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News for Tuesday, 11 Oct 2011

NIWC to monitor implementation of anti-harassment legislation

The National Implementation Watch Committee (NIWC) on Tuesday decided to undertake ‘random monitoring visits’ to different educational institutions, private sector organisations, government organisations, civil society organisations and international non-governmental organisations...

How to protect your wealth in times of global economic turbulence?

Global economic outlook The age of economic and financial turmoil has started. I don’t see the global financial markets settling down very soon. There would be a lot of volatility...

Gilani okays formation of Intelligence Bureau Foundation

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani approved the establishment of Intelligence Bureau (IB) Foundation on the pattern of the National Police Foundation and the Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation on Monday....

ADB approves $97m loan for 147MW Patrind hydropower plant

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan of $97 million for the 147 megawatt (MW) run-of-the-river Patrind hydropower plant, to be built by South Korean private sector between...

US pressure is undue

This is with reference to President Obama’s press conference on 6 Octonber in which he warned “US will not feel comfortable in a long-term strategic relationship with Pakistan, if it...

Critic mentality

Let’s accept it; we the citizens of this country have at least one thing in common. That is to criticise the government’s administration bodies to the limit and why shouldn’t...

7pc decline in gas supply delivers blow to power sector

A significant erosion in gas supply to power sector has landed the power generation companies and consumers into serious trouble, leading to frequent hike in tariff and prolonged loadshedding. According...

Containers missing

Every day we hear bad news about Afghan transit containers being stolen or disappearing from the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR). When this issue was first highlighted last year, FBR...

Senate demands recovery of $2.5b Coalition Fund dues

The Senate Standing Committee on Finance on Tuesday directed the government to take a firm stance on the recovery of $2.5 billion dues under the Coalition Support Fund (CSF) from...

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