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November 5, 2010

UK visa system ‘may discriminate against Pakistanis’

LONDON: The British agency responsible for monitoring immigration may be discriminating against Pakistanis in the way it hands out visas, a report by the independent chief inspector said Thursday. John Vine, who oversees the work of the UK Border Agency, found that its staff were making it more difficult for people to enter Britain from Pakistan than from Gulf states such as Abu Dhabi, Bahrain and Dubai.Read More »UK visa system ‘may discriminate against Pakistanis’

Honda Atlas also increases car prices from November-2010

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By Moonis Ahmed

KARACHI: Making yen’s appreciation versus rupee the main reason, Honda Atlas Cars has raised the prices of its cars by Rs 30,000 on different models, Daily Times learnt on Thursday.

Honda City manual’s price after this increase has jumped to Rs 1,325,000 as compared to Rs 1,290,000 previously. The prices of Honda City automatic have gone up to Rs 1,456,000 as compared to Rs 1,426,000. It is pertinent to mention that a day earlier Indus Motors Company had also made an increase of Rs 29,000 on some of its Corolla models. Read More »Honda Atlas also increases car prices from November-2010

LAHORE: Cell phone balance ‘crucial’ in unbalanced society

Not only youngsters, but people belonging to all age brackets and from all segments of society have developed the need to always having balance in their cell phones, irrespective of their finances. Cigarettes and movies were the ‘addiction’ of youngsters a few years back, but the new ‘thing’ that has been occupying their time is cell phones and with it the necessity of having balance in it. Calling, sending messages (sms), subscribing to different services including ring tones, Internet, jokes, news alerts consume the cell phone balance of the general public. In this scenario, people who could afford to have a decent amount in their cellular service accounts would obviously have balance, but the ones with meager incomes, Read More »LAHORE: Cell phone balance ‘crucial’ in unbalanced society