Tag: Operating

One-window facilitation at airport starts operating for expatriates

One Window Facilitation Desk has started working at the BenazirBhuttoInternationalAirport which will help overseas Pakistanis sort out grievances relating to at least 12 federal...

Al Qaeda continues to operate in FATA: Pentagon

WASHINGTON Al Qaeda continues to operate in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), a top Pentagon commander has said while noting that the long-lasting tensions...

PIA achieves operating profit of Rs 738 million, eyes a...

Pakistan International Airlines boasted an operating profit of Rs.738 million in November 2012 as compared to losses worth Rs.1272 million it bared in the...

PIA flights operating as per schedule

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) post Hajj operations based in Jeddah started to depart flights as per schedule after the religious ministry complained the defence...

SC seeks report on how Balochistan govt still operating after interim...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought a report from the federal government on how the Balochistan government was still operating despite the October 12...

Android to beat Windows in 2016: report

Google's Android operating system will be used on more computing devices than Microsoft's Windows within four years, data from research firm Gartner showed on...

Alcatel cuts 2012 operating margin estimate

The French telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent said Tuesday that it no longer expects to post a stronger operating margin this year, as it unveiled...

Illegal hydrants in cantonments causing loss of millions to KSWB

Although, various parts of the metropolis are facing shortage of drinking water, the cantonment boards of the city, being operated by the military administration,...

Let’s wrap up and get the hell out of here!

Some foreign companies operating in the CNG sector are considering wrapping up their businesses in Pakistan due to inconsistent policies of the government. This was...

Pharmacies in capital operating without licences

Most drug stores in Islamabad and Rawalpindi are operating without qualified pharmacists or assistant pharmacists, violating the Islamabad Capital Drug Rule 1989, and putting...

Over 2,385 unregistered blood banks operating in Pakistan

Over 2,385 unregistered blood banks in Pakistan are operating without any check by the authorities concerned, while only 130 out of 2,525 are registered,...

Microsoft shows off new ‘Windows 8’ operating system

Microsoft Corp showed off a version of its next operating system at technology conferences in the United States and Taipei, as some PC makers...

Microsoft shows off new ‘Windows 8’ operating system

Microsoft Corp showed off a version of its next operating system at technology conferences in the United States and Taipei, as some PC makers...

SC orders HEC to keep operating until amendment in law

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered Higher Education Commission (HEC) to restore all its privileges and to keep operating until the amendment in the law prevails.
The court was hearing petitions against dissolution of the HEC.
The Attorney General, Maulvi Anwar-ul-Haq told the court that the commission still existed and with consultation from educational experts and vice chancellors a new law would be constituted for HEC.

HBFCL posts first operating profit in four years

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

Kite twine factories operating in Faisalabad despite ban

FAISALABAD - An illegal network of kite-thread factories is working under cover in different parts of the city despite the government's ban on the sale of kite flying material. Reportedly, these factories worked overtime during Basant festival this week to cater the needs of the kite flyers who took pleasure to violate the ban on the kite-flying, loud music and firing in the air.
However, it is reported that some of them have been arrested by police after a censure from the

SSGC’s net operating assets likely to increase by 8.2pc

KARACHI - Though operating assets of Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) are likely to increase by an annual 7.6 percent, net operating assets are expected to increase by only 8.2 percent due to a meager 3.4 percent rise in deferred credit.
Operating assets are anticipated to increase faster compared to deferred credit since SSGC finances most of its capital expenditures through debt financing.
SSGC is scheduled to announce its results for the first half of financial year 2011