Iran, Pakistan to set up refinery: Agreement signing this month
KARACHI, Dec 18: Pakistan and Iran are setting up a joint venture refinery near Karachi, at Hub in Balochistan. An agreement in this regard is to be signed at the end...
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Armymen’s seniority to continue in civil service: SC verdict on induction issue
ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: The Supreme Court has ruled that a person inducted in the civil service after his release from army would be entitled to claim the period of his service...
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Power rates cut up to 19 paisa
ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority on Wednesday reduced electricity rates between 12 to 19 paisa per unit for various categories of consumers under the quarterly automatic fuel...
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Arsala sees pipeline accord next week
ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: The visiting Vice President of Afghanistan, Hedayat Amin Arsala, said here on Wednesday that substantial progress has been achieved to sign a tripartite agreement next week for laying...
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Kashmiris sentence ignites furore
 NEW DELHI, Dec 18: Three Kashmiri men were sentenced to death by an Indian court on Wednesday after it found them involved in last year’s Dec 13 attack on the Indian...
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No-trust move against Azhar withdrawn
ISLAMABAD Dec 18: The no-confidence motion filed by an influential group of the Pakistan Muslim League-Q to oust Mian Mohammad Azhar from the office of party presidency was withdrawn and the...
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Rotating members get edited Iraq dossier
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 18: The 10 non-permanent members of the UN Security Council were given edited version of the Iraqi declaration on its weapons programme late Tuesday....
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Sherpao vows to cut power tariff further
PESHAWAR, Dec 18: Federal Minister for Water and Power Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao has pledged to further cut down the power tariff and provide more relief to the masses....
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NAB to set up unit for fiscal crimes
ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: Chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Lt-Gen Munir Hafiez, has stated that a Financial Intelligence Unit is being established in the country to annul financial corruption....
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Burki arrested on bungling charge
LAHORE, Dec 18: Former cricketer and chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board, Javed Burki and one of his business partner, Muzzamil Niazis were arrested by NAB on Wednesday in a defence purchase...
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Don’t squeeze Yahya Khan, Nixon told aides in 1971
NEW DELHI, Dec 18: Newly-declassified papers of the US government reveal that the then President Richard Nixon had ordered his aides not to hamper Gen Yahya Khan’s war effort in East...
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Jamali to resume talks with MMA
ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali wanted to resume dialogues with the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal to solicit alliance’s support to his government and planned a meeting with MMA vice president...
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Resignation of Fahim rejected
KARACHI, Dec 18: Benazir Bhutto has turned down Makhdoom Amin Fahim’s resignation as People’s Party Parliamentarian’s chief and asked him to continue to lead the party....
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India ready to attend Saarc moot
NEW DELHI: Dec 18: Indian Foreign Minister Yashwant Sinha criticised on Wednesday Pakistan’s decision to postpone the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) summit in Islambad, and said New Delhi...
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US not happy with Germany heading UN body
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 18: Germany has been tipped to head the United Nations Security Council’s sanctions committee, a prospect which does not sit well with Washington, diplomats said here....
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Arsala calls on prime minister
 ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: Afghan Vice-president Hedayat Amin Arsala called on Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali here on Wednesday at the PM House and disucsed with him economic relations of the...
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Hindus and Muslims clash in Gujarat
AHMEDABAD, Dec 18: Police on Wednesday fired tear-gas and live rounds to break up clashes between Hindus and Muslims in India’s riot-torn state of Gujarat, where the Hindu nationalist BJP romped...
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Dr Hamidullah passes away
WASHINGTON, Dec 18: Prominent Islamic scholar Prof Dr Hamidullah died in Jacksonville, Florida, on Tuesday. He was 95....
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Bush to declare Iraq violator this week
WASHINGTON, Dec 18: President Bush is expected this week to declare Iraq in violation of a UN disarmament order, which will give Washington a legal justification for declaring the war, US...
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German court rejects law on immigration
KARLSRUHE (Germany) Dec 18: Germany’s top court on Wednesday knocked down the country’s new immigration law in a ruling backing the conservative opposition’s challenge to the legislation....
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