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Islamabad: Senator Islamuddin Shaikh, MNA Ms. Asma Arbab Alamgir, MNA Muhammad Tariq Khattak, MNA Miss. Palwasha Khan, MNA Dr. Mahreen Razaque Bhutto, MNA Begum Nasim Akhtar Chaudhry and Senator Abbas Khan Afridi, separately, called on President Asif Ali Zardari at Aiwan-e-Sadr on Wednesday night. For more information, contact: Haji Ahmed …
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Foundation laying ceremony of new building of College of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences today
Lahore: The earth breaking ceremony of new building of Punjab University College of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences (CS and AS) will be held on Friday, Dec 02 at 10:30am near Sheikh Zayed Islamic Centre. Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran will be the chief guest on the occasion. For more information, …
Read More »Punjab University holds protest gathering against North Atlantic Treaty Organization attack at Old Campus
Lahore: Punjab University held a protest gathering against the NATO attack on Pakistani check posts in Mohmand Agency here in the lawn of College of Art and Design, Old Campus. Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran led the gathering in which Principals College of Information Technology Prof Dr Syed Mansoor Sarwar, …
Read More »Pakistan Calls Upon Israel to Immediately Stop Building New Settlement
Islamabad: Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the UN, Ambassador Abdullah Hussain Haroon while speaking in the General Assembly on Wednesday on the Situation in the Middle East and the Question of Palestine has called upon Israel to immediately stop building new settlements or using settlement activity as a political tool …
Read More »Middle income countries drivers of global growth
Karachi: “Countries with larger proportion of middle class have achieved exceptional economic growth despite the recent global recession in national economies throughout the world” said Dr. Vaqar Ahmed, Head, Inclusive Growth Unit, Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) here on Wednesday. He was giving a key note presentation on the implications …
Read More »Chancellor Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology pays surprise visit
Karachi:Chancellor Z.A. Nizami of Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology Thursday paid a surprise visit to various class rooms to personally see the conduct of ongoing examinations of Batches 2008 to 2011. Accompanied by Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Jawed Rizvi and Registrar Shah Mahmood Hussain Syed, the Chancellor went from …
Read More »AKD Quotidian about — Monetary easing grinds to a halt: Banks may performs
Karachi: After cumulative cuts of 200bpsFYTD, the SBP has kept the Discount Rate unchanged at 12% for Dec’11-Jan’12. According to AKD Securities, while AKD Securities was expecting a 50bps cut, we had highlighted risks to monetary easing emanating from inflation outlook and the external side, in conjunction with persistent structural …
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