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Dimon clings to JPMorgan chairman title, after fight - The News International
An investor holding several million JPMorgan shares who declined to be named said the bank also reached out to portfolio managers with warnings. The investor said the bank “made sure investors were reminded of all the upside and all the potential ...
JUI-F unlikely to get ministries in PML-N govt - The News International
A senior PML-N leader who requested anonymity said, “In fact the former Chief Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif in his meeting with the Maulana had sought his unconditional support to the new government to meeting the challenges at hand.” He claimed ...
KCA objects to PMEX futures trade in cotton - The News International
“The KCA is the only one authorised body in Pakistan to offer futures trade in cotton,” said an active member of the Association, who asked not to be named. MEX formally launched a cotton futures product, “Icotton,” on Monday. “The product was launched ...
PTI supporters want re-election in Karachi - The News International
Another protester, who chose to remain anonymous, claimed that his aunt, a presiding officer in NA-253, had to stamp two full books of ballot papers after armed men held her hostage at gunpoint. “She was asked to stamp the kite so you can guess which ...
KP govt decides not to replace KMC principal - The News International
“In light of reports that the principal had taken good initiatives during his short time in office and put the college on the right track, it was decided that he would be allowed to continue with his job,” a senior government official said. He believed ...
40pc of Sharif family security withdrawn but confusion prevails - The News International
A senior official of the Punjab Police told The News on the condition of anonymity that the IGP wanted to withdraw 700 out of the 761 policemen but he added that the highest government figure in the caretaker set-up of Punjab asked him to adopt a wait ...
Delayed SBP report to appear this week - The News International
“Had the report been published between October and December last, as was scheduled, the poor economic performance and management of the previous government could have been exposed,” said one analyst who declined to be identified.
Syria opposition in disarray as head resigns - The News International
According to a League official who declined to be named, the decision has been left to the full summit. Before Khatib's announcement, the National Coalition's envoy to Doha, Nizar al-Haraki, said his group has has been invited to the summit, and that ...
Italian parties split as president seeks way forward - The News International
The meeting with centre-left officials later on Thursday will be the final in the current round of consultations but an official close to the president's office said that Napolitano was unlikely to announce any decision until Friday. The president has ...
Wait your turn, bureaucrats tell peers - The News International
“The implications of such laws are obvious,” said a bureaucrat who chose to remain anonymous. He said that at first, junior officers who “served the vested interests of their political masters” would be promoted and take the positions of senior ...
Crime rate on the rise in Abbottabad - The News International
Several police officials told this correspondent on condition of anonymity that their task was to catch small time delinquents. “We raid local guesthouses, seize a bottle or two of liquor along with merrymakers. We don't book them for obvious reasons ...
PML-N sidelines JUI-F on caretaker PM - The News International
“We have finalized four names for the committee and none of them is from the JUI-F,” a senior leader of PML-N told The News on the condition of anonymity. Agencies add: PPP leader Khursheed Shah on Monday rejected the impression that there was ...
Caretaker CM's name expected today - The News International
PESHAWAR: With a few days left in its five-year term, the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the opposition are expected to finalise today the name of the caretaker chief minister and sources said retired inspector general of police Muhammad Abbas ...
Karzai says US, Taliban have revived reconciliation talks in Qatar - The News International
“This is simply incorrect,” said a US official, who declined to be identified, when asked about Karzai's remarks. “We continue to support an Afghan-led process of political reconciliation.” The Taliban spokesman in Afghanistan, Zabihullah Mujahid, also ...
Couple gunned down in Kohat - The News International
KOHAT: A couple was shot dead in the limits of Saddar Police Station on Saturday, sources said. The sources said Khaliq Nawaz and Ayesha Bibi, residents of Bannu district, ran away from their homes, got married and started living in the Labour Colony.
Argentina threatens barley export cap - The News International
If wheat plantings keep falling, he will go after the substitute crop, whatever it may be,” said the source, who asked to remain anonymous. “But the real issue is the policy model, because the more intervention there is in the wheat market, the less ...
Private schools to challenge free education act in court - The News International
“Giving free education to citizens is the duty of the state,” said a representative of a school who chose to remain anonymous. The participants of the meeting said that the government, on the one hand, gives no relaxation to the private sector in terms ...
Arbab Ghulam Rahim to land in Lahore next week - The News International
This was confirmed by Arbab Rahim while talking to The News from Dubai on Monday. However sources close to him disclosed that he would land at Allama Iqbal Airport in Lahore to avoid possible arrest in Sindh. In Lahore all arrangements to welcome him ...
Kerry in Egypt for talks with leaders - The News International
"He is working to touch base with the government, with the military, with people involved in the new Egypt: the political leaders, NGO leaders, the business people," a state department official said. But two leading dissidents, Mohamed ElBaradei and ...
Turkey defies allies to pursue Iraqi Kurd energy ties - The News International
“Turkey depends on Russia and Iran on energy and if both countries close the tap, the Turkish economy will tank,” said an energy expert who asked to remain anonymous. This imported energy has been responsible for a large part of Turkey's trade deficit, ...
Delay in distribution of solar lamps irks students - The News International
The students of various schools based in different parts of the division on condition of anonymity said that on the directives of the concerned authorities their names were included in the list, which was submitted to the Punjab government according to ...
Performance certificates awarded on political basis - The News International
Some of the TEPA officials who requested anonymity told this correspondent that they were expecting that their role and performance would be acknowledged by the Punjab government but instead persons having political links succeeded in obtaining ...
India soon to let corporate houses into banking despite concerns - The News International
They declined to be identified given the sensitivity of the matter. The RBI is not alone in its caution. Regulators in the United States and South Korea do not allow industrial houses to set up banks; Australia, Canada, Britain and Hong Kong allow them ...
People line up to see buses - The News International
Fearing action and victimization, they requested anonymity and said that the Punjab government had assured them of a concrete business plan and had persuaded them to employ more buses on routes. They said that they had made substantial investment ...
Gunmen kill 9 in attacks on Nigeria polio clinics - The News International
Speaking haltingly at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, she declined to give her name or age, though she looked to be in her 30s. Three other wounded victims from the same attack had also been taken to the hospital, including one who was in emergency ...