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Print - 2005-12-09
Thai shares tumble

Thai shares tumble

Thai share prices closed 0.33 percent lower on Thursday on profit taking following two days of sharp gains, which were partially fuelled by stronger than expected economic growth, dealers said.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Philippines shares jump

Philippines shares jump

Philippines share prices closed 0.48 percent higher on Thursday with investors buying into select stocks on the back of a strong peso, dealers said.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Nikkei posts biggest one-day loss in two months

Nikkei posts biggest one-day loss in two months

Japan's Nikkei stock average posted its biggest loss in two months on Thursday, tumbling 1.95 percent as shares fell across the board on concern that recent advances had overheated prices.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Chinese shares end lower

Chinese shares end lower

China's shares slipped 0.12 percent on Thursday, as funds sold big caps such as top Chinese steel mill Baoshan Iron and Steel Co Ltd to lock in gains from the last two days.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Bangladesh interbank forex, interest rates

Bangladesh interbank forex, interest rates

Interbank buy/sell rates for the taka against the dollar on Thursday. 65.95-66.00 (previous 65.95-66.00) Call Money Rates: 6.00-13.00 percent (previous 6.00-13.00 percent).
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
China's yuan dips versus dollar

China's yuan dips versus dollar

The Chinese yuan ended marginally weaker against the dollar on Thursday, taking a break after two days of strong gains, as dealers said they expected the currency to continue a trend of gradual and steady gains.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Swiss franc steady against dollar

Swiss franc steady against dollar

The Swiss franc was little changed against the dollar in early trade on Thursday after Swiss employment data confirmed the country's economic recovery and ahead of an expected rise in US interest rates next week.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Dollar climbs after bearish economic reports

Dollar climbs after bearish economic reports

The dollar climbed on Wednesday, particularly against the Australian and New Zealand dollars, after traders used bearish economic reports on those countries as excuses to take profits on recent strength.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Hong Kong dollar clings

Hong Kong dollar clings

The Hong Kong dollar was little changed against the US dollar on Thursday in thin trading, holding up despite weakness in the local equity market, dealers said.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Asian currencies: peso and rupiah sparkle

Asian currencies: peso and rupiah sparkle

The Indonesian rupiah rose sharply and the Philippine peso hit a 2-1/2-year high on Thursday as local sentiment stayed bullish, while other Asian currencies drew some support from a recovery in Japan's battered yen.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
England happy with revised itinerary

England happy with revised itinerary

England cricket officials on Thursday unveiled a revised itinerary for next year's tour of India, ending a bad-tempered row over venues.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Smith injury boost for South Africa

Smith injury boost for South Africa

Injured South African captain Graeme Smith had his first hit-out in the nets on Thursday and said he would be available to play this week, boosting the tourists after their thrashing by Western Australia.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Gibbs confident India is back on the agenda

Gibbs confident India is back on the agenda

South African batsman Herschelle Gibbs said he would go ahead with touring India next year if selected despite fears of being arrested there this season.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Uncapped paceman replaces ill Brett Lee

Uncapped paceman replaces ill Brett Lee

Uncapped paceman Mitchell Johnson was brought into Australia's one-day international squad Thursday to replace Brett Lee, who was sent home to seek treatment for a nasal condition.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Rejuvenated Sri Lanka ready for second Indian Test

Rejuvenated Sri Lanka ready for second Indian Test

Sri Lanka go into the second Test against India at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground here on Saturday with morale high after gaining a psychological advantage in the previous match.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Mariah Carey wins 8th Grammy nominations

Mariah Carey wins 8th Grammy nominations

Pop siren Mariah Carey was nominated Thursday for eight Grammy awards, punctuating a remarkable comeback for a singer whose star had dimmed in recent years.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
China and US in new round of strategic talks

China and US in new round of strategic talks

The United States and China held a new round of strategic talks on Wednesday, part of a high-level effort to manage friction in increasingly complex relations.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Defiant Eritrea refuses to rescind UN peacekeeper expulsions

Defiant Eritrea refuses to rescind UN peacekeeper expulsions

Eritrea will stand by its decision to expel North American and European peacekeepers from the UN mission monitoring its tense border with Ethiopia despite the world body's insistence it back down, a senior Eritrean official said Thursday.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
French Prime Minister tries to defuse colonial history row

