State Bank warns of lower GDP growth
KARACHI, Oct 29: The State Bank has warned of lower-than-targeted growth in Pakistan’s gross domestic product during this fiscal year in case of a “more protracted and extended war” in Afghanistan...
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US commander, CE discuss Afghan war: Use of N-arms out of question: FO
ISLAMABAD, Oct 29: The commander of US forces in region, Gen Tommy R. Franks, arrived here on Monday on a brief visit and discussed the Afghan situation with President Gen Pervez...
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Afghanistan doesn’t have N-arms: Zaeef
ISLAMABAD Oct 29: The Afghan ambassador in Islamabad, Abdul Salam Zaeef on Monday rebuffed reports that Osama bin Laden possessed nuclear weapons in Afghanistan....
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Bombardment of Osama’s hideouts, bunkers begins
ISLAMABAD, Oct 29: United States jets on Monday targeted caves and bunkers believed to be in use by Osama bin Laden and his associates as Washington sought to shake off the...
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Brahimi holds talks with Sattar
 ISLAMABAD, Oct 29: Special Envoy of United Nations Secretary-General Lakhdar Brahimi held first set of discussions with Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar here on Monday, the Foreign Office spokesman said....
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US refutes report about plan to take out Pakistan’s N-arms
WASHINGTON, Oct 29: The United States said on Monday there was no truth in a story published in an American journal that a special US unit was training with Israeli commandos...
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EU to increase textile imports from Pakistan
LUXEMBOURG, Oct 29: The European Union is sticking to plans to increase textile and clothing imports from Pakistan as of January 1, 2002 despite objections raised by Portugal and Spain, EU...
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200 TNSM volunteers reach Kunar
 BAJAUR, Oct 29: The first contingent of around 200 volunteer fighters on Monday reached Afghanistan’s eastern province Kunar to fight for Taliban against the allied forces....
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4 Indians die in anti-US riots
MUMBAI, Oct 29: Four more people were killed in fresh clashes between police and anti-US demonstrators in the western Indian town of Malegaon on Sunday night....
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Israel withdraws troops from Bethlehem
BETHLEHEM, Oct 29: Israel completed its withdrawal of troops from Bethlehem on Monday, but said a pullout from other reoccupied Palestinian areas would depend on whether Israeli security demands were met....
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Al-Azhar Imam slams US attack
CAIRO, Oct 29: The Imam of Al-Azhar told Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Monday he was opposed to the US strikes on Afghanistan....
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UN official sees political games in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Oct 29: Tensions are increasing between Pakistan and India over along the Line of Control (LoC), with both countries “playing political games” that may need to be resolved by the...
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Blockade of Chilas airstrip, KKH continues
ISLAMABAD, Oct 29: The blockade of Karakuram Highway through four districts of the NWFP and Northern Areas, and occupation of the airstrip in Chilas by armed tribesmen and activists of religious...
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Strikes to continue in Ramazan: US envoy
MUMBAI, Oct 29: The US military strikes on Afghanistan are likely to continue through Ramazan, US Ambassador to India Robert Blackwill said here on Monday....
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PIA hotels running in losses, LHC told
LAHORE, Oct 29: The Rs9.29 billion losses incurred by the PIA till Dec 31, 2000, wiped out its share capital of Rs3.88 billion and reserves amounting to Rs4.3 billion and the...
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Islamabad to close down consulate in San Francisco
NEW YORK, Oct 29: Pakistan’s foreign office has decided to shutdown down its’ consulate in San Francisco just a year after it opened....
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