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Gold is considered to be women’s love but Indian men have proved to be crazier about Gold. This man has got a Gold shirt prepared for himself. The shirt has been made with 4 kilograms of Gold and now he needs guards whenever he meets someone. Now this Gold-lover has to be extremely cautious as stealing a gold shirt is not that difficult a job.
اسلام آباد: وزارت انفارمیشن ٹیکنالوجی نے ملک میں قائم اسمال سافٹ ویئر ٹیکنالوجی پارکس کو انفارمیشن ٹیکنالوجی پارکس میں تبدیل کرنے کا فیصلہ کیا ہے اور عالمی بینک اس منصوبے کے لیے پاکستان میں ساڑھے 4 کروڑ ڈالر کی سرمایہ کاری کرے گا۔
اس ضمن میں وزارت انفارمیشن ٹیکنالوجی حکام نے بتایا کہ مذکورہ اقدام کا بنیادی مقصد ملک میں ابھرتی ہوئی ٹیکنالوجی کی حوصلہ افزائی کرنا ہے۔ حکام کا کہنا ہے کہ مجوزہ آئی ٹی پارکس جدید انفرااسٹرکچر کے ساتھ تعمیر کیے جائیں گے جس کا مقصد انھیں عالمی تقاضوں سے ہم آہنگ بنانا اور اس شعبے میں جدید ٹیکنالوجی کو متعارف کرانا ہے۔ حکام کا کہنا ہے کہ عالمی بینک نے اس منصوبہ کے لیے ساڑھے 4 کروڑ ڈالر کی سرمایہ کاری کی خواہش ظاہر کی ہے، ان پارکس میں ریسرچ، ڈیولپمنٹ سینٹرز، ٹیلی کام، فارماسیوٹیکل، بائیوٹیکنالوجی، نینو ٹیکنالوجی، متبادل توانائی اور خلائی شعبے کی ترقی کے لیے کام کیا جا سکے گا۔
کراچی: دنیا بھر میں کپاس کی پیداوار میں پہلے تخمینوں کے مقابلے میں اضافے،کھپت میں کمی اور اینڈنگ اسٹاکس میں تاریخی اضافہ ہونے کے بارے میں رپورٹس جاری ہونے کے بعد گزشتہ ہفتے کے دوران دنیا بھر میں روئی کی قیمتیں غیر معمولی مندی کے بعد پچھلے تقریباً چار سال کی کم ترین سطح جبکہ آئل کیک کی فروخت پر جی ایس ٹی واپس نہ لیے جانے کے خلاف آئل ملز مالکان کی جانب سے جننگ فیکٹریوں سے کاٹن سیڈ کی خریداری معطل کرنے کے فیصلے کے بعدپاکستان میں بھی روئی اور پھٹی کی قیمتوں میں ریکارڈ مندی دیکھی گئی۔
ممبر پاکستان کاٹن جنرز ایسوسی ایشن احسان الحق نے ’’ایکسپریس‘‘ کو بتایا کہ یو ایس ڈی اے کی جانب سے جاری ہونے والی رپورٹ کے مطابق 2014-15 کے اینڈنگ اسٹاکس 105.7 ملین بیلز تک ہو سکتے ہیں جبکہ امریکا، بھارت اور چین سمیت دیگر چند ممالک میں 2014-15 کے دوران روئی کی پیداوار میں اضافے اور چین کی جانب سے روئی اور سوتی دھاگے کی درآمدات میں کمی واقع ہونے کے بارے میں رپورٹس جاری ہونے کے بعد نیویارک کاٹن ایکسچینج میں گزشتہ ہفتے کے دوران مسلسل چھٹے ہفتے بھی مندی کا رجحان جاری رہا جس کے دوران اکتوبر وعدہ روئی ڈلیوری کے سودے پچھلے ساڑھے چار سال کی جبکہ دسمبر وعدہ روئی کے سودے پچھلے پانچ سال کی کم ترین سطح تک گرگئے۔
جبکہ دسمبر وعدہ ڈلیوری روئی کے سودے مسلسل 12ویں ہفتے بھی گراوٹ کا شکار رہے جو 1959 کے بعد نیویارک کاٹن ایکسچینج کی تاریخ میں پہلی بار دیکھنے میں آیا، جس کے باعث خدشات ظاہر کیے جا رہے ہیں کہ دنیا بھر میں روئی کی قیمتوں میں آئندہ چند ہفتوں کے دوران مندی کی لہر جاری ہے گی۔ انہوں نے بتایا کہ گزشتہ ہفتے کے دوران نیویارک کاٹن ایکس چینج حاضر ڈلیوری روئی کے سودے 1.90 سینٹ فی پائونڈ کمی کے بعد 81.15 سینٹ فی پائونڈ ،اکتوبر ڈلیوری روئی کے سودے ریکارڈ مندی 3.47 سینٹ فی پائونڈ (5.06 فیصد) کے بعد 65.16 سینٹ فی پائونڈ تک گر گئے۔