French Prime Minister tries to defuse colonial history row

Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin sought on Thursday to defuse a row over a law that encourages the positive portrayal of France's colonial past in schoolbooks, saying it was not for politicians to write history.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Russia urged to face up to demographic crisis

Russia urged to face up to demographic crisis

A new World Bank report on Russia's grim demographic situation, published Thursday, warns that population decline could speed up and pose a major risk for national security.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Taiwan short on weapons, says Pentagon official

Taiwan short on weapons, says Pentagon official

Taiwan needs to restock air-defense missiles and ships systems and should move ahead with a multibillion-dollar arms package offered by the United States to strengthen its defences, the Pentagon's top arms dealer said on Wednesday.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
World needs $34 billion to immunise poor children: expert

World needs $34 billion to immunise poor children: expert

Some 34 billion dollars are needed to immunise the world's most deprived children over the next 10 years, a global vaccine expert said Thursday. The expenditure "would considerably bring down the number of deaths among children from diseases such as polio
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Hamas 'mother of martyrs' runs in poll

Hamas 'mother of martyrs' runs in poll

Hamas has chosen a mother of three sons who died fighting Israel to run for Palestinian parliament in a poll where the Islamic militant group is expected to mount a serious challenge to President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah party.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Police and demonstrators clash in Italy

Police and demonstrators clash in Italy

Protesters demonstrating against a planned high-speed rail link with France clashed with police on Thursday amid concern that anger over the project could mar the 2006 Winter Olympics in the northern area.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Nato agrees rules for expanded Afghan mission

Nato agrees rules for expanded Afghan mission

Nato foreign ministers approved mission rules on Thursday for an expanded peacekeeping force in Afghanistan next year which Washington hopes will allow it to cut US troop levels there.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Japan extends historic Iraq mission

Japan extends historic Iraq mission

Japan Thursday extended its military mission in Iraq for another year with an eye to withdrawing in 2006, despite growing calls around the world to pull foreign troops out of the country.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Osama believed to be alive: US commander

Osama believed to be alive: US commander

The top US commander in Afghanistan said Thursday al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is still believed to be alive and US forces will not rest until he is captured or killed.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
UK's top court bans 'torture evidence'

UK's top court bans 'torture evidence'

Britain's highest court ruled on Thursday that information gleaned from torture anywhere in the world was unacceptable as evidence in British courts.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
UNHCR tells Europe not to downgrade asylum policies

UNHCR tells Europe not to downgrade asylum policies

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres on Thursday called on European Union countries to resist whittling down asylum rights as they applied a EU directive on refugees.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Top Croat war crimes fugitive arrested

Top Croat war crimes fugitive arrested

Fugitive Croatian General Ante Gotovina, one of the three most wanted war crimes suspects from the former Yugoslavia, has been arrested in Spain, UN chief war crimes prosecutor Carla del Ponte said on Thursday.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Egypt regime keeps grip on power

Egypt regime keeps grip on power

Egypt's ruling party has maintained its grip on power, official election results showed Thursday, after a final day of voting was marred by violent efforts to curb Islamist gains.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
US may offer India top radar in fighter-jet bid

US may offer India top radar in fighter-jet bid

The United States may offer India advanced Raytheon Co radar as part of a bid for a multibillion-dollar fighter-jet contract, the head of the Pentagon agency handling the matter said Wednesday.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Amitabh out of intensive care

Amitabh out of intensive care

Bollywood movie legend Amitabh Bachchan is making a good recovery from bowel surgery at a Mumbai hospital and has been moved from intensive care, a hospital official said Thursday.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Living against God will lead to world's end: pope

Living against God will lead to world's end: pope

Pope Benedict XVI warned Thursday that man's refusal to submit to the will of God would lead to the destruction of the world, as he celebrated a mass to mark the 40th anniversary of the conclusion of the Second Vatican Council.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Eight militants die in Syrian clash

Eight militants die in Syrian clash

Eight Muslim militants were killed in a clash between Syrian security forces and an Islamist group in a farm in central Syria on Thursday, the state news agency SANA reported.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Israel should be moved to Europe: Ahmadinejad

Israel should be moved to Europe: Ahmadinejad

Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday that if Germany and Austria feel responsible for massacring Jews during World War II, a state of Israel should be established on their soil.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Two Palestinians, one Israeli killed

