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A new $701m polyethylene plant in Pakistan

Posted on 25 September 2010.

LONDON: A British and Pakistani joint venture, Trans Polymers Limited, is finalizing plans to build a polyethylene (PE) plant at cost of 520 million euro ($701 million) near Port Qasim in Karachi, Pakistan, which will have an annual capacity of 350 kilo tons. The production of PE and polypropylene (PP) will go some way to [...]

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Why Pakistan needs for more Nuclear plants

Posted on 25 September 2010. Tags: Pakistan

Why Pakistan needs for more Nuclear plants

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CWG: Melbourne spent $1.4 billion in 2006. Delhi wasted $6 billion in 2010

Posted on 25 September 2010. Tags: CWG, Indian Commonwealth Games

India’s bid document in 2003 for the CWG estimated the cost of hosting the event at Rs18.99 billion. After several revisions the estimates now range from an official figure of Rs100 billion to an astounding Rs300-Rs400 billion (well over $6 billion) according to the ‘actuals’, as of today! In comparison, the cost of the 2006 [...]

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Indian Games: The Slumdogs thrive–the millionaires survive

Posted on 25 September 2010.

They say it is like an Indian wedding and that on the night things will be fine. The bride will be there, the groom will arrive and there will be song and dance as the chaos renders way to beatific pleasure. Except that there could be problems if the guests do not arrive. And with [...]

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Pro-Pakistan Kashmiri leader S.A.S. Geelani calls Indian cosmetic moves an 'eyewash'

Posted on 25 September 2010. Tags: S.A.S. Geelani

A desperate Delhi took its first cosmetic steps to quell the three-and-a-half-month-long turmoil in the Kashmir Valley. Pro-Pakistani Kashmiris leaders including Syed Ali Shah Geelani said the package of measures did not met the demands raised by him for starting a dialogue process for resolving the Kashmir issue. Pro-Pakistan hardline separatist leader S.A.S. Geelani called [...]

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Delhi Games: 'Cleaned-up' CWG village still filthy and 'unlivable'

Posted on 25 September 2010.

NEW DELHI: It was supposed to show off the cleaned-up, “world class” Games Village to editors. And the visit got off to a good start. OC chief Suresh Kalmadi, with secretary-general Lalit Bhanot and other officials in tow, personally showed the group around practice facilities and the dining hall. Then it was time to visit [...]

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Pakistan deamands end to Indian brutality in occupied Kashmir

Posted on 25 September 2010. Tags: Indian Occupied Kashmir

Pakistan deamands end to Indian brutality in occupied Kashmir

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Under intense pressure PPPP develops serious strategy on Aafia repatriation-finally!

Posted on 25 September 2010.

Islamabad, Sept 25: The Pakistan government has reportedly chalked out a strategy, including legal and political efforts, for Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s repatriation from a US prison. A federal court in Manhattan on Thursday had sentenced Dr. Siddiqui to 86 years imprisonment for the attempted murder of US officers in Afghanistan. Interior Minister Rehman Malik called [...]

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1 G Chinese Nuclear plant: Where is the US in energy help?

Posted on 25 September 2010.

Both the US and France have been dangling energy assistance to Pakistan. France reneged on a signed agreement for a Nuclear Processing Plan–twice. Fully aware of the energy crunch in Pakistan, the US has been making noises about various types of energy assistance. That help remains as ephemeral as the French Nuclear deal. The Chinese [...]

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Possibilitie exist for Dr Aafia Siddiqui's repatriation

Posted on 25 September 2010.

WASHINGTON: Pakistan has contacted US officials to explore the possibility of bringing Dr Aafia Siddiqui home and is also consulting legal experts to appeal her conviction, embassy officials told Dawn on Friday. “Ambassador Husain Haqqani has already initiated efforts to seek her transfer to Pakistan,” said an official at the Pakistan Embassy in Washington. “We [...]