SINGAPORE: Oil prices extended gains in Asian trade Thursday, boosted by improving demand and strong company earnings results in the United States, the world’s biggest energy user, analysts said. New York’s main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in May rose 25 cents to 86.09 dollars a barrel. Brent North Sea crude for May was [...]
MULTAN: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said Sunday the dictatorial laws of 2002 would be abolished soon. He was addressing at the foundation laying ceremony of Multan Industrial State Workers Complex here. The Prime Minister said the government would soon announce a new labor policy. Gilani said the nation is faced with multiple challenges [...]
PESHAWAR: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said Tuesday that nation had to pay a heavy price whenever the country’s constitution was violated. Addressing the judges at the Peshawar High Court here, the Chief Justice urged the fellow judges to hasten the dispensation of justice in line with the national judicial policy. He [...]
KARACHI: The Cotton prices surged an all-time high at Rs5600 per maund posting gain of Rs100 in the local market of the country, Wednesday. Cotton hit the record highest point in ten years at 80 cents per pound in US Cotton Exchange as well. Meantime, Indian cotton production dropped 3.2 percent. The cotton price is [...]
SINGAPORE: Oil prices fell in Asian trade Wednesday after a sharp rise overnight, with investors remaining cautious over weak energy demand. New York’s main futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in March, tumbled 48 cents to 73.27 dollars a barrel. The contract soared 1.86 dollars in New York trade Tuesday. Brent North Sea crude [...]
