Tag: Revive

Chairs meeting of parliamentary representatives to discuss FATA reforms ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday said that the corporate sponsors should come up to...

The once popular Juan Carlos, who helped smooth Spain's transition to democracy in the 1970s after the Francisco Franco dictatorship, seemed increasingly out of...

The 2nd Asian Masters Squash Championship started here at the Punjab Squash Complex on Monday and the final of the event will be played...

Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Zaka Ashraf expects to revive cricketing ties with India this year and is even willing to play against the arch-rivals...

As the battle-lines are being drawn, efforts have accelerated to forge a abroad-based alliance of major religious parties, with an objective to galvanise their...

US President Barack Obama marked his 50th birthday Thursday after a night in his hometown Chicago, seeking to revive the energy of his last...

The Potohari Art and Craft (PAC) Board has decided to hold fortnightly festivals until the end of December in Shakarparian. The board meeting was...

Leg-spinner Danish Kaneria on Saturday filed a court petition against the Pakistan Cricket Board for not allowing him to resume his international career despite...

Former Test cricketer and Chief Selector Abdul Qadir is hopeful that he will be able to revive the art of leg-spin bowling in Pakistan....

NEW DELHI - Pakistan and India are expected to take gradual steps to revive bilateral trade ties but there should be no expectations of any spectacular announcements, a top government official has said.
The two sides have decided to resume the dialogue as part of Manmohan Singh's cricket diplomacy. Dialogue between the two neighbours came to a halt after the Mumbai attack more than two years ago. Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar will travel to Islamabad next month to discuss

ISLAMABAD - The government has drafted a new industrial policy, focusing on the revival of about 1909 sick industrial units across the country, in consultation with all relevant stakeholders.
Official sources told APP that, in the light of the information provided by industries departments of all provincial governments, 1909 industrial units had gone sick due to a variety of reasons. They attributed closure of these industrial units to financial crunch, outstanding liabilities of

LOS ANGELES - Mark Wahlberg is so proud of The Fighter's Academy Awards success, he is making plans to revive the boxing movie for a sequel. The actor plays real life boxing legend 'Irish' Micky Ward in the picture, opposite Christian Bale as Ward's half-brother Dicky Ecklund.
'The Fighter' scored a number of high-profile awards nominations and Bale went on to win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance, while Melissa Leo walked away with the Best Supporting Actress

ISLAMABAD - Refusing Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Fazlur Rehman's request for the immediate revival of the defunct Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) told Fazl on Saturday that the matter would be decided once elections were announced.
"JI chief Munawwar Hassan told Fazl that MMA is basically an electoral alliance of religious parties and the decision regarding its revival will be taken once new elections are announced, either mid-term or

KARACHI - The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) would develop a "bond pricing agency" to revitalise the country's debt market that, the apex regulator believes, is currently not 'vibrant'. Further, the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) has called upon the federal government to accelerate the pace of issuing the amended computation rules for Capital Gains Tax (CGT) before functionality of the leveraged products at the country's bourses.
"Our focus is now the debt

KARACHI - The government needs to take drastic steps to revive tourism that has been adversely affected by the deteriorating law and order situation in the country, said Travel Agents Association of Pakistan (TAAP) Chairman M Yahya Polani at the farewell dinner organised in honour of

TOKYO - Seeking cooperation of investors to explore enormous possibilities of strengthening and expanding business relations with Pakistan, President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday invited the Japanese business community to rejuvenate Pakistan's economy through their individual contribution, joint venture or consortia.
Commenting on investment-friendly environment established by the present government, the president said, "The government has designated a 2000-acre Special Economic

KARACHI - Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) has written an official letter to Bangladesh Shipping Corporation to revive the shipping protocol signed between both countries around 33 years ago in order to boost trade volume. Chairman PNSC Brigadier (r) Rashid Siddiqi while speaking to Pakistan Today said this letter was written in the wake of expanding business links between both countries while the Shipping Protocol has been disrupted since 1997.
However, PNSC and