Monday, September 13, 2004
Pakistan offered $2 billion for railway upgrades
Pakistan is likely to become the most accessible international trade route to Central Asia, Iran and China as the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has offered to provide $2 billion to improve and rehabilitate the Pakistan Railways (PR) network.
Official sources told Online on Sunday that the grant would likely to be provided primarily for the rehabilitation …
New hi-tech Pakistani passports
The machine-readable passports (MRPs) will be issued from October instead of September because installation of the equipment at a newly established passport office here has been delayed. Official sources said that earlier it was planned that the machine-readable passports would be issued from September, 2004 from Islamabad and Peshawar.
The installation of machinery at the Peshawar …
Karachi sports club plans to host snooker events
The Arabian Sea Country Club, located here in Bin Qasim, has the plans to develop cue sports facilities of the highest class and host national as well as international snooker events.
This was disclosed by Chief Executive Officer, Arabian Sea Country Club, while talking to the media during the launching ceremony of the 18th Latif Masters …
Pakistan’s Aisam storms into Asian Tennis final
Aisam-ul- Haq outclassed the top Chinese Davis Cupper and their highest ranked ATP tennis player Peng Sun in the semi final of the Asian Tennis Championship in Tashkent after a marathon match which was fully stretched to three sets, 7-6 (12-10), 6-3, 7-6 (7-3).
Both the players had to use every bit of their armoury and …
