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Opposition stages token walkout from Senate: ISLAMABAD, Feb 04: The opposition in the Senate today staged a token walkout from the house to express their solidarity with the workers of the KESC. The workers of the KESC have been protesting against the privitization of the company. Leader of the opposition in the senate, Mian Raza Rabbani said that the workers of the KESC were protesting today as the company is being privitized today. (PPI) (Posted @ 15:45 PST) 
Govt to ensure protection of national installations: LAHORE, Feb 04: Punjab Governor, Lt.General (retd) Khalid Maqbool today said that protection of national installations in Balochistan was the responsibility of government. "Government is taking all the necessary steps to fulfil this responsibility," he said. He said that parliamentary committee on Balochistan had submitted its recommendations with the President and Prime Minister and hoped that the problems in Balochistan would be resolved amicably. (APP) (Posted @ 16:45 PST)
Cricket: Australia beat Pakistan by 18 runs in first tri-series limited overs final: MELBOURNE, Feb 04: Australia beat Pakistan by 18 runs in their tri-series one-day international at the Melbourne Cricket Ground today....Score Card (AFP) (Updated @ 16:45 PST)
Missing Afghan airliner has crashed: western security source - KABUL, Feb 4: The wreckage of an Afghan airliner that went missing with 104 people on board was found east of Kabul today, a western security source told AFP. (AFP) (Updated @ 16:45 PST)
Israel says ready to take "risks" in talks with Palestinians: JERUSALEM, Feb 04: Ahead of next week's landmark Mideast summit, Israel said today it was ready to "take risks" in its negotiations with the Palestinians but discord emerged over some gestures by Israel including the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. "We are strong enough to take risks in negotiating with the Palestinians," Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told public radio. (AFP) (Posted @ 15:45 PST)
Attack on Iran not on U.S. agenda: Rice - LONDON, Feb 04: U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said today a military attack on Iran was not on the agenda. "The question is simply not on the agenda at this point, we have diplomatic means to do this," said Rice, in reply to a question at a news conference after having listed U.S. criticisms of Iranian policy. (Reuters) (Posted @ 15:45 PST)
Chad PM resigns after strikes by civil servants: N'DJAMENA, Feb 04: Chad's prime minister resigned and was replaced by the former agriculture minister, state radio and officials in the oil-producing central African country said. Moussa Faki, who was appointed in June 2003, was replaced by Pascal Yoadimnadji, a lawyer by training, state radio said. (DPA) (Posted @ 09:45 PST)
Bolivia's president shakes up cabinet: LA PAZ, Feb 04: Bolivia's embattled president replaced eight cabinet ministers, handing a key economic post to a leader from Santa Cruz province in yet another concession to the wealthy region's autonomy drive. The shake-up in President Carlos Mesa's government came after weeks of protests that bolstered an independence movement in Santa Cruz, the country's economic powerhouse in the east. (Reuters) (Posted @ 09:45 PST)
Wanted Abu Sayyaf kidnapper captured in Philippines: ZAMBOANGA, Feb 04: An Abu Sayyaf member wanted by the US and Philippine governments for the kidnapping of three Americans has been captured, the military said today. Aminula Jimlani, who has a one-million peso (17,857 US dollar) bounty on his head, was among the Abu Sayyaf rebels who seized three Americans and 17 local tourists and beach resort staff from a western Philippine island in 2001. (AFP) (Posted @ 14:40 PST)
Karachi Stocks down 46.53 points: KARACHI, Feb 04: At close of trading the KSE-100 index was at 6968.18, down 46.53 points from Thursday's close. The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 59.60 to the US Dollar in the open market. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 16:05 PST)   Editor: Tahir Mirza The DAWN Group of Newspapers Haroon House, Dr. Ziauddin Ahmed Road, Karachi 74200, Pakistan. Phone:+92 (21) 111-444-777 Fax: +92 (21) 568-3188 webmaster@dawn.com Make sure to reload these pages so you're viewing the current version. |
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