Business Recorder articles from September 2006

Business Recorder archives from September 2006

The Weather.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT =================================================== Cities Max Min Humidity Rain =================================================== ...

LME plastic prices.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ========================================= POLYPROPYLENE LINEAR LOW (PP) (LL) ...

Cotton Spot Rates.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT =========================================================== The KCA Official Spot Rate for Local Dealings in Pak Rupees ...

LME official prices.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ================================================================================================= Aluminium Aluminium Copper Lead Nickel Tin...

Poultry rates.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT Wholesale poultry rates on Friday (September 29, 2006) and for Saturday (September 30, 2006). Eggs: Rs 860-865 per 30 dozen; Broiler Birds (live): Rs 100 per kilogram; Cull Birds...

Lahore Grain Market Rates.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ======================================= Per 100 Kg ======================================= Wheat 1240/1260 ...

Lahore Paper Market Rates.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ========================================= IMPORTED OFFSET PAPER (per Lb) ========================================= Alma copy All size ...

Dollar's rate in interbank market.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ============================== Buying Rs 60.55 Selling Rs 60.57 ============================== Interbank closing rates for...

Shipping Intelligence.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT =============================================================================== Berth Vessels Working Agent Berthing No ...

Kerb buying and selling rate of US dollar.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ================================ Buying Rs 60.58 Selling Rs 60.63 ================================ Dollar buying and...

THE RUPEE: minor changes versus dollar.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT The rupee showed slight changes against the dollar in the interbank market on Friday for buying and selling at 60.55 and 60.57, respectively. According to some dealers, dollars'...

Automobile Assembler: INDUS MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED - Year Ended 30-06-2006.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: SCANNER During the year under review the company scaled new heights in production, sales and profit. The automobile assembler industry has invested heavily for the expansion of capacity to enable it...

All shares index report.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ======================================================================================================================== ==== ALL SHARES INDEX REPORT (Sector-wise) ...

Mutual Funds Association of Pakistan.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ======================================================================================================================== == Names Asset Manager...

BRIndex30 and BR Sectoral Indices.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT =================================== BR INDICASE AT A GLANCE =================================== BRINDEX30 - ...

Cross Transactions.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT =============================================================================== FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ...

Applied for extension to SECP for holding AGM.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT =================================================================== Applied for Name of Company ...

Board meetings in progress.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ================================================================================ COMPANY SCHEDULED ON TIME TO CONSIDER R E M A R K S ...

BOARD MEETINGS.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ============================================================= Name of Company Date Time ...

Board Meetings.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ============================================================================================== Company SCHEDULED ON TIME PLACE ...

Dividend/Bonus Announcements.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ==================================================================================================== FOR THE YEAR PROFIT/(LOSS)...

Shares buy-back schedule.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ======================================================================================= Company Re-Purchase From To Member...

Last date of renunciation/payment.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ==================================================================== LAST DATE FOR RENUNCIATION/PAYMENT ...

Proposed right issues.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT =========================================================== PROPOSED RIGHT ISSUE =========================================================== Company ...

Companies under suspension.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ========================================================================= COMPANY Date of COMPANY Date of ...

Clearing Schedule for T+3 System.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ================================================================ CLEARING SCHEDULE FOR T+3 SYSTEM FOR THE MONTHS OF SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER 2006 ...

EFU Capital Growth Fund Rates.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ============================= Offer price 137.06 Bid Price 130.21 ============================= EFU Capital Growth Fund Rates on...

EFU Pension Growth Fund Rates.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ============================= Offer price 106.07 Bid price 100.77 ============================= EFU Pension Growth Fund Rates on...

EFU Managed Growth Fund Rates.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ============================= Offer price 551.67 Bid price 524.09 ============================= EFU Managed Growth Fund Rates on...

NJLI Sarmaya Growth Fund Rates.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ============================== Offer Price 183.72 Bid Price 174.53 ============================== New Jubilee Life Insurance...

NJLI Pension Fund Rates.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ============================== Offer Price 347.97 Bid Price 330.56 ============================== New Jubilee Life Insurance...

NJLI Managed Growth Fund Rates.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ============================= Offer Price 379.01 Bid Price 360.05 ============================= New Jubilee Life Insurance...

KKI closing rates of currency notes.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) ================================================= Currency Notes KKI Buying KKI Selling ================================================= US $ 60.68 ...

Currency values in terms of Special Drawing Rights.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ====================================================================================== September 29, 2006 ...

Open market rates of foreign currencies.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ========================================================================= CURRENCY BUYING SELLING CURRENCY BUYING SELLING ...

Spot dollar rates.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ======================================== Ex Interbank Rate PKR against USD ======================================== BID OFFER CLOSE ...

Money Market Report.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT Money market report by Khadim Ali Shah Bukhari & Co on Friday (September 29, 2006). DAILY MONEY MARKET COMMENTS: Today money market initiated at the level of 7.50% - 8.00%. As...

