Pakistan sees no threat to Indus Water Treaty
ISLAMABAD, April 22: Pakistan has expressed satisfaction over the implementation of the Indus Basin Water Treaty during its about 40-year existence, and hoped that whatever issues of concern that might be...
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Bush seeks more aid for Islamabad: WB chief visiting next month
WASHINGTON, April 22: Pakistan and United States officials are looking at areas for future economic cooperation, and the Bush administration has sent a supplemental request to Congress for an additional $145...
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President says he will accept verdict
SARGODHA, April 22: President Pervez Musharraf has said that billions of rupees will be spent on the development of agriculture and promotion of agro-based industry to improve the standard of living...
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Referendum: SC begins hearing
ISLAMABAD, April 22: The Supreme Court’s nine-member bench, which took up petitions challenging the assumption of office of president by Gen Pervez Musharraf and holding of referendum, observed on Monday that...
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India terms killings an internal affair
NEW DELHI, April 22: New Delhi has taken strong exception to the widespread criticism and horror expressed by foreign governments and human rights observers of the anti-Muslim pogroms, and the Ministry...
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CBR decides to audit registered jewellers
ISLAMABAD, April 22 : The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) has decided to carry out audit of registered jewellers across the country aiming to raise the revenue from this sector....
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UN chief defends envoy after Israeli criticism
BEIRUT, April 22: UN Middle East envoy Terje Roed-Larsen on Monday stuck by his criticism of Israel’s assault on the Jenin refugee camp, saying he reacted as any decent human being...
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Afghanistan names first woman diplomat
 PARIS, April 22: Afghanistan’s interim administration has appointed its first woman diplomat in Europe, officials said on Monday....
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Le Pen vote shocks Europe
 PARIS, April 22: Politicians and commentators formed an international queue on Monday to condemn the election success of xenophobic French leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, producing a rare consensus among all points...
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Six killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, April 22: Six people were killed in occupied Kashmir on Monday. Police arrested a prominent human rights activist, officials said on Monday....
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PBC urges lawyers to hold rallies on 25th
ISLAMABAD, April 22: The Pakistan Bar Council, the top body of legal practitioners, on Monday asked the lawyers throughout the country to hold protest meetings, rallies at their respective bars and...
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Bush hopes Musharraf to hold polls
LOS ANGELES, April 22: The US President, George Bush, hopes that President Pervez Musharraf will abide by his pledge on holding general elections in October....
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Balochistan abolishes checkpoints
QUETTA, April 22: Frontier Corps and Coast Guards have abolished around two dozen of their checkpoints established in different areas of Balochistan, a spokesman of the Balochistan government announced here late...
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Iraq moving missiles into ‘no-fly’ zones: Pentagon
WASHINGTON, April 22: The Iraq military has in recent days moved anti-aircraft missiles into northern and southern “no-fly” zones of that country to an extent not seen in years, the US...
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