Punjab, Sindh say ‘no’ to new formula: Row on water sharing
ISLAMABAD, Feb 11: The new water distribution formula presented by the NWFP to resolve the dispute between Punjab and Sindh envisages reducing former’s share by 1.28 per cent while increasing the...
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Consumers’ power subsidy restored
ISLAMABAD, Feb 11: The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has restored, at its own, the subsidy to domestic consumers exceeding 1,000 units monthly power consumption with retrospective effect from Aug...
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Banks’ sell-off plan may be ready today
ISLAMABAD, Feb 11: The government is expected to finalize on Tuesday a plan for selling a total of around 43 per cent shares of three banks, sources in the finance ministry...
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India asked to focus on internal causes
ISLAMABAD, Feb 11: An official spokesman on Monday said that labelling Aftab Ansari, a suspected terrorist responsible for the attack on the American Center in Kolkata, as a Pakistani “will no...
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US missile killed peasant, says report
WASHINGTON, Feb 11: The “tall” man who was killed in a missile strike from an unmanned US aircraft last Monday in Zhawar, eastern Afghanistan, and who some suspected could be Osama...
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Health secretary, SSP convicted: LHC takes suo motu action
LAHORE, Feb 11: The Punjab health secretary and the Lahore police chief were convicted of contempt and sentenced to varying jail terms and fines by the Lahore High Court on Monday....
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Gilani resigns from PPP
KOHAT, Feb 11: A senior PPP leader and former federal minister, Syed Iftikhar Hussain Gilani, has resigned from the party again, following differences with Chairperson Benazir Bhutto, sources close to the...
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Pakistan rules out refuge for Hekmatyar
ISLAMABAD, Feb 11: Pakistan on Monday said it would not accommodate former Afghan Mujahideen leader Gulbadin Hekmatyar in the country....
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Musharraf arrives in Washington today
WASHINGTON, Feb 11: President Pervez Musharraf is due to arrive in Washington on Tuesday from Boston after spending three days in that university town on a private visit with his family....
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Iran warns US on remarks
 TEHRAN, Feb 11: Iran’s President Mohammad Khatami told crowds gathered on Monday in Tehran to mark the 23rd anniversary of the Islamic revolution that Iran would not allow any country to...
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Nine killed in held Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Feb 11: Indian forces on Monday claimed they had killed nine Mujahideen in occupied Kashmir, where a one-day strike disrupted normal life in Srinagar....
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Pearl case: mobile phone dealer held
ISLAMABAD, Feb 11: The special investigation team inquiring into the mysterious abduction of Daniel Pearl has arrested a mobile phone dealer on Monday, who had allegedly sold phones used by the...
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Israeli jets pound Gaza compound
 GAZA, Feb 11: Israeli jets struck a security compound in the Gaza Strip on Monday in retaliation for what the army said was the Palestinians’ first use of a new rocket...
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Karzai reopens embassy in UAE
ABU DHABI, Feb 11: Afghanistan’s interim leader Hamid Karzai reopened his country’s mission in the United Arab Emirates on Monday, one of only three countries that once recognized the Taliban....
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India reminds Pakistan of list
NEW DELHI, Feb 11: India on Monday stepped up its diplomatic pressure on Pakistan, calling in a senior Pakistani diplomat to protest” inaction” over the list of 20 men wanted by...
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New ombudsman
ISLAMABAD, Feb 11: The president on Monday appointed Sahibzada Imtiaz Khan federal ombudsman in place of Justice (retd) Mohammad Bashir Jehangiri who had been holding the post for the last two...
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