Business - 14

Mehro Abbas and Zile Huma started their job last week and are serving on route number 33 of the bus service. Four more girls are under training and will soon begin working. The company plans on recruiting a total of 60 girls. Abbas and Huma, both aged 20, are not only confident about the job, [...]

Banker-turned-Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz plans to transform his nation into Pakistan Inc, rebuilding the South Asian country and its brand by exorcising the problems that have plagued it for decades. “Six years ago, I was sitting in my office at 399 Park Avenue (in New York) looking at the traffic going by and my secretary [...]

Pakistan, which has been seeking high technology aircraft for the last two decades, said yesterday it hoped to start joint production with China from 2007 of multirole fighter jets. The first four JF-17 Thunder fighter aircraft are expected to be introduced into the air force some time in 2006, said Air Vice Marshal Shahid Latif, [...]

In a chic downtown lobby across the street from the Old Executive Office Building, Saadia Musa answers phones, orders sandwiches and lets in the FedEx guy. And she does it all from Karachi, Pakistan. Saadia Musa, on a big screen in the District, works from Pakistan as a receptionist for the Resource Group, a call-center [...]

Pakistani kurta pyjamas are a craze among the well-to-do Kashmiris. Upper middle classes and the affluent wear them on special occasions where the ‘Made in Pakistan’ labels are displayed with pride. On sale at the stall are Onyx marble products for which Pakistani craftsmen are well known. These include marble vases, telephones, mementos, ashtrays and [...]

The project, to be developed on a build, operate, own and transfer basis, will be transferred to the Pakistani government at the end of the 25-year power purchase agreement. Hydropower makes up a third of Pakistan’s 19,000MW of installed capacity. The New Bong Escape hydroelectric project, which produces 500 million kilowatt hours annually, was the [...]

Bollywood-style looks appear to be a no-no for some Malaysian employers applying for workers from Pakistan. This strange request came from an employer who obviously did not want romance to hinder the smooth operations of his firm, as experienced by some who had employed Bangladeshi workers in the past. OEC managing director Masood-ur-Rahman Masood smiled [...]

One hundred households in twin-village of Narian Khorian on the outskirts of Rawalpindi district bordering Attock, are anxiously waiting for the formal inauguration of their dream project — the electric power supply to their homes! He said the solar panels have a guaranteed life span of a minimum of 25 years while the battery and [...]

The Victor Company of Japan (JVC) a household name of yesteryears in home entertainment has planned a grand comeback in Pakistani market. JVC established in 1927 produced its first television in 1940 and in 1976 introduced world’s first VHS-Video Recorder changing the concept of home entertainment. Replying to a query regarding the worth of the [...]

Leading Swedish-based retailer IKEA is keen to import household items worth Euro 100 million 9US$130 million) during the next fiscal year. The Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) and IKEA, in the meanwhile are jointly organizing EPB-IKEA conference at Karachi and Lahore on May 17 and 19, respectively. The EPB has advised companies engaged in manufacturing home [...]