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Sui Southern Gas Company makes major recoveries against defaulters


Islamabad: On special directives of Dr. Asim Hussain, Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources, SSGC has successfully launched an aggressive campaign to recover outstanding dues from the defaulters and miscreants involved in gas thefts. As part of a forceful recovery campaign being implemented in its franchise areas of Sindh and Balochistan, SSGC teams carried out disconnections in May and June 2011 for non-payment of gas bills and gas thefts and in process recovered Rs. 252 million from the domestic [...]

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Foreign Office releases figures on Brits in trouble overseas


Islamabad: The number of Britons arrested overseas has fallen by over 10%, but despite this positive trend Foreign Office staff still handled 5,700 arrest cases last year. Though down by 20% overall, Drug arrests continue to be a significant problem for some countries, particularly parts of South America and the Caribbean where a high proportion of total arrests are drug related. Foreign Office Minister David Lidington said: “We work hard to warn British nationals about the consequences of breaking the [...]

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