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Defiant Israelis continue offensive: Bush call ignored
TEL AVIV, April 7: Twelve Palestinians were killed as Israeli tanks continued their sweep of West Bank towns and villages in a campaign army chief Gen Shaul Mofaz said would continue...
ARD to mobilize masses against referendum
ISLAMABAD, April 7: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy, a conglomerate of 15 political parties, on Sunday rejected referendum and announced that it would hold protest rallies at all places where...
Musharraf to open Saarc moot today
ISLAMABAD, April 7: President Gen Pervez Musharraf will inaugurate a third-tier meeting of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation on poverty reduction here on Monday....
Doctors charged with mutiny
ISLAMABAD, April 7: Around 30 doctors of 21st MBBS course of Army Medical College (AMC) were placed under “close arrest” while four were dismissed from Pakistan Military Academy on charges of...
Contract awarded to complete motorway
ISLAMABAD, April 7: The government has awarded contract for completing the remaining work on Peshawar-Islamabad motorway project worth Rs13 billion, without following the process of tender, marking a shift from the...
New corps commanders for Multan, Mangla
RAWALPINDI, April 7: Major-General Shahid Siddiq Tirmizey and Major-General Javed Alam Khan, who were approved for promotion to the rank of Lieutenant-General, have been appointed Corps Commanders of Multan and Mangla,...
Referendum may be held on April 30
ISLAMABAD, April 7: The referendum to elect Gen Pervez Musharraf as president for five years is likely to be held on April 30....
It’s a war against corruption: Rashid
ISLAMABAD, April 7: Press Secretary to President Musharraf, Major-General Rashid Qureshi on Sunday said that the president and his government had not launched a war against democracy but against exploitation, corruption,...
EU may slap sanctions on Israel, says Spain
ROME, April 7: Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Pique said on Sunday the EU could impose sanctions on Israel if it refuses to withdraw its troops from Palestinian territory....
Nepal, BD urge anti-poverty steps
ISLAMABAD, April 7: The finance ministers of Bangladesh and Nepal on Sunday called for joint efforts by the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) member countries to combat poverty and...
Rocket attack on Afghanistan peacekeepers
KABUL, April 7: At least two rockets were fired at the headquarters of multinational peacekeeping troops in Kabul on Sunday morning, a spokesman for the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said....
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TEL AVIV, April 7: Twelve Palestinians were killed as Israeli tanks continued their sweep of West Bank towns and villages in a campaign army chief Gen Shaul Mofaz said would continue...
