GST on drugs, power rates raise withdrawn
LAHORE, March 29: The federal government has decided to withdraw the 5.5 paisa per unit increase in the electricity rates and the General Sales Tax on life-saving drugs....
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Provinces want Centre to write off debts
ISLAMABAD, March 29: All the four provinces have demanded of the government to write off their huge debt in order to help them run their financial affairs adequately....
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Pearl’s murder case hearing in jail from April 5
 KARACHI, March 29: Trial of all the 11 accused charged in the Daniel Pearl murder case will commence on April 5 in the Karachi central prison, for security reasons....
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US refuses to condemn incursion
WASHINGTON, March 29: In comments strong on criticism of Palestinian violence, United States Secretary of State Colin Powell refused on Friday to condemn the armed Israeli incursion into Ramallah, President Yasser...
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Israel uses full might to oust Arafat, quell uprising
RAMALLAH, March 29: Israel launched an allout drive against the Palestinian leadership on Friday, smashing into Yasser Arafat’s West Bank base, killing seven Palestinians, arresting more than 70 and triggering...
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FBI involvement in raids hinted at
WASHINGTON, March 29: Strong indications of the United States involvement at some level in the raids carried out in Faisalabad and other places early on Thursday were available here on Friday,...
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Dependence on loans declining: Shaukat
KARACHI, March 29: Pakistan’s dependence on commercial loans is now reduced to 600 million dollars, net total liability remains unchanged at 38 million dollars and net local monthly local debt-servicing has...
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Al Qaeda suspects being questioned
ISLAMABAD, March 29: Investigators believe that about 60 persons rounded up in the midnight raids in Faisalabad and Lahore may lead to the arrest of three wanted associates of Omar Sheikh...
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Woman killed, 4 hurt in Indian shelling
SIALKOT, March 29: A woman was killed and four other people were injured by Indian shelling on Chaprar and Charwa sector villages on Friday....
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Referendum one of options, says minister
LAHORE, March 29: Federal Information Minister Nisar Memon said here on Friday that holding of a referendum in the country is being discussed as one of the options for the future...
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US wants Pakistan, India to begin talks
WASHINGTON, March 29: US State Department deputy spokesman Philip Reeker said on Friday the US had encouraged India and Pakistan to work together to resolve all issues through dialogue....
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2 Israelis killed, 20 hurt by suicide bomber
 TEL AVIV, March 29: A Palestinian woman blew herself up at a supermarket in a suburb of occupied Al Quds on Friday, killing two Israelis....
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China seeks border parleys with India
BEIJING, March 29: Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan has said China and India should push forward negotiations over their disputed border as a way of improving relations, state television reported on...
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PLA team meets Gen Aziz
ISLAMABAD, March 29: A high level People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) delegation headed by Lieutenant-General Zheng Shenxia, Chief of Staff PLA, Air Force, called on Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General...
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Islamabad blasts Tel Aviv
 ISLAMABAD, March 29: Pakistan on Friday expressed grave concern over the situation in the Middle East and said Israel’s re-occupation of Palestinian Authority territories constituted a serious threat to regional peace...
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Poisonous liquor toll now 25
SIALKOT, March 29: Toxic liquor death toll rose to 25 on Friday when nine more people died in different hospitals of the city....
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Latif Kapadia passes away
 KARACHI, March 29: Renowned artiste Latif Kapadia died of cardio-respiratory arrest here on Friday morning. He was 68....
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India willing to revive cricket
KARACHI, March 29: India is willing to resume its cricketing ties with Pakistan, but prospects of a bilateral series in the near future seems unlikely....
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