Two Palestinians, one Israeli killed

Israel killed two militants in a Gaza air strike on Thursday in an escalating military response to a suicide bombing, and a Palestinian stabbed an Israeli to death at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Indian rupee off 15-month lows

Indian rupee off 15-month lows

The rupee recovered from 15-month lows hit earlier on Thursday, as dollar buying by oil importing companies ebbed and traders said the local unit also got a lift from the US currency's drop overseas against major currencies.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Pound rises against dollar

Pound rises against dollar

Sterling rose more than half a percent against the dollar on Thursday, part of a wider dollar decline against the euro and other currencies, but stayed stable after the Bank of England kept interest rates unchanged.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Dollar slips versus yen and euro

Dollar slips versus yen and euro

The dollar slipped to a one-week low against the yen and lost ground against the euro on Thursday as investors locked in profits on the greenback's strong 2005 performance.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
KPN bonds rise, auction takes toll on Autostrade

KPN bonds rise, auction takes toll on Autostrade

The cost of default protection on KPN rose on Thursday after Standard & Poor's cut its outlook on the Dutch telecoms group following its purchase this week of 500 million euros ($588.8 million) of its own shares.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
KPN bonds rise, auction takes toll on Autostrade

KPN bonds rise, auction takes toll on Autostrade

The cost of default protection on KPN rose on Thursday after Standard & Poor's cut its outlook on the Dutch telecoms group following its purchase this week of 500 million euros ($588.8 million) of its own shares.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Seoul share end flat

Seoul share end flat

Seoul shares ended flat on Thursday, amid caution ahead of the simultaneous expiry of options and futures, and as blue chips such as Samsung Electronics fell after the central bank unexpectedly raised interest rates.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
US Stocks: Thursday's unofficial close

US Stocks: Thursday's unofficial close

US stocks gained on Thursday as a rebound in crude oil prices boosted shares of energy companies and an improved revenue forecast from wireless technology company Qualcomm Inc helped the Nasdaq.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Britain's top share index flat

Britain's top share index flat

Britain's top shares finished flat on Thursday with online gaming firm PartyGaming surging to a 3-month high after it said it expected to beat 2005 earnings forecasts thanks to more poker players and a popular blackjack game.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Gold trading soars at foreign exchange broker EBS amid rally

Gold trading soars at foreign exchange broker EBS amid rally

Gold trading activity on electronic foreign exchange broker EBS has jumped 30 percent this year, as banks and investors increasingly use the surging commodity as an alternative to currencies, an EBS executive said on Thursday.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Oil breaks $60 as arctic chill grips US

Oil breaks $60 as arctic chill grips US

Oil rose more than a dollar on Thursday, breaking well above $60 a barrel as an arctic chill gripped the heating markets of the eastern United States.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Oil breaks $60 as arctic chill grips US

Oil breaks $60 as arctic chill grips US

Oil rose more than a dollar on Thursday, breaking well above $60 a barrel as an arctic chill gripped the heating markets of the eastern United States.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Oil breaks $60 as arctic chill grips US

Oil breaks $60 as arctic chill grips US

Oil rose more than a dollar on Thursday, breaking well above $60 a barrel as an arctic chill gripped the heating markets of the eastern United States.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Cocoa smuggling from Ivory Coast seen lower

Cocoa smuggling from Ivory Coast seen lower

Smuggling of cocoa beans from Ivory Coast is expected to ease in the current 2005/06 season due to stricter quality controls in neighbouring Ghana and swings in world prices, industry operators said on Wednesday.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
New York cotton settles higher

New York cotton settles higher

Cotton futures finished slightly higher Thursday on speculative buying as the trade engaged in last-minute positioning before the release of tomorrow's government crop report, brokers said.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
London sugar rises

London sugar rises

London white sugar futures closed up on Thursday after fund buying in New York gave the market a lift before the close, dealers said.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Metals little changed

Metals little changed

London Metal Exchange (LME) metals prices ended little changed in floor trading on Thursday, with copper, aluminium and zinc consolidating around recent highs, dealers said.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Gold pauses after hitting 24-1/2 year high in Europe

Gold pauses after hitting 24-1/2 year high in Europe

Gold paused for breath in Europe on Thursday after earlier hitting a new 24-1/2-year high as buyers stepped back, but with investment funds keen to keep bullion in their portfolio, traders expect further gains soon.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
US MIDDAY: cocoa advances

