Business Recorder articles from December 2005

Business Recorder archives from December 2005

The Weather.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ============================================== Cities Max Min Humidity Rain ============================================== Islamabad 20AC ...

LME official prices.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ================================================================================================= Aluminium Aluminium Copper Lead Nickel Tin...

LME plastic prices.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ========================================= POLYPROPYLENE LINEAR LOW (PP) (LL) ...

Lahore Grain Market Rates.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT =================================== Per 100 Kg =================================== Wheat 1210/1230 Sugar ...

Lahore Paper Market Rates.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ========================================= IMPORTED OFFSET PAPER (per Lb) ========================================= Alma copy All size ...

Poultry rates.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT Wholesale poultry rates on Friday (December 30, 2005) and for Saturday (December 31, 2005). Eggs: Rs 1350-1355 per 30 dozen; Broiler Birds (live): Rs 72 per kilogram; Cull Birds...

Cotton Spot Rates.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT =========================================================== The KCA Official Spot Rate for Local Dealings in Pak Rupees ...

Karachi Yarn Market Rates.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ===================================== RATES OF COTTON YARN ===================================== (WITHOUT GST) 10 LBS ...

Kerb buying and selling rate of US dollar.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ================================ Kerb Buying Rs 59.90 Kerb Selling Rs 60.00 ================================ Dollar buying and...

Dollar's rate in interbank market.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ============================== Buying Rs 59.79 Selling Rs 59.81 ============================== Interbank closing rates for...

Shipping Intelligence.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT =============================================================================== Berth Vessels Working Agent Berthing No ...

THE RUPEE: near firmness prevails in currency market.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT The interbank market retained its firmness on Friday as the rupee-dollar parity rates held its level unchanged for the third day at 59.79 and 59.81, respectively. According to the...

Cable & Electric Goods: PAKISTAN TELEPHONE CABLES LIMITED - Year Ended 30-06-2005.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: SCANNER During the year under review the company posted highest ever sales and record low pre-tax profit. Its gross margin substantially eroded, hence the bottom line was in the red with after tax...

All shares index report.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ======================================================================================================================== ==== ALL SHARES INDEX REPORT (Sector-wise) ...

Mutual Funds Association of Pakistan.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ======================================================================================================================== == Names Asset Manager ...

Cross Transactions.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT =========================================================================== FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ...

BOARD MEETINGS.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ============================================================== Name of Company Date Time ...

Board Meetings.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ========================================================================================== Company SCHEDULED ON TIME PLACE TO...

Board meetings in progress.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ===================================================================================== COMPANY SCHEDULED ON TIME TO CONSIDER R E M A R K S ...

Dividend/Bonus Announcements.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ================================================================================================ FOR THE YEAR PROFIT/(LOSS) ANNUAL...

Clearing Schedule for T+3 System.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ================================================================ CLEARING SCHEDULE FOR T+3 SYSTEM FOR THE MONTHS OF DECEMBER 2005 & JANUARY 2006 ...

Companies under suspension.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ========================================================================= COMPANY Date of COMPANY Date of ...

Proposed right issues.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ================================== PROPOSED RIGHT ISSUES ================================== TRG Pakistan 60% ...

Shares buy-back schedule.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT =================================================================================================== Company Re-Purchase From To ...

Last date of renunciation/payment.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ==================================================================== LAST DATE FOR RENUNCIATION/PAYMENT ...

EFU Capital Growth Fund Rates.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ============================= Offer price 127.63 Bid Price 121.25 ============================= EFU Capital Growth Fund Rates on...

EFU Pension Growth Fund Rates.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ============================= Offer price 105.09 Bid price 99.84 ============================= EFU Pension Growth Fund Rates on...

EFU Managed Growth Fund Rates.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ============================= Offer price 532.09 Bid price 505.49 ============================= EFU Managed Growth Fund Rates on...

NJLI Pension Fund Rates.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ============================== Offer Price 300.52 Bid Price 285.49 ============================== New Jubilee Life Insurance...

NJLI Sarmaya Growth Fund Rates.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ============================== Offer Price 157.90 Bid Price 150.00 ============================== New Jubilee Life Insurance...

KKI closing rates of currency notes.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) ================================================= Currency Notes KKI Buying KKI Selling ================================================= US $ 59.87 ...

NJLI Managed Growth Fund Rates.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ============================= Offer Price 347.12 Bid Price 329.76 ============================= New Jubilee Life Insurance...

Currency values in term of Special Drawing Rights.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ====================================================================================== December 30, 2005 ...

BMA-PGBI Closing Bell.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) ================================================================================ Index Statistics 30-December-2005 29-December-2005 Change ...

US treasuries bid yields.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT =========================================================================== US TREASURIES (BID YIELDS) ...

US treasuries bid prices.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ========================================================================================== US TREASURIES (BID...

London Interbank Offered Rates.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ========================================================= Rates at 11:00 London time Friday (December 30, 2005). ...

