Archive for August 2004
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In the richest quarter of Madagascar's capital Antananarivo, home to luxury hotels and government ministries, the poor are everywhere. They line the charming cobbled streets and terraced shop entrances. Children in tattered rags scour the
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Our society and economy are rapidly changing in response to new technologies and emerging private sector management methodologies. This accelerated rate of change is continuously challenging Pakistan's traditional style public enterprises, to develop new methods
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It is heartening to learn from a news report that Iran has come out with an offer of technical assistance in exploration of iron ore. Notably, this has reference to a statement issued in Islamabad,
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The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO), former Justice Saleem Akhtar, in two of his recent judgements dealt with and brought into sharp focus the all pervasive problem of getting refunds from the Central Board of Revenue
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As many as 41,650 candidates were declared successful out of 128,832 candidates appeared in the first annual B.A/B.Sc. Examination 2004 from the Punjab University showing 32.33 as pass percentage. Out of 41,650 successful candidates 7,350
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Over a 100 under privileged, handicapped, and orphan children were entertained for over three hours at a function organised by a visiting Pakistani artist and social worker, Jimmy Engineer, at the Tea Factory Hotel here
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The Sundar Industrial Estate (SIE), spread over 1,500 acres of land, was a turning point in the history of the country's industrialisation process, as it would not only encourage modern and high-tech industrialisation in Punjab,
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To attract foreign investment in transportation sector, the Central Board of Revenue (CBR) has given exemption of custom duty on import of buses in Completely Knocked Down (CKD) condition, either CNG or diesel, from June
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To attract foreign investment in transportation sector, the Central Board of Revenue (CBR) has given exemption of custom duty on import of buses in Completely Knocked Down (CKD) condition, either CNG or diesel, from June
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Leading businessman, Saeed Chaudhry, has made an appeal to philanthropists to come forward and donate generously to the Fountain House, Lahore, which is extending free rehabilitation services to schizophrenic patients of all the four provinces.
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