Pakistan, China sign 8 accords: Defence industrial cooperation, preferential trade included
 BEIJING, Nov 3: Pakistan and China on Monday signed landmark agreements to bring their friendship to new heights, meeting the economic and political challenges in the 21st century....
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Fiscal deficit falls to 4.4pc of GDP: Economy grows by 5.1pc: SBP report
KARACHI, Nov 3: The State Bank says Pakistan’s economy grew by 5.1 per cent in fiscal year July/June 2002/03, but it admits that the incidence of poverty has risen from almost...
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Draft constitution of Afghanistan unveiled
 KABUL, Nov 3: Afghanistan’s draft constitution, unveiled on Monday after a two-month delay due to political wrangling, envisages a strong president elected directly by the people and describes the country as...
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Scuffles break out in parliament
ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: Scuffles broke out between rival members in the National Assembly on Monday during an opposition protest against the arrest of ARD president Makhdoom Javed Hashmi that also provoked...
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PM backs speaker’s warning
ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali said on Monday his government would fully support if the National Assembly Speaker initiated any action against parliamentarians impeding smooth functioning of...
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Israel biggest threat to world peace, says EU poll
BRUSSELS, Nov 3: Europeans believe Israel poses the biggest threat to world peace, just ahead of North Korea, Iran and the United States, according to an EU poll on Monday which...
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Kashmir only issue, says Pakistan HC
NEW DELHI, Nov 3: Pakistan High Commissioner to India Aziz Ahmad Khan on Monday said Kashmir was the only issue between New Delhi and Islamabad and reiterated the need for early...
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NA sets up special Kashmir body
ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: The National Assembly on Monday set up a 26-member special committee, including some prominent figures from the ruling coalition and the opposition parties, to promote the cause of...
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Sharon agrees to meet Qorei
MOSCOW, Nov 3: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said for the first time on Monday that he was ready to meet his Palestinian counterpart Ahmed Qorei while agreeing to make “concessions”...
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US trying to destabilize Pakistan,Iran: MMA
QUETTA, Nov 3: Central leaders of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal Qazi Hussain Ahmad and Hafiz Hussain Ahmad and Fata MNA Maulana Mohammad Malik have said the United States and Israel want to...
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SSP issued notice on Hashmi’s arrest
RAWALPINDI, Nov 3: The Rawalpindi Bench of the Lahore High Court on Monday issued notices to Islamabad SSP and the SHO of the Secretariat Police Station to explain if ARD President...
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Iran reserves right to pull out of NPT, warns Khamenei
TEHRAN, Nov 3: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has insisted Iran’s agreement to comply with demands for transparency over its nuclear programme was not a “surrender”, and warned the country...
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Arrest is a dangerous trend: ARD
ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: Opposition parties held a protest demonstration on the Constitution Avenue here on Monday against the detention of PML-N and ARD president Javed Hashmi after staging a walkout from...
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China to extend $400m credit
BEIJING, Nov 3: China will extend 400 million dollar preferential credit to Pakistan for undertaking new joint ventures with the support of the Chinese companies....
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Bomb kills 3 in Karbala, blasts heard in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, Nov 3: A bomb exploded outside a hotel used by Iranian pilgrims in Karbala in Iraq on Monday, killing at least three people, officials said....
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Saudi forces kill two terrorists in Makkah
RIYADH, Nov 3: Saudi security forces shot dead two suspected terrorists on Monday in a shootout in Makkah, a security source told AFP....
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Moon eclipse on 8th
PARIS, Nov 3: The moon will turn a shade of red on Saturday (Nov 8) when it will be fully eclipsed by the Earth, whose shadow will blot out all but...
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Monthly power tariff review proposed
LAHORE, Nov 3: The power tariff might be reviewed on a monthly basis in line with the oil prices fluctuations in the international market in case a Wapda petition in this...
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