Business Recorder articles from October 2006

Business Recorder archives from October 2006

The Weather.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT =================================================== Cities Max Min Humidity Rain =================================================== ...

LME plastic prices.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ========================================= POLYPROPYLENE LINEAR LOW (PP) (LL) ...

Weekly statement of position of all scheduled banks.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ======================================================================================== (RUPEES IN...

Poultry rates.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT Wholesale poultry rates on Monday (October 30, 2006) and for Tuesday (October 31, 2006). Eggs: Rs 1100-1105 per 30 dozen; Broiler Birds (live): Rs 82 per kilogram; Cull Birds...

Cotton Spot Rates.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT =========================================================== The KCA Official Spot Rate for Local Dealings in Pak Rupees ...

LME official prices.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ================================================================================================= Aluminium Aluminium Copper Lead Nickel Tin...

Karachi Yarn Market Rate.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ===================================== (WITHOUT) 10 LBS ===================================== CONES CARDED ...

Lahore Grain Market Rates.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ======================================= Per 100 Kg ======================================= Wheat 1250/1285 ...

Multan commodities market rates.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) ==================================== FOOD GRAINS (Per 100 kilogram) ==================================== Wheat 1087.50/1100 Maize 875/937.50 ...

Faisalabad yarn and fibre prices.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ===================================== 1-1/2S CONE (COTTON) ===================================== Attock 255.00 6-7/S CONE (COTTON) ...

Lahore Paper Market Rates.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ========================================= IMPORTED OFFSET PAPER (per Lb) ========================================= Alma copy All size ...

Grain market rates.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ==================================== CEREALS (Per 100 Kgs) ==================================== Makai 820/950 Moong...

Karachi Plastic/Urea Moulding Compounds Rates.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT =================================== PLASTIC MOULDING COMPOUNDS =================================== HDPE (FILM) (Per lb) ...

Hides and skin rates.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT =================================== HIDES =================================== (Wet Salted Per Piece) ----------------------------------- GOAT SKINS: ...

Rates of dry fruit.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ==================================== DRY FRUITS (Per 40 KG) ==================================== Chaman Almond 3600.00 Almond...

Karachi chemicals and dyes market rates.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT =================================== DYES NAPHTHOLS CHINA (Per Pound) =================================== As 100 pc 120.00 AS 80 pc ...

Milk powder rates.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT =================================== MILK POWDER SKIMMED =================================== (per bag of 25 KG) ...

Raw rubber rates.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT =================================== RAW RUBBER CEYLON (per lb) =================================== RSSV 62.00 Pale Crape TPC3...

Jute goods rates.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT =================================== JUTE GOODS TWINE (Per KG) =================================== 20x3 Brown 38.50 16x3 CRT/Indus...

Rates of spices and other allied commodities.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT =================================== KIRANA ITEMS (Per 40 KG) =================================== White pepper 9600.00 Singapore ...

THE RUPEE: parity with dollar stays unchanged.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT The rupee-dollar parity rates did not show any change in the interbank market on Monday, holding weekend levels at 60.62 and 60.64 for buying and selling, respectively. The supply...

Kerb buying and selling rate of US dollar.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ================================ Buying Rs 60.55 Selling Rs 60.65 ================================ Dollar buying and...

Dollar's rate in interbank market.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ============================== Buying Rs 60.62 Selling Rs 60.64 ============================== Interbank closing rates for...

Karachi tea rates.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT =================================== TEAS (PER KG) =================================== KENYA PF-1 ----------------------------------- ...

Cement: CHERAT CEMENT COMPANY LIMITED - Year Ended 30-06-2006.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: SCANNER The company is one of the constituent members of Ghulam Faruque Group founded by Khan Bahadur Ghulam Faruque Khan. Despite constraints in production capacity and lower despatches the company...

Mutual Funds Association of Pakistan.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ======================================================================================================================== == Names Asset Manager...

All shares index report.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ======================================================================================================================== ==== ALL SHARES INDEX REPORT (Sector-wise) ...

BRIndex30 and BR Sectoral Indices.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT =================================== BR INDICASE AT A GLANCE =================================== BRINDEX30 - ...

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

Companies under suspension.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ========================================================================= COMPANY Date of COMPANY Date of ...

Proposed right issues.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT =========================================================== PROPOSED RIGHT ISSUE =========================================================== Company ...

Last date of renunciation/payment.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ==================================================================== LAST DATE FOR RENUNCIATION/PAYMENT ...

Shares buy-back schedule.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ======================================================================================= Company Re-Purchase From To Member...

KKI closing rates of currency notes.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) ================================================= Currency Notes KKI Buying KKI Selling ================================================= US $ 60.60 ...

Shipping Intelligence.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT =============================================================================== Berth Vessels Working Agent Berthing No ...

