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News for Tuesday, 12 Apr 2011

Continued Irregularities – LDA starts projects without floating tenders

LAHORE - Trampling Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif's top manifesto to ensure transparency in all development works, the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) high-ups have started development works at cricket grounds...

LHC gives custody of illegitimate child to Canadian woman

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday directed two illegitimately married foreign nationals to resolve the case of the custody of their son, and adjourned the hearing of...

PPP asks Punjab CM 11 questions

LAHORE - Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Punjab Assembly parliamentarians raised eleven questions with Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Shahbaz Sharif on Tuesday and urged upon him to reply these all queries...

Dengue claims 2011′s second victim

LAHORE - Sir Ganga Ram Hospital Outdoor Patients Department (OPD) ward boy Akhtar Hussain was diagnosed with dengue fever on Tuesday. He is the second dengue patient in Lahore this...

Traders refuse to observe 8pm closure rule

LAHORE - The traders of the city declared that they would not follow any decision of closing shops at 8pm and would launch protests if the government tried to threaten...

‘Govt will launch OGDCL bonds to address circular debt’

ISLAMABAD - The Minister for Water and Power Syed Naveed Qamar said, on Tuesday, that the government plans to launch exchangeable bonds between $500 million and $1.0 billion for state...

Trade deficit casts a long shadow

KARACHI - A hefty trade deficit of Pakistan had eroded the inflow of remittances and the impact of growth in exports in nine months of the current financial year. From...

KSE fails to impress, sheds 73 pts

KARACHI - The benchmark index continued to oscillate around 11,800 points, as investors' participation stayed dull. Capitalisation reduced by 0.61 percent, as investors chose to book profits; however volume, with...

Car sales grow 24pc in March

KARACHI - Car sales, last month, improved by an annual 24 percent and reached 15,634 units compared to 12,618 units in the same period last year, according to recent data...

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