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Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry for new SOPs for industry to avoid fanaticism, violence

GUJRAT: The business fraternity of Sialkot has decided to formulate new standard operating procedures (SOPs) for production operations in factories to avoid tragic incident like lynching of a Lankan factory manager in future...

An emergency meeting of the business leaders of Sialkot was held at Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) office on Saturday with SCCI president Mian Imran Akbar in the chair...

Sialkot sports goods industry pins hopes on PSL

SIALKOT: Manufacturers and exporters of sports goods based in Sialkot hope Pakistan Super League (PSL) will prove to be a bonanza for the industry, giving a boost to both local and foreign sales...

Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) President Major (retired) Mansur Ahmed believed that the cricket fever that has gripped the country with the start of PSL, followed by Asia Cup and World T20, would open the new business...

Sialkot sports industry seeks incentives

SIALKOT: Pakistan Sports Goods Manufacturers and Exporters Association has urged the government to announce incentives to help develop the sector, especially research and development (R&D) funds it needs to modernise...

The Sialkot-based exporters of sports goods said the government must invest in the sector, which was one step behind its regional peers, such as China and India, as it was unable to diversify into non-traditional...

Toorpakai to raise Pakistan's sports profile through IOC's Women in Sports Commission

Pakistani squash star Maria Toorpakai Wazir, who was announced as a member of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Women in Sports Commission on April 25, has said her appointment will benefit Pakistan...

Wazir, the first Pakistani women in the role, will assist the IOC in the development and implementation of its women and sports policy...

POA concerned over sports ministry’s stance on national sports policy

LAHORE: An emergent meeting of the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) held on Monday expressed its dissatisfaction over the steps the federal sports ministry is going to adopt in the one-sided new national sports policy, as they fear that if implemented all the national sports federations will be banned by their respective international bodies, like FIFA suspended the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) last month...

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BoI, Pak-Saudi Chamber sign MoU for investment

ISLAMABAD: The Board of Investment (BoI) and Pak-Saudi Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PSJCCI) on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to encourage and facilitate bilateral investment between the two countries...

In his remarks, Mehmood assured the chamber will try to attract more investment in Pakistan in the field of agriculture, food and fruit processing, dairy and livestock, power and education sectors...

Scientists discover hidden chamber in Great Pyramid

CAIRO: Scientists have found a hidden chamber in Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza, the first such discovery in the structure since the 19th century and one likely to spark a new surge of interest in the pharaohs...

The purpose of the chamber is unclear, and it’s not yet known whether it was built with a function in mind...

Delhi has become a ‘gas chamber’: Kejriwal

Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the city had become a “gas chamber”...

Pak-Saudi Chamber, Smeda sign deal

LAHORE: The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (Smeda) and the Pak-Saudi Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PSJCCI) on Wednesday inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to facilitate joint ventures between the two countries in the SME sector...

PM proposes trade chamber with Germany

ISLAMABAD: Vowing to enhance economic ties with Germany, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif proposed on Thursday the establishment of a bilateral chamber of commerce...

Clerk injured in firing in lawyer’s chamber

OKARA: A court staffer was injured during an attack on a lawyer in his chamber in the district courts on Saturday...

According to the FIR, Advocate Shamim Baloch was in his chamber in the district courts complex when four armed men -- Sher Zaman, Sadiq, Javed and Tajammal Baloch, all residents of Faisalabad’s Chak 366-GB — opened fire on him...

Ruckus forces Iraqi MPs to leave main chamber to vote on cabinet reshuffle

BAGHDAD: A dozen lawmakers disrupted the Iraqi parliament’s session on Tuesday, clapping, slamming their hands on desks and chanting slogans, forcing nearly two hundred other deputies to leave the main chamber to vote on a cabinet reshuffle...

Hyderabad’s small traders form separate chamber

HYDERABAD: The small traders and owners of small industries of Hyderabad have formed Hyderabad Chamber of Small Traders and Small Industry (HCSTSI), aimed at addressing longstanding demands of the city’s business community...

The chamber would have the same number of seats in the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) as enjoyed by Hyderabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HCCI)...

Gym floor ‘damaged’ by Gujrat chamber event

GUJRAT: The inapt arrangement of the Gujrat Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s annual general meeting (AGM) at the newly-built gymnasium damaged its wooden floor...

Haji Nasir Mehmood, a former PML-N MPA, pressured the local administration to allow the use of the gymnasium for the chamber’s function...

Kosovo lawmakers flee teargas in chamber for third time

PRISTINA: An opposition politician in Kosovo released teargas in parliament on Friday, sending lawmakers rushing from the debating chamber in the third such incident in two weeks...

“We will continue to resist until these two agreements are cancelled,” Donika Kada Bujupi of the opposition Alliance for the Future of Kosovo told reporters after letting off a teargas canister in the chamber...