JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - The first graduating class at Oprah Winfreys school for South African girls has finished their exams, with all of the students set for university studies, the head of the academy said Wednesday. Results of their final exams will only be released in January, but all 72 students ...

BAHAWALPUR - The Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education Bahawalpur has announced the revised results of Intermediate Part-I annual examination 2011 after rechecking. According to the latest results, pass percentage has increased to 33.98. It was 33.69 previously. The results of 4,852 ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE Corporate results remained unable to stir the equity market sentiments, however the institutional interest in fertilizer scrips on higher local rates led short recovery at a volatile session of the local bourses. The market closed the week at 11,525 level, down 3.9 ...

Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif has ordered an investigation into the reported errors in the results of Intermediate Part-I that led to violent protests in the province. A spokesman for the Punjab government said on Saturday that the chief minister had written a letter to the Chief Justice ...

KARACHI (Reuters) Share prices rose at KSE on Wednesday, led by the fertiliser sector on hopes of strong corporate results, dealers said. The KSE benchmark 100-share index ended 0.82 percent, or 94.45 points, higher to end at 11,625.69 on turnover of 87.38 million shares. Fertiliser sector led the ...

KARACHI (Reuters) - The KSE benchmark 100-share index closed 1.40 per cent, or 156.76 points, higher at 11,319.15 here on Tuesday. The volume was 87 million shares, compared with 74.19 million shares traded on Monday. Institutions stepped in on hopes of strong corporate results especially in the ...

Female students once bagged top positions according to BA and BSc results, announced by the University of Punjab on Friday. According to BSc results, Rida Arshad secured the first position by obtaining 682 marks. The second position was held by Arfa Waseem of Gujranwala. Saadia Parveen of Pind ...

KARACHI (Reuters) The Karachi stock market fell more than 3.2 per cent and closed at an almost nine-month low on Tuesday, taking a cue from world markets. Dealers said healthy corporate results were unable to spark any investor interest, either. The Karachi Stock Exchanges benchmark 100-share ...

LAHORE (PPI) - The Faysal Bank Limited has reported Profit After Tax of Rs0.79 billion translating into an Earning Per Share of Rs1.08 as compared to Profit After Tax Rs1.73 billion (EPS of Rs2.37) in the same period last year, depicting a substantial decline of 54 percent YoY. According to ...

BAHAWALNAGAR - The results of sixth-class entry test for Danish Schools have been declared in Chishtian, Hasilpur and Rahim Yar Khan. Danish School administration Punjab had conducted the entry test in collaboration with the National Testing Service. According to the results Naeem Mansha and ...

SIALKOT - Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has rejected the results of AJK Legislative Assembly constituency LA-32 Jammu-III Sialkot, urging the AJK Election Commission to withhold the official results of the election, besides, announcing the re-election in ...

ISLAMABAD - A candidate of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI), Azad Jammu and Kashmir AJK, on Wednesday withdrew on LA-35 (Jammu-IV from Rawalpindi, Attock and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) in favour of Sardar Abdul Razzaq, Muslim Conference candidate, while six independent candidates withdrew in favour of Raja ...

KARACHI - The Federal Government has been advised to privatize the Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan (IDBP) in order to improve its performance and make it more viable. The seasoned bankers and industrialists have warned the government that it would lose its credibility within the financial ...

LAHORE (PPI) - DG Khan Cement Company Ltd (DGKC) is scheduled to announce its operating results for 9MFY11 on Monday. It is expected company to post Profit after Tax (PAT) of PKR398m translating into an EPS of PKR1.09, posting a modest growth of 3 percent YoY against the corresponding period of ...

SALMAN ABDUHOO LAHORE - Quarterly results will determine the market direction next week, as during the outgoing week mixed corporate and economic news flows resulted in a range-bound activity at the local bourse, with the KSE-100 index closing up by 2.9 per cent or 334 points at 11,886 level and ...

LAHORE - Pakistan Oilfields Limited announced its 1HFY11 result on Friday, according to which the company posted earnings of Rs5.2b (EPS Rs21.99), up 57pc annually. The growth in earnings is mainly attributed to additional oil and gas production flows from Manzalai CFP, new production flows from ...

KARACHI - The Karachi Stock Exchange on Wednesday witnessed modest rally as the benchmark KSE 100-index gained another 27.59 points or 0.22 per cent on account of strong financial accounts being reported by the corporate sector. The index closed higher at the level of 12,483.34 on the same day; ...

JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - South Sudanese have voted overwhelmingly to declare independence from the north in a referendum held last week, according to early figures and a Reuters survey of officials in nine of the regions 10 states. Referendum officials reported on Wednesday that votes to secede ...

KARACHI The Examination Department, Karachi University (KU), on Monday announced the results of LLB Final Year, Annual Examination 2010. As per statistics, 560 candidates out of 570 registered candidates were appeared in the examination, out of them 177 candidates were declared to be passed with ...

KARACHI - Emirates produced a net profit of AED 3.4 billion (US$ 925 million) for the first six months of its current financial year ending 30th September 2010. This represents an outstanding 351.2 percent increase compared to AED 752 million (US$ 205 million), for the period in 2009, says a press ...

LAHORE - In stark contradiction to the government claims of effectively controlling the menace of Dengue hemorrhagic fever, more and more patients continued to contact public sector hospitals and private healthcare centres across the province including the City. On Sunday, as many as 157 new ...

LAHORE - The equity market witnessed a positive activity on the back of encouraging corporate results, as most of the scrips in the lead of oil and gas sector, banking and fertilizers showed bullish performance. Experts said that investors are still awaiting the major earning announcements next ...

LAHORE - The DG Khan Cement Company Ltd (DGKC) is scheduled to announce its operating results for FY10 on Friday (today). Industry experts have forecast that the company will post Profit After Tax (PAT) of Rs350.67m (EPS PRs0.96), showing decline of 33.28 per cent against last year when company ...

KARACHI - The PIA continued to deliver good commercial performance in the 1st half with total revenues up by Rs 7.4b or 17.6% over the corresponding period last year. PIAs 327th Board of Directors Meeting approved the half yearly accounts ended June 30, 2010, according to which passenger revenues ...

LAHORE - The examination criteria for BS (Hons) in six colleges of the city affiliated with Punjab University will remain 40:60 papers of 40 marks will be taken by the relevant college and 60 per cent marks will be given by Punjab University in the papers that it will take after every two ...

LAHORE (PPI) - Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd the global leader in Electronics home Appliances and digital convergence technology has announced revenues of 37.89 trillion Korean Won (approximately 32.34 Billion dollars) on a consolidated basis for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010, a 17 percent ...

LAHORE - Punjab University BA/BSc Annual Examinations 2010 result is expected in the third week of August. The PU has started advance booking for the result gazettes and only 100 copies at Rs 3,000 each will be sold on 'first come first serve basis. The amount will be deposited in designated ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The government is committed to bring about a drastic change in agriculture sector by modernizing agricultural practices and implementing laboratory results in the fields. This was stated by Federal Minister for Food and Agriculture Nazar M Gondal, while chairing the 15th meeting ...

ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council while talking action on the news item published in TheNation has decided to upload result of the Registered Medical Practitioner (RMP) exam on its website. Earlier, depriving the students of their due rights, the Council was reluctant to provide ...

LAHORE At last the Higher Education Commission and Punjab Higher Education Department have sought written reply from the University of Education about the repeated revisions of results, and the faulty examination system of the University. Because of this, earlier the University of the Punjab had ...