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Punjab wants Chashma opened
LAHORE, April, 12: The Punjab has threatened to draw its share of water from the barrages it controlled over Indus if the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) did not allow the opening of the Chashma-Jehlum Link Canal....
President announces uplift projects for Balochistan
QUETTA, April 12: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has announced an economic package for the development of Balochistan, saying that the province got more than its due share from the national exchequer...
Lashari made EC member
ISLAMABAD, April 12: The Election Commission, in pursuant of the recommendation of the Chief Justice of the Balochistan High Court, appointed on Friday Justice Ahmad Khan Lashari as Member of the...
WB okays $100m for Kabul
WASHINGTON, April 12: The World Bank on Thursday offered new loans of up to 100 million dollars to help Afghanistan’s interim leadership meet urgent budget needs....
Decision on Afghan poll date today
KABUL, April 12: A final decision will be made on Saturday about the timing of the elections to choose delegates to the Afghan tribal council that will meet in June to...
223,000 Afghan DPs have returned: UN
GENEVA, April 12: Some 223,000 Afghan refugees have returned home since a UN repatriation programme began six weeks ago, but there is concern over whether conditions are in place for them...
Supply of Military spares in process
WASHINGTON, April 12: Acquisition of spare parts needed for Pakistan’s F-16 jets has more or less been completed, and procedures for releasing other US military spares are also in various stages...
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TEL AVIV, April 12: A suicide bomber blew herself up near a crowded market in occupied Al Quds on Friday, killing six Israelis and wounding nearly 90, as US Secretary of...
QUETTA, April 12: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has announced an economic package for the development of Balochistan, saying that the province got more than its due share from the national exchequer...
