Sindh team gets five-year record: Water distribution
ISLAMABAD, April 27: The two-member inquiry committee constituted by the Sindh government to probe into the controversy of distribution of water downstream Kotri between Sindh and Punjab...
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Jamali hopeful of talks success: No deadlock if parleys fail
LAHORE, April 27: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali has expressed the hope that the controversy on the Legal Framework Order will be resolved as both the government and the opposition parties...
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PPP rejects ‘deal’ on LFO
DUBAI, April 27: Pakistan People’s Party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto has said her party will not accept any compromise on Legal Framework Order (LFO) and will reject any deal made by any...
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Advani reiterates old conditions
NEW DELHI, April 27: India on Sunday appeared to distance itself from the rush of enthusiasm for talks with Pakistan it had itself generated, saying that Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s...
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Tariff row puts dam-raising project in jeopardy
ISLAMABAD, April 27: The government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) has decided not to sign the proposed protocol with the Water and Development Authority (Wapda) on raising of Mangla Dam...
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Four billion rupees found bungled in Wapda: AGP report
LAHORE, April 27: The Auditor-General of Pakistan, in its report to President Pervez Musharraf, has pointed out Rs4.660 billion irregularities in Wapda during 2000- 01....
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Maleeha to be new HC in UK
ISLAMABAD, April 27: Dr Maleeha Lodhi, former ambassador to the United States, is being appointed as Pakistan’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, informed sources told Dawn....
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Rumsfeld discusses US plans with Arabs
ABU DHABI, April 27: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld met leaders of the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, launching a tour to thank Gulf allies for help in the Iraq invasion...
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OIC demands US to withdraw troops
JEDDAH, April 27: US-led forces must leave Iraq as soon as possible, the secretary general of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) said on Sunday....
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PM confers with aides for today’s meeting
ISLAMABAD, April 27: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali presided over a high-level meeting at the Prime Minister’s House on Sunday. The meeting reviewed the political situation at length with special reference...
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World leaders hold talks with Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, April 27: French President Jacques Chirac, his UAE counterpart Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Alnahyan and Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri on Sunday held telephonic...
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Six drown in canal near D. G. Khan
Dera Ghazi Khan, April 27: Six members of a family, including two women and four children, drowned when their jeep fell into a canal at Yaroo village, some 12km from Dera...
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Situation remains tense in Gulistan
QUETTA, April 27: Situation remained tense in Gulistan area, some 90 kilometres from here, as death toll rose to five in the gun battle between the law enforcement agencies and armed...
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Huge cache of arms seized
PESHAWAR, April 27: Political authorities of the Kurram Agency recovered Russian-made missiles, mortar shells and remote-control bombs from a house in Mata Sangar on Sunday, officials said....
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53 tribesmen sentenced for selling girls
TEHRAN, April 27: An Iranian court has sentenced a group of 53 tribesmen to a total of 281 years in prison for luring scores of destitute young girls to work as...
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Fire breaks out in Jacobabad air base
SUKKUR, April 27: A fire, which broke out on Sunday in the Shahbaz air base in Jacobabad, was controlled within half an hour by the fire fighting squad deputed there, police...
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