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Fayyaz Yaseen
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Fuel Adjustment: Nepra to raise power tariff by Rs 1.97

Fuel Adjustment: Nepra to raise power tariff by Rs 1.97 Islamabad: (Tuesday, May 29, 2012) The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has raised the power tariff all over again, this time albeit by Rs1.97 per unit. According to the sources, the increase has been introduced to cover for fuel adjustment charges. It has been […]

Chinese Foreign Minister visits Pakistan

Chinese Foreign Minister visits Pakistan Islamabad: (Tuesday, May 29, 2012) Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi has arrived here today on a two-day visit. According to the sources, the visiting FM will take up bilateral issues and discuss the regional issues with its counterpart, Prime Minister and the President. On arrival, the Chinese Foreign Minister was […]

Unpaid income tax dues: FBR freezes PTA Accounts

Unpaid income tax dues: FBR freezes PTA Accounts Islamabad: (Tuesday, May 29, 2012) In a bid to achieve its otherwise over ambitious revenue collection, the Federal Bureau of Revenue (FBR) has started to make frantic efforts. In this regards, it has decided to not to give further relaxation to the institutions that have been witnessing […]

Rupee record low against US Dollar

Rupee record low against US Dollar Karachi: (Tuesday, May 29, 2012) Marred by increasing import bill, the Pakistani rupee today ended at a record low against the US dollar. As the market closed, the US dollar sold at 92.90/95 Pak rupee. The sustained pressure on Pakistani currency is mainly because of the increasing oil import […]

Pakistan may go for IMF assistance: Governor SBP

Pakistan may go for IMF assistance: Governor SBP Karachi: (Tuesday, May 29, 2012) Yaseen Anwar, Governor State Bank of Pakistan, in an interview to ‘The Wall Street Journal’ said today that Pakistan may have to return back to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) finance assistance to cope with its persistently unsustainable macroeconomic situation. Anwar was […]

Gen. Martin Dempsey supports calls for reduced US aid to Pakistan

Gen. Martin Dempsey supports calls for reduced US aid to Pakistan Washington: (Tuesday, May 29, 2012) Gen. Martin Dempsey, one of the top military advisors of President Barack Obama, said yesterday that Senate Lawmakers had made the right call by voting to trim the aid to Pakistan. In an interview given to the NBC news […]

Pakistan successfully test fires Hatf IX (NASR)

Pakistan successfully test fires Hatf IX (NASR) Rawalpindi – May 29, 2012:  Pakistan today successfully conducted the test fire of indigenously developed Short Range Surface to Surface Multi Tube Missile Hatf IX (NASR). NASR, with a range of 60 km, can carry nuclear warheads of appropriate yield, with high accuracy, and possesses shoot & scoot […]

Gayari updates: All buried soldiers declared ‘Shuhada”

Gayari updates: All buried soldiers declared ‘Shuhada” Rawalpindi – May 29, 2012: 52 days have passed since the tragic incident of Gayari. Notwithstanding the resolve of troops employed on search operations, excavation work is taking time due to constraints imposed by terrain and weather. Through their untiring efforts, bodies of three shuhada have been recovered, so […]

Government envisages 61 reforms proposals to control unrest in Balochistan: PM Gilani

Government envisages 61 reforms proposals to control unrest in Balochistan: PM Gilani Islamabad: (Tuesday, May 29, 2012) Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, while chairing a meeting on law and order situation in Balochistan said that the current democratic regime has the commitment to address all the vows of the people of the province. Referring to […]

LPG costlier by Rs 5 per KG

LPG costlier by Rs 5 per KG Karachi: (Tuesday, May 29, 2012) Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) marketing companies have increased its prices by at least Rs 5 per Kg. According to a market survey conducted after the price hike, LPG is being sold country wide in the range of Rs 99 to Rs 110 per […]

Airport security foils bid to smuggle heroin to china

Airport security foils bid to smuggle heroin to china Islamabad: (Tuesday, May 29, 2012) Islamabad Airport Security Officials yesterday foiled a bid to smuggle heroin to China. According to the details, a man allegedly tried to smuggle heroin to China that was concealed in his luggage. As per the details shared by the airport security […]

Egypt waits for poll results today

Egypt waits for poll results today CAIRO: (Monday, May 28, 2012) The election committee of Egypt is going to meet today and to announce the results of the recently held polls, confirmed an official today. The announcement has come at a time when unofficial results are already predicting a run-off between the Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate […]

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