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New Senate poll condition
ISLAMABAD, Jan 18: The Election Commission on Saturday set yet another condition for the candidates contesting the Senate election, making the presence of proposer and seconder mandatory at the time of...
Country no more needs IMF loans: Musharraf
LAHORE, Jan 18: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that the country no more requires IMF loans at the moment and expressed the hope that it would be out of the...
Wapda considering tariff concession
ISLAMABAD, Jan 18: Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda), being under tremendous pressure to further lowering down its tariff, is considering to provide tariff concession to the consumers by providing relief...
UN planned report on Iraq upsets United States
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 18: Over the objections of most United Nations Security Council members, the United States has expressed reservations to a planned report on Iraq’s disarmament in March that could...
India test-fires Akash missile
NEW DELHI, Jan 18: Indian Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishan Advani on Saturday ruled out talks with Pakistan even as New Delhi signalled its continued hostility towards the neighbour by testing...
Huge anti-war rally held in Washington
WASHINGTON, Jan 18: Thousands of protesters began their march in Washington on Saturday to complete a chain of protest sweeping across the world capitals against the Bush administration’s plan to declare...
US deports 1,000 Pakistanis
WASHINGTON, Jan 18: The US authorities had detained 1,256 Pakistanis since Sept 11, 2001, when the current campaign against illegal immigrants began, a Pakistani diplomat said on Saturday....
Test a bad omen, says Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Jan 18: Pakistan said India’s missile test on Saturday was a “bad omen” for peace in South Asia....
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Editor: Tahir Mirza
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 18: Over the objections of most United Nations Security Council members, the United States has expressed reservations to a planned report on Iraq’s disarmament in March that could...