World currencies and euro.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ========================================================= COUNTRY CURRENCY VALUE OF ...

Banks' rates for currency notes (buying and selling).
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ==================================== Selling Buying ==================================== US DOLLAR 61.33 59.75 SAUDI RIYAL...

Open market rates of foreign currencies.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ========================================================================= CURRENCY BUYING SELLING CURRENCY BUYING SELLING ...

Interest rates on new foreign currency deposits.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ================================================= INTEREST RATES ON NEW FOREIGN CURRENCY DEPOSITS US DOLLAR ================================================= ...

Bill buying rates per unit of currency.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ======================================================================== BILL BUYING RATES PER UNIT OF CURRENCY ...

Currency notes: exchange rates.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ============================================= AUTHORISED DEALERS' RATES FOR CURRENCY NOTES ============================================= COUNTRY ...

LIBOR calculating interest on US dollar.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ========================================= BONDS LIBOR VALUE ========================================= 6 MONTHS US DOLLAR 5.4163 ...

Interest rates on old and incremental FCY deposits.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ================== Rates % pa ================== USD 0.1000 GBP 0.1000 ================== Interest rates on old and...

Exchange rates: buying and selling.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ======================================== Countries Selling Buying Buying TT&OD TT Clean OD/T.CHQ ========================================...

Conversion for foreign currency deposits.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT =============================================== US DOLLAR POUND STERLING EUR JAPANESE YEN =============================================== 60.6240 ...

State Bank of Pakistan conversion rates.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ========================== US Dollar 60.6240 Pound Sterling 114.5430 Euro 76.8106 Japanese Yen 0.5111 ...

Barclays bid rates and maximum rates for payment of interest.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ======================================================= INTEREST PAYABLE ON FE DEPOSITS ======================================================= ...

Aaj TV - Tuesday's schedule.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT 06:00 Aaj Market Evening 06:35 Tilawat 06:55 News Bulletin 07:30 Live With Talat 07:55 Headlines News 08:00 Live With Talat 08:30 Aaj Subh (Live) 08:55 Headlines News 09:00 Aaj Subh...

WHAT IS BOT?
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: LIEUTENANT COLONEL (RETD) KHAWAJA SOHAIL HAFEEZ The Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) / Design-Build-Operate-Maintain (DBOM) model is an integrated partnership that combines the design and construction...

FWO - the trend setters.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: LIEUTENANT COLONEL (RETD) KHAWAJA SOHAIL HAFEEZ Since its inception FWO (Frontier Works Organisation) is working on the principle of innovation. During the construction of KKH (Karakrum Highway)...

Spot rate lower despite brisk activity on cotton market.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT The official spot rate was modestly lower on the cotton market on Monday, dealers said. The Karachi Cotton Association (KCA) official spot rate shed Rs 25 to Rs 2350, without upcountry...

Oil cake market rates.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT Higher trend was seen on the forward cottonseed oil cake market on Monday as demand increased after long holidays, dealers said. The December vaida was unchanged at Rs 536.50. Later,...

Activity at Karachi and Qasim ports.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT The Karachi Port handled 184,651 tonnes of cargo including 164,238 tonnes import, 20,413 tonnes export cargo and 3,340 containers during last 48 hours ending at 0700 hours on Monday....

Prices mostly up on grain markets.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT Subdued business was seen on the grain market on Monday as several buyers were active but were selective due to higher prices, dealers said. On the cereal side, Makai low type picked...

Sangla Hill villages: Sui gas supply project soon.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT Federal Sports Minister Shamim Haider has said that Rs 120 million would be spent on the provision of Sui gas to adjoining villages of Sangla Hill town. Talking to newsmen, he said the...

VHF more than 95 percent treatable, say doctors.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT Doctors have advised people not to worry about dengue fever because the disease is almost 100 percent curable, while viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) is more than 95 percent treatable....

WWF-P worried about future of mangroves.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT World Wide Funds for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-P) fears adverse impact on Mangrove forest biodiversity of the islands of Bundal and Buddo, as the Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has approved in...

UHS admission schedule announced.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT The University of Health Sciences (UHS) has announced the admission schedule of M.Phil leading to Ph.D in various disciplines for the session 2007. The last date for the...

Partly Facetious: caught between an election fund scam and a rape.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: ZOHRA IBRAHIM "I would like to tell you a story." "About what?" "A Filipino man named Bolante - a former Agriculture Minister in the Philippines." "Never heard of him." "Anyway off...

Punjab government forms committee to select vice chancellors.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT President, Academic Staff Association, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (UAF), Professor Dr Zafar Iqbal Randhawa has said that Punjab government has constituted a Search Committee...

Higher education institutions need quality improvement: World Bank.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: KHALID ABBAS SAIF Higher education institutions (HEIs) in Pakistan need to focus more on quality improvement, hence they should complete academic reviews of departments and faculties and design...