US MIDDAY: cocoa advances

US cocoa futures advanced Thursday for the second consecutive day, fuelled by a lack of producer selling and a flagging dollar, market sources said.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
US MIDDAY: coffee futures perk up

US MIDDAY: coffee futures perk up

US coffee futures edged up Thursday, thanks to scale-down roaster buying and a lack of producer selling, market sources said.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
US MIDDAY: sugar at 10-1/2 year high

US MIDDAY: sugar at 10-1/2 year high

Raw sugar prices closed Thursday at their highest level in 10-1/2 years on fund and trade buying and brokers said the market could rally further since the fundamentals stoking the rally have not changed.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
US MIDDAY: corn firmer

US MIDDAY: corn firmer

Corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade were holding firm early on Thursday amid scattered and low-volume short covering following the declines on Wednesday, traders said.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
US MIDDAY: wheat down

US MIDDAY: wheat down

Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade turned weak by midmorning on Thursday, pushing to new contract lows in response to fund long liquidation in the Kansas City market, traders said.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
US MIDDAY: copper climbs

US MIDDAY: copper climbs

US copper futures moved modestly higher after the start on Thursday, though traders said buying remained light and came mostly from locals.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
US MIDDAY: soyabeans up

US MIDDAY: soyabeans up

Soyabean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade were boosted early on Thursday by stronger-than-expected weekly export sales reported before the open, traders said.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
US MIDDAY: gold gains

US MIDDAY: gold gains

US gold futures climbed and held near a fresh quarter-century high early on Thursday, as an early wave of profit-taking dried up when speculators added to their huge long positions in the metal, dealers said.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Two soldiers found dead near Afghan border

Two soldiers found dead near Afghan border

Bodies of two paramilitary soldiers were found on Thursday, two days after they and two other soldiers disappeared in the remote tribal belt near the Afghan border, local officials said.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project referred to GSP and PMD

Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project referred to GSP and PMD

The government has referred 969 MW Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project to the Geological Survey of Pakistan (GSP) and Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) for comments, as a French firm Vinci had raised fears that the project may collapse as a result of
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Customer satisfaction - the way to sustainable enterprise

Customer satisfaction - the way to sustainable enterprise

It is often said "Customer is the King" and that "Customer is always right". These otherwise simplistic statement embody enormous wisdom. The world has moved from dearth to abundance of supply; coupled with increased consumerism, consciousness of human ri
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
PPA concerned over delay in Indian soyameal arrival

PPA concerned over delay in Indian soyameal arrival

India is using delaying tactics to export soyabean meal to Pakistan which is adversely affecting Rs 75 billion local poultry industry, Pakistan Poultry Association sources told Business Recorder here on Thursday.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
'WTO should stay out of agriculture'

'WTO should stay out of agriculture'

The speakers cautioned at a conference on 'Sustainable Development' that the WTO regime cannot deliver goods to the world until and unless it is based on a just and equitable system.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Man's inhumanity to man

Man's inhumanity to man

Much has been written about the earthquake's causes, of the wrath of God and its admonitionary aspect, yet people still wonder why God is punishing Muslims with calamities.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Manila-Karachi, same distance as Islamabad-Karachi

Manila-Karachi, same distance as Islamabad-Karachi

It was interesting to read the article on Shamshad Akhtar, the new SBP Governor. All the more interesting to observe your correspondent's reference that...the distance between Manila and Karachi is the same as between Islamabad and the Metropolitan port c
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Stock market share fluctuation

Stock market share fluctuation

The "best performing stock market in the world" had two crashes within the last 18 months. After each crash an inquiry was ordered but the SECP has still to inform the public about the results. Unless the stock market stables are cleaned up very little fo
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Enriching spouses at Harvard

Enriching spouses at Harvard

Assistant Attorney-General for the Department of Justice's Civil Division Peter Keisler; United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan; Arnold J. Haiman, Acting General Counsel of the United States Agency for International Development and Bruce Crandlemire A
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Europe seems far away in unstable southeast Turkey

Europe seems far away in unstable southeast Turkey

In the shadow of mountains bordering Iraq and Iran, Turkey's Hakkari province may one day be an outpost of the European Union. But for now, it feels cut off from the world.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Role of Chief Cost Accounts Officer

