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More troops man Afghan border US starts fresh onset against Afghan Taliban
US military buildup in Afghanistan worries Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army deployed more troops Thursday to a stretch of the Afghan border to stop Taliban militants fleeing a major US onslaught in southern Afghanistan. ... |
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3rd round of Pak-IMF talks starts tomorrow ISLAMABAD: Third round of talks between Pakistan and International Monetary Fund (IMF) will begin from Saturday (tomorrow) in Dubai and issues of extension in period for withdrawal of subsidy on electricity and matters related to loans will be highlighted in the discussion. ... |
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Government to pay Rs6.25bn subsidy on urea import Shabbir Kazmi
KARACHI: Last year around this time farmers were facing a double threat of rising urea prices in the international markets and government's failure in containing the black marketing and smuggling of the commodity. Despite the government paid subsidy worth billions of rupees, farmers had to bear the brunt. ... |
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Suicide attack in Rawalpindi kills 6 RAWALPINDI: At least six people were killed when a motorcyclist rammed his bike into the bus of a government department in Rawalpindi here Thursday. Nasir Khan Durrani, Regional Police Officer, told reporters that 15 other people were also injured in the attack at the Chur Chowk area of the city. ... |
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President likely to reshuffle Cabinet ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Thursday formally presented the performance report of Federal Ministers and State Ministers respectively to President Asif Ali Zardari.
Sources told this news agency that President Zardari discussed with Prime Minister Gilani host of issues regarding overall political situation, war against terrorism, and performance of federal and state ministers in length ... |
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Bank investments grow 37 per cent Banking spreads down 7bps in May
Mohammad Shariq
KARACHI: Investments of scheduled banks have now reached the historic mark of Rs1.34 trillion at the end of 1HCY09 as compared to Rs0.98 trillion as on December 2008, reflecting a significant surge of 37 per cent in just 6 months, State Bank of Pakistan's (SBP) data reveals. ... |
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FBR to release tax data by weekend Says Rs1150bn revenue collected so far
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has collected over Rs1150 billion revenues during the financial year 2008-09 so far, however a substantial amount of revenues collected in June are still in the pipeline. ... |
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Orascom starts mobile banking in Pakistan CAIRO: Egypt's Orascom Telecom (OT) said Thursday it had launched a mobile banking operation via its subsidiary Mobilink in Pakistan, widening access to banking in a country with limited penetration. The firm said the services would be provided in association with Citibank under an arrangement endorsed by the State Bank of Pakistan. ... |
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Central bank mops up Rs38.7bn at 11pc KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has mopped up Rs38.7 billion under its open market operations through 2-day repo sale in Treasury Bills on July 2, 2009.
According to SBP here Thursday, the rate of return for accepted bids touched to 11 per cent ... |
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467,000 jobs cut in June; jobless rate at 9.5pc CAMBRIDGE: America youth concerned over uncertain future as Wall Street may be losing its lustre for new US college graduates who are increasingly looking to the government for jobs that enrich their social conscience, if not their wallet. ... |
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