Both sides inch towards accord: Deliberations on LFO completed
ISLAMABAD, May 16: The government-opposition negotiating committee has completed deliberations on all the seven contentious items of the Legal Framework Order and decided that the groups will submit their stands in...
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No breakthrough in blasts’ probe: Karachi’s 21 petrol pumps hit
KARACHI, May 16: Police have failed to make breakthrough in a series of bomb explosions that occurred within a span of one hour at city’s 21 fuel stations early Thursday....
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Kashmir issue will be resolved: India: Pakistan need not change policy: Advani
NEW DELHI, May 16: Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has said that the Kashmir dispute will be resolved but both Islamabad and New Delhi would have had “other disputes” to...
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KSE index crosses 3,000-point barrier
KARACHI, May 16: After trading around the 2,950-2,979 level for 12 sessions in a row but failing to cross over the 3,000 barrier, the KSE-100 index did finally manage to accomplish...
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Petrol, HSD prices reduced
KARACHI, May 16: The petrol and diesel prices have been reduced by Rs1.25 and 32 paisa respectively....
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Islamabad ready for talks at any level: PM
ISLAMABAD, May 16: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Thursday expressed readiness to hold talks at any level and called for fostering people-to-people contacts, saying that formal talks between Pakistan...
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Crisis threatens Palestinian govt: Minister quits after Sharon-Abbas talks
 JERICHO, May 16: A political crisis loomed over the new Palestinian government as negotiations minister Saeb Erakat resigned on Friday, a day before a key meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Ariel...
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Indus water officials to meet on 28th
ISLAMABAD, May 16: The annual meeting of the Indus Water Commissioners of Pakistan and India has been convened by the Indian Commissioner in New Delhi from May 28 to 31, official...
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ARD in touch with MMA: LFO strategy
ISLAMABAD, May 16: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) has increased contacts with the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) to chalk out a joint strategy for the ongoing talks between the government...
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US revises draft resolution: Sanctions against Iraq
UNITED NATIONS, May 16: In a bid to appease the UN Security Council members the United States on Thursday revised its draft resolution on immediately lifting sanctions against Iraq. It also...
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Bhatt confident of success
ISLAMABAD, May 16: Talks between Pakistan and India may prove to be result-oriented in the backdrop of the prevailing global conditions, chairman of the All-Parties Hurriyat Conference Prof Abdul Ghani Bhatt...
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Terrorists likely to strike in Jeddah, warns US
DUBAI, May 16: The US State Department said on Thursday it had received information about a terrorist threat against a specific neighbourhood in Jeddah and that some US officials had already...
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US stresses Pakistan, India talks
WASHINGTON, May 16: US National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice has urged India and Pakistan to resume bilateral talks for reducing tensions in South Asia, a message also echoed by the State...
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2 Pakistanis among 14 killed in Makkah
RIYADH, May 16: Fourteen Umra pilgrims, including two Pakistanis, were killed and 30 others injured in a fire that swept through a hotel in Makkah on Thursday evening....
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Seven killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, May 16: Five suspected freedom fighters, a policeman and a civilian were killed in three gunbattles in occupied Kashmir, a police spokesman said on Friday....
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85 feared dead in Yemen boat disaster
MOGADISHU, May 16: More than 85 illegal immigrants are feared dead in yet another sea tragedy off the Yemeni coast after their boat was apparently struck by an oncoming vessel, witnesses...
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IDB to give funds for power units
ISLAMABAD, May 16: The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has agreed to co-finance big hydropower development projects in Pakistan and extend a soft-term credit facility to Wapda and the KESC to import...
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Radical steps to promote investment promised
ISLAMABAD, May 16: Industries and Production Minister Liaqat Ali Jatoi promised on Friday that the next budget would be ‘investor’s budget’ and said the government was determined to create an environment...
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