Islamabad: Western banking system based on interest, greed and deceit cannot assist humanity, a former military general said Wednesday.
Interest-based banks have brought more miseries to humanity than calamities, plagues and wars, said Maj-Gen (Retd) Zaheer-ul-Islam Abbasi.
Fair distribution of wealth in possible only when all the local and international banks operating in Pakistan are transformed into [...]
Lahore: Mobilink, the country’s market leader in cellular communication services and a subsidiary of Orascom Telecom; along with Box Office, Pakistan’s leading distributor of international movies, announced the official launch of the latest blockbuster movie “Star Trek” in Pakistan.
Talking about the movie, Bilal Munir Sheikh, Vice President Marketing, Mobilink stated, “Star Trek is yet [...]
Islamabad: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), in expressing alarm at the rapid deterioration in conditions for journalists and media workers in Pakistan’s war-torn North-West Frontier Province (NWFP).
According to the PFUJ, most journalists and media workers in the Malakand division of NWFP have abandoned their [...]
Islamabad: Procter & Gamble, manufacturer of leading hair care and beauty shampoo Pantene in association with Pakistan Hairdressers and Beauticians’ Association (PHABA) organized a one day interactive training workshop with a ‘Cut, Colour and Style’ theme for all PHABA members at a local hotel today.
Over the years, PHABA and Pantene have undertaken various initiatives to [...]
Islamabad: Pakistan and Bahrain have reiterated their desire to further enhance and deepen bilateral cooperation in various fields particularly between the Navies of the two brotherly countries. This was discussed at a meeting between Minister of state for Defence, Arbab Muhammad Zahir, and the visiting Commander of Royal Bahrain Naval Force (RBNF) Brigadier General Abdullah [...]
Islamabad: The Ministry of Environment has announced Green Journalist Award for the working journalists to encourage them to play active role for raising awareness on environmental issues and to promote healthy competition among them for raising awareness on environmental issues.
The Award would comprise an Acknowledgement Shield and varying amount of Cash Award for different categories. [...]
Islamabad: UBL Fund Managers, Pakistan’s leading asset management company, as part of its vision to provide value added investment solutions has unveiled its new product offering, ‘UBL Liquidity Plus Fund’ (ULPF). The Trust Deed of the Fund was signed with the Central Depository Company of Pakistan (CDC) on May 7, 09. The Fund is expected [...]
Islamabad: Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, will unveil for the first time its new first class at this year’s Arabian Travel Market (ATM), which takes place between Tuesday 5 and Friday 8 May at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre.
The Etihad Diamond First Class and Pearl Business Class are [...]
Islamabad: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has strongly condemned the attack on media persons in a private hospital by hospital administration in Lahore. “It is worst act to restrict media from access to information and right to cover the plight of public, it is a direct assault on right of expression of media [...]
Islamabad: Federal Minister for Labour and Manpower, Syed Khursheed Ahmad Shah has said the Government is very keen to develop comprehensive labour laws and policy according to the international labour standards, so as to ensure maximum labour welfare and create investment friendly environment in the country.
He was addressing a celebration of the 90th Anniversary of [...]
