Wapda & KESC to get Rs30bn from govt : ECC discusses losses
ISLAMABAD, July 24: The government will extend Rs15 billion each to Wapda and KESC as part of the subsidy to help remove their losses....
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Powell’s visit only to keep up peace efforts : Experts foresee no breakthrough
WASHINGTON, July, 24: The United States does not hope for a major breakthrough during the forthcoming visit of Secretary of State Colin Powell to South Asia, US experts and South Asian...
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2 teens sacrificed to tribal custom
MIANWALI, July 24: Two teenaged girls amidst fear, threats and sobs were married to the rivals of their fathers on Wednesday under a deal by which four men on death row...
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EC recounts conditions for securing election symbol
ISLAMABAD, July 24: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Wednesday reminded the political parties of what was in store for them when they would approach it for the allotment of election...
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Advani faces opposition ire over Gujarat
NEW DELHI, July 24: Indian Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna provoked angry scenes in parliament on Wednesday when he said the situation in riot-torn Gujarat state was conducive for fresh elections....
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WB offers funding for roads rehabilitation
ISLAMABAD, July 24: The World Bank has agreed to offer substantial funding for the $260 million “Pakistan-Highway Rehabilitation and Maintenance Project” to be undertaken in 2003....
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FO flays Israeli raid
ISLAMABAD, July 24: Pakistan on Wednesday condemned Israel’s missile attack on a thickly populated neighbourhood of Gaza City which resulted in the loss of 15 civilian lives, including those of nine...
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Six killed in Valley
SRINAGAR, July 24: Six people were killed in separate incidents in held Kashmir on Wednesday and 24 injured in a powerful grenade attack at a bus station on the route of...
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ARD parties to contest individually
LAHORE, July 24: As political parties are holding their internal elections these days to be eligible to take part in the general elections, there is no such move on the part...
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US wants Palestinian elections delayed
 AL QUDS, July 24: Fearing that President Yasser Arafat will be re- elected, the United States would prefer that the Palestinian Authority hold only municipal, and not presidential, elections in January,...
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SC takes notice of Mianwali pardon deal
ISLAMABAD, July 24: The Supreme Court on Wednesday took notice of the reported compromise between two parties in Mianwali about the pardoning of four convicts, and directed the sessions judge to...
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SBP receives IMF tranche
KARACHI, July 24: The State Bank has received $115.3 million third tranche of the $1.3 billion IMF-backed PRGF....
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DCG revival to help boost ties with US, says official
ISLAMABAD, July 24: Secretary Defence Lt-Gen Hamid Nawaz Khan has said that the re-establishment of Defence Consultative Group (DCG) is an appropriate mechanism not only to revitalize the bilateral ties but...
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ATC to try Meerwala case
MULTAN, July 24: Judge Malik Zulfiqar Ali of the Dera Ghazi Khan anti-terrorism court has finally declared the Meerwala gang- rape case fit for trial under anti-terrorism act, 1997, on Wednesday....
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Jemima escapes attack in London
LONDON, July 24: Jemima Khan, the wife of Tehrik-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan escaped an attack by a man, reportedly carrying a knife, who broke into her home here early Tuesday....
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Seven of a family killed
BANNU, July 24: Seven members of a family, including four children, were killed and a minor girl was wounded over a petty dispute among the women in the Mandan police station...
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