Livestock market: protecting animals against diseases

A VERY big livestock market is set up in Karachi every year for about a month during Eid-ul-Azha where over one million animals - about 0.4 million large ruminants and more than 0.6 million small ruminants - are brought from various parts of the country.

Over 60 per cent of these animals belong to Punjab, 40 per cent to rural Sindh and 10 per cent to Balochistan.

These sacrificial animals which are specially fed and reared are mostly beautiful and fat and fetch high prices.

The Karachi cattle market set up on the occasion of Eid is one of the largest livestock market in Asia. As far as large ruminants are concerned about 0.5 per cent of them are crossbreed of Frisian and Cherolias which fetch higher prices than local animals. Some animals are sold for more than a few hundred thousand rupees each.

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Mobilink Selects Motorola for WiMAX Network in Pakistan

Mobilink, an Orascom Telecom Company, has selected Motorola to deploy a WiMAX 802.16e-2005 access network in Pakistan. According to the agreement, Motorola will design, plan, deploy, and optimize a WiMAX network for Mobilink. Motorola will also enable quicker adoption of the operator’s WiMAX offering by providing integration and support services as well as indoor and outdoor CPE (customer premises equipment).

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First private airport opened

Construction of the international airport at Sialkot was first approved in the year 2001 and an amount of Rs230 million was allocated for the project. The airport is equipped with all international standards to facilitate national and international flights. Situated in the heart of the country’s industrial hub, the site of the airport spans across 1050-acres and is 14km west of Sialkot with existing road links to Wazirabad, Gujrat, Gujranwala, Narowal, Sialkot city, Sialkot Export Processing Zone and Sialkot Dry Port, where a large number of potential passengers exist, who are frequent flyers with in and outside the country. An important feature of this airport is the runway which is 3,600 meters long, 45-meters wide with 7.5-meters wide shoulders on each side, making it one of the largest runways in the country.

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Karachi to have ultra-modern cattle colony

City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that city government will construct a most modern cattle colony with international consultancy for which 5,000 acres of land has already been allocated and the cattle colony from Landhi will be shifted there after construction of roads and laying of water, sewerage lines and other facilities. He said this during a meeting with a delegation of Dairy Farmers Association comprising its President DFA Haji Muhammad Akhtar, Vice-President Dr. Rafiq Babar. Other CDGK officials were also present on the occasion.

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Fine quality and competitive price of Pakistani Kinoo can tap Chinese fruit market

BEIJING, Dec 3 (APP): Fine quality and competitive price of Pakistani Kinoo has bright prospect to tap Chinese fresh fruit market, thus by exporting citrus fruit the country could earn precious foreign exchange.

“The aroma and taste of Pakistani Kinoo has obtained a good reputation and acceptability in the international market”, said a prominent Pakistani trader who is for the first time plan to importKinoo in China from Pakistan.

Mohammad Yaseen who is in import and export business here since over two decades especially in food items while talking to APP said that this year, as per reports he got, there was a forecast ofbumper output of Kinoo in Pakistan.

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Pakistani gem, jewellery makers asked to adopt world standards

International gems and jewellery experts have emphasized the need of proper training mechanism for Pakistani jewellery artisans and manufacturers to compete in international markets, where latest fashion designs are in demand.

These views were expressed by the gems and jewellery experts Mr. Sylvo Schroeder and Ms. Bhavana while addressing a seminar on latest jewellery designing and gemology, organized by Pakistan Gems and Jewellery Development Company here on Saturday.

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Use IT to Market a Positive Image of Pakistan

a) Through articles in leading publications like Yahoo, Infoworld, PC World, Washington Post and others, b) through on-line ad campaigns on Yahoo and Google - the most frequented sites c) through taking over a hundred companies to ten international exhibitions in the last year, e) through hosting well-attended, PSEB Customer events in foreign cities with the collaboration of local chambers of commerce and industry, f) through inviting delegations of leading international corporate leaders, g) through maintaining a website which receives over a million hits a month with the majority being from overseas, h) through hosting a highly publicized CEO Forum which attracted international thought leaders and media, g) through undertaking visits to meet foreign associations, governments and corporations.

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Citrus Production in Pakistan

Pakistan is the sixth largest producer of Kinow (mandarin) and oranges in the world, with 2.1 million tons. Pakistan world mandarin and oranges market share during the year 1997 was 0.9 percent and 3.6 percent in terms of value and volume respectively. Pakistan is also the largest producer of 'Citrus Reticula' variety (Kinow), this unique variety of citrus is indigenous to this part of the world. According to an estimate approx. 95 percent of the total Kinow produced all over the world is grown in Pakistan.

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Pak Oman Group launches brokerage services

Pak Oman Investment Co. Ltd, the parent company of the new firm is a joint venture between the Sultanate of Oman and the Government of Pakistan and this will be the third company to be rolled out under its portfolio of financial services.The mandate and the vision of the upcoming capital brokerage house is to focus on international markets and participate in attracting foreign capital in Pakistan. The formed company will initially be launched as a private limited company and will soon go for dual listing. The other signatory was Oman based Vision Investment Services Company.

