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Lahore, March 20, 2013 (PPI-OT): March 20, 2013 1st Semi Final Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Lahore Loins: 232 in 44 overs (Umar Siddique 59, 9x4s, 68 balls, Saad Nasim 55*, 4x4s, 4x6s, 44 balls, Usman Salahuddin 44, 3x4s, 76 balls, Fahad-ul-Haq 32, 4x4s, 32 balls, Nayyar Abbas 3-38, Bilawal Bhatti …

Lahore, March 18, 2013 (PPI-OT): Pakistan Industrial and Traders Association Front (PIAF) has termed the amnesty scheme for car smugglers and tax evaders as an anti-industry step and any such permission would detrimental to the local industry. In a statement issued here, the PIAF Chairman Malik Tahir Javaid urged the …

Lahore, March 18, 2013 (PPI-OT): The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency (PACRA) has maintained the long-term and short-term entity ratings of National Power Construction Corporation (Private) Limited (NPCC) at “A” (Single A) and “A1” (A One), respectively. These ratings denote a low expectation of credit risk while the capacity for timely …

Geneva, March 16, 2013 (PPI-OT): The London-based Islamic Human Rights Commission in association with the International Chamber for Peace and Conciliation hosted a seminar titled “Administration of justice in conflict areas”. The panellists included Dr Elvira Dominiquez-Redondo, a human rights expert, Middlesex University, Dr Krishna Ahooja Patel, Women’s International League …

Karachi, March 15, 2013 (PPI-OT): The Department of Media Studies of Sindh Madressatul Islam University (SMIU) is organizing a seminar on “Media Ethics: Challenges and Issues,” on Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 11:00 am at the Sir Shahnawaz Bhutto Auditorium of the university. Mr. Javed Jabbar, former Information Minister, Dr …

Srinagar, March 14, 2013 (PPI-OT): In occupied Kashmir, the authorities imposed curfew and other strict restrictions in Srinagar and other parts of the Valley, today, to prevent protests against the killing of a civilian, Altaf Ahmed Wani by Indian paramilitary forces, yesterday. Additional forces were deployed across the Valley and …

Karachi, March 13, 2013 (PPI-OT): The market has been described as lacklustre. Ginners are unwilling to break their asking rates and mills in need of supply have therefore had to pay up, the range being still between Rs. 6,700 and Rs. 7,000 per maund (roughly 83.50/87.25 US cents per Ib), …