Smoke emitting vehicles fined

Posted on September 7, 2006
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Bilal Zuberi Cars, trucks and other vehicles that are heavy emitters of smoke, also called super-emitters, are really a menace to environment and urban air quality. The really old vehicles, which are not kept well burn a lot of oil with the fuel and emit tons of smoke and other dangerous criteria pollutants. These pollutants, […]

Picture of the Day: A Taj Mahal for Islamabad

Posted on September 6, 2006
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Adil Najam I know. I know. Enough of this already. Let’s move on now to something else. Things more important. That was exactly my thought too. Until I saw this full page advert in today’s Dawn. Then, I could not resist. Look at the tag-line at the top: “The Dilemma of Ustad Isa and Atkins.” […]

Private banking frauds

Posted on September 5, 2006
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Bilal Zuberi It seems that the SECP (Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan) has finally decided to take strong action against CSIBL (Crescent Standard Investment Bank Limited) (See related ATP post on SECP and economic governance here). It is reported that the entire Board of Directors of CSIBL has been suspended, and its Chief Executive […]

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