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Islamabad: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani chaired 25th meeting of Board of Directors of Universal Service Fund (USF) as Minister-Information Technology, at Prime Minister’s House this morning. The meeting approved projects of Rs.10 billion for Financial Year 2011-12 including initiation of USF pilot Project to set-up telemedicine networks around …
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Video Monitoring of Floods in Sindh by President for Third Day
Islamabad: On the third day today President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday personally monitored progress of relief and rehabilitation measures in Umar kot, Thatta and Tando Allahyar districts of Sindh through video conference facility set up in the Bilawal House. Pubic representatives of the respective areas including MNAs and MPAs …
Read More »Government promotes ozone friendly technology in the country
Islamabad: Senior Advisor Climate Change and Development, Dr Ishfaq Ahmed, has said that 196 member countries of the world have signed the Montreal Protocol which shows the commitment from entire world to tackle the problem of the depletion of ozone layer, which is essential for sustained life on the Earth …
Read More »Expert Advisory Cell to be established within the ministry: Anwar Cheema
Islamabad: Federal Minister for Production, Ch. Anwar Ali Cheema has directed to establish an Expert Advisory Cell, for technical assistance, within the Ministry. The Minister observed that there was a dire need of forging mutual corporation and coordination among different organizations/ corporations/ subsidiaries of the Ministry. “We need to come …
Read More »Outgoing Ambassador of United Arab Emirates Calls on the Prime Minister
Islamabad: Pakistan and UAE enjoy fraternal relations which are multidimensional. Pakistan has always greatly valued its bond with UAE and is keen to extend cooperation in all fields including economic, commercial, investment and energy. The Prime Minister expressed these views while receiving the Ambassador of UAE Mr. Ali Saif Sultan …
Read More »Morning Briefing – Standard Capital Securities Private Limited
Karachi:The rising prices of raw materials such as coal, diesel, electricity etc have grabbed the cement companies by the throat, who are trying to develop new means of production to cut as much as cost of production as they can. According to Standard Capital Securities, however in this time of …
Read More »The Bell about CPI re‐composition bound to invite criticism – Elixir Securities Limited
Karachi: Change in CPI basket and calculation methodology yields a lower than expected CPI: FBS released Aug‐11 inflation numbers with a two week delay, stating CPI inflation at 11.56%, much below market expectation of 13.2%. According to Elixir Securities, Aug‐11 inflation numbers used FY08 as base year, with revised weights …
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