Business Recorder articles from December 2011

Business Recorder archives from December 2011

Bullion Rates.
December 31, 2011... ================================== In rupees per 10 gram ================================== KARACHI ---------------------------------- Gold Tezabi 24 CT 45857.00 Silver Tezabi 822.85 ================================== Gold and silver rates in...

PQFTL announces unit prices.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT ==================================== PAK-QATAR FAMILY TAKAFUL ==================================== Managed Fund prices ==================================== Conservative 757.39 Balanced 734.98 Aggressive 702.64 Secure...

Poultry Rates.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT Wholesale poultry rates on Friday (December 30, 2011) and for Saturday (December 31, 2011). Eggs: Rs 3270/3275 per 30 dozen; Broiler Birds (live): Rs 168 per kilogram; Cull Birds (live): Rs 90 per kilo. Rates For...

Cotton Spot Rates.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT =========================================================================== The KCA Official Spot Rate for Local Dealings in Pak Rupees --------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOR BASE...

LME official prices.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT =================================================================================================== Aluminium Aluminium Copper Lead Nickel Tin Zinc Nasaac Alloy...

Karachi Yarn Market Rate.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT =================================== CONES CARDED =================================== 10/1. Popular Fibre 900.00 Diwan 900.00 16/1. United 925.00 Popular Fibre 925.00 Abdullah Textile 900.00 Indus 1070.00 21/1. Ishtiaq...

Pakistan Mercantile Exchange - PMEX.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT ======================================================================================================================== =================== Total Volume - Lots 10,012 Total Volume - Rs. 1,878,548,587...

Kerb buying and selling rate of US dollar.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT ======================== Open Buying Rs 89.93 Open Selling Rs 89.96 ======================== Dollar buying and selling rate in the kerb market in rupees on Friday (December 30, 2011). Copyright 2011 Business Recorder

Dollar's rate in interbank market.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT ======================== Buying Rs 89.90 Selling Rs 90.10 ======================== Interbank closing rates for dollar on Friday (December 30, 2011). Copyright 2011 Business Recorder

Shipping Intelligence.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT ========================================================================== VESSELS ON BERTH ========================================================================== Berth Ship Working Agent Berthing No Date...

Rates of Debt Securities.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT ======================================================================================================================== == RATES OF DEBT SECURITIES...

Cross Transactions between Client to Client & Financial Institutions.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT ============================================================================== CROSS TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN CLIENT TO CLIENT & FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS...

Member to Member.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT ============================================================================== MEMBERS HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY REPORTED THE FOLLOWING TRANSACTIONS MEMBER TO MEMBER...

Mutual Funds Association of Pakistan.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT ======================================================================================================================== ==================================== Funds Name Asset Manager Category Offer Price Repurchase...

BRIndex30 and BR Sectoral Indices.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT =================================== BR INDICASE AT A GLANCE =================================== BRINDEX30 - =================================== Day Close: (-) 8,263.81 High: 8,382.94 Low: 8,241.22 Net Change: (-) 119.13...

Despatch of dividend warrants.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT ======================================================================================= Company Year Ended/Ending Dividend/Bonus Dispatched on...

BOARD MEETINGS.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT ============================================================== Name of company Date Time ============================================================== Hala Enterprises Ltd. 31.12.2011 10:00 am Husein Sugar Mills Ltd...

Board Meetings.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT ================================================================================ Company SCHEDULED ON TIME PLACE TO CONSIDER ================================================================================ Mitchell's...

Last date of renunciation/payment.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT ======================================================================================== COMPANY Trading in L/Right Last Date for Last Date of Spot From Premium w.e.f. Payment/Ren. Trading...

Proposed right issues.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT ============================================================= PROPOSED RIGHT ISSUE ============================================================= Company Rate =============================================================...

Clearing Schedule for T+2 System.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT ================================================================ CLEARING SCHEDULE FOR T+2 SYSTEM FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2011 AND JANUARY 2012 ================================================================...

EFU GUARANT GROWTH FUND Rates.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT ======================= Offer Price Rs.624.63 Bid Price Rs.593.39 ======================= EFU Guarant Growth Fund Rates on Friday (December 30, 2011). Copyright 2011 Business Recorder

EFU Capital Growth Fund Rates.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT ======================== Offer Price Rs.252.47 Bid Price Rs.239.84 ======================== EFU Capital Growth Fund Rates on Friday (December 30, 2011). Copyright 2011 Business Recorder

EFU Aitemad Growth Fund Rates.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT ======================= Offer Price Rs.682.22 Bid Price Rs.648.10 ======================= EFU Aitemad Growth Fund Rates on Friday (December 30, 2011). Copyright 2011 Business Recorder

