Olympic values', the IOC said.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Country's worthy son summoned to salvage nation

Country's worthy son summoned to salvage nation

Not very often in the peacetime that a nation has called upon one of his worthy sons to use his prodigious talents to salvage the country at the brink of precipice; to unite a divided house and a society fragmented by ethnicity, parochial prejudices, reli
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Iran offers assistance in iron ore exploration

Iran offers assistance in iron ore exploration

Iran has offered Pakistan technical assistance in the projects of iron ore exploration as part of expansion of production plant at Pakistan Steel, Karachi.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
16 killed in Indian occupied Kashmir

16 killed in Indian occupied Kashmir

Ten freedom fighters including a top leader and six civilians were killed in the latest separatist violence in Indian occupied Kashmir, police said on Sunday.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
PSF raw material prices hit new high

PSF raw material prices hit new high

The raw materials prices to produce polyester staple fibre at the outset of 2004 have jumped by over 50 percent, touching their highest levels at the international markets because of rising oil prices.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
PSF raw material prices hit new high

PSF raw material prices hit new high

The raw materials prices to produce polyester staple fibre at the outset of 2004 have jumped by over 50 percent, touching their highest levels at the international markets because of rising oil prices.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Orascom to pay $291 million to renew Mobilink licence

Orascom to pay $291 million to renew Mobilink licence

Orascom Telecom Holding SAE (OTH) has agreed terms to renew the licence of its ''Mobilink'' branded Pakistani GSM subsidiary for an additional 15 years starting after the expiry of its current licence in July 2007 and ending July 2022.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Orascom to pay $291 million to renew Mobilink licence

Orascom to pay $291 million to renew Mobilink licence

Orascom Telecom Holding SAE (OTH) has agreed terms to renew the licence of its 'Mobilink' branded Pakistani GSM subsidiary for an additional 15 years starting after the expiry of its current licence in July 2007 and ending July 2022.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Orascom to pay $291 million to renew Mobilink licence

Orascom to pay $291 million to renew Mobilink licence

Orascom Telecom Holding SAE (OTH) has agreed terms to renew the licence of its 'Mobilink' branded Pakistani GSM subsidiary for an additional 15 years starting after the expiry of its current licence in July 2007 and ending July 2022.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
India tests nuclear capable ballistic missile

India tests nuclear capable ballistic missile

India on Sunday successfully tested its indigenous Agni-II ballistic missile, the military said as it announced it was armed with a shorter-range version of the nuclear-capable missile.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
India tests nuclear capable ballistic missile

India tests nuclear capable ballistic missile

India on Sunday successfully tested its indigenous Agni-II ballistic missile, the military said as it announced it was armed with a shorter-range version of the nuclear-capable missile.
Published 30 Aug, 2004 12:00am
Previous Day