CLTS concept introduced in Takht Bhai and Mardan.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) The concept of Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS), whereby communities build latrines on self-help basis has been introduced in Takht Bhai Tehsil, Mardan, for the first time in Pakistan by NWFP local...

Officials given 15 days to improve sanitation.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT City District Nazim, Rana Zahid Tauseef has asked the Solid Waste Management district officer to improve the city's cleanliness and sanitary conditions within 15 days. Presiding...

Dengue fever.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: A RESIDENT OF SCHON CIRCLE (KARACHI) We read regularly in newspapers tall claim by the City District Government of steps being taken to control the epidemic of dengue fever and the campaign of...

Transport problem.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: ADNAN AHMED (KARACHI) Karachi's public transport system has worsened so much that elderly people, women and children are daily put to great risk to their lives. This is a problem which should be...

Strategy to develop mango industry discussed.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT A three-member delegation of Agribusiness Development & Diversification Project, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock (Minfal), Government of Pakistan met the members of the...

Privatisation of Heavy Electrical Complex-I.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: ENGINEER HUSSAIN AHMAD SIDDIQUI After a brief pause in the on-going privatisation process due to landmark decision of the Supreme Court to annul the divestment deal of the Pakistan Steel, the...

An important step in the right direction.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) A few days ago, one of the federal ministers had broken the good news that the government would resolve the issues related to provincial autonomy before the next year's general election. It is hardly a secret,...

'Food Tech' from May 9.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT Food Tech Pakistan-2007, the fourth International food, equipment and technology exhibition will be held at Karachi Expo Centre from May 9 to 12, 2007. The event being organised...

Senate additional secretary appointed.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Chairman Senate Mohammadmian Soomro has appointed Syed Masood-ul-Hassan Shah, Judicial Member (BPS-21), income tax appellate tribunal, Lahore as additional secretary (BPS-21) in the Senate on deputation basis....

Output cut by Opec.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Concerned by the decline of more than 25 percent in the prices of oil in the international market since mid-July, the representatives of Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in their extraordinary...

Baglihar talks in US from November 7.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT The water secretaries of Pakistan and India will meet next month in Washington for final round of talks over controversial Baglihar dam being constructed by India over River Chenab in...

Seminar on implications of Israel-Lebanon War.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) National seminar on "Implications of Israel-Lebanon War 2006," being organised by Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) will be held here on Tuesday. Chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator...

No dengue virus in Punjab: CDGL.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: MUHAMMAD RIAZ There exists no dengue fever virus in Punjab and the reported victims of this virus in Lahore, Rawalpindi and Bahawalpur have been affected by those who recently travelled with virus...

Death condoled.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Former Punjab governor Barrister Shahid Hamid has expressed deep sorrow and grief over the sad demise of Lieutenant General K. M. Azhar (Retd), former NWFP Governor. In a condolence message, he prayed that...

Import under concessionary regime: steel sector wants EDB to issue NOC.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: ZAHEER ABBASI The Engineering Development Board (EDB) should be empowered to issue NOC for a specific period of time to facilitate import of different steel items under concessionary regime, which...

Rs 98.635 million for construction of TT Singh jail.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT Punjab Minister for Communication & Works, Chaudhry Zaheer-ud-Din Khan has said that construction of District Jail Toba Tek Singh would be completed by the end of this year and Rs...

'Government providing Rs 22 billion subsidy on urea imports'.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Minister of State for Food, Agriculture and Livestock, Mohammad Ali Malkani said on Monday that the government was providing a subsidy of Rs 22 billion on the imports of urea and DAP fertilisers to facilitate the...

Over 200 police patrolling posts functional: Elahi.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has said that more than 200 police patrolling posts have been made operational in the province due to which crime rate on highways in rural...

Petition dismissed.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT The Lahore High Court (LHC) has dismissed a petition filed against President Pervez Musharraf praying to the court to direct Speaker National Assembly (NA) to call NA session for his...

Hearing put off.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday adjourned till next week, the proceedings in a petition filed by one of the members of Sharif family challenging wealth tax demanded by income tax...

Direct taxes collection in first quarter shows 97 percent growth.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: SHAHNAWAZ AKHTER The Large Taxpayers Unit (LTU) Karachi has collected Rs 19.76 billion direct taxes in the first quarter of the current fiscal year, depicting an increase of 97.36 percent as compared...

Two LHC judges take oath.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT Two additional judges of the Lahore High Court (LHC) Justice Hasnat Ahmad Khan and Justice Hameed-ur-Rehman took oath of their offices, in a ceremony, held here on Monday. The...

LHC issues notice to NAB chairman.
October 31, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT The Lahore High Court (LHC) while issuing notice to chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for November 13, has restrained the auction of property of a forex company NCM. ...