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qsaark sir, 1. I want my country men to know what Supreme court and other courts are doing after the restoration of the Judiciary (which they wanted). 2. The reason I want this thread to be sticky is so that we as Pakistani's take interest in court rulings, we never had free judiciary in our...

SC gets tough on oil pricing mechanism ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court asked the government on Tuesday to explain why it had not passed on the fall in world oil prices to the common man. The apex court has formulated 11 questions for probe by the commission it appointed last week to study the...

Pakistan-US economic ties THE Obama administration has recently completed a review of Washington’s Pakistan strategy. The US Congress is considering a bill that will triple aid appropriations to Pakistan for non-military economic development and another bill to set up Reconstruction...

End of turmoil means surge for Pakistan stocks KARACHI: Pakistan’s stock market has rebounded 27.5 per cent in three weeks, taking advantage of some welcome political stability, which dealers hope can propel the bourse to the heights seen last year, AFP reported. In mid-March, the...

Cellular companies rule out downsizing KARACHI: Almost all cellular companies rule out any plan to shed permanent workers, and many have disclosed plans to increase investment in the current year. However, one company admitted to have offloaded contractual and some permanent workers...

Three licenses for oil exploration granted ISLAMABAD: After the approval of petroleum policy-09, the government has awarded three petroleum exploration licenses, which are the first concessions after more than two years. All the three licenses have been awarded to the three joint venture...

Cut in federal funds to hit mega projects PESHAWAR: The federal government has hinted at over 40 per cent cut in the size of Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) owing to financial constraints, affecting implementation of a number of mega projects in Frontier province. ‘The...

SECP registers 653 companies in first quarter ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) registered 653 companies during the first quarter of this calendar year. With the new incorporations, the total number of registered companies with the SECP as on March 31...

T-bills’ rates may rise by up to 50 basis points KARACHI: Treasury bills rates may experience another increase of up to 50 basis points due to shortage of liquidity in the market creating a conducing environment for keeping the interest rate high at the current level. The cut-off...

CFS Mk-II to be eliminated in 66 days ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has decided to discontinue the Continuous Funding System (CFS) Mk-II (‘badla’ or leveraged buying) and deliverable futures products after finding that these financial products...

When in knead, bread can't be a winner KARACHI: It is difficult to explain to a poor man in Pakistan that he will have to fork out more for bread in ten days, but that this is a ‘good’ thing. Flour is going to be more expensive from April 15 because of a decision the government...

Pakistan economic slowdown could linger LONDON: Pakistan economic slowdown could keep lingering in the wake of stringent monetary policy and global crisis. Moody’s Services analyst Anand Mitra told this. He said that Pakistan economic recovery would hinge on long-term reforms, which...

Iraq offers to invest in Pakistan oil, gas sectors ISLAMABAD: Iraq has offered to invest in the re-construction of Pakistan besides the oil and gas sectors. Iraq ambassador to Pakistan told Geo News investors from all over the world coming to Iraq, while the projects on large-scale were...

S-2, you rock buddy, thanx for the stunnig pics 5 pics caught my attention 24, 25, 26, 34 and 35, i hope that the soldiers who have fallen in this war rest in peace and God give their families the courage to overcome this difficult time they are facing with a loss of a loved one, same goes to...

Court rejects ex-cricketer Ijaz Ahmed’s bail plea LAHORE: A court in Lahore rejected bail application of former test cricketer Ijaz Ahmed on Monday, his lawyer said. ‘We had applied for bail on medical grounds as Ijaz was not feeling well, but the judge rejected our...

Balochistan HC takes suo moto of container tragedy QUETTA: Balochistan high court has taken suo-moto notice of the recovery of 50 dead bodies from a container and issued notices to the deputy attorney general, advocate general of Balochistan and government officials and sought report from the...

CJ Chaudhry demands report on Swat woman’s flogging ISLAMABAD: The Chief Justice of Pakistan ordered governmentofficials on Monday to submit a detailed report within 15 days over thepublic flogging of a veiled woman, an incident that incensed the nation. ChiefJustice Iftikhar Mohammad...

Plane hijack case: Nawaz to file plea against punishment LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-N Chief Nawaz Sharif has decided to file appeals in higher courts against the punishments awarded to him in plane hijack and helicopter cases. The appeals will be filed next week. A meeting held in the...

SC hearing of Swat girl’s flogging case adjourns sine die ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court hearing of suo motto notice case relating to the flogging of a Swat girl adjourned here sine die. Interior secretary, NWFP IG, Attorney General (AG) and other high officials appeared before the...

SC hearing of Swat girl’s flogging suo motto case underway ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court hearing of Swat girl’s in public flogging suo motto case began this morning here. Supreme Court eight-member larger bench headed by Chief Justice, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry is hearing the case, while NWFP...