Tag: Rules

Swiss Banks show what’s wrong with global capital rules

Swiss banks UBS AG (UBSN) and Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN) are among the safest in Europe, according to the measures regulators watch most...

Court rules Chavez swearing-in delay is legal

Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles has accepted a Supreme Court ruling that allows ailing President Hugo Chavez to postpone his inauguration while allowing his...

US PGA feels tougher rules may hurt game

Limiting how far the ball travels and the type of putters players can use could do more harm than good for golf, the PGA...

EU reaches compromise on ratings agency rules

The European Commission, European Parliament and European Council have reached compromise on new rules meant to govern credit ratings agencies, EU Internal Market Commissioner...

Krishna arrives with ‘goodwill message’ as archrivals agree to soften visa...

Arch rivals Islamabad and New Delhi have decided to decrease widening gaps and bring closer the people from both countries by softening their visa...

Takaful rules 2012, an opportunity for insurance under Shariah

Conventional insurance companies can open window operations of Takaful by taking benefit from Takaful rules 2012, announced by Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan...

SECP launches new Takaful rules

Takaful, the Islamic alternative of insurance is a scheme based on the principles of mutual assistance in compliance with the provisions of Islamic shariah,...

SBP changes rules

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has amended certain rules governing the primary dealer system to streamline and further strengthen this system. The purpose...

NHA awards contracts in violation of rules

The National Highway Authority (NHA), violating the public procurement rules, awarded contracts amounting to Rs 674.415 million to various contractors, including FWO, without open...

On traffic rules

Rules are made for the betterment of the society and when they are not followed properly, multiple problems rise up on the surface. The...

New UK immigration rules likely to cut immigration by 25,000...

British citizens who marry foreigners will have to earn at least £20,000 a year if they want to set up their family home in...

SECP’s no-nonsense approach towards rules and regulations

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has approved regulations governing index option contracts of the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) for developing the...

Gilani stresses new rules of engagement between Pakistan, US

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Wednesday that Pakistan wanted to take up three issues with the United States that encompassed the rules...

How many need to die?

On our underregulated CNG kits sector ‘As many as 13 were killed when a gas cylinder exploded after a van had an accident’; this tragic...

‘Rules violated for purchase of 75 locomotives’

The Pakistan Railways chairman on Thursday told a two-member Supreme Court bench that rules and regulations were violated in the purchase of 75 locomotives,...

No undue pressure on OGRA for finalisation of LNG rules

Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has contradicted a report in some newspapers about some undue pressure on OGRA for finalisation of LNG rules...