$13.7bn export target fixed: •Import bill projected at $16.7bn •Incentives for economic zones
ISLAMABAD, July 22: Pakistan's new trade policy unveiled on Thursday seeks to further liberalize foreign trade while projecting an export target of $13.7 billion and an import bill of $16.7 billion
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Consultations for $2.7bn aid held
ISLAMABAD, July 22: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has concluded consultations with the federal and provincial governments over a $2.7 billion funding offer for 2005-07.
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Pakistan's goals achievable: IMF
WASHINGTON, July 22: The International Monetary Fund observed on Thursday that Pakistan's targeted growth rates for 2004-05 were "ambitious but achievable".
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Exchange of harsh words in NA
ISLAMABAD, July 22: The National Assembly on Thursday was adjourned till Friday morning after an exchange of harsh words between deputy speaker Sardar Yaqub Khan and Muttahida Majlis-i- Amal's deputy parliamentary leader Hafiz Hussain Ahmed
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Uproar in assembly over Kalabagh dam issue
ISLAMABAD, July 22: The issue of the controversial Kalabagh dam echoed in the National Assembly again on Thursday when members started raising slogans in favour and against its construction creating a rumpus.
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Accord on more visits by MPs
ISLAMABAD, July 22: Senate Chairman Mohammedmian Soomro and Indian External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh on Thursday agreed to enhance cooperation between parliaments of the two countries through frequent exchange of visits of parliamentarians.
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FM hopeful of progress in Delhi
ISLAMABAD, July 22: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri said on Thursday that all issues would be discussed in the forthcoming foreign ministers' meeting to be held in New Delhi in early September.
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NAB says Swiss order names Benazir: Ursus tractor case
ISLAMABAD, July 22: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday released a seven-month-old order of a Swiss examining magistrate which casts "suspicion" on former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and her family members
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Kashmir key to peace: Musharraf - Talks held with Fischer
ISLAMABAD, July 22: President General Pervez Musharraf on Thursday underlined that peace and security in South Asia would depend on the progress made in the composite dialogue started with India on various issues
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Germany ready to boost trade ties: HR, democracy issues discussed: Fischer
ISLAMABAD, July 22: Germany is ready to expand economic and trade ties with Pakistan, the visiting German foreign minister Joschka Fischer said here Thursday, indicating that visit of the German Chancellor to the region in October would accelerate bilateral cooperation.
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Sanctions on tribe lifted partially
PESHAWAR, July 22: Authorities in the South Waziristan tribal region have partially lifted economic sanctions imposed some time ago on the Ahmadzai Wazir tribe.
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Ecnec meeting now on 27th
ISLAMABAD, July 22: The meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council, scheduled for July 26, has been delayed by one day because of the political engagements of Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz.
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Shujaat in S. Arabia
MADINA, July 22: Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Thursday evening arrived here on a four-day official visit. The Deputy Governor of Madina, Abdul Karim Al Hunani, received the prime minister at the airport.
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Afghans kidnap 4 Pakistani tribesmen
QUETTA, July 22: Afghan armed men kidnapped four Pakistani tribesmen at gunpoint from a village close to the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in the Chagai district, officials said on Thursday.
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12 killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, July 22: Twelve people were killed in separate clashes in occupied Kashmir, police said Thursday. An Indian paramilitary trooper was killed in a landmine explosion in the Singhpora village.
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9/11: Bush, Clinton govts blamed
WASHINGTON, July 22: A US panel blamed both the Clinton and Bush administrations on Thursday for failing to prevent the Sept 11, 2001, attacks.
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25 guerillas die in Iraq battle
BAGHDAD, July 22: Twenty-five guerillas were killed in a fierce battle with US troops on Wednesday in the Iraqi flashpoint city of Ramadi. Fourteen US servicemen were also injured, the US military said.
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140 killed in Turkish train accident
ANKARA, July 22: At least 140 people were killed and scores of others injured when a high speed train travelling from Istanbul to Ankara ran off the rails on Thursday night.
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