Wednesday, November 17, 2004
Pakistan Publishes IT Data Protection Laws
Pakistan’s Ministry for Information Technology has published draft legislation creating a new foreign data protection regime, which will help European and US companies when outsourcing to the country, according to a report by Islamabad News.
EU law in particular restricts businesses transferring data to countries with weak privacy protection, and with the Ministry apparently expecting growth …
$22 million copper-gold mine expansion begins in Pakistan
Metallurgical Construction Company of China (MCC) will launch expansion project of its Saindak copper-gold mining project located in Pakistan. The MCC resumed production in Saindak project in August 2003 after a 7-year hiatus. Total investment of this expansion project will probably reach USD 22 mln, and the project is still operated by MCC Resource Development …
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