Fire destroys complex of ministries: Interior ministry, other depts lose record
 ISLAMABAD, Jan 15: A huge fire engulfed the 16-storey building of the Shaheed-i-Millat Secretariat on Tuesday evening and gutted almost 14 floors....
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Shaukat rules out war tax imposition
KARACHI, Jan 15: There “is absolutely no possibility of any war tax in Pakistan,” Federal Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz emphatically said here on Tuesday before a meeting of all top bankers...
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No pressure to resume talks: Delhi
NEW DELHI, Jan 15: India on Tuesday stoically denied it was under any international pressure to resume peace talks with Pakistan and appeared ready to plough a lonely furrow of war...
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President wants India to match peace moves
ISLAMABAD, Jan 15: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Tuesday that Pakistan had taken enough measures to de-escalate tension in the region....
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Musharraf, Powell to discuss Kashmir
ISLAMABAD, Jan 15: The US Secretary of State, Colin Powell, in his meeting with President Gen Pervez Musharraf, will discuss the Kashmir issue, de-escalation of tension and trade irritants in the...
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Ban on five outfits notified
ISLAMABAD, Jan 15: The ban on five militant organisations announced by President Gen Musharraf in his speech was notified by the interior minister under the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1997, here on...
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Pakistan, China to continue defence cooperation
BEIJING, Jan 15: China and Pakistan renewed their commitment on Tuesday to continue cooperation in the defence sector....
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US keeping Al Qaeda men in inhuman conditions
WASHINGTON, Jan 15: There has been little media coverage of the conditions in which Al Qaeda/Taliban prisoners flown by the United States from Kandahar to the naval base at Guantanamo, Cuba,...
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Over 1,900 activists held, 600 offices sealed: Crackdown on banned religious groups
ISLAMABAD, Jan 15: The police have arrested more than 1,900 activists in the first four days of a sweeping crackdown on extremist religious groups, officials said here on Tuesday....
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Rural area seats in BMC restored
QUETTA, Jan 15: Balochistan Governor Justice (retired) Amirul Mulk Mengal has restored reserved seats for rural areas in Bolan Medical College (BMC) for the students belonging to rural areas of the...
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Advani seeks extradition
NEW DELHI, Jan 15: India on Tuesday claimed US backing for its hardline stance against what it calls terrorist activities emanating from Pakistan, and said it was too early to assess...
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Pakistan envoy meets Russian minister
MOSCOW, Jan 15: Foreign Ministry official, Aziz Ahmad Khan held talks with...
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Pakistan ups oil storage capacity
KARACHI, Jan 15: Pakistan has increased its oil storage capacity to offset emergency demand should border tensions with India erupt into a war, an industry official said on Tuesday....
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Revamping of fire dept ordered
ISLAMABAD, Jan 15: Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider visited the Shaheed-i-Millat Secretariat on Tuesday evening to ascertain the damages caused by the fire, and directed the concerned officials to revamp the capital’s...
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Oil prices go up
KARACHI, Jan 15: Oil Companies Advisory Committee raised the petroleum products prices on Tuesday by 0.59 to 4.53 per cent. The new prices will be effective from Jan 16 to 31....
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Accounts frozen
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan asked on Tuesday the chief executives of all banks/non-bank financial institutions to immediately freeze the accounts of Lashkar-i-Taiba, Jaish-i-Mohammad, Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan, Tehrik-i-Jafria Pakistan, and Tehrik......
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