Relief activities in flood-hit areas in full swing: minister
[Business Recorder] 16 Jun, 2013
RECORDER REPORTPESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Information and Health, Shaukat Ali Yusufzai has said that relief activities were in full swi ...
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PTI, JI stage walkout against GST hike
[Business Recorder] 16 Jun, 2013
RECORDER REPORTISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Saturday separately staged walkout from the National Assembly against ...
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PTI criticises PML-N govt
[Business Recorder] 16 Jun, 2013
RECORDER REPORTLAHORE: Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf (PTI) President Punjab Ejaz Chaudhry has said that the federal government's budget has failed ...
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Pre-monsoon rains: Growers advised to take precautionary measures
[Business Recorder] 16 Jun, 2013
RECORDER REPORTKARACHI: Met Office has advised the growers to take precautionary measures during the continuing pre-monsoon rainy spell to protect the ...
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PML leaders concerned over situation in Balochistan
[Business Recorder] 16 Jun, 2013
RECORDER REPORTLAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League (PML) President Senator Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, senior central leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi and Parli ...
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PFMA for long-term wheat policy
[Business Recorder] 16 Jun, 2013
RECORDER REPORTKARACHI: Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) has urged government for a long-term wheat policy aimed to avoid shortage in the count ...
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NTC disconnects internet connection of RTO
[Business Recorder] 16 Jun, 2013
MUHAMMAD ALIKARACHI: National Telecommunication Corporation (NTC) has reportedly disconnected internet connection of Regional Tax Office (RTO) buildin ...
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Musharraf indicted in judges' detention case
[Business Recorder] 16 Jun, 2013
KHUDAYAR MOHLAISLAMABAD: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Saturday indicted former president and army chief General Pervez Musharraf (retd) in judge&a ...
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KP Governor, QWP chief condemn attack on Quaid's residency, varsity blast
[Business Recorder] 16 Jun, 2013
RECORDER REPORTPESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor, Engineer Shaukatullah has strongly condemned the terrorist attacks at the Quaid-e-Azam Residency ...
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Prices of almost all essential kitchen items rise sharply
[Business Recorder] 16 Jun, 2013
RECORDER REPORT ISLAMABAD: Sharp increase was witnessed in the prices of most of the essential kitchen items including chicken, eggs, sugar, cooking o ...
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Shahbaz condemns attack on Bolan Medical Complex
[Business Recorder] 16 Jun, 2013
RECORDER REPORTLAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister, Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, on Saturday strongly condemned the incidents of firing and bomb blasts at Bolan ...
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From the ashes of Webvan, Amazon builds a grocery business
[Reuters] 16 Jun, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The online grocery start-up Webvan may have been the single most expensive flame-out of the dot-com era, blowing through mor ...
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Insight: Withdrawal syndrome sparks anxiety for Fed
[Reuters] 16 Jun, 2013
(Reuters) - When do you take the addict off the methadone?
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Saudi Arabia plans to block WhatsApp within weeks: report
[Reuters] 16 Jun, 2013
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia plans to block Internet-based communication tool WhatsApp within weeks if the U.S.-based firm fails to comply with requ ...
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Paul Soros, shipping titan and older brother to George Soros, dies at 87
[Reuters] 16 Jun, 2013
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Paul Soros, a shipping magnate, philanthropist and older brother of billionaire investor George Soros, died on Saturday at age 87 ...
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Oil rises on Mideast unrest
[The News] 16 Jun, 2013
Oil rose and US crude hit a nine-month intraday high on Friday, after news that the United States had authorized sending US weapons to Syrian rebels s
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Slow cotton trading
[The News] 16 Jun, 2013
Karachi
The local cotton markets continue to witness slowdown in trade activities since budget-related confusions were yet to be removed among trad
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Gold posts weekly gains
[The News] 16 Jun, 2013
Resilient demand for coins and bars and a pullback in the US equities market lifted gold on the day and for the week on Friday.
Traders said rising
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