Archive for the October 29, 2005
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This refers to my letter in the Business Recorder of 16-7-2005. It is highly regrettable that NADRA so far has, neither clarified its position nor remedied the unwarranted double charging of fee on the issuance
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"Don't go outside to play son, it's too dark outside. You can play tomorrow." A mother instructed her child on the night of 7th October in the remote town of Balakot. So many people would
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The calls have been pouring in to Dr Howard Bennett's paediatrics office in Washington - parents wanting prescriptions of Tamiflu to protect themselves and their children in case avian flu becomes a human pandemic. Bennett
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When these medium-sized incidents occurred, casualties involved were not exceeding more than a couple of hundreds but even then chaotic scenes were seen in Jinnah Hospital where dead and injured were admitted. Very little co-ordination
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The Private Power Infrastructure Board (PPIB), which met with Water and Power Minister Liaquat Jatoi in the chair on October 27, awarded the 450MW Lakhra Coal Power project to Fateh Group, which had already signed
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In a rare show of unanimity in the Sindh Assembly, the Opposition and the Treasury benches voted in favour of two resolutions on Tuesday, one related to some Karachi development projects and the other to
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Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has announced a further aid of Rs 10 million for the rehabilitation of earthquake victims in the NWFP and Azad Kashmir, it is learnt here on Friday. Earlier,
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A meeting of the Provincial Zakat Council held under the chairmanship of Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan on Friday decided to donate Rs 1.4 billion in the President Relief Fund for October 8 earthquake victims.
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The policies, being pursued by the Central Board of Revenue (CBR), have been described as "will-full anti-economic," by Pakistan Small Industries Association (PSIA). In an open letter to all the trade bodies on October 13,
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The policies, being pursued by the Central Board of Revenue (CBR), have been described as "will-full anti-economic," by Pakistan Small Industries Association (PSIA). In an open letter to all the trade bodies on October 13,
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