Banks' rates for currency notes (buying and selling).
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ==================================== Selling Buying ==================================== US DOLLAR 60.35 58.84 US DOLLAR...

Bill buying rates per unit of currency.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ======================================================================== BILL BUYING RATES PER UNIT OF CURRENCY ...

Interest rates on new foreign currency deposits.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ================================================= INTEREST RATES ON NEW FOREIGN CURRENCY DEPOSITS US DOLLAR ================================================= ...

LIBOR calculating interest on US dollar.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ========================================= BONDS LIBOR VALUE ========================================= 6 MONTHS US DOLLAR 5.3719 ...

Interest rates on old and incremental FCY deposits.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ================== Rates % pa ================== USD 0.1000 GBP 0.1000 ================== Interest rates on old and...

Currency notes: exchange rates.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ============================================= AUTHORISED DEALERS' RATES FOR CURRENCY NOTES ============================================= COUNTRY ...

Exchange rates: buying and selling.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ======================================== Countries Selling Buying Buying TT&OD TT Clean OD/T.CHQ ========================================...

Conversion for foreign currency deposits.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT =============================================== US DOLLAR POUND STERLING EUR JAPANESE YEN =============================================== 60.5470 ...

State Bank of Pakistan conversion rates.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ========================== US Dollar 60.5470 Pound Sterling 113.8950 Euro 77.0037 Japanese Yen 0.5146 ...

Barclays bid rates and maximum rates for payment of interest.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT ======================================================= INTEREST PAYABLE ON FE DEPOSITS ======================================================= ...

Aaj TV - Saturday's schedule.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT All timings are in PST (Pakistan Standard Time). 06:15 Aaj Market Evening 06:45 Qawwali 06:55 News Bulletin 07:30 Aaj Islam 07:55 Headlines News 08:00 Aaj Islam 08:30 100 Days...

SPORTS WORLD: Academies play vital role in nurturing talent.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: AFAQ AHMAD Academies play a vital role in nurturing the talent at grassroots level. Until recently there was no concept of academies to groom the talent at grassroots level. Cricket was the only game...

BRIDGE NOTES: Austria performed well in 12th Bridge Olympiad.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: K.M. SHARIFF Istanbul is one of the big cities in Europe. Although it occupies a place of historical importance with architectural edifices dating back to more then a thousand years. The city can be...

TV THOUGHTS: recurring power breakdowns curtail TV viewing: the Musharraf theme on the TV channels.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: NUSRAT NASARULLAH As I write this column on Tuesday around noon, with the Editor's deadlines that have been advanced in view of the holy month of Ramazan, when worship is of the highest priority,...

Golden Gate Quartet - a page from my diary.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: SAEED MALIK One of the most popular American jazz groups that visited Pakistan in the past was the Golden Gate Quartet, which gave concerts in Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi and Peshawar during the...

A historical explanation of honour related violence.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Today's Muslim women are 50 percent of the world's one billion Muslim populations, spread over 86 countries. Half a billion Muslim women are citizens of 57 Muslim states, speaking more than 200 languages, divided...

LAHORE CULTURAL DIARY: A week full of exhibitions.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: ORPHEUS Exhibitions of different kinds dominated cultural events in Lahore during the week under review. Other notable activity as a concert featuring ghazal singer Farida Khanum held under the...

BOOK REVIEW: A good collection of short stories.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: SHAFIQUE AHMED SHAFIQUE Muhammed Ameenuddin is a man of letters having two masters degrees, first in economics (1984), and the second in Urdu literature (1994). He is a known writer of short stories...

Down Syndrome - a common chromosomal abnormality.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: SYED AMIR WASEEM Down syndrome is the most common chromosomal abnormality that causes mental and physical slowness in a child world over. Down syndrome occurs in about 1 out of every 800 births...

CAPITAL CULTURAL SCENE: 'Festival for Life'.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RAABYA Innocence is such a beautiful feature for the young. And the young never do realize it until it's lost. To still have it within you, keeps you dreaming, keeps you believing, and keeps you...

LITERARY NOTES: delicate and pleasing poetry of Pirzada Qasim.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: ARIEL Dr Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui, Vice Chancellor, University of Karachi, has succeeded, in turning over a new leaf for city's Alma Mater. If judged from the yardstick of the opening of new...

All in a day's work! - Firing the right shot.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: EFF EFF Where were u? Very much at home. Strange! What for? I had been calling u, no one responded. Oh! Was busy. I thought u r one of the 70 delegates. Meanning? ...

Maintaining home lawns: preserving landscape depends on responsible use of water.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) During the scorching, dusty days of summer, turning on the sprinkler to quench a yard's thirst might seem like the right thing to do. However, during prolonged dry periods, being conscientious about water use to...

Live the most exciting life you can live.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: SHAHNAZ SHAHZAD If one's baby photos are anything to go by, it is a blessing one cannot recall one's infancy. As for childhood, it is usually a blur of recollections - school fights, picnics, candies,...

