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LAHORE - House Building Finance Corporation Limited (HBFCL) held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) today, in which it announced that it has achieved an operating profit for the first time in four years. HBFCL, the country's leading housing finance institution has been steadily reducing its losses over the past three years and in the current financial year it further improved its financial position and realized a profit of Rs 113 million.
In 2007 and 2008, HBFCL reported a loss of

HAFIZABAD - At least four people were killed in two road accidents in district Hafizabad. In the first incident, Muhammad Aslam along with his two friends was going to his village on a motorcycle on Chiniot Road.
When they reached village Tibba Shah Behlol, a speedy bus hit their bike, killing all of them instantly. In the second incident, Muhammad Luqman was going home on his motorcycle along with his son Shahzad. When they reached Qatal Ghara Chowk, a van collided with their

HONG KONG - The world's highest hotel opened its doors in Hong Kong on Tuesday, housed in the city's tallest skyscraper and offering unrivalled panoramic views of the world famous Victoria Harbour.
Towering some 490 metres (1,600 feet) above the bustling, chaotic streets of the Southern Chinese city, the Ritz-Carlton Hotel is making a grand comeback after temporarily closing in 2008.
Visitors peered out of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the 118th floor of the International

KARACHI Four people were killed in road accidents in the city on Monday. Two men were killed in a road mishap in Keamari within the limits of the Jackson police station on Monday. Police said that the two men, Mohammad Saeed, 25, and Naveed Anjum, 20, were on their way on a motorcycle when a truck bearing registration number PNQ 303 hit them near the Ziauddin Hospital.
Saeed was died on the spot and Naveed succumbed to his injuries at the Civil Hospital Karachi. The police have

PESHAWAR - Four people were killed when unidentified terrorists fired a rocket on a vehicle in Lower Kurram on Sunday, official sources said. The assailants, armed with automatic weapons, fired a rocket at the vehicle in Shaheedano village in Kurram Agency, killing four people and injuring several others, said the sources, adding that the victims also included a woman. They said the injured had been immediately rushed to a nearby hospital.

PESHAWAR - At least four persons were killed when rockets were fired at a passenger vehicle in Kurram Agency early Sunday morning.
the militants fired four rockets at a passenger van in Shahdan Dhand border area, killing four people, including a woman.
The victims are Afghans, who were returning to their country from Kurram Agency.

ISLAMABAD - The court hearing the Hajj scam case Saturday remanded Former minister for religious affairs Hamid Saeed Kazmi in the physical custody of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for another four days.
Kazmi has been in FIA's custody since his arrest on March 15 for his alleged involvement in Hajj corruption case. Kazmi was brought to the court of Senior Civil Judge Rai Liaqat Kharal under tight security as dozens of his supporters had assembled outside the courtroom

LAHORE - Local Judicial Magistrate Ikhtisham Sadiq on Thursday extended the physical remand of Moonis Elahi, involved in National Insurance Corporation Scam, until March 28. Earlier, Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) produced Moonis in court to get extension in his physical remand after the completion of the second term of his remand. During the hearing, defense counsel, Muhammad Iqbal Bhatti, argued that Moonis was innocent and was being politically victimized. He said that Moonis

MIRANSHAH - Taliban militants shot dead four tribesmen, including one Afghan national, on Monday after accusing them of spying for the United States in two scattered places of North Waziristan, officials said. Three bullet-riddled bodies were dumped on a roadside in Datta Khel village, 35 kilometres (21 miles) west of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan tribal district, local administration official Wahab Khan said, adding that the body of another tribesman was found in Mir

KARACHI - MCB Bank plans to open four new branches in Sri Lanka next year, where six branches are already operational, making MCB one of the largest foreign banks in Sri Lanka.
MCB Bank Chairman Mian Muhammad Mansha called on the President, Mahinda Rajapakse, at the Temple Trees in Sri Lanka. Mr Mansha informed the president that his group is keen to in participate in the economic development of the island.
During the meeting, the MCB chairman presented an overview of his

KARACHI - Three men were killed and four other injured in separate violent incidents in the city on Friday. A man identified as Muhammad Ali, 35, was gunned down by unidentified armed men in the Dhobi Ghat area. The body of the victim was shifted to the Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK). The Sir Syed police found the bullet-riddled body of a rickshaw driver near the Anda Mor. The victim was identified as 22-year-old Rabnawaz. An FIR of the case was registered for further investigation.