بھارت میں بھی روئی کی قیمتیں مندی کا شکار رہیں اور گزشتہ ہفتے کے دوران بھارت میں روئی کی قیمتیں 626روپے فی کینڈی گر گئیں جبکہ کراچی کاٹن ایسوسی ایشن میں روئی کے اسپاٹ ریٹ 350 روپے فی من مندی کے بعد گزشتہ تین سال کی کم ترین سطح 5ہزار 800 روپے فی من تک گر گئے، جبکہ پاکستان میں آئل کیک کی فروخت پر عائد جنرل سیل ٹیکس واپس نہ لیے جانے کے خلاف آئل ملز مالکان کی جانب سے احتجاجاً کاٹن سیڈ کی خریداری معطل کرنے کے فیصلے کے بعد پھٹی کی قیمتوں میں 500 روپے فی 40 کلو گرام جبکہ کاٹن سیڈ کی قیمتوں میں 700 روپے فی من کمی ہونے کے باعث روئی کی قیمتیں بھی 400 روپے فی من تک کم ہونے کے بعد پنجاب میں 5 ہزار 900 جبکہ سندھ میں 5ہزار 800 روپے فی من تک گر گئیں اور خدشہ ظاہر کیا جارہا ہے کہ عید الفطر کی تعطیلات کے بعد روئی اور پھٹی کی قیمتوں میں مزید کمی کا رجحان سامنے آئے گا۔
انہوں نے بتایا کہ وفاقی بجٹ 2014-15 میں آئل کیک کی فروخت پر 5 فیصد جی ایس ٹی عائد کیا گیا تھا جس پر پاکستان کاٹن جنرز ایسوسی ایشن اور آئل ملز ایسوسی ایشن کے ساتھ ہونے والے مذاکرات کے دوران وفاقی وزیر خزانہ اسحاق ڈار نے مذکورہ سیلز ٹیکس واپس لینے کا یقین دلایا تھا تاہم سندھ اور پنجاب کے بیشتر شہروں میں نیا کاٹن جننگ سیزن شروع ہونے کے باوجود مذکورہ سیلز ٹیکس واپس نہیں لیا گیا۔
جبکہ اطلاعات کے مطابق بعض شہروں میں ایف بی آر کی جانب سے بعض آئل ملز اور جننگ فیکٹریوں کو نوٹسز بھی بھجوائے گئے ہیں جس میں مذکورہ سیلز ٹیکس قومی خزانے میں جمع نہ کرانے بارے پوچھ گچھ کی گئی ہے جس پر بیشتر آئل ملز مالکان نے ملک کے مختلف شہروں میں کاٹن سیڈکی خریداری نہ کرنے اور آئل ملز بند کرنے کا فیصلہ کیا ہے جس سے خدشہ ظاہر کیا جا رہا ہے کہ اس سے پھٹی کی قیمتوں میں غیر معمولی کمی واقع ہونے سے اس کا براہ راست نقصان زمیندار کو پہنچنے سے زمینداروں کی فی ایکڑ پیداوار میں کافی کمی کا خدشہ ہو سکتا ہے، اس لیے حکومت پاکستان کو چاہیے کہ وہ زرعی معیشت کو مضبوط بنانے کیلیے مذکورہ سیلز ٹیکس فوری طور پر واپس لے۔
کراچی: ایف پی سی سی آئی کے قائم مقام صدر شوکت احمد نے کہا ہے کہ آئی ڈی پیز محب وطن پاکستانی ہیں جو دہشت گردوں کی کاروائیوں کی وجہ سے اپنے ہی علاقے میں محصور ہوگئے تھے اور آج جب پاک فوج کی طرف سے دہشت گردوں کے خلاف کارروائی کی وجہ سے یہ لوگ اپنے گھروں سے بے گھر ہوچکے ہیں تو انہیں اکیلا اور بے یارومددگار نہیں چھوڑا جاسکتا۔
شوکت احمد نے کہا کہ آئی ڈی پیز کے معاملے میں فیڈریشن اپنی ذمے داریوں سے آگاہ ہے کیونکہ حکومت اکیلے ان ذمے داریوں کو پورا نہیں کر سکتی اورنہ ہم غیرملکی این جی اوز پر پورا انحصار کر سکتے ہیں۔ انہوں نے زور دیا کہ یہ ہمارے ملک کا مسئلہ ہے اور ہم ہی اس کو حل کرینگے۔ انھوں نے کہا کہ جنرل ریٹائرڈ عبدالقادر بلوچ کے دورہ فیڈریشن کے موقع پر آئی ڈی پیز کے چیلنج کو نمٹنے کیلیے خصوصی کمیٹی بنائی گئی تھی جس کے پہلے اجلاس میں کمیٹی کے ممبران نے ترجیحات طے کر لی ہیں اور فنڈ اکھٹا کرنے کیلیے تمام ممبران کے درمیان ذمے داریاں بانٹ لی گئی ہیں۔