The essence of Islam: philosophy of religion-I.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: JAVED AHAMD GHAMIDI The essence of religion, in Qur'anic terms is "ibadah" (worship) of God. It is in reality "worship" which the Creator of this world desires of His servants. The Qur'an says: And I...

Activity at Karachi and Qasim ports.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT The Karachi Port handled 39,054 tonnes of cargo including 34,024 tonnes import, 8,030 tonnes export cargo and 2,571 containers during last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Friday. ...

Oil cake market rates.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT Both the futures were lower on the forward cottonseed oilcake market on Friday as buyers kept on the sidelines to see prices came down to their psychological levels, dealers said. ...

Hectic buying stabilises cotton prices.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT Prices resisted further decline in the cotton market amid hectic buying on Friday, dealers said. The Karachi Cotton Association (KCA) official spot rate was unchanged at Rs 2475,...

Plastic mouldings mixed on Jodia Bazar.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT The trading in plastic mouldings ended mixed on Jodia Bazar here on Friday. The following variations were noted. Hdpe (Film) (Per lb): Saudia 952 ended up by Rs 2 at Rs 51, Mobil moved...

Firm trend seen on grain market.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT Firm trend was seen on the grain market on Friday as most of the commodities maintained the overnight levels, dealers said. Some products on the grams side fluctuated slightly during...

Tissot keeping timeline service.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) For the third year running, Tissot watches of Switzerland will provide an essential timeline service to ensure that everyone can get the latest timings for catwalk shows, and do not miss out on any of the...

Soomro visits shrines in Multan.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT Acting President Mohammadmian Soomro has said that General Pervez Musharraf did not deviated from his oath by organising Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) for national unity and...

National saving to start ATM service.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Director General National Saving Owais Ahmed Pirzada has said that national saving would start automated teller machine (ATM) service. Talking to private TV channel, he said cost of the project would be about Rs...

Shell Tameer's role for promoting young entrepreneurs lauded.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT Vice Chancellor of Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU), Multan, Dr Hayat Awan has lauded the contribution of 'Shell Tameer' programme towards the self-employment of youth. In his...

Partly Facetious: pre-retirement memoirs and the constitution.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: ZOHRA IBRAHIM "Musharraf has written a book." "I thought no head of state could write a book unless he leaves the world stage if you know what I mean." "You mean because they are too busy to...

Work on Rs 140 million expo center begins.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT The initial construction work on Rs140 million project Sialkot Expo Center has been started. The site of the expo center was identified adjacent to Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and...

Poor quality cars.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: SHAHID MEHTAB (KARACHI) This is in reference to Nabiha Ghazal Hussain's letter to the editor, published on 23 September 2006, in response to my letter regarding poor quality local cars. It is amazing...

Stone Age threat.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: MUHAMMAD ABD AL-HAMEED (LAHORE) Did Richard Armitage, then US Deputy Secretary of State, gave a threat to the then DG ISI, that Pakistan would be bombed back into the Stone Age if it did not side with...

Agricultural Prices Commission: God bless you!-I.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: M. SHAFI NIAZ This article will deal first with the situation of marketing foodgrains at the time of Independence, then discuss the need for the creation of an institution for proper economic analysis...

ECC decisions.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) The Economic Co-ordination Committee of the Cabinet, which met on Wednesday with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz in the chair, took a number of decisions, with a marked bearing on addressing certain vital issues. ...

The President's memoir.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Controversy creates curiosity and sells books, movies and personality images. No wonder, General Pervez Musharraf's memoir "In the Line of Fire" has registered brisk sales at home and abroad since it deals with...

Call to check sale of fake medicines.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT Socio-political circles have appealed to Punjab Chief Minister and Provincial Health Department to take steps for stopping sale of fake medicines at medical stores in Sialkot, Daska,...

Banned drugs being sold.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Despite the fact that Drug Registration Board (DRB) has cancelled the registration of all brands containing the combination of Paracetamol, Caffeine and Diazepam yet these are being openly sold in the local...

CBR employees get double pay package.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT The CBR employees are happy over the payment of double pay package to its Grade 1-4 staff with effect from August 1, 2006. On Friday, the CBR employees of Grade 1-4 got their salaries...

First Friday of Ramazan observed with zeal.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: MUHAMMAD SALEEM Faithful thronged mosques all over the provincial metropolis to offer juma prayers on the first 'Friday' of the holy month of Ramazan. In order to cater to extra rush of devotees,...

Regular exercise delays ageing process.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Byline: RECORDER REPORT A Swiss specialist Jim Teatum has advised the people to do regular exercise to stay fit and active and delay the ageing process. Delivering a lecture on "How to Delay the Ageing...

PMA concerned over unabated sale of acid-washed ginger.
September 30, 2006... (From Business Recorder) Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) on Friday expressed serious concern over unabated sale of acid-washed ginger and termed it highly dangerously for human health. The PMA said that not only ginger but also...