Northern Alliance softens stance: Multinational force, ex-king
BONN, Nov 28: The Northern Alliance on Wednesday left open the possibility of a multinational force for Afghanistan and said it was ready to accept a role for the former king,...
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Drug prices up by 3 to 4 per cent
ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: The federal cabinet on Wednesday approved a 3 per cent increase in the prices of essential drugs and a 4 per cent jump in those of decontrolled category....
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Most detainees are Pakistanis: US
WASHINGTON, Nov 28: More than a third of those rounded up after the Sept 11 attacks and still in custody are people of Pakistani origin, according to official figures released here...
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Rs35bn Wapda rescue package likely
ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: The federal government is expected to approve a Rs35 billion rescue package for Wapda here on Thursday to prepare its 12 corporate companies for privatization, official sources told...
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Mulla Omar safe, says Zaeef
ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: Former Taliban ambassador Mulla Abdus Salam Zaeef has refuted reports that the Taliban supreme leader Mulla Mohammed Omar was killed in the US attack on Kandahar on Wednesday....
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Allocations for social sector doubled
ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: The Federal Cabinet on Wednesday doubled social sector allocations by utilizing financial assistance of Rs40 billion received from international donors....
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Islamabad to welcome Rabbani’s visit: FO
ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: Pakistan will welcome Prof Burhanuddin Rabbani, the Northern Alliance leader and Afghanistan president as accepted by the United Nations, if he wishes to visit Islamabad, a foreign office...
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Nuclear scientists’ case hearing adjourned
LAHORE, Nov 28: The Lahore High Court adjourned the hearing of nuclear scientists’ habeas corpus petitions on Wednesday for submissions on the legality and propriety of detention of a citizen for...
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Fund proposed for Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: France has given conditional support to reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan linking it to responsible behaviour of the new Afghan leadership while Italy and Netherlands proposed formation of a...
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Akram to represent Pakistan
NEW YORK, Nov 28: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, Munir Akram, would take over as the country’s permanent representative at the UN headquarters in New York from April,...
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160 Taliban executed, admits warlord
QUETTA, Nov 28: A senior commander with Pakhtoon forces in southern Afghanistan said on Wednesday 160 captured Taliban fighters who refused to surrender last week were executed before the eyes of...
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Taliban claim recapturing Takhta Pul
QUETTA, Nov 28: The Taliban have recaptured the Takhta Pul area on the main highway between Kandahar and Spin Boldak on Wednesday afternoon, sources in the militia claimed....
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Saudi prince flays media attacks
RIYADH, Nov 28: Western critics of Saudi Arabia have even targeted the Muslim holy book, Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz charged on Wednesday....
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Assets of 152 Taliban officials to be frozen
NEW YORK, Nov 28: The United Nations has asked all its 189 members to freeze assets of 152 Taliban officials, almost everyone who held a government post on behalf of the...
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