WB hints at giving $1 billion annually: Infrastructure development
ISLAMABAD, Aug 8: Pakistan on Friday asked the World Bank to increase its annual funding from $600 million to $1 billion to finance its three strategic areas — water and power,...
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MMA blamed for impasse: NA session next week: Shujaat
LAHORE, Aug 8: The government has decided to call a session of the National Assembly next week, ignoring the MMA’s threats that the religious parties will not extend cooperation unless a...
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Four killed as Israeli troops attack Nablus
 NABLUS, Aug 8: An Israeli attack on a factory in the West Bank left four Palestinians and an Israeli soldier dead on Friday in the region’s most turbulent day since a...
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Power tariffs to be cut by 2005-06, World Bank told
ISLAMABAD, Aug 8: The government on Friday informed the World Bank that power tariffs could be reduced considerably by 2005-06 after the country attained sufficient hydro-electric power production capacity....
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Owais confirms his nomination: Balochistan governor
PESHAWAR, Aug 8: Former federal minister Owais Ahmad Ghani has confirmed that he has been nominated as the next governor of Balochistan to succeed Lt Gen Abdul Quadir Baloch....
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NFC formation delay irks Sindh
KARACHI, Aug 8: Doubts are being expressed and questions raised at the inordinate delay in the formation of the National Finance Commission (NFC) even after all provinces have nominated their private...
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US team to visit India next month: Sale of P-3 aircraft
WASHINGTON, Aug 8: A US team will visit New Delhi next month to discuss the details of the possible sale of P-3 maritime patrol aircraft to India while the two countries...
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India to release teen-aged Pakistani boy
NEW DELHI, Aug 8: An Indian foreign ministry spokesman said the government was planning to free a 13-year old Pakistani boy on Tuesday after he had strayed into Rajasthan from his...
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3 Iraqis shot dead in Tikrit
TIKRIT, Aug 8: US troops shot dead three Iraqis in Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit on Friday, a local hospital chief said, but the military said they had killed only two,...
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Indian peace mission due today
ISLAMABAD, August 8: The three-member Indian Kashmir Committee (IKC) team arrives here on Saturday amid speculation here about its possible role in facilitating a political solution to the Kashmir dispute....
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Lashkar man shot dead in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Aug 8: Indian troops in occupied Kashmir on Friday shot dead a freedom fighter suspected of coordinating attacks throughout India by the Lashkar-i-Taiba, officials said....
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Border row with Kabul: commission meets on 12th
WASHINGTON, Aug 8: The tripartite commission, set up recently to resolve differences between Pakistan and Afghanistan, will meet on Aug 12 to settle border disputes between the two countries, a US...
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