Tag: Opens

Saudi trial opens for ‘Al-Qaeda Lady’

A Saudi court opened the trial of the "Al-Qaeda Lady," the first woman in the kingdom accused of involvement in terrorist activities, local media...

Barclays opens its doors to customers at Tufail Road

Barclays Bank PLC, Pakistan inaugurated its branch at Tufail Road, Cantt Lahore. The branch was inaugurated by CEO Shazad Dada. Speaking on the occasion,...

Syria opens ‘dialogue’, but opposition absent

Syria opened a “national dialogue” on Sunday that it hailed as a step towards multi-party democracy after five decades of Baath party rule, but...

World’s leading media agency, OMD opens its offices in Pakistan

OMD Worldwide, one of the largest and most innovative media marketing specialists in the world recently opened its office in Pakistan. The Agency’s Management structure...

National Savings opens automated branch

Central Directorate of National Savings (CDNS) has accomplished another hallmark of success to fully computerise their National Savings Branch Networks to facilitate the valued...

Greek parliament opens vote on austerity implementation law

Greek lawmakers began voting Thursday on the bill determining the implementation of draconian austerity ordered by creditors to pave the way for new emergency...

China opens world’s longest sea bridge

China, which seems to complete mammoth infrastructure projects on a routine basis, has claimed another world-beater with the opening of the longest sea bridge....

Turkish parliament opens amid opposition boycott

Turkey’s new parliament opened in a tense atmosphere Tuesday as the main opposition and Kurdish deputies boycotted the ceremony in protest over lawmakers kept...

NBP opens Thar branch

National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) has opened another branch in Umer Kot, Thar Desert area of Sindh. NBP Commercial and Retail Banking Group SEVP/Group...

Mashhood opens painting exhibition at Alhamra

Punjab Assembly Deputy Speaker Rana Mashhood Ahmed Khan opened Ishtiaq Mahmood Tahir’s painting exhibition, organized by Lahore Arts Council, at the Alhamra Art Gallery...

Nawaz opens arms to PML-Q dissidents

Opening the doors of reconciliation between estranged bedfellows of two factions of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) – the PML-Nawaz and PML-Quaid - three...

New railway station opens in Vehari

The Pakistan Railways (PR) is today (Saturday) opening a new railway station to facilitate passengers between Multan and Peeran Ghaib, Vehari. According to a PR...

‘World’s largest’ recreational enclave opens in Karachi

Governor Dr Ishrat Ul Ebad on Saturday inaugurated what Federal Minister for Ports and Shipping Babar Ghauri dubbed the most-awaited “world’s largest” recreational...

Zardari opens doors to Russian investors

President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday invited the Russian business houses to invest in infrastructure projects in Pakistan, for which equity may be raised...

Bob Marley exhibit opens on death anniversary

Bob Marley's battle with cancer ended in a Miami hospital 30 years ago on Wednesday, bringing to a premature close the life of reggae...

Kayani opens new road from Bannu to Kabul

PESHAWAR - Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani inaugurated the construction of a new road between Pakistan and Afghanistan on Thursday that will go through Bannu-Ghulam Khan in North Waziristan Agency. The CoAS, along with Peshawar Corps Commander Lt General Asif Yaseen Malik, visited the border town in North Waziristan where he was briefed about the project, to be completed in a year at the estimated cost of Rs 5 billion.
Kayani, upon arrival in North

Gas supply to Chinar Bagh Scheme opens

LAHORE - Sui Northern Gas Chairman Mian Misbahur Rahman inaugurated the laying-down of the pipelines for gas supply to Chinar Bagh Scheme, a project of the Greater Lahore Housing Society, Raiwind Road, Lahore, said a press statement released on Thursday.
The ceremony was attended by residents and other guests.
Punjab Ombudsman Khalid Mahmood, who was also present on the occasion, praised the efforts of the chairman and the executive committee of the housing scheme for