Saudi company acquires 18 percent stake in Uch power plan
Creative Energy Resources Corporation (CER) announced on Monday that it had bought a strategic stake in the 586 MW Uch power plant in Pakistan from an affiliate of GE Energy Financial Services more... (BR)

Dar to present charge sheet against Shaukat today
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar is to present the much-awaited charge sheet against former Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz before the Cabinet on Wednesday for hiding facts on the economic situation more... (BR)

Cement prices rise as industry enjoying boom
Cement prices continue to rise in the markets as dealers charge Rs290-295 per 50 kg bag for Falcon brand as compared to Rs280-285 in the last week of March more... (D)

Lawyers pummel Sher Afgan Lawyers pummel Sher Afgan
People watched as lawyers used kicks and punches and tore clothes of former law minister Sher Afghan in presence of representatives of the bars more... (BR)

PM wants govt borrowing reduced
Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday called for lowering excessive government borrowing to reduce inflationary pressures more... (BR)

Aitzaz says he won’t revise decision
President of the Supreme Court Bar Association Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan has said the deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry had advised him against quitting the post of the more... (D)

Philip Morris investment blows up in smoke
Lakson Tobacco Company unveiled results for the six months ended on December 31, 2007, posting after-tax profit at Rs471 million. Those marked the first of the more... (D)

China Mobile launches Zong
China Mobile launched its first international brand Zong simultaneously across Pakistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir last week end more... (D)

US mortgage crisis likely to cost $945bn worldwide
The International Monetary Fund said Tuesday the worldwide losses stemming from the US subprime mortgage crisis could hit 945 billion dollars as the impact spreads in the global economy more... (D)