Assemblies to complete term: President assures lawmakers
ISLAMABAD, June 16: President Gen Pervez Musharraf held out an assurance on Wednesday that the elected assemblies would complete their term and there was no danger to the present parliamentary democratic system.
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Govt accused of fudging figures: Poverty reduction
ISLAMABAD, June 16: Opposition members in the National Assembly belonging to the MMA and the PML-N staged a protest walkout on Wednesday against what they termed derogatory remarks by a minority member on interest on bank loans.
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Opposition keeps treasury members on back foot
ISLAMABAD, June 16: In the Senate, the Opposition on Wednesday kept the Treasury benches on the back foot during the second day's debate on the budget with their hard-hitting speeches in which they alleged that the budget had been prepared to fulfil the needs of "feudals, big businessmen and army generals."
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Rs122.90bn budget for Sindh
KARACHI, June 16: Sindh Finance Minister Syed Sardar Ahmad presented in the provincial assembly on Wednesday a Rs122.90 billion budget for the year 2004-05, with an operational revenue deficit of Rs4.22 billion.The budget shows revenue expenditure of Rs104.90 billion and a record development outlay of Rs20.80 billion, including Rs18 billion for ADP and Rs2.80 billion foreign and federal funded development programmes.
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Relief measures in Sindh budget; no new tax
KARACHI, June 16: Sindh Finance Minister Syed Sardar Ahmed on Wednesday announced the following incentives and relief measures while presenting the provincial budget for financial year 2004-05:
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Cabinet vows to fight terror
ISLAMABAD, June 16: The federal cabinet which met here on Wednesday reiterated government's firm resolve to combat and crush terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.
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Army plans to stay on in Wana
ISLAMABAD, June 16: The government has decided to keep army in Wana even after the completion of the ongoing operation against foreign militants and suspected terrorists hiding there, a source told Dawn on Wednesday.
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Three die in South Waziristan action
PESHAWAR/WANA, June 16: A paramilitary soldier was killed and 10 others were injured, six of them seriously, in a fierce battle with foreign militants in Ludah, about 55km to the north of South Waziristan's regional headquarters Wana.
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Pakistan, India agree to exchange intelligence: Drug trafficking on borders
ISLAMABAD, June 16: India and Pakistan agreed on Wednesday on ways to work together to stop cross-border drug smuggling.
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Status of non-Nato ally formalized
WASHINGTON, June 16: US President George W. Bush on Wednesday officially designated Pakistan a major non-Nato ally of the United States.
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40 die as bus falls into river
ISLAMABAD, June 16: At least 40 people died and 18 others were injured when an overloaded bus fell into the Soan river bed near Sihala on Wednesday morning after it was rammed by a trawler whose driver was reported to be asleep at that time.
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Pakistan to send troops to Iraq
ISTANBUL, June 16: The north African states of Tunisia and Morocco along with Pakistan have offered to send troops to protect the United Nations should it return to Iraq, an Arab minister told AFP on Tuesday.
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Full sovereignty for Iraq sought: OIC backs Kashmiris' rights
ISTANBUL, June 16: Ministers from the world's Muslim countries insisted on Wednesday on the need for full sovereignty and political independence of Iraq, just two weeks before the US-led occupation forces are due to hand over power to an interim government.
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20 killed as train derails in India
BOMBAY, June 16: At least 20 people were killed and about 100 injured on Wednesday when a passenger train plunged off a bridge in western India after hitting a boulder on the tracks, railways minister Lalu Prasad Yadav said.
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US panel report rules out Saddam's 9/11 links
WASHINGTON, June 16: There's no credible evidence to suggest that the former Iraqi government collaborated with Al Qaeda on any attacks in the United States, says a panel report released on Wednesday.
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Captors threaten to kill US hostage
RIYADH, June 16: Captors of American hostage Paul M. Johnson have threatened to kill him by Friday if their supporters held in the kingdom's prisons are not released before the expiry of their '72 hours deadline'.
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