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News for Friday, 29 Jul 2011

SBP injects Rs205 billion in two weeks

The central bank on Friday injected Rs115 billion more in the banking system where pre-Ramadan cash withdrawals is said to have created a liquidity crunch. Last week on July 22...

Gas shortage in industry

Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) former Managing Director Abdul Rasheed Lone has said that natural gas demand has been increasing at a rapid pace of 100 mmcfd (million million...

15 day gas curtailment for fertiliser plants

With growing gas shortage in the country, the Ministry of Petroleum has proposed gas load shedding 15 days a month for fertiliser plants. Under this plan SNGPL would supply gas...

USAID to assist Pakistan in saving 1000MW electricity

United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched Tube-well Efficiency Improvement Programme (TWEIP) that can save about 1000 MW electricity in Pakistan. USAID is providing 50 per cent financial...

Work on $1.58 billion Karachi Circular Railway project to begin

Practical work on the much delayed Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) project may start from September this year as the Ministry of Finance has resolved the issue of “re-lending” of around...

Movie Review: Captain America

No one is going to pretend that this is art, psychologically profound or anything other than preposterous. It is a popcorn movie, but much better than most of its kind....

Christina Aguilera, Selena Gomez top ALMA nominees

Christina Aguilera and Selena Gomez are the leading nominees for the ALMA Awards, which honor the artistic accomplishments of Latinos in music, television and film. The National Council of ‘La...

Gaga to release photo book

Lady Gaga announced on Thursday that she will be releasing a hefty coffee-table book on November 22 featuring more than 350 pictures of her taken over the past year by...

Toronto offers height-loving daredevils new thrills

Daredevils in red jumpsuits can teeter around the outside edge of Canada’s tallest structure next month as the CN Tower opens a new attraction for thrill-seekers and those wanting to...

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