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Japan posts surprise trade surplus

Japan posted its first trade surplus in three months in June, data showed Thursday, indicating that the world's third largest economy is recovering more...

Current account posts $542m surplus

The country’s current account balance, after a gap of seven long years, has posted a surplus of $542 million during the recently concluded financial...

Jockeying starts for posts in new Thai government

Thailand’s prime minister elect, Yingluck Shinawatra, said on Tuesday it was too early to decide on her cabinet as jockeying for posts started and...

Al Meezan posts results

Al Meezan Investment Management Limited (Al Meezan) is pleased to announce Fourth Interim dividend payout for its three funds; Meezan Islamic Income Fund (MIIF) ...

Interior Ministry asked to send its staff back to contract posts

The Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) has asked the Ministry of Interior to revert the 40 regular employees, who were inducted in the Machine...

Officers fill in newly-created posts, re-designated

LAHORE - The Punjab government has transferred several officers from the provincial service and the district management group to the newly created posts of additional commissioners, additional collectors, besides promoting several others on Wednesday.
The notification read that in pursuance to the approval of the competent authority, the posts of additional commissioners at Divisional Headquarters in Punjab have been re-designated as "Additional Commissioner (Coordination)".

Punjab govt abolishes EDO (R) and DDO posts

LAHORE - The Punjab government has taken a quantum leap towards centralisation of power by abolishing the posts of executive district officer (EDO) (Revenue) and deputy district officer (DDO) and reviving the offices of additional commissioner, additional collector, assistant commissioner and collector, Pakistan Today has learnt.
The Punjab government on Tuesday issued a notification to abolish 427 posts of EDOs, district officer (Revenue) and DDO while the notification of

Rescue 1122 extends date of form submission for vacant posts

LAHORE - The Punjab Emergency Service Rescue 1122 on Monday extended the date of form submission for vacant posts of Chiniot, Rojhan and Tounsa. Now candidates could submit their forms until April 22 at Divisional Headquarter Faisalabad and Dera Ghazi Khan respectively. Those who fulfill the criteria will appear in written and physiological test on April 26 at Emergency Services Academy, Shama Chowk, Ferozepur Road, Lahore.

China posts first quarterly trade deficit in seven years

SHANGHAI - China said Sunday it had posted its first quarterly trade deficit in seven years, despite a narrow surplus in March, as rising commodity prices pushed manufacturers' costs higher.
China recorded a small trade deficit of $1.02 billion for the first quarter, its first since the beginning of 2004. But analysts said a large trade surplus was expected for the full year as its exports tend to grow later in the year.
"China's demand is strong and the prices of bulk

External account posts surplus of $1.6b

KARACHI - The second quarterly report on Pakistan's economy, issued by the State Bank on Friday, has revealed that the country's external account has posted a surplus of $1.6 billion in the first eight months of the current fiscal year.
This, explicitly, means that external account surplus of the cash-strapped country registered a robust 220 percent or $1.1 billion growth during July-February FY11. According to central bank's executive summary, external accounts exhibited a

Two accused LDA officials back on lucrative posts

LAHORE - Two Lahore Development Authority (LDA) big wigs, involved in the high-rise building scandal, are back on lucrative posts after they were suspended by the Punjab CM's high-powered committee in 2008 and named in a FIR registered against them in 2009.
Chaudhry Akram and Khalid Mehmood Sheikh were among the 24 officials who were found involved in construction of illegal high-rising buildings. Now, the LDA has issued orders and reinstated Akram as chief town planner and

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

Bank Alfalah posts strong results

KARACHI - Bank Alfalah Limited has posted a profit before provision and taxation (PBT) of Rs 5.604 billion. This was announced at the 19th Annual General Meeting of the bank. Chaired by Abdullah Khalil Al Mutawa in the absence of Hamdan Bin Mubarak Al Nahayan, the meeting was attended among others by the board members including Khalid Mana Saeed Al Otaiba, Ikram Ul Majeed Sehgal, Nadeem Iqbal Sheikh and CEO Sirajuddin Aziz while Hamid Ashraf and Zahid Ali H. Jamall repersented the

146 posts lying vacant in 21 Gujranwala colleges

GUJRANWALA - As many as 146 posts of teachers are lying vacant in 21 colleges in Gujranwala district - 64 in seven boys' colleges and 82 in 14 girls' colleges - despite tall claims of the government to improve literacy in the province. A recent survey disclosed that there was not a single post of a BPS-20 professor in any of the 14 girls' colleges in the district while eight posts of associate professors of BPS-19 out of total 34 had been lying vacant since long. Similarly, 97

Cathay Pacific posts impressive results

LAHORE - The Cathay Pacific Group recorded an attributable profit of K$14,048 million for 2010. This result is, a record for the Group, compared to an attributable profit of HK$4,694 million for 2009. Turnover for the year rose by 33.7 percent to HK$89,524 million. Earnings per share rose by 199.3 percent to HK 357.1 cents. The group's business began to recover from the global economic downturn in the latter part of 2009. The momentum was sustained throughout 2010. Our passenger and

Finance dept abolishes 8 clean water project posts

LAHORE - The Punjab Finance Department has abolished eight posts of the clean drinking water project "in haste" without fulfilling the basic requirement of issuing a one-month prior notification, Pakistan Today has learnt.
The clean drinking water project is a federal government-funded project, which was handed over to the Local Government and Community Development Department of the Punjab government, but was stopped owing to downsizing drive of the government. But the funds

Anti-Pakhtun conspiracy in construction of check posts: ANP

KARACHI - The ANP Sindh chapter on Friday strongly opposed the construction of 20 new check posts in different areas of Karachi, terming it a conspiracy against the Pakhtun settlers.
In a statement issued from the Bacha Khan Markaz, ANP Sindh Spokesman Qadir Khan stated that making an example of Kati Pahari, the City District Government Karachi has made a false decision to construct 20 more check posts.
He alleged that it was an attempt to harass the Pakhtun residents