Four districts to be developed: Musharraf’s address in Loralai
LORALAI, April 20: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Saturday that seeking people’s mandate through a referendum was quite democratic and constitutional and added that it would help stabilize economic and...
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Pakistan, US set up economic forum
WASHINGTON, April 20: Pakistani and US officials discussed economic and financial issues at a meeting at the Treasury Department on Friday afternoon, and signed a Memorandum of Understanding formally setting up...
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Benazir, Nawaz can’t contest poll: Ranjha
ISLAMABAD, April 20: Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights Dr Khalid Ranjha on Saturday said that the former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Mian Nawaz Sharif would not be allowed...
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Bar leaders hold rally
LAHORE, April 20: Lawyers’ representatives from across the country marched on Shahrah-i-Quaid from one gate of the Lahore High Court to another on Saturday afternoon to register their protest against the...
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UN fact-finding team on Jenin killing soon: Resolution adopted
 UNITED NATIONS, April 20: Following Israel’s reluctant approval the UN Security Council on Friday night unanimously adopted a resolution approving the constitution of a fact-finding team to look into allegations of...
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General Sales Tax may be reduced to 15pc
ISLAMABAD, April 20: The government is likely to reduce the General Sales Tax (GST) from 20 per cent to 15 per cent on most of the goods from the financial year...
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ARD’s all-party moot on 26th
LAHORE, April 20: ARD President Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan, in consultation with Jamaat-i-Islami amir Qazi Husain Ahmed, decided here on Saturday to host an all-party conference on Friday (April 26) to evolve...
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Referendum no presidential election: Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, April 20: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said referendum is not a presidential election “but an issue about how to get rid of the pre-99 era of sham democracy.”...
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Khatami, Jiang hold talks
 TEHRAN, April 20: Chinese President Jiang Zemin discussed the situation in the Middle East and weapons of mass destruction with Iranian President Mohammad Khatami during talks on Saturday in Tehran, the...
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Zahir Shah faces murder threat
LONDON, April 20: British forces have received credible reports that assassins could be trying to kill Afghanistan’s former king who has returned home after 29 years in exile....
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US judge grants amnesty to immigrants
LOS ANGELES, April 20: Calling the INS’s arguments “insubstantial,” a three-judge panel of the federal court of appeals in San Francisco this week has issued a ruling which, according to lawyers...
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Thousands condemn Washington’s ME policy
WASHINGTON, April 20: In the largest pro-Palestinian demonstration ever in the United States, tens of thousands of protesters gathered here on Saturday to condemn what they saw as the US administration’s...
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50 Al Qaeda suspects arrested in Egypt
CAIRO, April 20: More than 50 members of an Islamist movement suspected of having ties with Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda network, including four Britons were recently arrested in Egypt, police...
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US blocks finances of nine more individuals
WASHINGTON, April 20: The United States has blocked the finances of a further nine individuals and a re-named organization reportedly based in Pakistan that had been black-listed earlier....
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Japan builds world’s fastest computer
NEW YORK, April 20: A Japanese laboratory has built the world’s fastest computer, outdating IBM’s supercomputer which led the industry until now....
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One killed in Gujarat
AHMADABAD, April 20: One person was killed and 14 injured when police opened fire to stop a new outbreak of rioting on Saturday between Hindus and Muslims in western India....
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