Cable operator shot dead
KARACHI: A young cable operator was found shot dead in Orangi Town on Wednesday...
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ArchivePort operator seeks security after labour onslaught
KARACHI: After facing the reported onslaught of dock labour at the terminal on the eve of arrival of first ship, the operator of Pakistan Deep Water Port (PDWP) is seeking security assurance from the authorities before the arrival of next ship carrying second consignment of port equipment, port and shipping sources disclosed on Thursday...
These cranes are the second installment being imported by the operator of PDWP, sources said......
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ArchiveScandal-plagued political operator behind Rousseff’s woes
SAO PAULO: At every stage of the battle to impeach Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, lower house Speaker Eduardo Cunha has been at the centre of the action — despite facing allegations of corruption himself...
Most politicians in Cunha’s predicament might already have fallen, but the master tactician has always had a trump card in his power as speaker of the lower house to oversee impeachment conditions -
ArchiveTour operator shot by business associate
HYDERABAD: A brawl between two tour operators over some monetary issue led to shooting that left one of them wounded in the Saddar area of the city on Saturday...
The victim was taken to the Liaquat University Hospital, Hyderabad, where he was admitted for treatment...
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ArchivePower sector could see ‘market operator’ under new reforms
ISLAMABAD: The government has started the process for transformation of Central Power Purchasing Agency-Guarantee (CPPA-G) as an independent operator of the country’s electricity market from its existing role of a billing and financial settlement agent of the distribution companies...
An application to register CPPA as a ‘market operator’ was admitted by the National Electricity and Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) in July 2017... ...
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ArchiveGovt implements Authorised Economic Operator programme to facilitate trade
ISLAMABAD: The government launched first-of-its-kind trade facilitation programme “Authorised Economic Operator (AEO)” to reduce cost of doing business for industry and trade...
To highlight the spirit of Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) Programme, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) chairman and Customs (Policy) Member convened a meeting of all government departments and border agencies at the FBR headquarter to take them on...
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ArchiveNorway telecom operator Telenor snubs Huawei for 5G network
Norwegian telecom operator Telenor said on Friday it had picked Sweden's Ericsson to build the country's 5G network, dropping Chinese behemoth Huawei which had provided equipment for its current 4G network...
In October, Swedish operator Telia also picked Ericsson over Huawei for its 5G network...
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ArchiveTurkish operator says Ghosn used its jets illegally to escape Japan
ISTANBUL: Turkish private jet company MNG has filed a criminal complaint saying its aircraft were used illegally to transport fugitive businessman Carlos Ghosn to Lebanon as he fled prosecution in Japan, the firm said on Friday...
It said one employee had admitted to falsifying the records to keep Ghosn’s name off the flight manifest, and that he acted “in his individual capacity” -
ArchiveSenate panel rejects amendment to introduce Authorised Economic Operator programme
One of the two reforms relates to the Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) programme to be implemented before September...
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WorldBangladesh officials accuse depot operator over blast that killed at least 49
Bangladesh authorities accused a container depot operator on Monday of not telling firefighters about a chemical stockpile before it exploded with devastating consequences, killing at least 49 people — nine of them from the fire service...
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PakistanNon-regularisation of jobs: Visually impaired people block Metro route for 10 hours
LAHORE: Visually challenged people blocked on Wednesday the Metro bus service corridor for more than 10 hours in protest at the non-regularisation of their jobs...
Up to 25 challenged people gathered at Kalma Chowk and blocked the dedicated Metro bus route to get attention of the provincial government for regularisation of their service and quota in jobs...
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PakistanVisually impaired block Metro bus track for regular jobs, quota
LAHORE: Visually challenged persons on Sunday blocked the Metro bus service track in protest against non-acceptance of their demand for regularisation of jobs...
Around 30 visually impaired people gathered at the Kalma Chowk and blocked the Metro bus track demanding regularisation of their service and quota in jobs...
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ArchiveZimbabwe trade union marches to demand jobs
HARARE: Around 200 hundred people from Zimbabwe’s main trade union on Saturday marched to government offices in Harare to demand that President Robert Mugabe fix the ailing economy and fulfil an election promise to create over 2 million jobs...
Addressing the workers, ZCTU leader George Nkiwane said Mugabe’s ZANU-PF government must fulfil its election promise to create over 2m jobs because “we haven’t seen any single job that has been...
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ArchiveForget merit, PML-N lawmakers to ‘oblige’ voters with jobs
GUJRAT: PML-N lawmakers from Gujrat are being given a special quota in the hundreds of Grade 4 jobs in different departments of the district government allegedly at the behest of the provincial government...
Official sources told Dawn that around 2,000 jobs Grade 1 to 4, which had already been advertised by health, education, agriculture and livestock departments, Tehsil Municipal Administration and the district council, would be...
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ArchiveChina steel capacity reduction to cut 0.4m jobs
MANILA: China’s plan to cut its steel production capacity by 100-150 million tonnes will lead to the loss of up to 400,000 jobs, the official Xinhua news agency reported...
China will raise funds to help workers should they lose their jobs when coal and steel firms close amid campaigns to cut overcapacity, according to Xinhua...
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