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Gas tariff up by 8 to 20pc: Domestic consumers hit
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: The cabinet increased on Wednesday the gas tariff by 8 to 20 per cent for various slabs of domestic consumers with effect from March 1....
Hindu activists among 55 dead in train attack
NEW DELHI, Feb 27: At least 55 train passengers were killed in a fierce mob attack in the western Indian town of Godhra on Wednesday when suspected Muslim extremists set fire...
Salaries, pensions of president, judges up
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: President Pervez Musharraf increased on Wednesday the salary of the President of Pakistan by 130 per cent, raising it from Rs23,000 to Rs57,000....
Chirac backs Saudi peace plan
PARIS, Feb 27: Welcoming Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres to the Elysee Palace for a series of talks over settlement of the Middle East conflict, President Jacques Chirac let it be...
Scuffle at PAF base: 6 airmen killed
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: Air Chief Marshal Musaf Ali Mir on Wednesday presented a report to President Gen Pervez Musharraf about the tragic killing of six airmen at Sargodha airbase on Tuesday...
Rs90bn KESC debt made equity: sell-off process begins
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: The federal cabinet on Wednesday approved the financial restructuring of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation that would convert the government guaranteed debt of about Rs90 billion into equity....
Indian shelling kills 4 civilians
MUZAFFARABAD, Feb 27: Indian troops heavily shelled Azad Kashmir villages from across the tense Line of Control on Wednesday, killing at least four people and injuring 14 others, officials said....
Ecnec to discuss Thal canal project today
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (Ecnec) is meeting here on Thursday with a heavy agenda containing 47 different projects, including the construction of a controversial Thal...
Japan to provide $300m
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: Japan will provide $300 million for improving the social sector and the quality of water in the textile sector of Karachi’s industrial area....
$5m reward for Pearl’s killer’s clue
KARACHI, Feb 27: Pakistan was considering on Wednesday the US requests to extradite British-born militant Sheikh Omar, the confessed mastermind of slain US reporter Daniel Pearl’s abduction, as Washington offered a...
EC getting ready for elections
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: The President on Wednesday provided level cover to electoral reforms and empowered the Election Commission to hold general elections in October, 2002....
US soldier killed in Kuwait drill
KUWAIT CITY, Feb 27: An American soldier was killed on Wednesday during a military training mission in the northern Kuwaiti desert, close to Iraq, the US embassy said....
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NEW DELHI, Feb 27: At least 55 train passengers were killed in a fierce mob attack in the western Indian town of Godhra on Wednesday when suspected Muslim extremists set fire...
