Islamabad—Under the newly announced
Balochistan package, the province will get 10
percent of the net profit from each successful
oil and gas find, ensuring thereby a substantial
boost to its economy. In an addition to the
profit share, the package envisages other
economic uplift measures for the country’s
largest but least populated province.
Karachi—The national airline will start return
flights of hajjis from tomorrow december 2, as
PIA team at Jeddah has completed preparations
for the return journey of over 127,000 Hajjis
from Saudi Arabia on completion of holy
pilgrimage, according to dispatch from Jeddah.
Peshawar—President
Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI)
Riaz Arshad has termed increase in the
electricity and petroleum prices as detrimental
for the economy of the country and especially
for the war hit Province of NWFP. In a press
statement issued here on Tuesday, Riaz Arshad
said that increase in power prices by PESCO
would prove fatal for the crumbling economy of
the Province.
Islamabad—Overseas Pakistanis Forum would be
held in Dubai on December 6, aimed at reaching
out this community, listen to them and evolve
strategies that provide solutions. Minister for
Overseas Pakistanis, Dr. Farooq Sattar is
expected to chair the first session of Overseas
Pakistanis Forum.
FROM the busy and bucolic scene in this Punjab
province village, it is hard to tell that
Pakistan is in the throes of a national sugar
crisis. Fields of tall green cane line the
roads, and flatbed trucks piled with ripe stalks
head for a modern mill that steadily crushes
tons of cane into refined white crystals.
