Tag: October

Pakistan plans auction of 3G licences in October

Pakistan plans to issue its first licences for third-generation (3G) mobile telecom services in October, hoping to generate nearly $1 billion through an open...

National Sr Squash C’ship in October

The National Senior Men’s and Women’s Squash Championships will be held at the PSA Complex in October followed by the Punjab National Junior Championship...

Banned trio to stand trial in October

Three Pakistan Test cricketers accused of corruption will stand trial in Britain on October 4, a court ruled Friday. Former captain Salman Butt and...

Old design Rs 500 notes to be void from October

KARACHI - The federal government has declared that the old-design banknote of Rs 500, which was introduced in April 1986, shall cease to be legal tender with effect from October 1, 2011 and hence cannot be exchangeable from this date.
Accordingly, the State Bank has asked the general public to exchange the old-design banknote of Rs 500 from the field offices of SBP Banking Services Corporation and the branches of all commercial banks throughout the country up to September 30,

Karachi gas supply to be cut from October 26 to November...

KARACHI: Gas supply to Sindh will be shut down for the maintenance of the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) gas fields from October 26 to November 4, SSGC Managing Director Dr Faizullah Abbasi said on Tuesday while addressing a lunch hosted by the Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI).
"The arrears on KESC have gone up to Rs 22 billion and there has been no commitment by the power utility about the clearing of the dues. We do not have any plans to cut down the gas

Judicial remand of Hamesh extended to October 22

LAHORE
The judicial remand of Bank of Punjab (BOP) former President Hamesh Khan was extended till October 22, by an accountability court on Thursday. The court directed the national accountability bureau (NAB) to file the fraud reference against the accused by the next date of hearing.
American nationality holder Hamesh Khan is the key figure of BOP fraud case in which 12 billion rupees have allegedly been embezzled. Hamesh is charged with the illegal issuance of loans