Gold fetched $1,302.85 an ounce by 0230 GMT compared with $1,292.42 late Friday.
Asian markets extended recent gains Monday as investors awaited the release of key US jobs data at the end of the week, while Shanghai surged after China approved three private banks as part of an economic reform drive.
The euro struggled to break out from multi-month lows against the dollar and yen following another weak set of data that raised concerns about the eurozone.
Tokyo rose 0.47 percent by the break, Hong Kong added 0.48 percent, Shanghai gained 0.81 percent and Seoul was 0.33 percent higher while Sydney was flat.
Jakarta, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur are closed for public holidays.
With few catalysts to push regional buying, dealers were looking ahead to Friday s July non-farm payrolls figures out of Washington. With last month s report coming in well above forecasts there are hopes for another strong set of figures as the US economy picks up strength.
Wall Street ended last week on a low owing to disappointing earnings results, including from Amazon. The Dow slipped 0.72 percent and the S&P 500 dropped 0.48 percent after two straight record closes, while the Nasdaq lost 0.50 percent.
However, Asia started in an upbeat mood Monday, with Shanghai leading the charge after officials approved the setting up of the private banks. Beijing in March said it would reform the banking sector, which is dominated by four state-owned banks, in a drive to boost efficiency and help develop the economy.
On currency markets the euro continued to struggle after a closely watched index of German confidence slipped for a third straight month in July, hitting its lowest level since October owing to concerns about the crises in Ukraine and the Middle East.
The Ifo economic institute s index tumbled to 108.0 points from 109.7 points in June, much lower than the 109.4 points forecast by analysts polled by Dow Jones Newswires.
The euro was at 136.71 yen compared with 136.76 yen, its weakest since February, while it was also at an eight-month low of $1.3429 against $1.3430. The dollar bought 101.80 yen against 101.83 yen in New York Friday,
While regional markets are higher, investors are still wary of geopolitical tensions, with analysts warning the eurozone economy could be hurt by any fresh sanctions on Russia for its support of anti-government rebels in Ukraine.
