Archive for  February 2005
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The trade volume of supply of Swiss textile machinery, which showed an increase of 20 percent during 2004, is set to register a further 25 to 30 percent increase during 2005. This was stated by
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Pakistan and Chine should exchange modern technology in cotton production, ginning and textile sector, besides introducing new virus and heat resistant varieties evolved by Chinese or Pakistani researchers in their country. This was stated by
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A Chinese company, Broad has agreed to provide a high-quality chiller of 320 tonnes to Lahore Development Authority (LDA) on a subsidised price. A three-member delegation led by the LDA's Secretary Ihsanul Haque visited the
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Sindh Population Secretary Mushtaq Memon has affirmed government's commitment to International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), held in Cairo in September 1994, and explained how the issues are being addressed. Addressing a seminar on
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Healthy living depends on healthy environment. Human life suffers immensely when the natural balance of the environment is disturbed. For years, man lived in harmony with his environment. However, the birth of industrialisation has brought
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The signs of the scuffle were fresh but it is a struggle that has gone on for tens of millions of years. Just minutes before, dozens of tiny turtles had burst from the sand under
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It's not the Internet it's the "Enter-not", laments a Syrian student, frustrated by his government's tight control over access to the World-wide Web. High-speed Internet connections or "broadband" was offered to Syrian consumers for the
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Higher levels of domestic savings are critical both for raising Pakistan's domestic investment rate and for reducing the country's dangerously high reliance on foreign savings. Yet, the factors that determine the level and behaviour of
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Persistent violation of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) is causing serious concern in Government circles with the surfacing of the possibility of imposition of retaliatory trade measures by the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA). At a
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The election held in Iraq on Sunday under the supervision of occupation forces has produced a commonly predicted outcome, further deepening the country's old divisions along ethnic and sectarian lines. While the preliminary results are
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