Open market rates of foreign currencies.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ========================================================================= CURRENCY BUYING SELLING CURRENCY BUYING SELLING ...

Spot dollar rates.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ======================================== Ex Interbank Rate PKR against USD ======================================== BID OFFER CLOSE ...

Money Market Report.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT Money market report by Khadim Ali Shah Bukhari & Co on Friday (December 30, 2005). DAILY MONEY MARKET COMMENTS: Today money market rates initiated at the level of 3.25% - 4.00%....

Bill buying rates per unit of currency.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ======================================================================== BILL BUYING RATES PER UNIT OF CURRENCY ...

Banks' rates for currency notes (buying and selling).
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ==================================== Selling Buying ==================================== US DOLLAR 60.56 59.03 SAUDI RIYAL...

LIBOR calculating interest on US dollar.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ========================================= BONDS LIBOR VALUE ========================================= 6 MONTHS US DOLLAR 4.69 ...

Interest rates on old and incremental FCY deposits.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ================== Rates % pa ================== USD 0.1000 GBP 0.1000 ================== Interest rates on old and...

Interest rates on new foreign currency deposits.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ================================================= INTEREST RATES ON NEW FOREIGN CURRENCY DEPOSITS US DOLLAR ================================================= ...

Exchange rates: buying and selling.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ======================================== Countries Selling Buying Buying TT&OD TT Clean OD/T.CHQ ========================================...

Conversion for foreign currency deposits.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT =============================================== US DOLLAR POUND STERLING EUR JAPANESE YEN =============================================== 59.7900 ...

Currency notes: exchange rates.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ============================================= AUTHORISED DEALERS' RATES FOR CURRENCY NOTES ============================================= COUNTRY ...

Barclays bid rates and maximum rates for payment of interest.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ======================================================= INTEREST PAYABLE ON FE DEPOSITS ======================================================= ...

State Bank of Pakistan conversion rates.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ========================== US Dollar 59.7900 Pound Sterling 102.8926 Euro 70.8990 Japanese Yen 0.5075 ...

BRIndex30 and BR Sectoral Indices.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT =================================== BR INDICASE AT A GLANCE =================================== BRINDEX30 - ...

'Consensus vital to construct Kalabagh Dam'.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT Kalabagh dam issue was now in the court of General Pervez Musharraf and it would be interesting to see how he handles this issue; however, consensus in the four provinces was vital...

Aaj TV - Saturday's schedule.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT 06:00 Aaj Markets Evening 06:30 Tilawat 06:55 News Bulletin 07:30 Trendlines 07:55 Headlines News 08:00 Chandni 08:30 Chandni 08:55 Headlines News 09:00 Chandni 09:30 Hera Pheri...

SPORTS WORLD: Consolation win for England in last ODI.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: LATEEF JAFRI It was a consolation victory for England in the fifth and last one-dayer at the Rawalpindi Stadium by a narrow margin of six runs though one thought that with more effort the target of...

BRIDGE NOTES: Data Steel won Younus Suriya contest in style.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: K.M. SHARIFF Younus Suriya Memorial Bridge Tournament is one of the major events of the Karachi Club during the calendar year. The bridge event of Karachi Club was also the last valedictory engagement...

TV channels fail to defend values.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: ASIF ALI KHAN Various forms of media have influenced our society. These presentations do not imitate real life. Today's media do not project the demands of daily life and responsible living. Our...

SPORTS WORLD: A fifth placement in hockey is too bad.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: LATEEF JAFRI It was difficult for the combating outfits in the 27th edition of the Champions Trophy to display the mobility and precise movements when the Polyton turf had been drenched by rain, yet...

TV THOUGHTS: Thought provoking discussions on the fall of Dhaka, Kalabagh Dam and Balochistan.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: NUSRAT NASARULLAH I wouldn't like to seriously believe that this column was missed last week. I missed the deadline and that was rather disturbing, to say the least. I do miss deadlines, and I believe...

Forklifting of the vehicles.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: WH Car parking in the busy business centers and near government offices where public dealings take place is becoming difficult and people are obliged to park their cars at desolate places. There are...

What has gone wrong with film music?
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: SAEED MALIK After the screening of the first sound motion picture in Bombay in March 1932 a new genre of melodic arts - film music - began taking shape. In the beginning, theatre music with classical...

BOOK REVIEW: Muntakhab Aalami Afsanay.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: SHAFIQUE AHMED SHAFIQUE Qaisaer Saleem is a veteran and known fiction writer. He is a busy penman and constantly creating short stories, novels, satiric essays as well as doing translation. Qaiser...

LAHORE CULTURAL DIARY: A week of remembrances.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: ORPHEUS Three renowned personalities, who have been integral to the creation of Pakistan, its projection at the United Nations and flowering of melodic culture of the country were paid rich tributes...

