Ecnec approves Rs12bn projects
ISLAMABAD, May 3: The Executive Committee of National Economic Council here on Friday approved five development projects worth Rs12.3 billion....
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Provinces assured of financial autonomy
ISLAMABAD, May 3: The cabinet on Friday decided to offer greater financial autonomy to the provinces by transferring a number of federal subjects to them in the next six months....
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India should hold dialogue, says US
NEW DELHI, May 3: US national security adviser Condoleezza Rice on Friday asked India to hold talks with Pakistan for reducing months of border tension....
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IMF not satisfied with CBR
ISLAMABAD, May 3: A five-member IMF mission headed by its senior director Clause Enders arrived here on Friday for two weeks visit to review the current state of the Pakistani economy...
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Karzai says he trusts Musharraf
NEW DELHI, May 3: Hamid Karzai, Chairman of Afghanistan’s interim government has said that he completely trusts President Pervez Musharraf, presumably politically, The Indian Express reported on Friday....
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Balochistan’s move to fire striking workers
QUETTA, May 3: The Balochistan government has decided to recruit over 1,100 employees in Grade 1 to 11 on contract basis in the civil secretariat to replace the striking employees....
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US warned against attacking Iraq
LONDON, May 3: Jordan’s King Abdullah has warned that any US military intervention in Iraq would be catastrophic for the Middle East....
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Wapda offers relief to tubewell users
ISLAMABAD, May 3: The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has allowed payment of fee for electricity connection to agricultural tubewells in three instalments, sources in the utility told Dawn....
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Eight die as Indian jet crashes into bank
 JALANDHAR, India, May 3: An Indian Air Force MiG-21 fighter jet caught fire in midair and crashed into a bustling commercial zone in the northern city of Jalandhar on Friday, killing...
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3 killed in Israeli raid on Nablus
NABLUS, May 3: Israeli forces raided the West Bank city of Nablus on Friday, triggering fighting in which a soldier, a Palestinian policeman and a Hamas fighter were killed....
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Record win for Pakistan
LAHORE, May 3: Pakistan scored their biggest victory in Test cricket when they thrashed New Zealand by an innings and 324 runs in the first Test in three days here on...
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21 fighters killed in Kashmir gunbattle
 SRINAGAR, May 3: Indian troops gunned down 21 Mujahideen in occupied Kashmir overnight and Friday, while three civilians also died in violence, police said....
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Moin due in Washington next week
WASHINGTON, May 3: Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider is due in Washington on Tuesday for a week-long visit to the United States to attend the first meeting of a joint working group...
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Nativity church food deal collapses
BETHLEHEM, May 3: Efforts to restart talks to end the standoff at Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity collapsed on Friday after a deal to deliver food to the people holed up...
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European Union blacklists Lashkar
BRUSSELS, May 3: The European Union on Friday blacklisted the Kashmiri Islamist group Lashkar-i-Tayyaba as a terrorist organization whose financial assets would be frozen across the 15 nation EU....
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Pakistan to help reconstruct Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD, May 3: President General Pervez Musharraf on Friday reiterated Pakistan’s commitment to the process of reconstruction and assistance for a stable and prosperous Afghanistan....
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Kohistan editor shot dead
LAHORE, May 3: The editor of daily Kohistan, B.A. Nasir, was shot dead by an unidentified man on Friday....
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Day of Prayer
WASHINGTON, May 3: In the current preoccupation with “Islamic fundamentalism”, few Americans might have remembered that Thursday, May 2, marked a bit of the fundamentalist and evangelistic streak in their own...
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Woman dies in shelling
MUZAFFARABAD, May 3: A woman died and three men were injured in Azad Kashmir in overnight shelling by Indian troops from across the Line of Control, police said on Friday....
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World powers reach agreement on Mideast conference
WASHINGTON, May 3: Agreement to convene an international conference on the Middle East was announced here on Thursday afternoon following a meeting between the United States, the United Nations, the European...
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