EFU Pension Growth Fund Rates.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT ======================= Offer Price Rs.164.29 Bid Price Rs.156.07 ======================= EFU Pension Growth Fund Rates on Friday (December 30, 2011). Copyright 2011 Business Recorder

EFU Managed Growth Fund Rates.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT ======================= Offer Price Rs 864.12 Bid Price Rs 820.91 ======================= EFU Managed Growth Fund Rates on Friday (December 30, 2011). Copyright 2011 Business Recorder

NJLI YAQEEN GROWTH FUND RATES.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT ===================== Offer Price 641.22 Bid Price 609.15 ===================== NJLI Yaqeen Growth Fund Rates on Friday (December 30, 2011). Copyright 2011 Business Recorder

NJLI MEESEQ Fund Rates.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT ===================== Offer Price 586.44 Bid Price 557.11 ===================== NJLI Meeseq Fund Rates on Friday (December 30, 2011). Copyright 2011 Business Recorder

NJLI Capital Growth Fund Rates.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT ===================== Offer Price 248.08 Bid Price 235.67 ===================== New Jubilee Life Insurance Capital Growth Fund Rates on Friday (December 30, 2011). Copyright 2011 Business Recorder

NJLI Managed Growth Fund Rates.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT ===================== Offer Price 612.54 Bid Price 581.90 ===================== New Jubilee Life Insurance Managed Growth Fund Rates on Friday (December 30, 2011). Copyright 2011 Business Recorder

Pakistan Government International Bonds.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT ====================================================================== Pakistan Government International Bonds ====================================================================== Bid Offer Bid Offer Mid Mid Maturity...

US treasuries bid yields.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT =========================================================================== US TREASURIES (BID YIELDS) =========================================================================== DATE 1 MO 3 MO 6 MO 1 YR 2 YR 3 YR 5 YR 7...

US treasuries bid prices.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT ======================================================================================= US TREASURIES (BID PRICES) ======================================================================================= DATE 1 MO 3 MO 6...

Open market rates of foreign currencies.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT ========================================================================= CURRENCY BUYING SELLING CURRENCY BUYING SELLING ========================================================================= US$ O/M 89.90 90.10 Hong...

Currency values in terms of Special Drawing Rights.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT ====================================================================================== December 30, 2011 ====================================================================================== Currency units per SDR SDR...

London Interbank Offered Rates.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT ====================================================== Rates at 11:00 London time Friday (December 30, 2011) ====================================================== USD GBP CAD EUR JPY...

Spot dollar rates.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT ======================================= Ex Interbank Rate PKR against USD ======================================= BID OFFER CLOSE ======================================= Ready 89.9400 89.9600 89.9500 1 week 90.1000...

Money Market Report.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT Money market report by Khadim Ali Shah Bukhari & Co on Friday (December 30, 2011). ================================================================= Repo Rates (Yield p a)...

Bill buying rates per unit of currency.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT ======================================================================== BILL BUYING RATES PER UNIT OF CURRENCY ======================================================================== Bill 30 Days 60 Days 90 Days 120...

Banks' rates for currency notes (buying and selling).
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT =================================== Selling Buying =================================== US DOLLAR 90.70 88.48 SAUDI RIYAL 24.18 23.59 UK POUND STG 139.78 136.33 JAPANESE YEN 1.1698 1.1411 EURO 117.38 114.48 U.A.E. 24.69...

Interest rates on old and incremental FCY deposits.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT ================== Rates % pa ================== USD 0.1000 GBP 0.1000 JPY 0.0000 ================== Interest rates on old and incremental FCY deposits on Friday (December 30, 2011). Copyright 2011 Business Recorder

Interest rates on new foreign currency deposits.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT ================================================= INTEREST RATES ON NEW FOREIGN CURRENCY DEPOSITS US DOLLAR ================================================= PERIOD FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2011 % PA...

Conversion for foreign currency deposits.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT =============================================== US DOLLAR POUND STERLING EURO JAPANESE YEN =============================================== 89.9951 138.8174 116.2646 1.1565 ===============================================...

Currency notes: exchange rates.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT ============================================= AUTHORISED DEALERS' RATES FOR CURRENCY NOTES ============================================= COUNTRY SELLING BUYING ============================================= USA 90.70...

LIBOR calculating interest on US dollar.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT ========================================= BONDS LIBOR VALUE ========================================= 6 MTHS US DOLLAR 0.8080 30-12-2011 ========================================= London Interbank Offer Rates on for...

Exchange rates: buying and selling.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT ========================================= Countries Selling Buying Buying TT&OD TT Clean OD/T.CHQ ========================================= USA 89.80 89.60 89.37 UK 138.40 138.09 137.71 URO 116.22 115.96 115.64...

Barclays bid rates and maximum rates for payment of interest.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT ======================================================== INTEREST PAYABLE ON FE DEPOSITS ======================================================== BBA BID MAXIMUM RATES RATES FOR PAYMENT OF INTEREST BY AUTHORISED DEALERS...

