Reforms must continue: SBP: GDP growth recorded at 3.6pc
KARACHI, Oct 28: The State Bank warns that the improvement in external account may tapper off in future — and if it happens it may have significant negative repercussions. These may...
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MMA move to evolve joint strategy: Amendments, transfer of power
ISLAMABAD, Oct 28: Maulana Shah Ahmed Noorani, chief of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, has invited five parties with maximum number of seats in the National Assembly for talks on Tuesday to hammer...
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PPP, MQM agree to remove ‘irritants’
KARACHI, Oct 28: The People’s Party Parliamentarians and Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Monday broached the “irritants” which had marred the resumption of a durable and lasting cooperative relationship between them, but...
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Vajpayee may not attend summit: FO
ISLAMABAD, Oct 28: The foreign office appeared to confirm on Monday reports that the Saarc summit scheduled for early January might not be attended by Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee....
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Benazir urges US not to support Musharraf
WASHINGTON, Oct 28: PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto on Monday urged the United States to review President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s performance since Sept 11 last year when he had dumped Pakistan’s Taliban...
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Rs4.5bn embezzled in Wapda, says report
LAHORE, Oct 28: The Auditor-General of Pakistan has pointed out Rs4.56 billion worth of misappropriation in Wapda during 1999-2000....
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Judiciary no longer independent: SCBA
ISLAMABAD, Oct 28: The Supreme Court Bar Association on Monday asked an SC bench to return its review petition and stated that the “judiciary has ceased to be independent” and arguing...
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US diplomat shot dead in Amman
AMMAN, Oct 28: A US diplomat was gunned down here on Monday as pressure mounts in the region amid rising anti-US sentiment and Washington’s threats to attack Baghdad....
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Three debt rescheduling accords signed
ISLAMABAD, Oct 28: Pakistan has signed three bilateral agreements with Spain, Austria and Turkey for the rescheduling of $200 million debt in line with last year’s decision of Paris Club, a...
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Oil, gas discovered in Sindh
ISLAMABAD, Oct 28: The Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) has succeeded in discovering considerable oil & gas from its exploratory Norai Jagir well No 1 in Sindh....
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Crucial ARD meeting today
 ISLAMABAD, Oct 28: A crucial meeting of the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy is being held here on Tuesday evening amid a tug of war between the three main contenders over...
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Musharraf due in Riyadh
RIYADH, Oct 28: President Pervez Musharraf is due to arrive here on Tuesday afternoon. During his stay, the president is expected to hold talks with King Fahd and will have a...
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JUI calls for early NA, PAs sessions
PESHAWAR, Oct 28: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl) demanded on Monday that the government should immediately convene the national and provincial assemblies’ maiden sessions to end the prevailing political chaos and uncertainty....
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17 killed in Valley
SRINAGAR, Oct 28: Two Indian soldiers were among 17 people killed in clashes in occupied Kashmir on Monday and Sunday night....
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Four die as coach collides with trailer
KARACHI, Oct 28: Four persons died and 18 others were injured in a head-on collision between a passenger coach and a trailer on Super Highway, 50kms from Karachi, early Monday morning....
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Pakistani freed from Guantanamo
ISLAMABAD, Oct 28: The first Pakistani prisoner to be released from US custody at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has been flown back and five more are expected to be freed soon, officials...
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