NEC approves Rs160bn PSDP: •5.3pc GDP target set for 2003-04: •fiscal deficit at 4pc
ISLAMABAD, May 29: The National Economic Council on Thursday approved a Rs160 billion Public Sector Development Programme for 2003-04, including national and provincial schemes worth Rs113 billion and Rs47 billion, respectively....
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Cases registered against 13 opposition MPAs: Qasim, Sanaullah, others detained, freed
 LAHORE, May 29: Police have registered cases against 13 opposition MPAs, including leader of opposition in Punjab Assembly, Qasim Zia, and deputy leader, Rana Sanaullah Khan, and 21 workers of the...
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US troops raid Palestinian mission in Iraq
BAGHDAD, May 29: US troops seized weapons and a “book on terrorism” in a 24-hour search of the Palestinian mission in Baghdad, the top military commander in Iraq said Thursday after...
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WMDs was not prime reason for attack: Wolfowitz
WASHINGTON, May 29: The US decision to focus on Iraqi disarmament as the motive for invasion was made for “bureaucratic reasons”, Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said in an interview published...
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Hu, Vajpayee may talk peace moves
BEIJING, May 29: The peace initiatives taken by Pakistan and India are likely to be discussed by Chinese President Hu Jintao and Indian Premier Atal Behari Vajpayee when they meet at...
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Iraq war has not ended, says US: More troops planned to tackle unrest
BAGHDAD, May 29: The top coalition commander in Iraq said on Thursday he was mulling sending extra troops to western Iraq to tackle what he described as a continuing “war” against...
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ARD, MMA to discuss protest strategy today
ISLAMABAD, May 29: Leaders of two opposition alliances — Muttahidda Majlis-i-Amal and the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy — will meet on Friday (today) to chalk out a strategy for launching...
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Kasuri briefs Khatami on Pakistan-India ties
TEHRAN, May 29: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri called on president of Iran, Syed Mohammad Khatami, here on Thursday and briefed him about the latest developments in the Pakistan-India relations....
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Sharon, Abbas hold talks on ‘roadmap’
TEL AVIV, May 29: Palestinian prime minister Mahmud Abbas and his Israeli counterpart Ariel Sharon met for talks here on Thursday on a US-backed roadmap, a senior Palestinian official said....
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Blair visits Basra
BASRA, May 29: British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Thursday became the first leader of the coalition that toppled Saddam Hussein to visit Iraq, flying into this southern city to be...
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Six die in Kashmir violence
SRINAGAR, May 29: The Indian army killed three Kashmiri Mujahideen on Thursday when columns of troops poured into southern part of occupied Kashmir, after a night of violence left a soldier...
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Fazl sets terms for backing govt
QUETTA, May 29: MMA’s secretary-general Maulana Fazlur Rahman has offered support to the government on certain conditions to let it out of the current political and constitutional crises, but “without compromising...
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Only army can decide on president’s uniform: PM
ISLAMABAD, May 29: Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali said on Thursday nobody could do anything about the president’s uniform except the organization that gave it to him....
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Terrorism convict arrested
MULTAN, May 29: Chief of his own faction of the defunct extremist organisation Lashkar-i-Jhangvi Qari Abdul Hayee alias Qari Asad was shifted to Multan Central Jail on Thursday....
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German soldier killed in Kabul
KABUL, May 29: One German peacekeeping soldier was killed and another injured when their vehicle drove over a mine in Kabul, a spokesman for the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said...
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Mahar protests over Thal Canal project
ISLAMABAD, May 29: Sindh Chief Minister Sardar Ali Muhammad Khan Mahar on Thursday protested in the National Economic Council (NEC) over the construction of Greater Thal Canal despite a resolution passed...
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Journalists boycott PA proceedings
LAHORE, May 29: Journalists boycotted the Punjab Assembly proceedings on Thursday for the second consecutive day and staged a demonstration to protest against the beating up of some reporters by police...
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India test-fires missile
BHUBANESWAR, May 29: India on Thursday test-fired its medium range surface-to-air Akash missile from a remote testing range off in Chandipur, officials said....
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