Tag: March

KARACHI - Overseas Pakistani workers remitted a historic $1,052.88 million in March, 2011 compared to $763.72 million in the same month of the last fiscal year (March 2010), showing a tremendous jump of $289.16 million or almost 38 percent.
Workers' remittances have escalated to such a level for the first time in Pakistan's history. Previously, the highest amount remitted in a single month was in August 2010, when $933.06 million was sent home.
Remittances from Saudi Arabia,

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's consumer price index (CPI) rose 13.16 percent in March from a year ago, the Federal Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday.
The CPI was up 1.48 percent from February. Pakistan's wholesale price index (WPI) rose 25.41 percent in March from a year earlier, and was up 3.34 percent over February, according to the bureau.
February's CPI had exhibited an annual rise of 12.91 percent. Pakistan's central bank governor said inflation is likely to reach 15

LONDON - The number of British households with dogs has overtaken those with cats, according to a survey, with smaller breeds becoming more popular, possibly because of their association with celebrities. "The popularity of small and very small dogs is often perceived as a fashion trend, influenced by celebrity `handbag' dogs," said the survey by Mintel. Another factor could be the appeal of canine couture with top designers including Vivienne Westwood and Ben de Lisi creating dog

CHISHTIAN - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday said that Pakistan could not develop until the scourge of terrorism from the country was not eradicated and the practice of taking foreign loans was not stopped.
Addressing opening ceremony of the Danish School here, he said that no nation could make progress by begging and taking loan in the world. The chief minister said that how long the country would depend on foreign aid, adding, "we can make progress and make the

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 - Awami Jamhoori Party (AJP) President Abrar Kazi and other office-bearers including Hussain Bux Narejo and Wishno Mal have condemned the "brutal" police shelling on peasants who were staging a march for ownership of lands in Punjab. In a statement issued on Monday, the AJP leaders said that the PML-N government in Punjab is turning a civilian set up into

LAHORE - As many as 26 shops at the lower ground floor, besides the space for a restaurant at the first floor of the Park and Ride Plaza on Gulberg`s Main Boulevard will be sold through an open auction on March 31. Some 13 ground floor shops of the plaza had already been sold for Rs 211.45 million against the reserve price of Rs185.3 million in an open auction on Jan 26, said a spokesman on Sunday.
People interested in taking part in the auction will have to deposit reserve

FAISALABAD - The relatives and friends of a murdered cable operator gathered in front of the Faisalabad Press Club (FPC) to protest against the police inaction towards the arrest of an alleged killer. About two weeks back, cable operator Muhammad Shahbaz was killed by Qasim after a trivial altercation in Gulshan Colony under the jurisdiction of Gulberg Police Station. The victim's brother Abbas registered first information report (FIR) with Gulberg police but they were unable to

ISLAMABAD - A technical committee of the Indus River System Authority (IRSA) will finalise the water availability estimate and irrigation plan for the upcoming Kharif season here on March 25. An official source said that the IRSA's secretary would chair the meeting which will be attended by provincial directors regulation of the irrigation departments. The committee would finalise water probabilities based on historic flows and rainfall. It would also seek proposals for water-sharing

LAHORE - Sincere efforts are required to promote the ideology of Pakistan in order to solve the problems facing the country today including US subjugation, speakers of a seminar held at the Aiwan-e-Iqbal on occasion of Pakistan Day said on Tuesday.
Pakistan Today Editor and Aiwan-e-Iqbal Chairman Arif Nizami presided over the seminar which was also attended by Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) Information Secretary Kamil Ali Agha, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Zulfiqar

KARACHI - The State Bank of Pakistan and all offices of SBP Banking Services Corporation, including the Public Debt Offices, will remain closed on Wednesday, March 23, 2011, as the government has declared the Pakistan Day as Public Holiday.

LAHORE - The World Tuberculosis Day will be observed on March 24 and the Sheikh Zayed Hospital Department of Chest Diseases will organise a seminar in this regard at the main auditorium at 12pm. Senior professors will speak on the newer diagnostic facilities and possible means of controlling tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious disease. Like the common cold, it spreads through the air. Only people who are sick with TB in their lungs are infectious. When someone's

LAHORE - More than 8,000 policemen will perform duty on March 23, Lahore Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Aslam Tareen said on Monday. He was presiding a meeting of senior police officers to review security arrangements for Pakistan Day on March 23. Tareen ordered officials to ensure checking of all hotels, inns and bus and wagon stands to avoid any untoward incident on March 23.
He directed officers to make arrangements to ensure a smooth flow of traffic.
Tareen said

RAWALPINDI - The Anti-Terrorist Court (ATC) gave the Federal Intelligence Agency (FIA) one more week to serve an arrest warrant on former president Pervez Musharraf over the murder of ex-premier Benazir Bhutto, court officials said.
Musharraf, who was president when Bhutto was killed in December 2007 in a gun and suicide bomb attack in Rawalpindi, is accused of failing to provide her with adequate security. He now lives in self-imposed exile in London.
Judge Rana Nisar

ISLAMABAD - The Implementation Commission for the 18th Amendment suffered another blow on Tuesday when the lack of cooperation from the four provinces made the commission, led by Inter-provincial Coordination Minister Raza Rabbani, miss the March 15 deadline set for the second phase of devolution of another five ministries.
The commission, which met here with Rabbani in the chair, was told by the provincial chief secretaries that the provincial governments would not be able to

LAHORE - Ghalib Sports marched into the third round of the East Zone Cricket Championship after defeating Golden Stars Club by 87 runs at Wahdat Colony ground on Friday. The match saw fine bowling by Rustam and good all-round performance by Nadeem Abbas. Muslimabad Gym and Baghbanpura Eaglets moved into the second round of the championship. Muslimabad Gym outplayed Mughalpura XI by 163 runs, at Wahdat Colony ground. Good batting by Majid Majeed, Nawaz Sardar and brilliant bowling by

LAHORE - The Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) threatened on Friday to start a long march if the government released Raymond Davis. "Raymond Davis's release can trigger an Egypt-like political upheaval in Pakistan. He is a spy not a diplomat, therefore we will resist the release of the killer of innocent citizens," SIC leaders said during a protest outside Press Club.
SIC leaders Pir Ather-ul-Qadri, Mufti Haseeb, Maulana Mohammad Ali, Nawaz Kharal and Zia-ul Haq Naqshbandi led the