ISLAMABAD (March 18, 2010): The Board of Investment (BoI) has nominated Syed Feroz Alam Shah, as Honorary Technical Advisor (BoI), Farrukh Hussain Khan, as Honorary Financial Advisor (BoI) and Ali Zafar, as Honorary Legal Advisor (BoI). Under the leadership of the Prime Minister, the Board of Investment is working, as the apex investment promotion and facilitation agency of the country.

ISLAMABAD (March 18, 2010): The Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Reforms on Wednesday recommended that the National Finance Commission (NFC) would review its recommendations for implementation on quarterly basis, reliable source told Business Recorder.

PESHAWAR (March 18, 2010): The NWFP Chief Minister, Ameer Haidar Khan Hoti, has felicitated the whole nation particularly the people of NWFP on signing of 7th national finance commission (NFC) award by the President and termed it reflection of environment of cooperation, national unity and consensus in the country.

LAHORE (March 18, 2010): Punjab Finance Minister Tanvir Ashraf Kaira has said that the signing of 7th NFC Award ceremony is a landmark in the political history of Pakistan and it's a great achievement towards national harmony and solidarity with regard to financial reconciliation between provinces and federation.

ISLAMABAD (March 18, 2010): Ambassador of Egypt to Pakistan, Magdy AMER here on Wednesday stressed the need for enhancing bilateral trade relations between Pakistan and Egypt to tap the existing potential. Exchanging views with business community at Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI), the ambassador said that bilateral trade between the two countries was far below than the desired level.

FAISALABAD (March 18, 2010): Commissioner Tahir Hussain has directed the administrators to take strict actions to curb water theft, cattle lifting and make special plans for removal of encroachments, improvement of cleanliness, end to wall chalking, controlling prices of essential commodities and upgrading of sewerage system in their respective jurisdictions.

ISLAMABAD (March 18, 2010): A meeting of the recently reconstituted and expanded 15 members Board of Privatisation Commission is scheduled to be held under the chairmanship of Senator Waqar Ahmed Khan Federal Minister for Privatisation (today) Thursday here at the Privatisation Commission's Secretariat. Earlier, the PC board comprised eight members.

KARACHI (March 18, 2010): Pakistan can solve the current energy crisis if proper energy efficiency measures are adopted in just two main industrial sectors of textile and steel, energy experts of National Productivity Organisation (NPO) said.

LAHORE (March 18, 2010): The Punjab government has reconstituted the board of directors of the Punjab Industrial Estates Development and Management Company Board (PIE) and reduced it from 23 to 16. Besides provincial secretaries of Industries, Labour, Finance, Chairman Tevta, prominent industrialists and technocrats have been taken on the board of directors.

SIALKOT (March 18, 2010): All trade bodies here, including Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), and people belonging to various walks of life on Wednesday strongly condemned the unscheduled electricity load shedding of continuous even hours as a result of which normal business and daily chores and productivity came to a standstill on Saturday in Sialkot.