Constitutional package sent to president: Talks resume tomorrow
ISLAMABAD, Aug 4: The proposed draft constitutional package prepared by senior legal adviser to prime minister Mr Sharifuddin Pirzada has been sent to President Gen Pervez Musharraf for final approval before...
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World Bank hints at increasing assistance
ISLAMABAD, Aug 4: The World Bank has indicated that it would enhance Pakistan’s annual assistance from $600 million to $900 million to specially help four major sectors including governance reforms....
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Hyundai chief jumps to death amid inquiry into N. Korea link
SEOUL, Aug 4: A senior executive of South Korea’s Hyundai conglomerate leapt to his death on Monday amid a probe into his role in the secret transfer of millions of dollars...
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Judicial probe ordered into Giyal tragedy
GILGIT, Aug 4: The Northern Areas administration on Monday ordered a judicial inquiry into Saturday’s incident in Giyal....
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‘Powell doesn’t intend to serve next term’
WASHINGTON, Aug 4: US Secretary of State Colin Powell does not intend to stay on if President George W. Bush wins a second term next year, informed sources said on Monday,...
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Troops for Iraq under ‘legitimate’ cover: India asked to wind up terrorist camps
ISLAMABAD, Aug 4: Pakistan on Monday said the objective of a possible dispatch of troops to Iraq would be to help bring peace to the war-torn country and stressed that when...
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Extremism sullied nation’s image: Musharraf plans to meet Ulema
LAHORE, Aug 4: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Monday assailed fundamentalism and religious extremism “for bringing a bad name to the country”, and said the government was taking every measure to...
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No hand in funds supply to Kashmiris, says JI
SRINAGAR, Aug 4: The Jamaat-i-Islami on Monday denied charges that two men allegedly ferrying funds from Pakistan for Kashmiri militants had links to its leader, Syed Ali Geelani....
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Kabul offers help for Gwadar
ISLAMABAD, Aug 4: Afghan Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani on Monday offered his country’s support for development of the Gwadar port, saying it would act as a gateway to prosperity for the...
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PM’s visit to S. Arabia postponed
ISLAMABAD, Aug 4: In the wake of torrential rains and floods in the country, the Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has postponed his proposed visit to Saudi Arabia....
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16 fishermen drown near Sonmiani
KARACHI, Aug 4: Sixteen out of 17 fishermen from Karachi are feared to have drowned after their fishing trawler capsized in the deep-sea, 19 nautical miles off Sonmiani in Balochistan....
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13 killed in Afghan explosion
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Aug 4: A massive explosion early Monday killed 13 militiamen and injured 21 others helping collect weapons in a disarmament drive in northern Afghanistan, said Mohammad Qul Zahiri, deputy police...
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US F-16 offer to India resented
ISLAMABAD, Aug 4: Pakistan expressed on Monday its angry reaction to Washington’s reported offer of F-16 aircraft to India, declaring it as “very, very disturbing” as it would cause “very, very...
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SBP directive struck down
KARACHI, Aug 4: The Sindh High Court struck down on Monday a State Bank (SBP) directive to the Habib Bank to freeze the accounts of Al Rasheed Trust for its suspected...
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Four shot dead in Valley
SRINAGAR, Aug 4: Indian security forces shot dead four militants in northern Kashmir and recovered a cache of explosives hidden in a mosque, a police spokesman claimed Monday....
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5 US soldiers wounded in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, Aug 4: Five US soldiers and an Iraqi translator were wounded in attacks here on Monday and a police station was torched as the US-led forces scoured the globe for...
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