Fresh discussions on resource sharing agreed: 3 provinces oppose population only basis
ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: The National Finance Commission (NFC) agreed on Tuesday to begin discussions on distribution of net proceeds of the divisible pool afresh as the provinces rejected the work done...
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ARD dismayed at MMA decision
 ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: The Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy on Tuesday contacted the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal to express its dismay over the decision of religious alliance to give one full month...
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Response from three states still awaited: Saarc summit
ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: India, Bhutan and Maldives have yet to give a formal confirmation of their participation in the 12th summit of the seven-nation South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc)...
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US continues pounding Iraq areas
BAQUBA (Iraq), Nov 18: US forces used bombs, mortars and artillery to try to break guerilla resistance in Iraq on Tuesday while President George W. Bush and his secretary of state...
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Four more groups may be banned this month
ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: The government would soon ban four more militant groups as “sufficient evidence” has been collected about their involvement in sectarianism and militancy....
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Police post attacked in Srinagar
SRINAGAR, Nov 18: A fierce gunbattle between Indian soldiers and suspected rebels erupted near an Indian army headquarters in Kashmir on Tuesday, leaving a federal policeman dead and two others wounded,...
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Powell, EU clash over Iran’s N-plan
BRUSSELS, Nov 18: US Secretary of State Colin Powell and the European Union clashed on Tuesday over how to handle Iran’s nuclear programme, taking the shine off what was billed as...
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Three arrested over e-mail threat to New Zealand team
LAHORE, Nov 18: Police on Tuesday arrested three owners of an Internet cafe, traced the domain and e-mail address allegedly used for sending a threat to the New Zealand Cricket Board...
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Bush lands in London amid tight security
LONDON, Nov 18: George W. Bush flew into Britain on Tuesday for a historic visit during which the US president and his top ally Tony Blair will close ranks against a...
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EU urges Israel to halt work on fence
BRUSSELS, Nov 18: The European Union called on Israel on Tuesday to stop building a security fence along the West Bank warning it would only worsen the plight of the Palestinians....
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Body set up to settle Lankan dispute
COLOMBO, Nov 18: Sri Lanka’s president and prime minister appointed a committee on Tuesday to resolve their feud over sharing power, but no early end was in sight to the dispute...
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Four-day holiday on Eid
KARACHI, Nov 18: The federal government has declared four public holidays on account of Eidul Fitr from Nov 26 to 29, (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday)....
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Musharraf, Jamali review situation
RAWALPINDI, Nov 18: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali called on President Gen Pervez Musharraf at the Army House here on Tuesday to review the country’s political situation, a source said....
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7 women die in Arifwala building collapse
MULTAN, Nov 18: At least seven women were killed and 64 including children injured on Tuesday when the upper storey of a godown, where they had gathered to attend a Soyem,...
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Public offer more than Rs24bn for OGDCL
ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: The Initial Public Offer (IPO) of 2.5 per cent shares of the OGDCL (107.5 million shares), received overwhelming response from the general public and institutional investors, and has...
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Saudi court convicts 7 protesters
RIYADH, Nov 18: The Saudi Shariah court sentenced seven protestors who were arrested in Jeddah for taking part in a demonstration on Oct 23 to jail terms ranging from one to...
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