In oil trade the US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for September delivery fell 31 cents to $101.67 a barrel in afternoon trade, while Brent crude jumped $1.01 to $108.06.
Gold fetched $1,302.85 an ounce by 0230 GMT compared with $1,292.42 late Friday.
McDonald's has operated in Russia since January 1990 and has 430 locations throughout the country.
Russia s consumer watchdog announced Friday that it was suing American food chain McDonald s for quality violations and improper labelling of its food items.
"We found violations that make us doubt the quality and safety of food products in the entire McDonald s chain," a spokeswoman for Rospotrebnadzor consumer watchdog said, Interfax reported.
The legal action was being taken as the United States upped sanctions on Russia over its backing of rebels in Ukraine.
It also coincided with McDonald s saying its Japanese outlets had stopped selling products with chicken sourced from China after a scandal erupted over expired meat being used.
The Russian watchdog said it found violations in two McDonald s locations in the town of Novgorod north of Moscow. It filed a lawsuit over alleged improper labelling of the food items calorie contents, among other things.
"The products did not conform to standards of safety or food value," Rospotrebnadzor spokeswoman Anna Popova was quoted as saying. "They were quite far from the norms established today."
The lawsuit has been filed in hopes of "banning the production and sale of products that do not meet the criteria," she said.
McDonald s said in a statement on its Russia website that it had not received any information about the lawsuit.
"The company calculates food and energy values of the products based on the methods approved by the food institute of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences," it said.
Euro declined against other currencies following a gloomy report on German business confidence.
The euro Friday declined against other major currencies following a gloomy report on German business confidence.
The single currency hit a new eight-month low after the Ifo economic institute's closely watched business climate index for Germany fell sharply to 108.0 points in July from 109.7 points in June.
It was the third monthly drop in a row and took the measure of sentiment in Europe's biggest economy to its lowest level since October 2013.
The institute cited geopolitical tensions as a drag on the German economy given ongoing fighting in Ukraine and the Middle East.
The data came a day after the eurozone economy showed signs of a rebound in July after several months of sluggish activity, while its second-biggest economic power, France, lagged behind.
Joe Manimbo, senior market analyst at Western Union Business Solutions, said worries about the euro are heightened in light of potentially tougher European Union sanctions on Russia, a major eurozone trading partner.
"The weight of the negative factors driving the euro has the potential to push it further southward over the short run," Manimbo said.
Kathy Lien, analyst at BK Asset Management, said the Ifo report capped an "extremely difficult week for the euro."
The single currency could fall further if a trove of economic data from the region next week is disappointing, Lien said.
But more likely "these economic reports will be mixed, providing support to the single currency," she said.
Escalating geopolitical tensions in Ukraine and the Middle East pushed oil prices higher.
Oil prices rose Friday, with the New York contract stabilizing, as traders braced for a weekend that could see escalating geopolitical tensions in Ukraine and the Middle East.
The US benchmark futures contract, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for September, edged up two cents to $102.09 a barrel.
In London, Brent North Sea crude for delivery in September settled at $108.39 a barrel, leaping $1.32 from Thursday's closing level.
Traders were making some "readjustment" to the WTI price after it fell by $1.05 Thursday, said Bob Yawger of Mizuho Securities.
On Wednesday the US contract gained 73 cents after a report by the US Energy Information Administration said US crude inventories tumbled by four million barrels in the week ending July 18, the fourth consecutive weekly decline and far larger than expected.
The report also showed US gasoline inventories rose 3.38 million barrels, even though many Americans are taking to the road for their holidays in the peak-demand summer driving season.
Rising supplies tend to indicate weak demand in the United States, which is the world's top crude oil consuming nation.
"WTI prices are kept pressured under by gasoline inventories, which expanded for the third straight week despite the ongoing driving season in the US," said CMC Markets analyst Desmond Chua.
Tim Evans of Citi Futures cited a possible "concern that violence in Libya or Iraq could flare over the weekend" as a reason for the price action.
Brent, traded in London, typically tends to react more dramatically to international risks than WTI, which responds mostly to supply and demand in the United States.
