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LAHORE - A paper titled 'Barriers to Islamic Banking in Pakistan' presented by 5 undergraduate students Hassan Ahmed, Nausherwan Saleem, Khawaja Jaffer Abbas, Muzammil Altaf Barkhurdaria and Jawad Mehmood from the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) received the best student paper award at the Global Islamic Marketing Conference held in Dubai, UAE in March, 2011.
The conference, sponsored by The United Arab Emirates University and Emerald Group Publishing, was

LAHORE - The Sunni Ittehad Council's (SIC) Istehkam-e-Pakistan Conference to be held today (Sunday) at the Minar-e-Pakistan is likely to be affected by rain. The Met Office has predicted rain for Sunday morning and evening as well.
SIC leader Ajmal Gilani told Pakistan Today that the party had completed all preparations for the conference at the Minar-e-Pakistan despite the fact that the Punjab government has refused to give permission.
"They were stubborn enough to steer us

LAHORE - Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) Chairman Sahibzada Haji Fazale Karim said that all preparations for the "Isthkam-e-Pakistan Sunni Conference" had been completed and it would be held at all cost at Minar-e-Pakistan on April 17.
Addressing a press conference at Lahore Press Club, he said an emergency meeting of party heads had been called in Lahore on Friday to discuss the alliance's future strategy Fazale Karim said the government was trying to put up hurdles in the way of

KARACHI - In a video conference arranged at the Sindh Chief Minister's House on Wednesday, Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah directed all district coordination officers (DCOs) of the province to carry out their responsibilities with dedication. Shah said that all DCOs with powers under the Price Control Act should try to control price hike in their respective districts and take prompt action against profiteers. He said that the local government must implement the education policy since the

LAHORE - The National Project Management Conference kicked off Saturday to tackle the issues relating to development in Pakistan. More than 150 professionals attended the conference. Noted speakers included Expert Systems CEO Khalid Ahad Khan, Prof Rizwan Amin Sheikh and Dr Faheem-ul-Islam.
As part of PMI's focus on education and advocacy for project management and its role in the social and commercial development in Pakistan, a two-day NPC conference is being held on the 9th and

LAHORE - Al Huda Centre of Islamic Banking and Economics Pakistan (CIBE) organised an International Conference on Islamic banking and finance in Mauritius which has now successfully concluded. The aim of this conference was to promote Islamic banking in Mauritius and other African countries so that the methodology of Islamic products could be produced after tapping the actual benefits of this structure.
Heads of banks from Malaysia, Pakistan, Kuwait, Sudan, South Africa,

ISLAMABAD - Ambassador of Norway to Pakistan Robert Kvile on Tuesday said his country is holding an international conference regarding business opportunities in Pakistan that will help boost trade and attract new investments.
Telecom operator Telenor is currently hiring best people available to make this conference a success; he said adding that world needs to know about great business opportunity that Pakistan offer. The conference will help foreign investors to identify

ISLAMABAD - A two-member Pakistan delegation led by Ministry of Privatisation Federal Secretary Muhammad Ejaz Chaudhary, participated in the week-long 14th Asian Investment Conference (AIC) at Hong Kong. The delegation briefed delegates on the state of the economy of Pakistan and the Public Private Partnership Programme in the area of privatisation and the government's plans to address the challenges being faced by the country, including in the area of infrastructure and the role of

LAHORE - Heinrich Boll Stiftung (HBS) and Shirkat Gah Women's Resource Centre held an International conference titled "Women, Religion and Politics" at a local hotel to mark 100 years of International Women's Day on Thursday. The two day conference is the last of the series of events exploring engendered dimensions of various religious and political paradigms and their impact on women's lives at local as well as international level. Distinguished international scholars including Yesim

LAHORE - Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) has rescheduled the country wide "Istehkam-i-Pakistan Sunni Conference" for April 17 at Minar-i-Pakistan. "March 23 is the day of Cricket World Cup's quarter final, therefore we have readjusted our program," announced SIC Chairman Fazl-i-Karim in a press conference on Monday at the Lahore Press Club. Fazl told the media that SIC will protest on Friday against the rise in price level and expected release of Raymond Davis. He asked the government to

KARACHI - COMMECS - the old students' association of the Government College of Commerce and Economics, Karachi and the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) are organising the 'Mera Pakistan Conference 2011' at Marriot Hotel on March 11. Mera Pakistan is a dream project that is meant to portray the real picture of Pakistan as a land of immense opportunities and diversity. The concept of Mera Pakistan is to bring a positive change in the mindsets of not only the people of the

Lahore - The Punjab Chapter of the Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) has published two books comprising the papers read by eminent scholars at two different seminars. Present Global Colonial situation and the poetry of Faiz The first book comprises of the conference papers read on Faiz's centenary seminar in Lahore on 11th Feb, published by the University Of Gujrat.
The book "Present Global Colonial situation and the poetry of Faiz" contains articles by IA Rehman, Syed Shabbir

LAHORE - The three days international conference, arranged by the Asian Research and Development Network (ARDN), has adjourned. 50 delegates from 15 countries participated in this conference, in addition to a large number of agricultural scientists, exporters, trader and farmers from Pakistan. Former National Assembly speaker Fakhar Imam and National Assembly member Chaudhry Iftikhar Nazir and University of Toronto Associate Professor Abu Haidar chaired the technical sessions.