State Bank of Pakistan conversion rates.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT ========================== US Dollar 89.9951 Pound Sterling 138.8174 Euro 116.2646 Japanese Yen 1.1565 ========================== Rates applicable for conversion into rupees of Foreign Currency Deposits, Dollar Bearer...

Aaj TV - Saturday's schedule.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT 06:00 News Hour 06:25 Headline News 06:30 News Bulletin 06:55 Headline News 07:00 Aman Barabari Kay Saath 07:25 Headline News 07:30 Aman Barabari Kay Saath 07:55 Headline News 08:00 News Hour 08:25 Headline News 08:30...

BRIDGE NOTES: Pro is a pro at bridge.
December 31, 2011... Byline: A.K. BHURGRI Bridge has different levels in the understanding of the game comprehensively. For the beginner the basics are enough to trudge him on, for the average and average plus, some logical inferences need to be picked and...

LITERARY NOTES: Hameed Akhtar's and Dr Raj Bahadur Gor's legacy.
December 31, 2011... Byline: ARIEL With Hameed Akhtar's exit from the literary scene it dawns all of a sudden that the list of writers and journalist who attained reputation in the pre-independence times is fast shrinking. Only a few veterans remain in our midst...

KARACHI CHRONICLE: PTI show through old eyes.
December 31, 2011... Byline: NARGIS KHANUM The Pakistan Tehrrek-i-Infsaf rally near the Quaid's mausoleum on Sunday was a joyous festival for the thousands of enthusiastic young men and women waving flags and singing along with the broadcast party songs. Their...

ART FACTS: Stately nostalgic.
December 31, 2011... Byline: NADEEM ZUBERI Well defined lines blended with realistic situations, balanced by light and shadows depict an overwhelming energy in the paintings of Ghulam Mustafa. After graduating in Fine Arts from National College of Arts, Lahore in...

Plan food diary for the year 2012.
December 31, 2011... Byline: ZARINA PATEL Most people around the world associate New Year with making resolutions, setting goals and achieving tasks. Interestingly, health care and weights loss programmes rank top positions among top ten popular New Year's...

The legend lives on.
December 31, 2011... Byline: NADEEM ZUBERI The Kasur-born nightingale - Noor Jehan, lovingly known as Melody Queen contributed so much to the shaping of Pakistani melodic culture that it is not possible to encompass all that in this short piece of writing. Her...

Prices depict no change on grain market.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT According to the grain and seed merchants group's press release, no change was seen on the wholesale commodity and seed market on Friday as almost all the participants were busy in preparations for Juma prayers. ...

Will I use my vote?
December 31, 2011... Byline: SYED BAKHTIYAR KAZMI It is paradoxical for those who oppose universal suffrage to be forced by the wisdom of the masses to even begin contemplating this question; fate indeed works in mysterious ways. For those, who after reading the...

Plastic mouldings close mixed on Jodia Bazaar.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT The trading in plastic moulding compounds closed mixed on Jodia Bazaar here on Friday. The following changes were noted. PLASTIC MOULDING COMPOUNDS (Per lb): HDPE (FILM): Saudia 952 edged down by Rs 2 to Rs 74.50...

Activity at Karachi and Qasim ports.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT The Karachi Port handled 82,349 tonnes of cargo comprising 43,599 tonnes of import cargo and 38,750 tonnes of export cargo including 4,649 loaded & empty containers during last 24 hours ended at 0700 hours on...

Workshop.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT Speakers at a workshop urged the youths to come up with innovative ideas and work with dedication to excel in their field. Professor Dr Iqrar Ahmad Khan addressed the Career Development Workshop arranged by the Career...

Punjab government notifies promotions, transfers, postings of officers.
December 31, 2011... Byline: M RAFIQUE GORAYA The Punjab government has issued notification regarding promotions, postings and transfers of its officers in the province. (a) Fawad Hassan Fawad, Secretary to Punjab government, Excise & Taxation department has...

Ufone introduces new Blackberry profile.
December 31, 2011... Ufone has expanded its Blackberry profile with the launch of two extremely stylish smartphones - the new Blackberry Torch 9810 and the All-Touch Blackberry Torch 9860, said a press release issued on Friday. The new Blackberry Torch 9810 was...

88 districts of Pakistan face food insecurity, moot told.
December 31, 2011... Byline: ASMA RAZAQ It is a point to ponder that despite having 8 million tons surplus grain, 88 districts of Pakistan are faced with food insecurity, as poor storage facilities is the main cause of 25-30 percent post-harvest loses every year....

Wang visits Sindh University.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT Wang Jianzhong vice Director Zibo Municipal Foreign Affairs Office, Zibo, Shandong China visited the University of Sindh and met with Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Nazir A. Mughal on Friday. The pro Vice Chancellor Dr...

