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News for Sunday, 6 Feb 2011

Dejected woman kills ex-paramour

SAHIWAL - A woman killed her paramour Javed Iqbal at Chak No 107/7R. Reportedly, Javed developed relations with Sajida. After some time, he severed his relations. On the day of...

Lack of awareness takes edge off Islamic banking

KARACHI - While conventional banking in Pakistan is faced with innumerable challenges in the wake of global and domestic economic recession, their counterparts in Islamic banks feel troubled by a...

Agriculture to reap dividends from devastating floods

KARACHI - The devastating floods, which had washed away the country's economy in the face of agriculture infrastructure last year, appear to have started reaping fruits for the agrarian economy...

‘Pakistan can boost value added textile to $50b’

KARACHI - Pakistan possesses a potential of at least $50 billion in value-added textile if workers are fully equipped and trained as per international standards, said Ministry of Textiles Commissioner...

Pilots hint at strike over PIA-TA deal

LAHORE - Pakistan Air Line Pilots Association (PALPA) plans to go on strike from 8 February, 2011, if Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) does not annul the imbalanced agreement with Turkish...

KPT embarks on apparently futile internal port development

KARACHI - Karachi Port Trust (KPT) has pushed forward with the internal development of port facilities and has diverted resources to rehabilitate existing general cargo berths in the East Wharf....

Sindh Bank: Have we learned nothing from history?

The Sindh Bank Ltd, sponsored by the provincial government, has commenced operations, opening its first branch on December 27, 2010. It would have been better, however, if Government of Sindh...

Impact of new trade rules under the scope

KARACHI - The International Multimodal Transport Association (IMMTA) is going to hold a conference on "The Impact of the Rotterdam Rules on International Trade of Pakistan" on March 29, 2011.

Pakistan will participate in UK trade fair

LONDON - Ten leading Pakistani business houses are participating in the "Spring Fair International 2011" being organised in Birmingham and to be held from February 6-10. Pakistan High Commission along...

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