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Business

The government borrowed over Rs110.619 billion on Wednesday from commercial banks to finance its budgetary needs. According to State Bank of Pakistan fiscal year 2010-2011 had seen the government’s budgetary borrowings aggregate<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/07/13/govt-borrows-rs110-619b-from-scheduled-banks/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Business

Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the launch of USF Optic Fiber Cable Projects in Balochistan is an important initiative of the federal government. He said that the establishment<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/07/13/pm-initiates-rs7-51b-optic-fiber-projects-in-balochistan/" title="Read more" >...</a>

NATIONAL

At least four suspected US missile strikes in northwestern Pakistan in less than 24 hours killed at least 45 people, media reports said Tuesday. The suspected US unmanned aircrafts fired several missiles<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/07/13/45-killed-in-24-hours-as-us-drones-target-nwa/" title="Read more" >...</a>

NATIONAL

Setting aside the directives of Public Accounts Committee (PAC), the Planning Commission (PC) has not taken tangible steps to initiate action against the three retired generals involved in Rs 1.84 bil

NATIONAL

As the PML-N General Council is all set to elect Nawaz Sharif and Sartaj Aziz unopposed as PML-N’s central president and secretary general on July 27, the PML-N top command is facing troubles in fin

Foreign

Some European NATO members are not pulling their weight in the Libyan air campaign, Britain’s defence minister said on Wednesday in one of his strongest attacks yet on the alliance. Defence Secretar

KARACHI

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has rejected the approval of three bills by Sindh Assembly amid its protest on Wednesday. Earlier, Sindh Assembly gave approval of three bills including Bill of Police Act-1861,<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/07/13/mqm-rejects-approval-of-3-bills-in-sindh-assembly/" title="Read more" >...</a>

The Higher Education Commission (HEC) on Tuesday conferred Best University Teachers Award on 57 faculty members of public and private sector universities in recognition of their dedicated efforts to e

LAHORE

Conservation of thousands of precious manuscripts and books is at stake at the Punjab Public Library due to lack of facilities and resources, Pakistan Today has learnt.Increase in humidity in the pr

Dawood Islamic Bank (DIBL) has been renamed as Burj Bank, effective from July 11, 2011, with the approval of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).This is a result of over $21 million invested by the Isl

The teachers working in private academic institutions have not been paid their salaries for the three-month summer vacation, which started in June. The teachers affiliated with different private academic institutions said that<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/07/13/private-schools-not-paying-salaries-during-summer-vacation/" title="Read more" >...</a>

International experts have advised Pakistan that the path to successful economic reforms starts with the ending of restrictions on trade and investment. A two-day conference on the framework for economic growth, hosted<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/07/13/pakistan-in-dire-need-of-economic-reforms/" title="Read more" >...</a>