Role of Chief Cost Accounts Officer

The Chief Cost Accounts Officer has been an important component of the Ministry of Finance in the past. He was a senior member of the team and headed the costing function in the government as a whole. He held the rank of an Additional Secretary and had a
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Redeeming the plight of frustrated taxpayers

Redeeming the plight of frustrated taxpayers

It is, indeed, heartening to note from a news report, (December 4), that Federal Tax Ombudsman Munir A. Sheikh has ruled that services rendered, whether through contract or otherwise, are not covered under 'presumptive tax regime' of the repealed Income T
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Towards Islamic resurgence

Towards Islamic resurgence

Gripped as most parts of the Muslim world are by religious extremists' violence, ending terrorism and extremism and promoting tolerance was the common theme in the speeches that the leaders of the Muslim world delivered at the Third Extraordinary Summit o
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Test demonstration of new ginning machinery on December 13

Test demonstration of new ginning machinery on December 13

Minister for Industries and Production, Jahangir Khan Tareen, will witness test demonstration of newly developed ginning machinery in Bahawalpur on December 13, said an official statement issued by Engineering Development Board here on Thursday.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Irate PML-N lawmaker slaps MMA's MNA

Irate PML-N lawmaker slaps MMA's MNA

An infuriated lawmaker of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) punched and slapped the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) member of the National Assembly, moments after the sitting was adjourned on Thursday.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Government trying to divide people by raising KBD issue: Benazir

Government trying to divide people by raising KBD issue: Benazir

Chairperson Pakistan Peoples Party alleged on Thursday that the government was trying to divert attention from its failure in providing adequate earthquake relief and rehabilitation by raising the Kalabagh Dam (KBD) issue.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Penalty of Rs 3.023 billion charged for power pilferage

Penalty of Rs 3.023 billion charged for power pilferage

The government has charged Rs 3.023 billion as penalty for electricity pilferage during the financial year 2004-05, Minister of State for Water and Power Amir Mukam informed the National Assembly on Thursday.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
FROM A RINGSIDE SEAT

FROM A RINGSIDE SEAT

Be it the political power or the electric power, its pilferage has acquired the proportions of a national habit. It is a different matter, however, that while those who steal political power get scot-free---thanks to the doctrine of necessity --- the thie
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Khar meets Benazir

Khar meets Benazir

Former Punjab Governor Ghulam Mustafa Khar called on Benazir Bhutto, Chairperson of Pakistan Peoples' Party in Dubai on Wednesday and pledged the party in its struggle for revival of democracy, said a press release issued on Thursday.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Speakers stress radical reforms for true democracy

Speakers stress radical reforms for true democracy

The prospects of real democracy will remain bleak in Pakistan without radical constitutional, political, agricultural and religious reforms to address the major issues of devolving powers to the grassroots, achieving political and religious harmony and gr
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Government comes under attack for not reducing POL prices

Government comes under attack for not reducing POL prices

Opposition parties unleashed a strong verbal attack on the government on Thursday for the third consecutive day for denying relief to the consumers after the petroleum products' prices in the world market had registered downward trend.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
WFP assistance boosts girls enrolment in schools

WFP assistance boosts girls enrolment in schools

The enrolment of girls students in the World Food Programme (WFP) assisted schools has been doubled during the last three years and registered a sharp rising trend, said a study conducted by a donor agency.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Relief goods exempted from withholding tax

Relief goods exempted from withholding tax

The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) has given exemption of 3.5 percent withholding tax on payments received against supply of relief goods for quake-hit areas. The CBR has amended the Second Schedule of the Income Tax Ordinance 2001 through a SRO.1205(I)/2
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Relief goods exempted from withholding tax

Relief goods exempted from withholding tax

The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) has given exemption of 3.5 percent withholding tax on payments received against supply of relief goods for quake-hit areas. The CBR has amended the Second Schedule of the Income Tax Ordinance 2001 through a SRO.1205(I)/2
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
Students-teachers tussle at Urdu University resolved

Students-teachers tussle at Urdu University resolved

Vice Chancellor Federal Urdu University, Professor Dr Syed Iqbal Mohsin on Thursday denied reports about unrest in the varsity and said tussle among faculty members on administrative affairs had been resolved.
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
The Weather

The Weather

The weather report on Thursday (December 08, 2005) and the forecast for Friday (December 09, 2005).
Published 09 Dec, 2005 12:00am
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