Tag: Falls

Italy’s defence ministry said Wednesday that an Italian naval ship off Libya reported that a missile fell into the water nearby, but it was...

Cracks developed within the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) equity chapter as its President Dr Sabiha Mehmood alleged that the vice president Dr Abdul Rauf...

The gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate fell to 2.4 percent, almost half of the projected target of 4.5 percent, tax revenue in the...

A passenger van carrying 55 people feel into River Neelam on Friday. As per details, the bus was going to Keel when it fell...

The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), for the lowest income group, has dwindled by a weekly 0.32 percent in the week ended on May 19....

The Lahore Stock Exchange (LSE) fell marginally with a slight increase in trading volume on Wednesday. The LSE-25 share index shed 5.12 points and...

KARACHI - The ceiling plaster in a classroom of a government-run primary school in Goth Abdul Rehman Jokhio, Bin Qasim Town collapsed on Tuesday morning, inflicting minor injuries to six students. Fearing the worst, their classmates and teacher immediately vacated the classroom and ran towards the courtyard. The injured students were later taken to a private hospital in the village for treatment.
The Goth is a traditional fisherfolk hamlet, and has been braving a shortage of

KESENNUMA, Japan, April 11, 2011 (AFP) - Japan fell silent at 2:46 pm Monday as people across the country remembered the thousands killed by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake on March 11 and the monster tsunami it created.
In the devastated city of Kesennuma, soldiers digging through rubble to search for some of the 15,000 people still listed as missing stopped to pay their respects.
An officer ordered his men to down tools and remove their helmets, gloves and masks to mark the

MARBELLA - France's Aravane Rezai fell at the first hurdle at the WTA Andalucia Tennis Experience tournament on Tuesday, suffering a straight sets defeat in the first round to Spanish wildcard Estrella Cabeza. Third seed Rezai, ranked 24, went down 6-3, 6-0 against 258th-ranked Cabeza who had lost her only previous meeting with the French player in Palermo five years ago. Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova advanced to the second round but not without the second seed dropping a set to

KARACHI - The gloomy outlook on important economic and financial issues, the poor security situation and negative sentiment over the growing concerns of the tough business environment have apparently impacted on the morale of investors, thus forcing those on the market to be cautious and watch for fresh placements.
The market lacked luster with low volumes and limited volatility, thus not offering little incentive for trading, while low volumes led to stagnation in high priced

MOSCOW - Russia's population declined by nearly 3.4 million over the past decade, a census showed on Monday, offering more evidence that Russian economic growth will lag behind that of rival emerging powers China and India. The Kremlin has tried to boost population growth, fearing that fewer births in an ageing population will sap the economy, especially with a pension age of 55. The demographic black hole is expected to take 1 million workers out of the economy every year until 2017.

KARACHI - Cotton output, up till March 15, has declined by an annual 8.7 percent, standing at 11.57 million bales compared to 12.68 million bales in the corresponding period last year, figures released by the Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) revealed. Cotton output increased by an annual 165 percent and reached 72,000 bales. Punjab has contributed 67 percent (7.78 million bales) in total cotton arrived so far, while Sindh has contributed 33 percent (3.79 million bales)

KARACHI - Gains, bagged by the KSE-100 index in January, have been overshadowed by the recent slump as the local bourse has now dwindled four percent since the start of 2011. The decline is more pronounced in recent times, as KSE has slid nine percent since January 17.
A closer look on individual stocks suggests that majority of the blue chip stocks have actually declined more than the headline index weakness and stocks like thinly traded Nestle (+28% since Jan 17th) have played

GUJRANWALA - At least 10 passengers, including seven men, two women and a child, drowned on Tuesday when a passenger van fell into a canal near Head Balloki, 52 kilometers from the city, in the jurisdiction of Alipur Chattha Police Station when the driver lost its control over the vehicle.
Reportedly, a van carrying 17 passengers was on its way to Hafizabad from Phalia. Its driver lost control over it while overtaking another van and fell into the canal as a result of which 10

ISLAMABAD - The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), for the week ended on February 3, 2011 for the lowest income group up to Rs 3,000, has registered a 0.37 percent decline compared to the previous week. Provisional figures released by the Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS) reveal that SPI, for the week under review in the above mentioned group, was recorded at 296.25 points compared to 297.34 points in the previous week.
The weekly SPI has been computed with base 2000-2001=100

TOKYO - Toyota Motor Corporation kept its spot at the top of the global sales ranking in 2010, outselling by less than 30,000 units as the US rival achieved faster growth in the world's two biggest markets. Toyota's global sales, including mini-vehicle unit Daihatsu Motor and truck unit Hino Motors, grew eight percent to 8.418 million vehicles, it said in a statement, helping it sustain its number one standing for the third straight year. GM, which lost the crown in 2008 for the first

ISLAMABAD - The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), for up to Rs 3,000 income group, has registered a 0.32 percent decrease in the week ended on January 20 compared to the previous week. The SPI, for the week under review in the above mentioned group, was recorded at 300.06 points compared to 301.02 points in the previous week, according to provisional figures revealed by the Federal Bureau of Statistics.
SPI, for the combined group, also decreased by 0.27 percent, declining to