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Long-term uplift plan on cards: Balochistan’s grievances
ISLAMABAD, March 31: The federal government is finalizing a long-term plan for massive development activities in Balochistan, primarily aimed at addressing the grievances of the people of the province. Official sources...
Congress acts to save Musharraf’s visit
NEW DELHI, March 31: In a strange turn of events, the ruling Congress party on Thursday stepped in to save President General Pervez Musharraf’s planned visit to India next month after...
Joint anti-terror fight urged
NEW DELHI, March 31: Pakistan Muslim League president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said on Thursday that time had come for India and Pakistan to jointly fight terrorists who could be seeking to...
Balochistan meeting may be delayed
ISLAMABAD, March 31: The parliamentary committee on Balochistan is not likely to meet next week as the government and Jamhoori Watan Party chief Nawab Akbar Bugti are still to appoint two...
US stresses broad-based ties with Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, March 31: US Ambassador to Pakistan Ryan C. Crocker on Thursday said his country wanted to establish long-term, broad-based and multidimensional relations with Pakistan, not as a favour to this...
US Congress approval for F-16s to take 2 months
WASHINGTON, March 31: It will take almost two months to get congressional approval for selling US-made F-16 aircraft to Pakistan, the State Department told Dawn. On March 25, the Bush administration...
4 foreigners arrested in Peshawar
PESHAWAR, March 31: Four foreigners were arrested here late on Wednesday night for their alleged links with Al Qaeda, well-placed sources said on Thursday. The arrests were made when an intelligence...
Oil tankers’ strike continues
KARACHI, March 31: Police on Thursday arrested seven members of oil tankers’ organization for disturbing peace as their strike against frequent hikes in prices of petroleum products entered second day. However,...
10 killed as bus overturns
FAISALABAD, March 31: Ten people were killed and seven others injured when a passenger bus overturned after hitting a mini-truck near Roshanwali Jhal, on Faisalabad-Samundri Road, about 13 kilometres from the...
India visit: SBP raises foreign exchange quota
KARACHI, March 31: People travelling to India from Pakistan can now take with them a larger amount of officially obtained foreign exchange.The State Bank said on Thursday it had increased the...
Ponam gets mixed response to strike call
KARACHI, March 31: A call for countrywide shutdown given by the Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement (Ponam) received a mixed response on Thursday with the interior of Sindh and Quetta and most...
Petroleum prices unchanged
KARACHI, March 31: The fortnightly meeting of the relevant sub-committee of the Oil Companies Advisory Committee was held here to review the prices of various petroleum products. The committee at its...
Ballistic missile test-fired
RAWALPINDI, March 31: Pakistan successfully test-fired a short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile Hattaf-II/Abdali, says a press release of Inter Services Public Relations issued here on Thursday. The missile is capable of reaching...
N-safety convention ratified by India
NEW DELHI, March 31: India said on Thursday that it had decided to ratify the Convention on Nuclear Safety as it submitted acceptance of its provisions to the director-general of the...
Woman with damaged brain dies
PINELLAS PARK, March 31: Terri Schiavo, the severely brain damaged woman at the centre of an acrimonious right-to-die controversy that even drew in the US president, died on Thursday _ almost...
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