Tag: Remains

Lahore - A poor batting display by Pakistan cost them the match on Sunday. The middle order lost its way after a brisk start and the team could only manage 143-9 which could have been a lot worse had it not been for some late hitting by Umar Gul and Wahab Riaz.
Going into the second T20 game today at Seddon Park, Hamilton, Pakistan need to get their act together in the batting department especially the middle order which fell timidly in the first game.
Pakistan need to

Karachi - While the market-men continued to celebrate the appointment of Chairman SECP, it has certainly raised the expectations of an early launch of flexible ready board leverage product.
From the onset, index moved speedily upwards breaching 11,900 level, marred by lower volumes in contrast with year to date average volumes. The benchmark seemed like crossing the 12,000 level, but profit booking from investors kept the bull under control as the index closed at 11,910 points.

LAHORE: Gas supplies to industries and CNG stations in Punjab remained suspended while pressure at domestic connections was low as well, on Tuesday. Businessmen asked Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif to raise the issue with the prime minister, warning him that most of the industries in the province were about to close.
Pakistan Industrial and Traders Association Front (PIAF) Chairman Irfan Qaiser Sheikh and Vice Chairman Iqbal Baig Chughtai and Lahore Township Industries

LAHORE: CNG could not be found in most areas of Lahore on Sunday, as CNG stations were closed owing to low gas pressures. A large number of motorists were seen roaming from one CNG station to another and the commodity was not even available in Johar Town, a known hub of CNG stations, Garden Town, Model Town, Allama Iqbal Town, Faisal Town, Muslim Town, Canal View, Gulberg, Shadman and Mughalpura.
Stations selling CNG had long car queues lined up, as commuters rushed to fill

LAHORE: The mysterious absence of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer remained a hot topic in the Punjab Assembly on Wednesday, with members, as well as Law Minister Rana Sanaullah telling the House that no one had any idea about the governor's whereabouts.
The Punjab Assembly proceedings started around two hours behind schedule.
Soon after the recitation from the holy Quran, MMA parliamentary leader Ali Haider Noor Niazi said on a point of order that the Punjab governor was

KARACHI: The local bourse underwent another range bound session, as investors remained at the sidelines and awaited the monetary policy announcement due later in the day.
Though Farrukh Khan's announcement as the new SECP chairman was welcomed by investors, but it failed to provide an impetus against anticipation over the MPS.
The benchmark KSE-100 index accumulated 18 points to close at 11,163 levels. The KSE-30 index squeezed 3.13 points and closed at 10745.17 levels,

ISLAMABAD: The Jammu and Kashmir dispute remains on the United Nations Security Council's agenda, a UN spokesman categorically stated on Tuesday as he rejected "inaccurate" reports that it has been removed from the list of unresolved issues.
"Some articles that appeared recently on Kashmir are inaccurate," UN Spokesman Farhan Haq said, according to a Foreign Office statement.
He said the UN's latest list of matters "continues to include the agenda item under which the

KARACHI: Despite the fact that authorities at both the federal and provincial levels have time and again hinted at launching a massive campaign to make Karachi a weapon-free city, no serious efforts have been made so far to implement this step.
Illegal weapons are available in abundance and terrorists, political activists, land mafia groups and even petty criminals faced no difficulties in gaining possession of sophisticated arms. The Muttahida Qaumi Movement, the Pakistan

KARACHI: A joint press conference by Pakistan People's Party's (PPP) Interior Minister Rehman Malik and Muttahida Qaumi Movement's (MQM) central leader Dr Farooq Sattar at MQM headquarters on Monday hinted that much remains to be resolved between the two coalition partners.
Sources said an intense meeting was held, in which the MQM leaders bluntly put forward their reservations and demands to the interior minister. Addressing the joint press conference, Malik said all those

A majority of commercial and business centres in Karachi remained closed on Friday as residents mourned the loss of life in Thursday's suicide attacks on the shrine of Hazrat Abdullah Shah Ghazi.
Various political and religious parties, including the Ahl-e-Sunnat wal Jamaat (ASWJ) announced mourning and appealed to the citizens to remain calm.
The city's usually jam packed roads wore a deserted look, as people remained indoors and little or no traffic plied the roads.