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Ghazi Barotha water supply project to start in 2008

ISLAMABAD (November 23 2007): The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is likely to kick off the multi-billion project for the conduction of water supply from Ghazi Barotha early next year.

Director General Services of the CDA Mohammed Zaman told APP on Thursday that Indus River System Authority (Irsa) has approved the multi-billion project in principle, which would later be approved by the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec).

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Private students to be provided quality education

ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has initiated a process of bringing private students to the mainstream of regular students, so that quality education for private students may be ensured.

In the third meeting of experts on distance education, which was held recently at the HEC, it was decided that initially six universities of the country will have a directorate of distance education with a cost of Rs 6.3 million and for the first year, funds will be provided by the HEC. After a year, funds will be made available into the recurring grant of the universities.

Universities selected for the purpose of establishment of directorate for Distance Education are, University of Punjab Lahore, Bahauddin Zakriya University Multan, University of Peshawar, University of Karachi, University of Sindh Jamshoro and University of Balochistan Quetta.

These universities have been selected for a pilot project on the basis of the number of private students registered. staff report

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Reform process for irrigation system being implemented

LAHORE (November 23, 2007): The Punjab government is implementing a comprehensive reforms process to improve the management and maintenance of the irrigation system to ensure its long-term physical and financial sustainability, said Punjab caretaker Irrigation Minister Syed Dilawar Abbas briefing Caretaker Chief Minister Ijaz Nisar on Thursday.

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18 IT projects worth Rs 4.5 billion being executed in Sindh

KARACHI (November 13, 2007): Adviser to Sindh Minister for Information Technology Muhammad Noman Saigal has said that 18 IT projects worth around Rs 4.5 billion are being executed in the province. He disclosed this while speaking with the media personnel on an inauguration ceremony of new office of IT department in Sindh Secretariat here on Monday.

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Plan being made to promote ICT, reduce piracy

ISLAMABAD (April 01, 2007): The government is implementing a programme to assist the software industry to migrate from licensed software platforms to open source solutions.

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Pakistan Naphtha Exports Up As Domestic Gasoline Demand Wanes

SINGAPORE -(Dow Jones)- Pakistan's naphtha exports more than doubled on-month in February as the country's domestic gasoline consumption continues to drop, with more vehicles converting to compressed natural gas.

Pakistan exported 104,119 metric tons of naphtha in February, up from 42,665 tons in January, according to Pakistan refinery officials.

The country exported 851,687 tons of naphtha in 2006 compared with 680,342 tons in 2005.

An official at Pakistan State Oil said the country exports naphtha to Singapore, India and to some extent, Japan.

"Traders like Trafigura are buying our naphtha, and as we cannot directly export to India, these traders buy it and sell it there," the official said.

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ITT in Air Force-Pakistan Deal

ITT Gets $78 Million Air Force Contract to Provide Pakistan With Electronics WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Air Force on Friday awarded a $78 million contract to a unit of ITT Corp. to provide integrated defense electronics for Pakistan.The electronics warfare system for F-16 aircraft will come from Clifton, N.J.-based ITT Avionics.ITT shares closed Friday at $60.32 on the New York Stock Exchange.

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Rs 200 million biotechnology project being launched

Punjab Minister for Agriculture Arshad Khan Lodhi has disclosed that a biotechnology project worth of Rs 200 million has been launched to develop new varieties of crops having maximum per acre yield. These varieties would be free from disease also, he added.

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Mobile Number Portability Arrives in Pakistan

Telenor Pakistan says that it gained the first customer who took advantage of mobile number portability when it was launched in the county last week. Syed Mehar Masood-ul-Haq changed his service from Mobilink to Telenor Pakistan.

Commenting on the move, the CEO Telenor Pakistan Tore Johnsen said, "We are happy to be the first operator to have a customer port in after MNP. MNP is significant because it makes it possible for the customers to change operators without changing their mobile numbers. It is great to know that customers have started exercising their right and that the first one to have done so has chosen Telenor Pakistan as his operator of choice. We will try our best to serve him and all the customers who come to us."

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High-power BIT delegation leaving for Pakistan Monday

A Chinese delegation will visit Pakistan this week on the invitation of the Higher Education Comission.

The delegation will discuss academic exchange programme between BIT and Pakistani universities.
BIT has also been enlisted among the consortium of Chinese Universities constituted to set up University of Engineering, Science and Technology in Pakistan. Meanwhile, a 6-member Pakistani delegation, led by Secretary Science and Technology Pervez Butt is also due here on April 9.

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PESHAWAR: Modern forestry system planned

Bureau Report PESHAWAR, March 24: USAID, in collaboration with the Malaysian government, would introduce a modern forestry system in the NWFP on the pattern of Malaysia’s forestry system. Malaysia is known as a model for the effective...

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