Power rate cut, wheat support price raised: Zakat system to be improved: cabinet decisions
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: The federal cabinet decided on Wednesday to reduce power tariff for domestic consumers, increase the support price for wheat, revamp the Zakat distribution system and release an additional...
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Bush hardens stand on Israeli fence: IAEA asked to hold Iran’s nuclear plans
 LONDON, Nov 19: US President George Bush toughened his criticism of Israel on Wednesday, urging it not to prejudice final peace talks with its construction of a huge security barrier in...
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Final notice to be served on India: Baglihar dam issue
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: Pakistan has decided to serve a second and final notice on India to settle the Baglihar dam dispute by December 31 and at the same time ask New...
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Delhi deploys army in Assam
GUWAHATI, Nov 19: Soldiers patrolled India’s northeastern state of Assam on Wednesday after an orgy of killing, looting and arson targeted at settlers from a neighbouring state....
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Palestinian group vows more attacks
GAZA CITY, Nov 19: The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades said on Wednesday that it would reject any agreement for a suspension of anti-Israeli attacks....
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PML-Q men will join protest drive: MMA hopes
LAHORE, Nov 19: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) hopes a number of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Q members will support it in the “remove Musharraf” movement....
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Heaviest post-invasion bombing of Baghdad
BAGHDAD, Nov 19: The US-led authority for Iraq on Wednesday called in air support against targets in central Baghdad for the first time since the spring invasion, deafening the capital with...
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Banned outfit pledges to continue working
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: Leaders of Islamic Tehrik-i-Pakistan (ITP), formerly known as Tehrik-i-Jafriya Pakistan, on Wednesday rejected the ban imposed on their party, pledging that they would continue their party activities in...
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Merger postponed
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: The proposed merger of the Pakistan People’s Party (Sherpao) and Patriots has been postponed....
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Demining in Afghanistan suspended
KABUL, Nov 19: The United Nations has restricted movement of demining teams in southeastern Afghanistan after masked men stole a car at gunpoint in the same town where a French UN...
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US donates military trucks to Kabul
 PESHAWAR, Nov 19: A fleet of US-donated reconditioned military trucks is crossing over into Afghanistan via the Pakistan-Afghanistan border at Torkham....
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Istanbul names synagogue bombers
ISTANBUL, Nov 19: Istanbul’s governor on Wednesday named two Turkish men authorities believe carried out the suicide attacks on two synagogues that killed at least 25 people and wounded hundreds more....
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PIA to start flights to Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan
KARACHI, Nov 19: Pakistan International Airlines would resume flights to the Central Asian Republics of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan from December 16....
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Iran refuses to accept any further IAEA demands
TEHRAN, Nov 19: Iran will refuse any further demands from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to halt its uranium enrichment activities, the country’s top national security official said on Wednesday....
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Rs530m bid received for Hayat Regency
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: The Privatisation Commission on Wednesday received a bid price of Rs530 million for the sale of the assets of Hayat Regency Hotel in Karachi....
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Uproar mars Sri Lankan parliament’s reopening
 COLOMBO, Nov 19: Sri Lanka’s parliament reopened to an uproar on Wednesday when the speaker criticized the island’s president for suspending the legislature, which launched a crisis that put a peace...
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Four of a family buried alive
LAHORE, Nov 19: Four members of a family were buried alive as a roof of their mud-house collapsed in Koriaan village in Burki on Wednesday....
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New Wapda chairman takes over
LAHORE, Nov 19: Newly-appointed Wapda Chairman Tariq Hameed on Wednesday took formal charge of the authority....
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