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News for Wednesday, 9 Mar 2011

TCAP reveals water shortage at Thar

KARACHI - The results of Long Water Pump Test at Block-2 of Thar Coal Fields have revealed that the amount of ground water will not be sufficient to serve as...

NCCPL sets penalties for abuse of leveraged products

KARACHI - While critics foresee possible abuse of the leveraged products about to hit the country's stock exchanges next week, the National Clearing Company of Pakistan Limited (NCCPL) begs to...

Power outages set to increase

LAHORE - Load-shedding will increase in the coming days as power demand is increasing because of the rising mercury, however, power generation is stagnant and there is little likehood it...

‘Supervisory teams to monitor wheat procurement’

LAHORE - Punjab Food Minister Abdul Ghafoor announced formation of supervisory teams at district, tehsil and union council levels to monitor wheat procurement campaign in the province. He said that...

LSE institutes training programmes

LAHORE - The Lahore Stock Exchange launched continuous professional development programmes, a series aimed to equip members of the Exchange to meet the challenges of contemporary and developing financial system...

Alleged encounter in Shafiqabad

Lahore - Qamar, 30, was found dead in his home in Shafiqabad police station jurisdiction on Wednesday. Though the deceased had received a bullet near his heart, no blood...

‘WE WERE NOT INFORMED’ – Future pharmacists disturbed

LAHORE - Around 3,034 pharmacy students vying for placement in hospitals as pharmacists are disturbed at the inclusion of a written test in the new selection method introduced by the...

IGC aims at boosting public procurement

KARACHI - The International Growth Center (IGC) is implementing a research project on improving the efficiency of public procurement in Sindh and for this purpose a research team of the...

SBP repeats Rs 500 exchange policy

KARACHI - The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has once again advised the general public to exchange the phased out and larger sized banknote of Rs 500 denomination at the...

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