Wapda firms allowed 5.5 paisa increase: Decision on KESC billing deferred
ISLAMABAD, March 28: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Thursday allowed 12 corporate companies of Wapda to increase electricity rates by 5.5 paisa per unit for domestic consumers under...
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50 rounded up in Punjab as Al Qaeda men: Two killed in ‘encounter’
 FAISALABAD/LAHORE, March 28: Two alleged members of Al Qaeda were killed and six others, including two policemen, were injured during a crackdown jointly conducted by the personnel of American FBI and...
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Borders security to be tightened
ISLAMABAD, March 28: Preliminary meeting between Pakistani and US officials to strengthen security along borders with Afghanistan and Iran to check cross-border terrorism, illegal movements and smuggling was held at the...
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US warned over N-arms
GENEVA, March 28: Iran and Pakistan warned the United States on Thursday that it risked triggering a new arms race if it went ahead with reported plans to develop new types...
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Poisonous liquor kills 16 in Sialkot
SIALKOT, March 28: As many as 16 persons died on Thursday evening, after taking toxic wine in Sialkot city and on its outskirts....
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Provinces differ on collection of local taxes
ISLAMABAD, March 28: The Cabinet Committee on Deregulation was informed here on Thursday that there were differences among the provinces as to whether they should collect local taxes or the job...
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Immigrant workers’ rights restricted: US Supreme Court verdict
LOS ANGELES, March 28: Immigrants, who work illegally in American plants, restaurants and fields, do not have the same rights to restitution as US citizens who are mistreated on the job,...
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Al Qaeda: question of hot pursuit still unanswered
WASHINGTON, March 28: The question of whether United States troops will go into Pakistani territory in pursuit of Al Qaeda or Taliban men continues to be raised here, with senior defence...
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Arab summit adopts Saudi peace plan
BEIRUT, March 28: The Arab summit ended here on Thursday with a ground-breaking plan offering Israel peace and security in return for its pullout from territory occupied since 1967, amid warnings...
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Tel Aviv rejects Riyadh peace plan
 AL QUDS, March 28: An Israeli official said the Saudi peace plan adopted at the Arab summit Thursday was “unacceptable” in its current form, warning that Palestinian refugees’ right of return...
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Punjab body wants 1991 Accord abolished
ISLAMABAD, March 28: Accusing the government of taking a series of anti-Punjab decisions, the Punjab Water Council (PWC) on Thursday demanded abolition of 1991 water apportionment accord....
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Tikka Khan passes away
 RAWALPINDI, March 28: Gen Tikka Khan (Rtd), former chief of the army staff, died here on Thursday, at CMH Rawalpindi, after a protracted illness. He was 87....
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BJP routed in Delhi polls
NEW DELHI, March 28: India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party lost its traditional stronghold of New Delhi in city elections on Thursday, a further blow for the Hindu nationalists who were routed...
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Karzai to help Pakistani detainees
ISLAMABAD, March 28: Afghanistan’s interim leader, Hamid Karzai, has promised to help Pakistanis detained in Afghan jails after the Taliban regime collapsed, Health Minister Abdul Malik Kasi said on Thursday....
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US issues new passports
PARIS, March 28: The US Embassy in Paris has issued instructions with regard to passports held by American expatriates around the world, telling them that a major new change is in...
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16 killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, March 28: Indian troops on Thursday shot dead a freedom fighter who had holed himself up in a mosque in Kashmir, where 15 people were killed in separatist violence, officials...
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