No more subsidy on power: 1,000 units to be charged first; payable from Aug 2001
ISLAMABAD, Jan 30: The subsidy to Wapda consumers with monthly consumption exceeding 1,000 units has been abolished and they are required to pay arrears in lump sum with retrospective effect from...
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Bush vows to expand war on terrorism: Musharraf’s role lauded: State of Union address
 WASHINGTON, Jan 30: In a State of the Union address to Congress that sounded like a war-time speech, US President George Bush on Tuesday night grouped Iran, Iraq and North Korea...
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Dialogue the only option, says Sattar
ISLAMABAD, Jan 30: Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar said on Wednesday that India had no option but to hold talks with Pakistan for the resolution of all issues, including Kashmir....
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Assets of nuclear scientist frozen
ISLAMABAD, Jan 30: The government has frozen the accounts and assets of the nuclear scientist, Dr Sultan Bashir-ud-Din Mehmood, recipient of Presidential Award Sitara-i-Imtiaz in 1999, on the recommendations of the...
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Asylum-seekers end hunger strike
SYDNEY, Jan 30: The 16-day hunger strike, sewing of lips and other forms of self-harming protests by asylum-seekers at Woomera and other detention centres across Australia ended after government started processing...
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Rival Afghan factions fight pitched battles
GARDEZ, Jan 30: Heavy fighting erupted on Wednesday in this eastern Afghan town as rival warlords battled for control of Paktia province, witnesses and residents said....
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SC bar challenges judges’ appointment
ISLAMABAD, Jan 30: The Supreme Court Bar Association filed on Wednesday a petition in the Supreme Court, challenging the elevation of junior judges from Lahore High Court to the apex court....
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Ex-chief of Navy stripped of rank, benefits
ISLAMABAD, Jan 30: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has stripped former naval chief Mansurul Haq of his rank and military awards besides withdrawing his pension and other perks and privileges....
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Madaris asked to diversify syllabus
LAHORE, Jan 30: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday urged the religious schools in the country to offer science subjects too to their students....
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Delhi tests new missile
NEW DELHI, Jan 30: India’s defence ministry said on Wednesday it had carried out successful tests of the naval variant of its homegrown surface to air missile “Trishul” in southern India....
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Waiting for right time to talk, says Vajpayee
NEW DELHI, Jan 30: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee ruled out an early de-escalation of the military build- up with Pakistan on Wednesday, saying he hoped Islamabad would first demonstrate...
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Suspect in newsman case held
RAWALPINDI, Jan 30: Mubarak Ali Shah, a religious group activist wanted by Sindh police in connection with the missing US journalist, surrendered to Civil Lines Police on Wednesday afternoon in Rawalpindi,...
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Govt servant dies in Indian firing
MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 30: A government servant was killed on Wednesday as a jeep he was travelling in was hit by small arms fire by Indian troops from across the Line of...
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Govt cases: SC takes notice of willful delay
ISLAMABAD, Jan 30: The Supreme Court has directed all responsible government officials to check activities of “unscrupulous persons,” who cause huge damage to the national exchequer by not filing cases at...
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EU rejects Israeli attacks on Palestinian properties
 TEL AVIV, Jan 30: A top EU official on Wednesday slammed Israel’s destruction of Palestinian civilian infrastructure as “totally unacceptable”, stressing that violence will not pave the way for an end...
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Pearl’s boss writes to kidnappers
THE following is the e-mail message sent on Monday by Wall Street Journal Managing Editor Paul Steiger to the e-mail address that contained the message and photos of missing Journal reporter...
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Ehtasham murder case: two arrested
ISLAMABAD, Jan 30: The police have arrested two suspects, said to be involved in the murder of Ehtashamuddin Haider, elder brother of Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider, and flown to Karachi late...
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2 former Taliban ministers detained
QUETTA, Jan 30: Two former ministers of the Taliban regime were detained on Wednesday near Quetta, a police official said....
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