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News for Thursday, 8 Sep 2011

Doubling of railway track

In the wake of partition of the subcontinent Railway services, that were originally established by the Colonial rulers; transformed into Pakistan railways after 1947. Pakistan Railway is a state –owned...

Frustrated Nadal reaches quarters

Defending champion Rafael Nadal took out his US Open frustrations on Gilles Muller of Luxembourg on Thursday to reach the quarter-finals with a 7-6 (7/1), 6-1, 6-2 victory. The second...

Foreign exchange reserves climb to $18.063b

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Thursday said the country’s liquid foreign exchange reserves rose to $18.063 billion during the week that ended on the 3rd of this month. When...

Anderson will inevitably become a legend: Asif

Banned fast bowler Mohammad Asif says he has been closely following English paceman James Anderson’s exploits against India and will use some of his tricks if he returns to big-time...

PSO in dire straits on maturing LCs of Rs64b in Sept

The financial conditions of the Pakistan State Oil (PSO) are in dire straits as the company has to make a huge payment of Rs64 billion on maturing letter of credits...

Paradigm shift in Pak-Iran economic cooperation

Pakistan and Iran on Thursday decided to expedite gas pipeline project and to rationalise tariff regime to boost the bilateral trade besides agreeing for an investment fund to encourage the...

CCPO orders tight security for Friday

Lahore Capital City Police Officer Ahmed Raza Tahir said on Thursday that special security measures are to be taken for the effective checking of heavy transport entering the city on...

Committee to examine Quaid-e-Azam award nominations

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has constituted a committee to examine the nominations of Quaid-e-Azam Life Time Achievement Award. According to Punjab government notification, Senator Pervaiz Rashid would be the...

Doctors demand provincial medical council under PMDC

The young doctors have demanded the Punjab government should establish a provincial medical council under the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) to regulate private medical colleges in Punjab. The...

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