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More jobs will be created: Jamali
RAWALPINDI, Jan 12: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali said on Sunday that the government was cognizant of unemployment and was working to create more employment opportunities in accordance with a...
Arrangements for by-polls finalized
ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: The Election Commission on Sunday said that it has made all necessary arrangements for by-elections in 10 National Assembly and 19 provincial assemblies constituencies....
India ignores calls to improve ties
NEW DELHI, Jan 12: India, blatantly ignoring worldwide calls to improve relations with Pakistan, including a strongly-worded advice by the United States last week, has barred a visit of Punjabi writers...
Registration begins today
WASHINGTON, Jan 12: From Monday till Feb 21, tens of thousands of Pakistanis will be queuing up outside the offices of the Immigration and Naturalization Service for special registration....
Musharraf says no barter with N. Korea
DUBAI, Jan 12: President Gen Pervez Musharraf again denied that Islamabad had passed on nuclear technology to North Korea, in an interview with the Dubai-based Arabic television channel MBC....
US to keep channels open to North Korea
WASHINGTON, Jan 12: The US State Department said on Saturday that the North Korean delegates did not address the issues that concern the international community at the talks in New Mexico...
Washington sends 27,000 more troops to Gulf
WASHINGTON, Jan 12: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Sunday signed yet another deployment order _ the second in 24 hours _ to send 27,000 additional troops to the Gulf....
Jamali meets Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: Prime Minister Jamali called on President Gen Pervez Musharraf at the Army House on Sunday. The two exchanged views on matters of national importance....
Pakistanis shocked at US decision on INS
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 12: American Pakistani community was deeply disappointed that despite persistent efforts by the government and the community, Pakistan’s name was not removed from the list of states whose...
Cold spell toll reaches 700
DHAKA, Jan 12: More freezing weather has been forecast for northern India and Bangladesh, where over 700 people have died in a month-long cold spell, officials said on Sunday....
Seven women diplomats appointed ambassadors
ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: The government has appointed seven women from the foreign service cadre as ambassadors to important world capitals....
Thousands protest in LA against war frenzy
LOS ANGELES, Jan 12: Thousands of Los Angelenos, comprising Pakistanis, Arabs, Iranians and Americans, took to the streets on Saturday afternoon to protest against war hysteria and brazen detentions of Muslims...
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WASHINGTON, Jan 12: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Sunday signed yet another deployment order _ the second in 24 hours _ to send 27,000 additional troops to the Gulf....
