News & Blogs from Pakistan
Archive for July, 2010
FFC announces cash dividend
Jul 30th
KARACHI: Fauji Fertiliser Company Limited (FFCL) has announced an interim cash dividend of Rs3.5 per share for the half-year ended on June 30, as the
Leh wreaks havoc in Rawalpindi
Jul 30th
Rawalpindi
Nullah Leh wreaked havoc in the Rawalpindi City causing huge floods in low lying areas following torrential rains continued for the
Cotton prices rise as monsoon hampers supply
Jul 30th
KARACHI: Raw cotton rates advanced for the second straight day on Thursday as heavy rains hampered supply of the commodity, dealers said.
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Faux pas
Jul 30th
The language was uncharacteristically robust, blunt even, and the warning delivered to us by British Prime Minister David Cameron bodes ill for the fu
PEPCO official urges power firms
Jul 30th
ISLAMABAD: An official of the Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) has urged the power utility companies to invest in acquiring new IT technologies
US jobless claims fall unexpectedly
Jul 30th
WASHINGTON: New claims for US unemployment benefits fell unexpectedly last week to 457,000, down 2.4 percent from the previous week, the Labor Departm
Leather garments export continues to slide
Jul 30th
LAHORE: Export of leather garments continued to slide during the last fiscal year as it registered a fall of 10.31 percent to $860.244 million from $9
Sony leads Japanese electronic makers back to black
Jul 30th
TOKYO: Electronics giant Sony on Thursday said it had returned to the black in the fiscal first quarter due to sales of televisions, PlayStation 3 con
Warm words, trade challenge ahead as UK woos India
Jul 30th
NEW DELHI: India welcomed a pledge by Britain on Thursday to end complacency towards its former colony and forge a special relationship, which minis
Profit-taking in major stocks clips KSE gains
Jul 30th
KARACHI: The Karachi share market pared its early gains to end almost flat on Thursday owing to profit-taking in banking, cement and fertiliser stocks