"No agreement was reached for a cease-fire in Gaza, and Ukraine-Russia tensions show no signs of abating," said BMO Capital Markets in a research note.
The increase was the third since March as the central bank began to tighten monetary policy.
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia s central bank moved on Friday to shield the country s economy from tightening Western economic sanctions over Ukraine, raising its main interest rate in a surprise move.
The Bank of Russia explained its decision to raise its main rate by half point to 8.0 percent by saying that "inflation risks have increased due to a combination of factors, including, inter alia, the aggravation of geopolitical tension and its potential impact on the ruble exchange rate dynamics."
The increase was the third since March as the central bank began to tighten monetary policy when the Russian economy was buffeted by the uncertainty generated by the Ukraine crisis and Western sanctions.
"If high inflation risks persist, the Bank of Russia will continue raising the key rate," it added.
Analysts polled by Interfax news agency had expected the Bank of Russia to hold its main rate steady as last week data showed that annual inflation had slowed by a tenth of a point to 7.5 percent.
Although inflation dipped in July, the central bank noted the drop was smaller than expected.
Neil Shearing, chief emerging markets economist at London-based Capital Economics, said that although the central bank justified its move by inflation risks "it s pretty clear that this is a pre-emptive move to limit capital outflows ahead of possible new sanctions by the US and Europe."
Although Western sanctions were initially very limited, the United States last week slapped restrictions on several banks and companies and the EU could as soon as next week take similar moves and even move towards sector-wide measures.
But even the targeted sanctions implemented so far, along with general uncertainty, have hit business sentiment and sparked a surge in capital outflows which hit the value of the ruble and touched off a rise in inflation.
The Bank of Russia said the decision aimed to "set conditions for a decline in annual consumer price growth rates to 6.0-6.5 percent by the end of 2014 and to the target level of 4.0 percent in the medium term.
A rise in interest rates could help slow capital flight as higher returns persuade investors to keep money at home, but they can depress growth as companies and consumers have to pay more to borrow money.
The central bank noted that investment was currently being hit.
"Investment demand remains weak amid low business confidence, limited access to long-term financing in both international and domestic markets, and declining profits in the real sector," said the Bank of Russia.
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Shearing said Capital Economics did not rule out the Russian central bank having to raise the rate to 10 percent or more if the Ukraine conflict escalated and the ruble came under renewed pressure.
Meanwhile, the central bank also said that its estimates show the Russian economy s growth rate to have been "close to zero" in the second quarter.
Russian officials said earlier this week that they expected that the Russian economy, which contracted by 0.3 percent in the first quarter, would dodge entering a recession by posting flat growth.
They said the government was likely to raise its annual growth forecast from the current 0.5 percent to around 1.0 percent.
The Russian economy expanded by 1.3 percent last year, a far cry from the 5 to 10 percent growth rates posted during much of the previous decade.
Similar to the International Monetary Fund, the Bank of Russia said that low economic growth rates are due to structural factors and reforms are needed to boost the economy.
However the Bank of Russia noted that "external political uncertainty has a negative impact on economic activity."
Major US and European airlines were on Saturday also resuming flights to Tel Aviv.
Turkey on Saturday allowed the resumption of flights to Tel Aviv s Ben Gurion airport after Israel and Hamas agreed to a temporary ceasefire in Gaza, the state civil aviation authority said on Saturday.
"Taking into account the current ceasefire, the flight ban on Israel s Ben Gurion Airport has been lifted, pending a subsequent announcement," Turkish Ministry of Transport s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (SHGM) said on Twitter.
Turkey imposed the flight ban late Tuesday amid fears that rocket fire from Gaza was endangering commercial air traffic into Tel Aviv and renewed the ban repeatedly due to security reasons.
Major US and European airlines were on Saturday also resuming flights to Tel Aviv.
A 12-hour, UN-requested humanitarian ceasefire entered into force between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip at 0500 GMT on Saturday, the 19th day of a conflict that has killed hundreds.