Shaukat to present Rs901bn budget today
ISLAMABAD, June 11: Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz is to present on Saturday a Rs901 billion federal budget for the next fiscal year, up 12 per cent from current year's Rs805 billion.It will include a revenue target of Rs580 billion against current year's Rs510 billion. The second budget of the Jamali government is expected to envisage a deficit of about 3.9 per cent, allocating Rs192 billion for defence, Rs202 billion for Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) and Rs699 billion for non-development expenses....
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Economy shows positive trends: •6.4pc GDP growth achieved •Poor performance by agriculture •Sharp pickup by manufacturing sector: Economic Survey 2003-04 released
ISLAMABAD, June 11: Pakistan's economy generally displayed positive trends during the outgoing fiscal 2003-04, achieving a 6.4 per cent GDP growth led by a sharp pickup of manufacturing and construction sectors. On the downside, however, the agriculture sector's poor showing was broad-based both in major and minor crops as it grew by a lacklustre 2.6 per cent, far short of its 4.2 per cent target....
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Army can be deployed in Karachi, says Rahim
ISLAMABAD, June 11: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim said on Friday that his top priority was restoration of the writ of the government, which had drastically receded recently.
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Govt vows to crush 'extremists' as NA debates violence
ISLAMABAD, June 11: Stung by a new wave of militant violence, the government told the National Assembly on Friday that it would not relent its campaign to crush extremists, rejecting opposition charges of following a disastrous path.
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'Stringent' steps for Karachi likely: Jamali says he won't resign
ISLAMABAD, June 11: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Friday condemned the terrorist attack on the convoy of corps commander of Karachi and hinted at 'stringent measures' to prevent such incidents in future.
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Musharraf calls for security in Sindh
ISLAMABAD, June 11: President Pervez Musharraf has expressed deep concern over law and order situation and acts of terrorism in Karachi and directed the Sindh government to take all necessary steps for ensuring safety of life and property.
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President, PM vow to fight terrorism
RAWALPINDI, June 11: President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, who met here on Friday, reiterated their resolve to intensify efforts for combating terrorism and religious extremism in the country....
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MMA criticizes threats to tribesmen
ISLAMABAD, June 11: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal's acting president Qazi Hussain Ahmed on Friday rejected the interior minister's statement in the National Assembly about the Wana operation
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Airstrikes launched in Shakai
PESHAWAR/RAWALPINDI, June 11: The Pakistan Air Force jets and military helicopter gunships carried out bombing runs in the remote South Waziristan tribal region on Friday
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Haj quota for Pakistanis increased
ISLAMABAD, June 11: Minister for Religious Affairs, Zakat and Ushr Ijaz-ul-Haq on Friday said that the Saudi government has increased the Haj quota and now 150,000 Pakistanis would perform next Haj.
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Zamir Niazi passes away
 KARACHI, June 11: The well-known chronicler of the press in Pakistan, author and journalist Zamir Niazi, whose career began in 1954 when he joined Dawn, passed away on Friday morning. He was 72. He has left behind his widow and two sons, Haris Zamir and Junaid Zamir. He had been unwell for some time, and was admitted to hospital on Tuesday. ....
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Soldier among 5 killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, June 11: Five people, including an army officer, were killed in fresh fighting in occupied Kashmir on Friday, while three Mujahideen and about a dozen of their supporters were detained, police said. The officer and two Mujahideen were killed in a two-hour firefight in northern Kupwara district, police said, adding that a bomb had killed a paramilitary trooper in the same district....
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India says talks with APHC next month
NEW DELHI, June 11: India's Home Minister Shivraj Patil said on Friday the government was ready to hold peace talks with the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) next month.
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Cross-LoC attacks decline: Powell
WASHINGTON, June 11: US Secretary of State Colin Powell has said that cross-border attacks in Kashmir have gone down but the infrastructure that supports such attacks is still there.
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Friday prayers not held in Najaf
NAJAF, June 11: Friday prayers in the holy city of Najaf were scrapped after scuffles between Shia factions, casting a cloud on relations among the community before the power hand over from the US-led authority in Iraq in three weeks.
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Dutch to quit Iraq in March
THE HAGUE, June 11: Dutch troops in Iraq will leave the country in March next year as the Dutch government will not renew their mandate after an eight-month extension, Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende said at a press conference on Friday.
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