Lahore

Foreigners investing in off-market take quick exit

Tuesday, November 11, 2008 By our correspondent KARACHI: Situation at the Karachi bourse remained extremely sluggish in this session as well, but overseas investors disinvested over $2.9 million from local bourses on Monday....

High input cost a global phenomenon: experts

Tuesday, November 11, 2008 By Mansoor Ahmad LAHORE: Cutting the cost of doing business is the only viable solution to the economic woes of the country, instead of repeating the past mistake of providing undue protection to the...

Pakistani currency dealers held

Munaf Kalia is at the centre of a nationwide investigation Two directors of a Pakistani currency company have been remanded in custody over allegations that they illegally transferred millions of dollars abroad. The two...

PU team reach finals of debate competition

Tuesday, November 11, 2008 By Our Correspondent LAHORE THE Punjab University debating teams have qualified for the final round of “Allama Iqbal Shield 2008 (English and Urdu debates) Contest” organised by the Higher Education...

US policy on Pak to remain unchanged: US Consul General !

Lahore, Nov 10: US Consul General in Karachi Kay L Anske has said that despite the change in guard at the White House (on January 20), the US policy on Pakistan will not change. After a meeting with Jamaat-e-Islami leaders in...

High-end users to bear power tariff revision brunt

Tuesday, November 11, 2008 By Mansoor Ahmad LAHORE THE government has opted the easy way out of the electricity tariff dilemma by proposing full relief to the segment of society that has street power and penalising those who...

Punjab govt victimising Q: Pervaiz

Tuesday, November 11, 2008 By Our Correspondent LAHORE Punjab PML-Q President Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has slammed the Punjab government for neglecting the agricultural sector and focusing merely on horse trading and...

Crackdown on money changers comes too late

Tuesday, November 11, 2008 By Mansoor Ahmad LAHORE The crackdown on money changers has come after billions of dollars were stashed outside the country. The State Bank of Pakistan has restricted dealings in the foreign exchange...

IHC CJ asked to submit recommendations

Tuesday, November 11, 2008 ISLAMABAD: The chief justices of all the four provincial High Courts (HCs) and the Islamabad High Court, at a meeting chaired by Minister for Law, Justice and Human Right F...

CM suspends EDO over dengue spread

Tuesday, November 11, 2008 By Our Correspondent LAHORE Punjab Chief Minister Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that no effort would be spared to save the people from fatal diseases such as the dengue fever and polio and...