President Asif Ali Zardari will inaugurate the branch of the one of the largest Chinese banks, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), here today. An official source has revealed that<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/05/19/icbc-breaks-into-pakistani-market/" title="Read more" >...</a>
NATIONALAfter failing to get $2.1 billion in financing from the Friends of Democratic Pakistan for 12 small dams during the current fiscal year, the government has decided to begin work on 6 dams in the first
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The West’s energy watchdog urged oil producers to boost supply to protect economic recovery, just weeks before an OPEC meeting which analysts say looks increasingly unlikely to increase production. “The governing board<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/05/19/iea-makes-rare-formal-plea-to-oil-producers/" title="Read more" >...</a>
BusinessUrea prices will need a rise of Rs 22 per bag in order to cope with a 10 percent levy on gas price in the upcoming budget. Price subsidy on feedstock gas<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/05/19/levy-on-gas-to-fuel-rise-in-urea-prices/" title="Read more" >...</a>
NATIONALAt least one person was killed while four others including three policemen injured in two different bomb attacks here on Thursday. In the first incident, a passerby was killed while three others<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/05/19/one-killed-four-injured-in-two-bomb-attacks-in-nowshera/" title="Read more" >...</a>
ForeignThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a statement that its managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn has resigned. Strauss-Kahn denied the charges in his letter of resignation, saying that “I deny with the<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/05/19/strauss-kahn-submits-resignation-insists-innocence/" title="Read more" >...</a>
SportsRafa Nadal will rely on the Paris fear factor to overcome the scorching form of Novak Djokovic in his bid for a sixth French Open title. For once, Nadal will not be<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/05/19/paris-fear-factor-key-to-nadals-french-dreams/" title="Read more" >...</a>
SportsAustralia’s retiring spin legend Shane Warne on Thursday slammed the hefty fine handed to him during the IPL for a public spat with an official, saying he was paying the price for<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/05/19/warne-says-ipl-fine-was-for-telling-the-truth/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Law enforcement agencies arrested three suspected terrorists from Baigum Kot Shahdara on Thursday. The arrested suspects were identified as Qari Saif, Xari Gull and Sikandar. Sources said that the three men were<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/05/19/three-suspected-terrorists-arrested/" title="Read more" >...</a>
The Education Reporters Association (ERA) met Punjab University (PU) Vice-Chancellor (VC) Dr Mujahid Kamran at the VC office on Thursday. ERA members comprising reporters from top media organizations
Taliban fighters attacked an Afghan road construction company before dawn Thursday, triggering gunbattles that killed 36 people and wounded another 20 in the worst single attack in months. The attack, which sparked<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/05/19/35-dead-as-taliban-attack-afghan-road-company/" title="Read more" >...</a>
