Lahore—Chen Jainbo, Vice Chairman and Managing
Director of the PCICL called on Mr. Tariq Sayeed,
President SAARC chamber of Commerce and
Industry, at the SAARC secretariat at Islamabad
on Friday.
Islamabad — Pakistan industrial production has
shown a limited 4.84 per cent growth in the
first nine months of 2007-08 against the annual
industrial target of 10.5 per cent.
Islamabad—The Chairman of Orascom Telecom
Holding S.A.E. (“Orascom Telecom”), Naguib
Sawiris called upon the President and Prime
Minister of Pakistan recently to reaffirm the
company’s ongoing business and investment
commitment to Pakistan, particularly in the
telecommunications sector.
Washington—The World Bank and British-based bank
Standard Chartered said Thursday that they had
teamed up to expand the microfinance, or tiny
loans, to impoverished borrowers in Africa and
Asia.
Karachi—The software piracy rate has dropped in
Pakistan from 86% to 84%, after remaining
unchanged over the past two years, which would
benefit the country in many ways, notes a latest
international study.