Power tariff cut by 12 paisa: Reduction in utilities prices soon
ISLAMABAD, Dec 10: The cabinet on Tuesday decided to reduce the prices of various utilities and as a first step, slashed power tariff by 12 paisa per unit with immediate effect....
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Muttahida withdraws in favour of GNA
KARACHI, Dec 10: In a dramatic but not unexpected political development in Sindh, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement conceded chief minister’s slot to the Grand National Alliance and other pro-regime parties’ nominee...
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PM hints at backing PPP candidate
ISLAMABAD, Dec 10: Concurring with the suggestion that the floor-crossing law was a good law, Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, however, maintained that at times you have to ‘close your...
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Two PAF jets collide; pilots eject
QUETTA, Dec 10: Two F-7PG jet fighters of the Pakistan Air Force collided in mid-air and crashed near Mastung, some 65km south of here on Tuesday, official sources said....
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‘US to continue using bases’
ISLAMABAD, Dec 10: The US government will continue using various bases in Pakistan to hunt down Al Qaeda terrorists, says minister for information Sheikh Rashid Ahmad....
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Convicted woman becomes adviser to prime minister
ISLAMABAD, Dec 10: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali’s adviser on Women Development and Social Welfare, Nelofar Bukhtiar, is a convict and her appeal against the judgment is still pending in...
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Army officer held in BD on spying charge
DHAKA, Dec 10: The government has arrested three people, including a commissioned army officer, on charge of spying for an Indian intelligence agency, the Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) said on Monday...
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US action angers UNSC members: Iraq’s declaration
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 10: The 10 non-permanent members of the UN Security Council are unhappy with the release of a copy of Iraq’s declaration of its nuclear weapons to the United...
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Azhar faces no-trust move
ISLAMABAD, Dec 10: The Pakistan Muslim League (Q) has convened an emergency meeting of its general council on Dec 20, following a no-confidence resolution moved against the party president, Mian Muhammad...
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Envoy rejects concerns about Pakistan’s reliability
NEW YORK, Dec 10: The repeated public acknowledgment by President George W. Bush and the US administration of Pakistan’s role as a vital ally in the war on terrorism belie unwarranted...
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HR Day observed
 SRINAGAR, Dec 10: Anti-India groups held protest marches on Tuesday against human rights violations by Indian troops in occupied Kashmir, and a leading rights activist set himself on fire....
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Oil, gas discovered in tribal area
ISLAMABAD, Dec 10: Pakistan has made a major oil and gas discovery in Karak district, a tribal district bordering Afghanistan about 80km off Kohat district, a senior government official told Dawn....
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Fahim seeks Jamali’s support
 ISLAMABAD, Dec 10: In an effort to form government in Sindh, President People’s Party Parliamentarian Makhdoom Amin Fahim on the second consecutive day, today, met Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali....
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New Delhi accuses Islamabad of proxy war
NEW DELHI, Dec 10: Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam accused Pakistan on Tuesday of waging a proxy war against his country, which he said was far more serious than an open...
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PM vows to live up to people’s expectations
ISLAMABAD, Dec 10: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali said on Tuesday that people had high expectations from the new government, and expressed the confidence that “we shall live up to...
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Exchange of visits by India, Pakistan judges proposed
NEW DELHI, Dec 10: The head of India’s state-supported human rights body Justice J.S. Verma on Tuesday proposed an exchange of visits by judges from India and Pakistan to be able...
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