Effective role for CCI being studied: New package soon
ISLAMABAD, July 4: The government is set to introduce amendments to Part V of the Constitution, relating to federation-provinces relations, making it mandatory for the elected government to convene meetings of...
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IMF approves $114 million for Pakistan
NEW YORK, July 4: The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday approved $114 million tranche for Pakistan under the Poverty Reduction Growth Facility (PRGF). The total disbursements under the programme amounts to...
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Islamabad rejects Valley polls
ISLAMABAD, July 4: The Foreign Office said on Thursday that no election held in occupied Kashmir under the “Indian constitution and under the barrel of Indian guns” could be a substitute...
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Pakistani prisoners not airlifted: India
NEW DELHI, July 4: India on Thursday rubbished Islamabad’s charge that New Delhi had plucked Pakistani prisoners from Afghanistan to use them for propaganda, but Pakistani officials said the entire incident...
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US firm gives no guarantees for satellite performance
ISLAMABAD, July 4: No performance guarantees were being given by the US company Hughes for shifting the defective HGS3 satellite to 38 E orbital slot of Pakistan as PAKSAT 1, said...
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Arafat decrees security chief’s expulsion
 RAMALLAH, July 4: Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat formally dismissed his tough West Bank security chief on Thursday, ending speculation of a power struggle, as aid groups warned of a looming humanitarian...
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India deploys radars to check ‘infiltrators’
SRINAGAR, July 4: Three Indian soldiers and a handicapped civilian were among 10 people killed during another round of violence in occupied Kashmir, police said on Thursday....
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Kashmiri voters not listed for 20 years
SRINAGAR, July 4: A leading Indian human rights activist said on Thursday that voter lists in occupied Kashmir had not been revised in the past 20 years, effectively disenfranchising young Kashmiris...
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ARD Quetta moot put off
QUETTA, July 4: The first one-day convention of the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD), scheduled to be held here on Friday in connection with the mass contact campaign against the...
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Commanders not ready to release Pakistanis
ISLAMABAD, July 4: The government is facing difficulties in securing the release of hundreds of Pakistanis held by commanders in Afghanistan, an official source told Dawn....
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Afghanistan seeks help as 35 die of disease
ISLAMABAD, July 4: Afghanistan’s central Ghor province issued an urgent appeal on Thursday for medical help to stop an “epidemic” of water-borne diseases, the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) reported....
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Afghan DPs entry banned
ISLAMABAD, July 4: More than 25,000 Afghans who fled northern Afghanistan are stranded on Pakistan’s border because the country has refused to take in more refugees, the UN said here on...
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Rally held in Kabul against US bombing
 KABUL, July 4: Dozens of Afghans protested in Kabul on Thursday against a US bomb raid last week which killed 40 people during pre-wedding celebrations in a remote village....
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SC hears gang-rape case today
MULTAN, July 4: The IG Punjab will appear before the Supreme Court on Friday to apprise the court of the action taken against the culprits involved in the gang-rape of a...
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Sudan plane crash leaves 20 dead
BANGUI, July 4: A Sudan Airways cargo plane crashed into a residential district of the Central African Republic capital of Bangui on Thursday and around 20 people were killed, witnesses said....
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Four rockets fired at FC checkpoint in Kohlu
QUETTA, July 4: Four rockets were fired at a checkpoint of the Frontier Corps by unknown persons in Kohlu area on Thursday night, official sources said....
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Bill moved in Congress to reduce immigration
LOS ANGELES, July 4: The chairman of the house immigration, border security and claims subcommittee, Congressman George Gekas (R-LA), has introduced a new bill in the house, seeking reduction by about...
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Delhi’s threat
NEW DELHI, July 4: India’s army chief said on Thursday New Delhi would be left with no option but to take “some action” if Islamabad did not end “cross-border infiltration” into...
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Remains of Al Qaeda men recovered
KOHAT, July 4: The police conducted raids in various localities on Thursday and recovered the remains of the Al Qaeda men killed in an encounter with the security agencies on Wednesday....
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Three killed in road accident
PESHAWAR, July 4: Three returning Afghan refugees were killed on Thursday when their bus overturned near the Torkham border, police said on Thursday....
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