Karachi Stock Exchange ends a two-month high; volume closes at one-year high Karachi: (Monday, January 23, 2012) Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) after a prolonged dismal performance finally exhibited a bullish trend with the stock closing at more than two-month high and the trade volume concluded at a one-year high. The present improvement in the market’s […]
Jan 23 2012 | Posted in
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Political deadlock responsible for economic downturn: experts ISLAMABAD: (23 January 2012) Politics deter economic reforms and political instability perpetuates economic uncertainty, said Dr Ashfaque H. Khan, while speaking at seminar here on Monday. The seminar “impact of current political deadlock on Pakistan’s economy" was organized by Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI). Dr Abid Q. Suleri, […]
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Rupee concedes against dollar Karachi: (Monday, January 23, 2012) pressurized by the deteriorated balance of payment and increasing import bill, the rupee, once again, ended up weaker against US dollar today. Compared to Friday’s closing rates of 90.18-23 in Karachi capital market, it stood for 90.21-26 on the first day of the week. Maintaining a […]
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Hunain Aamir beats Muhammad Majid to claim 2012 Pakistan Junior Under-21 Snooker Championship A stunning show put up by Sialkot’s Hunain Aamir in the final match up of 2012 Jubilee Insurance Pakistan Junior Under-21 Snooker Championship brought him on top of the potters and he became the youngest champion ever after beating Muhammad Majid of […]
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Voters’ lists cannot be prepared before May: Chief Election Commission of Pakistan Islamabad: (Monday, January 23, 2012) Chief Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), Justice Hamid Ali Mirza (retd) said today in an advisory meeting with politicians and other stakeholders that voters’ lists were unlikely to be prepared before May this year. He was of the […]
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Ijaz will not be coming to Pakistan The main witness in the memo gate scandal that has Pakistan in its grasp has recently said that he does not want to come to the country in order to testify in front of the Supreme Court regarding the claims he has made against the former Pakistani ambassador […]
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Staying the by-polls by Supreme Court unconstitutional: Election Commission of Pakistan Islamabad: (Monday, January 23, 2012) Secretary Election Commission (ECP) of Pakistan, Ishtiaq Khan said today that Supreme Court’s staying the scheduled by-polls was a violation of the constitution of Pakistan. The secretary ECP maintained that instead of waiting for the new voters’ lists by […]
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Rihanna becomes the top selling R&B/ HipHop artist in the UK – Music News The Official Chart Company (OCC), which compiles various music charts in UK such as UK Singles Chart, UK Official Download Chart, the "official" UK UK Albums Chart, charts about specific genres and music videos. Quite recently, the OCC revealed the final […]
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Pak Army rejects several findings of US investigation report on NATO attack Rawalpindi: (Monday, January 23, 2012) The US Investigation Report into the Salala incident of 26th November 2011, involving aerial strikes by US aircraft and helicopters resulting into Shahadat (killing) of 24 Pakistani soldiers and injury to 13 others, was received by the General […]
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Drone attack on vehicle in NWA kills four militants A US guided drone attack in North Waziristan agency of Pakistan on Monday killed four militants, a security official said. The US drone fired missiles into a vehicle at Degan village in Pakistan’s Taliban and Al-Qaeda hub of North Waziristan tribal area, close to the Afghan […]
Catch the “Wrong side of a Love Song” – Music News “Wrong side of a Love Song” is the new track featured on Melanie Fiona upcoming album, The MF Life, which is due for release in May, 2012, after several delays. The 26-year old Canadian R&B recording artist Fiona, who is also known as Syren, […]
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A team of scientists from the British Geological survey have by chance rediscovered fossils from Charles Darwin’s collection which had been ‘lost’ for over 165 years. Some of these collections were actually collected by Darwin himself and were simply in a drawer marked as “unregistered fossil plants”. Dr. Howard Falcon-Lang, a palaeontologist at the Royal […]
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