Tag: Targets

KARACHI - The Sindh government has procured 19,744 metric tonnes (MT) of wheat by the 7th of this month from 15 districts against its target of 1.3 million MT for the year 2010-11 - an indication that the province could be headed towards a wheat shortage crisis. The procurement process in the province had started on March 25.
According to details, the government has acquired 5,456MT wheat from the Hyderabad region against the target of 265,000MT. This includes 3,666MT from

KARACHI - Officers of the Revenue Department who achieve the government-fixed targets would be rewarded and given incentives and those found negligent and involved in corruption would be punished, Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah said on Monday. The chief minister was presiding over a high-level meeting at Chief Minister's House to review the progress on revenue collection and various taxes in the province. Directing the revenue and tax collection departments to pay full attention

KANDAHAR - Six Afghan security personnel were killed Thursday as Taliban gunmen detonated a bomb hidden in an ambulance amid an attack on a police centre near the key southern city of Kandahar.
The blast was the latest to target Afghanistan's security forces just a few months before US-led NATO troops start limited withdrawals after nearly 10 years of war against the Taliban.
"Insurgents have blown up an ambulance vehicle full of explosives which killed six members of the

ISLAMABAD - The targets set in the National Judicial Policy two years ago have largely been realised and actions have been taken against the corrupt judicial officers and staff members, Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry said on Saturday. "In line with the constitutional mandate and with a view to respond to the increasing public confidence in the judiciary, we launched the National Judicial Policy in June, 2009. The targets set by the policy have largely been realised. Actions were

TRIPOLI - Western warplanes hit Libyan forces at a strategically important eastern town, trying to land a crippling blow on Muammar Gaddafi's tanks in a nearly week-old campaign that NATO says could last three months.
In Tripoli, residents reported another air raid just before dawn on Friday, hearing the roar of a warplane, followed by a distant explosion and bursts of anti-aircraft gunfire.
Western-led operations to enforce a no fly zone to stop a violent crackdown against

LAHORE - Hotel One by Pearl Continental is expanding its network to Sahiwal, a city that boasts of nearness to the historical Harappa Sites. This initiative on the part of Hotel One pinpointed Sahiwal as the biggest city between Lahore and Multan with strong economic activity generated by crops and industries including cotton ginning, tanning, textile spinning, weaving, leather products, pharmaceuticals, food processing, chip board and biscuits.
A formal Memorandum of

PALLEKELE - Pakistan eased into the World Cup quarter-finals on Monday but captain Shahid Afridi was more concerned with victory over Australia on Saturday where they will target top spot in Group A. Pakistan are keen to finish top and avoid a more tricky assignment in the last eight. A win over defending champions Australia in Colombo on Saturday will go a long way in helping that ambition. "We will definitely play well against Australia.
It's a match which we'll take very

PESHAWAR - At least 36 people were killed and more than 50 injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a funeral in Adezai village on the Peshawar-Kohat Road on Wednesday. The attack was the second in the country in as many days, following Tuesday's car bombing near the office of the Inter-Services Intelligence in Faisalabad. Police said that the explosion took place when around 300 people were preparing to offer funeral prayers for a relative of an active member of the Adezai

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Wednesday said that "Education for All" is yet another challenge which requires collective efforts across the political and social divide in the interest of our future generation and the larger interest of the country. Rational planning in this sector at different levels has to be done to achieve the desired literacy rate and ensure the quality of education, he added. The Prime Minister was chairing a special meeting on education

PALLEKELE - New Zealand pace spearhead Tim Southee said Sunday that in-form Pakistan batsman Misbah-ul-Haq was in his sights for the match between the Group A rivals on Tuesday. The 36-year-old Pakistan batsman was in prime form on his side's recent tour of New Zealand, making 203 runs in four innings to help Pakistan secure a series win and has continued to score runs at the World Cup.
Misbah scored 65 against Kenya, 83 not out against Sri Lanka and 37 against Canada, playing a

BEIJING - China's Premier Wen Jiabao said on Saturday the nation had to tame inflation that threatened social stability as the government seeks to steer the world's second-biggest economy towards more balanced and greener growth. In China's version of a "State of the Union" address to be presented later to the annual parliament session, Wen said the government aims to contain inflation to within four percent this year. Failure to rein in price rises for food, housing and other goods

LAHORE - Textile export target can only be achieved if gas supplies remain normal in 2011 but unfortunately industry is not getting gas, said All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) Chairman Gohar Ejaz.
He was addressing a press conference at APTMA House on Monday. He said 2011 was declared year of Textile, but unfortunately under current circumstances, it is not possible. He said President Asif Ali Zardari had convened a meeting of APTMA and SNGPL on Tuesday to avoid

WASHINGTON - Central Investigation Agency's (CIA) drones killed at least 581 militants in Pakistan last year, but only two were noteworthy enough to appear on a United States' list of most-wanted terrorists, the Washington Post reported on Monday, citing independent estimates.
The report said the number of high-ranking militants had fallen or increased only slightly despite a drastically escalated number of drone strikes.

WASHINGTON - US authorities on Wednesday ordered sanctions on two Afghan nationals said to be part of the financial network that supports Al Qaeda, the Taliban and the Haqqani network. The US Treasury named as Specially Designated Global Terrorists Said Jan Abd Al-Salam and Khalil Al-Rahman Haqqani, a move that freezes any assets they hold in US jurisdictions that prohibiting Americans from transactions with them.
Al-Salam was designated for acting for or on behalf of Al Qaeda

KABUL - Iran's ban on fuel tankers crossing into Afghanistan over claims they are supplying NATO troops is snaring ordinary Afghans in a complex power game as winter living costs rise, experts say.
Some 2,000 trucks are stranded on the Iranian-Afghan border, Afghanistan's commerce ministry says, in a standoff which has run since early December, heaping more misery on civilians in the war-torn, impoverished country.
Behind it all is Iran's desire to strike out at the

ISLAMABAD - Nineteen people were arrested from Peshawar and Islamabad during Hajj for carrying drugs, a press release by narcotics control ministry on Sunday.
Three persons were given death penalties and 278 were given life imprisonments by the special courts, the statement said, adding that during 2010, Pakistan seized 4688 kg Heroin, 3784 kg Opium, 44,600 kg Acetic Anhydride (a precursor chemical used in Heroin labs) and 83,233 kg Hashish.
"Narcotics Control has

ATHENS - Bombs exploded Thursday outside Greek targets in Athens and Buenos Aires, causing damage but no injuries nearly two weeks before the trial of Greek anarchists linked to a November parcel bomb campaign against embassies and foreign leaders.
In Athens a powerful device thought to be a time bomb detonated outside an Athens court shortly after police had evacuated the area, acting on warnings delivered by anonymous callers to media, police said.
Some 90 minutes earlier,