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| November 19, 2006 | Sunday | Shawwal 26, 1427 |
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Property valuation rates raised in Sindh
KARACHI, Nov 18: The Sindh government has raised valuation rates of properties (immovable) by 15 per cent for commercial units and 10 per cent for residential and industrial units.... 
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Centre responsible for slow growth: Sindh’s rejoinder to World Bank
KARACHI, Nov 18: The administrative department of Sindh has bluntly held federal government responsible for being “a major constraint” in provincial development--be it social, economic or even political.”...
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Inflation rises; wages decline
KARACHI, Nov 18: High inflation continued to prevail during October 2006, while the killing food inflation remained in the double digits hurting the poor more than the rich of the country....
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Paktel’s licence renewal in jeopardy
LAHORE, Nov 18: After failing to meet the deadline for depositing the license renewal fee instalment the oldest cellular company in the country — Paktel — has been in a fix....
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Pakistan may not benefit from bumper wheat crop
KARACHI, Nov 18: Pakistan has been put at a disadvantageous position in intra-region wheat trade as the commodity has not been included in its positive list under South Asia Free Trade Agreement (Safta)....
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Realtors see slump in deals, prices
KARACHI, Nov 18: Real estate agents predict further slump in property transactions following announcement of increase in valuation rates by the Sindh government....
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Chinese team due to give final shape to FTA
ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: Ahead of Chinese President Hu Jintao''s visit to Islamabad, a high-level Chinese technical team is scheduled to arrive here on Monday to give final touches to modalities of...
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Small sum converted to CFS
KARACHI, Nov 18: About two dozen stock brokerage houses participated in the special session held on Saturday at the Karachi Stock Exchange for conversion of in-house badla to regulated Continuous Funding System (CFS)....
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Bidding for Hazara Fertiliser on Dec 4
ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: Bidding for the sale of 90 per cent shares of Hazara Phosphate Fertiliser Ltd (HPFL) will be held here on December 4, 2006....
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Tata Steel
LONDON: The owner of India’s Tata Steel, Ratan Tata, was surprised at news of a rival bid from Brazilian steelmaker CSN for Anglo-Dutch peer Corus, according to an interview published on Saturday....
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Robust trading on cotton market
KARACHI, Nov 18: Brisk trading was witnessed on the cotton market on Saturday as spinners and mills tried to grab the floating stock of lint amid rising prices....
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Auto makers vow to raise output
ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: Five local auto manufacturers have assured the government to increase their total production of units up to 0.516 million till the year 2011-12 from the current 0.197...
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Prices of 23 items register increase
ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: The price of 23 items witnessed an average growth of four per cent during the week ending on November 17, according to official figures of Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS) released here on Saturday....
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Malaysia eyes FTA with Chile
HANOI, Nov 18: Malaysia said on Saturday it had launched talks with Chile on reaching a free trade deal, which would be its first such agreement with a Latin American economy....
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Karachi Port operations
KARACHI, Nov 18: Seven ships carrying cement, containers and to load molasses are expected to arrive at the outer anchorage on Sunday, according to KPT sources....
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Port Qasim
KARACHI, Nov 18: Three container ships were accommodated berths at QICT during the last 24 hours, said a PQA press release on Saturday....
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