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa students doing well in English course.
December 31, 2011... The US officials on Friday recognised the progress made by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's students who are currently undertaking an English language course. Kohat District's A-level students are participating in a US-funded English Access...

SPARC to launch drive against early marriages.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT Society for the Protection of the Rights of Child (SPARC) has decided to launch campaign against chhild marriages in the society Child marriages in Pakistan are common occurrence in both the urban and rural areas and...

Gas loadshedding: Aptma warns of countrywide strikes.
December 31, 2011... Byline: AMJAD ALI SHAH All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Aptma) has warned that it will launch a countrywide strike, if the gas supply would not be restored to the industry forthwith. Aptma Chief, Mohsin Aziz while talking to this...

Transfers, postings.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT The Chief Justice of Sindh High Court has posted District & Sessions Judge, Mushtaq Ahmed Kalwar at Tharparkar Mithi against the post lying vacant. The chief justice and the Judges of Sindh High Court have...

MMA revival efforts seem fruitless.
December 31, 2011... Byline: ALI HUSSAIN Efforts to revive the alliance of six religious political parties--Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA)--appears fruitless as the main stakeholder, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), is not willing to become a part of any alliance unless...

USAID holds awareness session on effective energy saving.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT The USAID Power Distribution Programme, in collaboration with the Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco) organised an interactive session for Islamabad College for Girls F-6/2 on gender and effective energy saving...

Need to reorganise health delivery system stressed.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT Planning and Development Board Punjab Chairman Javed Aslam has said that there is need to reorganise health delivery system besides rectifying the deficiencies of referral system for reducing maternal mortality rate....

Electronic payment system inaugurated.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Transport and Information, Mian Iftikhar Hussein formally inaugurated the installation of electronic payment system and up-gradation of Peshawar Bus Terminal here on Friday. The...

Need stressed to promote debate culture.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT Spokesman of the Punjab government Senator Pervez Rashid said on Friday that debate culture should be promoted in all academic institutions to discourage intolerance and extremism. Journalists and politicians should...

'80,000 youths to get technical education under SDP'.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT Punjab Chief Minister Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif on Friday said that as many as 80,000 youths would be equipped with technical education under Skill Development Programme (SDP). He addressed a gathering of University...

LUMHS results.
December 31, 2011... The Contr-oller of Examinations Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Jamshoro Friday announced the result of the Final Professional BDS Annual Examinations 2011. According to announcement, Syed Tahir Hussain s/o Syed Mushtaque...

Clarification.
December 31, 2011... Apropos a news report '2011 termed worst year for agriculture sector' carried by Business Recorder, on 28th December 2011, the spokesman of Agriculture Department has clarified that supply of agricultural inputs and imposition of RGST on...

Textile bodies to launch million-worker long march.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT The textile associations have decided to launch million workers' long march towards capital city of Islamabad against drastic act of gas shedding to industries for indefinite period. Schedule of the long march will be...

Punjab chief minister acknowledges role of UHS in medical education.
December 31, 2011... Byline: MUHAMMAD SALEEM Punjab Chief Minister, Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif said on Monday huge investment was being made in education and health sectors. He was addressing the postgraduate students of University of Health Sciences (UHS) through...

PML-N public meeting at Gujranwala today.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is all set to hold a public meeting at Jinnah Stadium Gujranwala on Saturday (today). PML-N Chief Mian Nawaz Sharif will address the gathering and likely to make some important...

968th 'Urs' of Data Sahib from January 13.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT Auqaf Secretary Punjab, Tariq Mehmood Pasha has directed the officials to make proper arrangements regarding the 968th annual 'Urs' of Hazrat Data Ganj Bukhsh (RA). He expressed such views while presiding over a...

Pharmaceuticals sector against grant of MFN status to India.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT The government must not make any agreement with India at the cost of industry which is currently making all-out efforts to survive in the presence of acute energy crisis, rising inflation and widespread corruption....

HRCP condemns killing of Dr Baqir.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned the target killing of police surgeon Dr Baqir Shah in Quetta on Thursday. In a statement here on Friday, HRCP said it is deeply regrettable that Dr...

SCCI to initiate power generation project.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT Business community in Sialkot was formulating a strategy for initiating electricity generation project to get rid of load shedding on permanent basis and ensure the production wheel spun in full motion. The Sialkot...

'Aman Ittehad' rallies on January 1 to mark 'Solidarity Day 2012'.
December 31, 2011... Byline: RECORDER REPORT On January 1, 2012, 'Aman Ittehad' will organise public rallies in 140 locations across Pakistan to mark 'Solidarity Day 2012'. Thousands of citizens in villages, towns and cities will join the rallies. They will call...