No new tax in Balochistan budget: Rs34.83 billion outlay
QUETTA, June 20: Balochistan Finance Minister Syed Ehsan Shah on Friday presented a Rs34.83 billion budget for financial year 2003-04 in the provincial assembly, which shows an overall deficit of Rs2.47...
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No-trust motion filed against NA Speaker
ISLAMABAD, June 20: The combined opposition in the National Assembly submitted a no-confidence motion against Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain to the assembly secretary here on Friday....
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EU okays constitution aimed at global role
PORTO CARRAS (Greece), June 20: European Union leaders on Friday gave green light to the first draft constitution preparing for the bloc’s 2004 eastward expansion as well as a new security...
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Held Iraqis’ conditions bad, says Amnesty
AMMAN, June 20: The London-based human rights group Amnesty International said on Friday that more than 2,000 prisoners were being held by coalition forces in Iraq, many in “bad conditions”....
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7 rockets fired at US base in Afghanistan
BAGRAM AIR BASE, June 20: Unknown attackers fired up to seven rockets at a US base in southeastern Afghanistan, but there were no casualties or damage, a US military spokesman said...
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F-16 issue still unresolved
ISLAMABAD, June 19: Despite reports in Pakistani and Indian newspapers about the possible sale of F-16s to Pakistan, there appears at least for now to be no consensus on the subject...
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Time for conflict resolution has come, says Musharraf
LONDON, June 20: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Friday it was not time for crisis management but conflict resolution for a lasting peace in South Asia....
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PM consults aides to counter move
ISLAMABAD, June 20: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan here on Friday consulted his close aides over combined opposition’s filing of no-trust motion against the speaker of the National Assembly, Chaudhry Amir...
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Uniform depicts instability, says Fazl
KARACHI, June 20: MMA secretary-general Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that uniform is not the symbol of stability but of instability, and has asked Gen Pervez Musharraf to quit as early...
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Steps taken to defend Speaker: Rashid
ISLAMABAD, June 20: All arrangements to defend the Speaker of National Assembly are in place and now the onus is on Opposition parties to muster up the support of 172 MNAs,...
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President to persuade French investors
PARIS, June 20: Gen Pervez Musharraf is expected in Paris on July 2 for a three-day visit following his visit to the United States....
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LFO protest puts MMA in awkward situation
QUETTA, June 20: The MMA members found themselves in an awkward position when the opposition members staged a noisy protest in the Balochistan Assembly against the LFO during the budget speech...
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Use of force against Iran an option, says US
LONDON, June 20: The United States reserves the right to take military action against Iran over its nuclear programme, a senior member of the US administration said on Friday, but added...
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Agreement to resume bus service reached
NEW DELHI, June 20: India and Pakistan agreed in principle on Friday to resume stalled bus service between New Delhi and Lahore from July 1....
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