Major causes of morbidity world-wide.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: SYED AMIR WASEEM Cardiovascular disorders, hypertension, stroke, diabetes and myocardial infraction, Pulmonary or lung diseases are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality world-wide. The...

Asthma control in dusty Karachi.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: SWHR Karachi is dusty these days. Trees alongside the roads are dry and parched. Foliage has turned black and laden with soot. A few trees that blossom in winter are in gloominess. Many seem to have...

Cancer update.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) No plastics in microwave. No plastic water bottles in freezer. No plastic wrap in microwave. Johns Hopkins has recently sent this out in their newsletters worth, noting... Dioxin Carcinogens cause CANCER,...

CAPITAL CULTURAL SCENE: Performance by Trio Quark.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RAABYA The cultural activities are in full swing as the end of the year approaches. The bright, sunny weather is persisting despite met office forecast of rains after the December 20th. The...

CURRENT TOPICS: Iran's stand on nuclear-technology.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: M.A. BUKHARI Friends, as well as the foes of Iran, are aghast at the rigid stance Iran has adopted in the matter of the nuclear discord. No one can question Iran's inherent right to develop nuclear...

All in a day's work! - Don't get depressed!
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: EFF EFF What r u doing? Am sitting in front of a gas heater reading newspaper while sipping coffee. Sounds great! Yap! So u r in relaxing mood! Not any more! Why? Its...

M&E: powerhouse of high performance organisations.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: KHADIJA KHAN The monitoring and evaluation (M&E) is a management discipline that is used to enhance organisational performance for the ultimate goal of serving clients to their satisfaction through...

Hajj: Climax of spiritual discipline.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: M SHABAN UPPAL "For the Hajj are the months well known. If any one undertakes that duty therein, let there be no obscenity, nor wickedness, nor wrangling in the Hajj: And whatever good ye do, (be...

Activity at Karachi and Qasim ports.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT The Karachi Port handled 87,341 tonnes of cargo including 43,566 tonnes import and 43,775 tonnes export cargo including 3,576 containers during last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on...

Oil cake market rates.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT Prices moved both ways in the forward cottonseed oilcake market on Friday as some needy buyers bought few lots to cover the immediate needs, they said. The January vaida opened...

Steady trend seen on grain market.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT Firm trend was seen on the grain market on Friday as al most all commodities maintained the overnight levels in the absence of proper enquiries by the buyers, dealers said. ...

Estonia, Finland to build underwater gas pipeline.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Finnish and Estonian gas companies are working on a project to lay a pipeline at the bottom of the Baltic Sea to enable natural gas to be shipped to Finland from storage facilities in the Baltic states, the...

Wasa initiates Rs 2,515 million water supply project.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT Water supply lines are being laid at five sites under JICA-funded water supply project to pump 20mgd potable water to the eastern part of the Faisalabad City. A spokesman of the...

Indian-born British businessman booked.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT Gulberg Police have registered a case against Indian-born British national businessman under section 420-468 PPC for cheating textile exporters of Faisalabad. According to...

Sales tax returns to be received electronically.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT Collectorate of Sales Tax and Federal Excise has made arrangements to receive sales tax returns electronically from the month of January 2006. In this connection, NIFT is organising...

Madaris convention to chalk out future plan of action.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: MAQBOOL BUKHARI Wifaq-ul-Madaris Arabia has decided to hold a convention of all madaris in Islamabad on January 1 to chalk out future plan of action against the government's policies regarding the...

Rally in favour of Kalabagh dam held.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Minister of State for Environment Malik Amin Aslam Khan on Friday organised a rally in Attock District for promoting public opinion in favour of President's Water Resource Programme and specifically for...

Lawyers assured of separate residential colony.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT Adviser to Chief Minister for Law & Human Rights, Rana Ejaz Ahmad Khan assured lawyers that the summary would be moved to the Punjab chief minister for provision of suitable piece of...

Computer dealers condemn police action.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT Computer software and hardware dealers of Rex City, Satiana Road observed a strike and staged a demonstration against the police raids on their shops and registering cases here on...

'Government mobilising huge funds to banish poverty'.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: SARMAD MAHMUD National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain has said the government was mobilising huge funds on banishing the backwardness and poverty from the country on top priority basis. ...

Noon Sugar Mills' dividend.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: SHEERAZ MAHMOOD (KARACHI) We are shareholders of Noon Sugar Mills Ltd. The company is quoted on the Stock Exchange and continuously earning bumper profits. The company was also paying handsome...

Dr Sir Ziauddin Ahmad.
December 31, 2005... (From Business Recorder) Byline: MIRZA ASLAM BEG (KARACHI) Reference article on Dr Sir Ziauddin Ahmad most faithful successor to Sir Syed in the Weekend edition of Business Recorder dated 24th December 2005. Mubarak Shah Zuberi,...