FSC to decide Riba case afresh: Supreme Court sets aside earlier judgment
ISLAMABAD, June 24: The Shariat Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court on Monday set aside its earlier judgment in which it had directed the government to eliminate Riba from economy by...
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Rs130.7bn surplus budget for Punjab
LAHORE, June 24: Punjab Finance Minister Tariq Hamid on Monday presented a tax-free, surplus revenue budget of Rs130.725 billion for the financial year of 2002-03, estimating revenue income at Rs130.725 billion...
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Bush links Palestinian state with new leaders
WASHINGTON, June 24: US President George W. Bush on Monday said the United States supports creation of a provisional Palestinian state but only if a “new and different Palestinian leadership” is...
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New Delhi asked to pull back troops
ISLAMABAD, June 24: Pakistan reiterated on Monday its commitment and willingness to help resolve the outstanding dispute of Jammu and Kashmir but warned that incidents such as the one which took...
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Over 100 activists of banned outfits held : FBI supervises crackdown in Punjab
LAHORE, June 24: The Punjab police rounded up over 100 activists of the banned jehadi organisations in various parts of the province in a crackdown launched late on Sunday night....
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Efforts to settle Kashmir dispute will continue: US reiterates stance on mediation
NEW YORK, June 24: The United States would continue to work behind the scenes “to inspire “ a settlement to the Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan US Deputy Secretary of...
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Six killed in Israeli helicopter attack
 RAMALLAH, June 24: Israeli forces stepped up their campaign against Palestinians on Monday, retaking Yasser Arafat’s home base of Ramallah and killing six people in a helicopter raid on the Gaza...
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‘Musharraf promises to stop infiltration’
WASHINGTON, June 24: President Pervez Musharraf has assured the Bush administration he will enforce a permanent end to infiltrations from Azad Kashmir into the Indian-held part, the State Department said on...
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Transitional Afghan cabinet sworn in
 KABUL, June 24: Afghanistan’s new transitional cabinet was sworn in on Monday, at the presidential palace in Kabul, with former interior minister Yunus Qanooni finally agreeing to rejoin the government as...
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‘Political activities from July 12’
RAWALPINDI, June 24: The government would lift ban on political activities on July 12, said federal law minister Dr Khalid Ranjha here on Monday....
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Pakistan’s nuke & missile potentials defensive: Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, June 24: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said here on Monday that Pakistan’s nuclear and missile potential is essentially a deterrence and defensive in nature....
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‘Franks not visiting to sniff out Osama’
 ISLAMABAD, June 24: Top US military commander General Tommy Franks held talks with President Pervez Musharraf here on Monday as a senior defence official insisted there was no “actionable” evidence Osama...
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Consumers to pay a Nepra levy
ISLAMABAD, June 24: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has decided to impose a new regulatory tax on power consumption to meet its running expenses....
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Iran, India to discuss Kashmir issue
TEHRAN, June 24: Iran’s national security chief Hassan Rowhani left Tehran for India on Monday for talks on bilateral security issues and also the Kashmir dispute....
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India admits getting economically hit by standoff
NEW DELHI, June 24: India has unambiguously admitted that the current military standoff has hit it quite badly as Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha was quoted on Monday urging foreign governments to...
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Two rockets land near US base
MIRANSHAH, June 24: Two rockets were fired at a building close to where US forces are believed to be staying in tribal areas bordering Afghanistan but no one was hurt, a...
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Yemen detains 31 Pakistani fishermen
KARACHI, June 24: Two Pakistani fishing vessels and their 31 crew members have been detained by the Yemen authorities, sources in the Fishermen Cooperative Society said....
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Overflights: Delhi awaits response
NEW DELHI, June 24: New Delhi said on Monday it was awaiting an official response from Islamabad to its decision to lift a ban on overflights of its territory by Pakistani...
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