Monday, 20 February 2012

DAILY LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 20.02.2012


Senior actress Tamanna Begum passes away
KARACHI: Renowned Film and TV actress Tamanna Begum passed away after protracted illness in Karachi on Monday, Geo News reported.

Tamanna Begum was born in Lahore and started her career with Radio Pakistan and did some theatre plays as well. She peaked in the 1970s and 1980s.


Tamanna started acting in movies and quickly rose to fame with her robust performances.


She had acted alongside popular stars such as Talat Iqbal and Waheed Murad‚ and her films were huge successes. However‚ with deteriorating situation of Lollywood, she had to settle for acting in television plays.

Business News


  Mon, 20 Feb 2012

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Brent crude hits eight-month high on Iran tensions
SINGAPORE: Brent crude hit an eight-month high in Asian trade Monday after Iran halted its limited oil sales to Fr

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Euro firms on hopes for Greek rescue
TOKYO: The euro rose in Asian trade Monday amid growing confidence that Greece will finally be given a fresh bailo

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KESC inks deal to convert plant for coal use
KARACHI: The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has embarked on the first of its kind project in Pakistan, wit

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Second round of Indo-Pak trade talks in Lahore next month
NEW DELHI: The thaw in relations between India and Pakistan has paved way for unleashing major ?confidence buildin

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Sindh: SSGC allows CNG sales with immediate effect
KARACHI: Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) Saturday asked the CNG stations in the Sindh region to start retailing ga

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Ghee, cooking oil mills closed down
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Vanaspati Mills Association (PVMA) has shut down all the ghee and cooking oil mills and stoppe

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Sindh CNG stations closed for 24 hours
KARACHI: All the CNG stations in Sindh have been closed for 24 hours under the gas load management plan, Geo News

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Over Rs14mn goods traded across LoC in a day
MIRPUR, AJK: Goods containing permitted items of worth over Rs14.278 million were traded between AJK and Indian Oc

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Apple''s iPhone loses China market share
HONG KONG/BEIJING: Apple Inc s share of China s booming smartphone market slipped for a second straight quarter in

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Rupee on the backfoot against dollar
KARACHI: The rupee Friday ended weaker at 90.77/83 to the dollar, compared with Thursday s close of 90.68/73 becau

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Karachi stocks scale a 7-1/2-month high
KARACHI: Stocks at the local capital market ended on a seven-and-a-half month high on Friday, and in healthy turno

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Country''s Jan current account deficit widens to $305mn
KARACHI: Pakistan s current accountdeficit widened to a provisional $305 million in January 2012,compared with an

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Oil higher on Middle East tension, US data
SINGAPORE: Oil prices edged higher in Asian trade Friday on continued tension between Western powers and crude pro

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Asian markets rise on US economic data
HONG KONG: Asian stocks mostly rose Friday, shrugging off concerns about the eurozone s debt crisis as a batch of

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Urea prices up from Rs1300 to Rs1600/bag
KARACHI: National Fertilizer Marketing Ltd (NFML), in a bid to minimize the subsidy burden of the government on ur








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