Tag: Loss

England have a point to prove, says captain

England captain Andrew Strauss on Sunday urged his world number one Test side to bounce back against Sri Lanka after the morale-sapping loss to...

Els still hurting after painful PGA loss

Ernie Els was still hurting a day after his bogey-bogey finish at the PGA Transitions Championship cost him a victory and a spot in...

Traders bear Rs 3b loss over extortion protest

The small traders and business community of the country’s financial hub have braved over Rs 3 billion losses on Saturday amid their strike call...

SC reviews Pak-Steel audit report

The Supreme Court (SC) was presented a report by the Pakistan Steel Mills’ attorney Fakharuddin ji Ibrahim that disclosed that the Pakistan Steel Mills...

PPP looses credibility: Nawaz

President of PML(N) Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has once again asked the government to hold general elections as soon as possible as the rulers...

Gambler goes wild after suffering loss

After facing loss in the illegal business of ‘parchi juwa’ (a form of gambling), a constable of Islamabad police snatched his partner’s car and...

‘Truck overloading causes Rs10-15b loss every year’

The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has constituted a special committee, comprising of Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Nadeem ul Haque (Convenor) and...

Jittery KSE posts minor loss

It was another lethargic day at the local bourse as market volumes remained below the 30 million mark. While the index was able to...

Railways, PIA taking last breaths

Both Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and Pakistan Railways (PR) are on the verge of collapse, with the national flag carrier having to cancel over...

Celebs mourn loss of Dev Saab on Twitter

Amitabh Bachchan: An era has come to an end .. Dev Anand leaves a void never perhaps to be filled again .. his never...

Debt servicing cost national kitty $15.9b in last 6 fiscal years

Pakistan has repaid $15.9 billion in debt servicing during the last six financial years, from 2005-06 to 2010-11, out of which $5 billion were...

Double engine failure

The government is mulling measures to improve the working of the fast declining Railways and PIA, a task it should have taken up soon...

The cost of the war on terror

The decade-long war on terror might be in its final throes but its aftereffects may last for a decade more. On one hand, it...

Govt’s negligence multiplies flood loss

After the last year devastating floods, government neither could take preventive measures nor could it prepare for preventing the calamity again. If government would...

‘Rabbani’s death a great loss to Pakistan’

Former Afghan president Burhanuddin Rabbani’s assassination is a great loss to Pakistan and people thinking otherwise are enemies of the country, Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid...

Agriculture sector suffers loss of over Rs 256bn

The ongoing downpour in a number of Sindh’s districts has caused a loss of over Rs 256 billion to the major standing crops on...

Weather conditions cause loss of 25 pc mango production

Mango production in the country, which was expected to increase by 30 per cent this year, has been drastically affected by climatic change. Hot...