News # 1 = Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad ( Pakistan ) Stock Exchanges Crashed. Angry protestors broke windows and damaged banks and brokerage houses as country's Stock Exchanges hit their lowest.

( Geo / Aaj / ARY One World, Waqt, Express, Samaa News ) The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) -100 index closed at 10,213 after shedding 279 points today.The market is under severe bearish clutch for the fourth day of the trading week in a row. The Benchmark 100-index has sunk to the lowest in seven years as it reached to 10,213 points.

News # 2 = Taliban give NWFP govt 5-day ultimatum to quit



( Geo / Aaj / ARY One World News ) Peshawar Pakistan : Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan has warned NWFP government of dire consequences in case it failed to step down within the next five days.Taliban spokesman Maulvi Umer informed media that Tehreek-I-Taliban will be forced to take action against NWFP government if it fails to quit. “NWFP government will itself be responsible for the damage,” he warned.

News # 3 = Karachi, The Industrial Hub Of Pakistan Is Facing The Worse Electricity Loadshedding Crisis.

On the other side, CNG stations defy OGRA’s instructions, charge higher rates =



According To Dawn News Retail outlets are still selling CNG at an average price of Rs48.80 per kg despite correction by the government of an erroneous announcement about price increase.The CNG Association believes that the situation has been created to deprive people of the cheap fuel. The association finds it technically impossible to ensure uniform CNG retail prices, as desired by the federal cabinet, because of varying input costs and heating value of natural gas which differs from field to field and province to province.

News # 4 = Pakistan Telecommunication PTCL employees threaten to paralyse communication =




( The News ) The PTCL employees staged a demonstration here on Wednesday against the unified pay scale being introduced by the PTCL administration. The protesting employees also locked the offices of the PTCL. They were demanding the arrest of policemen involved in torture of their fellow colleagues in Islamabad and Larkana. They warned to paralyse the telephone system throughout the country in the next 24 hours in case the unified pay scale system was not reversed. Central Chairman PTCL Action Committee Haji Khan Bhatti in this regard, led the rally from the Telegraph Office to the Divisional Office PTCL. Addressing the rally, he said the PTCL administration was issuing offer letter of jobs on contract basis to permanent employees under the unified pay scale, which had been rejected by the employees.