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Islamabad rejects Valley election plan
ISLAMABAD, July 29: Pakistan said on Monday elections in occupied Kashmir were no substitute to a free and fair plebiscite, promised to the Kashmiri people by the international community and the...
Pakistan-India talks this year: Powell
NEW DELHI, July 29: US Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Monday that he was satisfied with his visit to India and Pakistan and that he expected the two countries...
Increase in gas tariff sought
ISLAMABAD, July 29: The Sui Northern Gas Company (SNGPL) has sought a 7.78 per cent increase in its tariff with retrospective effect from July 1, 2001 to meet its revenue shortfall...
Furnace oil import to end by June next
LAHORE, July 29: Pakistan will be able to meet its furnace oil needs locally by June next year, thus saving $1 billion annually in foreign exchange....
More people killed after Diyat law was enforced
ISLAMABAD, July 29: After the enforcement of the Qisas and Diyat law, the number of murders in Pakistan have increased and the rate of convictions has gone down, as courts have...
22 Pakistanis arrested in Greece
KOMOTINI (Greece), July 29: Greek police on Monday detained 97 illegal immigrants caught trying to sneak into the country via Turkey along with two Bulgarian suspected people-smugglers....
WB to give $150m for better fiscal management
ISLAMABAD, July 29: The World Bank will extend $150 million for strengthening the accountability and reporting project which supports the government goals to improve public financial management and restore the integrity...
Three killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, July 29: Three people, including a village chief, were killed in occupied Kashmir and 13 civilians injured on Monday in a grenade attack, police said....
Four killed as police clash with villagers
ISLAMABAD, July 29: Four villagers were killed and over 57 others, including police personnel, injured on Monday in a violent clash between police and the residents of Sri Saral and Pind...
Judge yet to get Mianwali deal report, SC told
ISLAMABAD, July 29: The sessions judge of Mianwali has informed the Supreme Court that no formal application had been submitted for a compromise deal between the two parties of Abbakhel under...
Growers face water crisis
SUKKUR, July 29: A serious crisis was threatening the entire Sindh on Monday due to fall in the water level at the Chashma Barrage, it was officially learnt....
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DHAKA, July 29: President Pervez Musharraf regretted on Monday the excesses committed during Bangladesh’s 1971 war of independence, but called for burying the past in the spirit of friendship....
ISLAMABAD, July 29: Four villagers were killed and over 57 others, including police personnel, injured on Monday in a violent clash between police and the residents of Sri Saral and Pind...
