KARACHI: You would never think that a company that was giving Alibaba.com – the world’s largest business-to-business portal – a run for its money around the world was based out of Karachi and yet there it is. Tucked away in an office suite on Sharae Faisal, the global headquarters of Tradekey.com look rather unremarkable, until you start [...]
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17. October 2011
October 18 anniversary
Four years have passed since October 18, 2007, and the truth about the massive bomb attack on Benazir Bhutto’s caravan on Karsaz road that killed at least 180 people, remains as hidden and rusty as the armoured truck that saved her life that day. Wrapped in a marquee at the Aziz Bhatti police station, the [...]
17. October 2011
Sherry Rehman’s bill
ISLAMABAD: The new Right to Information (RTI) bill introduced in the National Assembly will make it legally binding for public and private sector organisations to disclose their official records to the general public — unlike its predecessor bill which is serving as a “vehicle for denying information instead of making it accessible”, according to Sherry [...]
17. October 2011
Railway pensioners unpaid for 5 months
SIALKOT: Salma Bibi, the widow of a retired Pakistan Railways employee Mushtaq Hussain Gillani who survives on her late husband’s pension, is on the verge of starvation. Reason: the Pakistan Railways has not paid her the pension money for the last five months. She told that she and her family are suffering serious financial crisis [...]
11. August 2011
Committee formed to provide emergency funds to IPPs
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Sheikh has formed a three-member committee to provide emergency funds to Independent Power Producers (IPP) in order to help them overcome their financial crisis, reported on Thursday. The committee, headed by Water and Power Minister Syed Naveed Qamar, has been asked to submit a report on the issue within 72 [...]
11. August 2011
Race relations on knife edge after three Pakistanis killed in hit-and-run
Police in Birmingham were struggling to contain swelling anger within the Asian community after a hit-and-run by suspected rioters killed three Pakistani young men, two of them brothers. Despite appeals for calm from senior officers, young Asian men vowed to defend their streets once more following an attack which has plunged a community into mourning [...]
11. August 2011
7 killed, more than 20 injured in Peshawar twin blasts
At least seven persons including four police personnel and a child were killed and more than 20 others injured in twin acts of terrorism including a suicide blast at police check post and a planted bomb blast near police van here in Peshawar on Thursday. According to police two female suicide bombers blew themselves up [...]
11. August 2011
3 Pak vigilantes dead in UK riots
BIRMINGHAM (Agencies) – Three Pakistani nationals were killed here on Wednesday while protecting their community from the rioters, British police said. The trio was struck by a car which mounted a pavement in Dudley Road on Wednesday morning. According to Birmingham police, the men had been drawn into a fight with looters as they defended [...]
9. August 2011
Monsoon Monday: Lahoris struggle to cope with 12 hours of rain
LAHORE: Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) workers spent all day clearing the roads after heavy monsoon showers left parts of the city up to three feet under water on Monday. Some 600 workers and 52 pumps were deployed in the city in the morning to drain the water from the streets. Lakshmi Chowk and surrounding [...]
9. August 2011
Pakistan will not host Champions Trophy
KARACHI: Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) President Qasim Zia has dismissed hopes of Pakistan hosting the Champions Trophy after the December event was moved out of India following the merger of two parallel bodies in the country. According to Zia, Pakistan wants to send out a positive signal to the world telling teams that it is [...]
9. August 2011
Saudi Arabia recalls Syria envoy as Assad defends crackdown
Saudi Arabia recalled its envoy to Syria in a major escalation of international pressure Monday after security forces killed more than 50 people and the regime defended its crackdown on “outlaws.” The surprise move by Riyadh, the Middle East’s Sunni Muslim heavyweight, followed condemnation by Pope Benedict XVI and the Arab League over the continuing [...]
9. August 2011
US stocks plummet as uncertainty grips world markets
NEW YORK: Fear and mass selling triggered after the US rating was downgraded from AAA continued across stock markets in the US and around the world. Despite US President Barack Obama claiming to the counter and promising better times, Dow Jones fell almost 500 points on Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted 4.5 percent, [...]
9. August 2011
Malik, Kamran miss out on contracts
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) may have finally called time on wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal’s career by overlooking him for a central contract as it released a list of 28 contracted players for the second half of 2011. Kamran was included in Category A in the previous list and his omission, following his omission from [...]
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