Tag: Spread

FWBL, PRP collaborate to spread cancer awareness

First Women Bank Ltd.(FWBL) and Pink Ribbon Pakistan ((PRP) have entered an agreement to promote the objective of Pink Ribbon Pakistan through its branches...

Sasti Roti scheme to spread its wings

Sasti Roti Scheme Punjab Chairman Hanif Abbasi MNA has announced that the target for setting up 300 mechanical tandoors will be achieved by the...

350 youngsters to gather on July 1 to spread light of...

KARACHI - The six-day 10th Young Leaders' Conference (YLC) would start from July 1 as the conference celebrates its "first decade of changing lives for the better".
The theme for this year is 'Eman (faith), Ittehad (unity) and Tanzeem (discipline)'. Preparations are at their peak as the big conference is just two months away.
Three hundred and fifty youngsters, aged 18 to 24, from all over the country and other parts of the world will unite to spread the light of change.

Syria’s emergency law to end, says Assad

DAMASCUS - President Bashar al-Assad said on Saturday the emergency law in force in Syria for nearly 50 years will be abolished within a week, and expressed his sadness at the deaths of protesters.
"The juridical commission on the emergency law has prepared a series of proposals for new legislation, and these proposals will be submitted to the government, which will issue a new law within a week at the most," the president said. Emergency law in force since 1963 restricts public

Clashes spread to Ivory Coast’s political capital

ABIDJAN - Clashes between Ivory Coast security forces and supporters of would-be president Alassane Ouattara spread in the early hours to the political capital, Yamoussoukro, witnesses said on Friday. Patrols of the Defence and Security Forces (FDS) loyal to outgoing president Laurent Gbagbo, who has refused to step down after November elections, came under fire in the Dioulabougou district, and sustained shooting went on until 7am (0700 GMT). A local journalist told AFP that sporadic

Middle East riots spread fears among rice exporters

LAHORE - Keeping in view of the current political instability in troubled areas of Middle East, the federal government should formulate a policy to provide safeguard to Pakistani exporters, said Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) Acting Chairman Taufiq Ahmed Khan.
He said the government should make sure that all buyers honoured their business commitment with Pakistani exporters as financial insecurity was increasing in exports, especially in Middle East countries

Egypt burns as protests spread

CAIRO/LONDON/WASHINGTON - Embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak called out the army and declared a nationwide curfew on Friday, as tens of thousands of protesters rampaged through the streets of major cities demanding his ouster. A curfew in Cairo, Alexandria and Suez kicked in at 6pm and was supposed to run until 7am, state television reported but later it said the curfew had been extended to cover all 28 governorates in the country.
Mubarak "has asked the armed forces, in

Sudan vote opponents spread confusion

KHARTOUM/JUBA: Opponents of a referendum on independence for south Sudan are threatening lawsuits and spreading confusion to try to disrupt the vote, the chief official running the plebiscite said on Saturday.
The accusation came at a time of heightened tension around the poll, due next month. A southern official for the first time said her party would openly campaign for secession, bringing a warning from the north's ruling party that it might refuse to recognise the result.