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Kashmiris’ role in talks essential: Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, April 11: President General Pervez Musharraf on Monday underscored the imperative need for a fair resolution of the long-standing Jammu and Kashmir dispute in accordance with the aspirations of the...
Poverty reduced, says Musharraf
KASUR, April 11: President General Pervez Musharraf on Monday said that sustained economic growth in industrial and agricultural sectors had led to reduction in the poverty level for the first time...
Inflation rises by over 10pc in March
KARACHI, April 11: Inflation in March 2005 rose by 10.25 per cent over March 2004 whereas inflation in the 9-month period of July-March 2004-05 increased at the rate of 9.06 per...
PPP sides with govt on women’s rights: MMA walks out of NA
ISLAMABAD, April 11: The People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) sided with the government over women’s rights at a stormy start of a National Assembly session on Monday as the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA)...
‘Embassy employee kidnapped for ransom’
ISLAMABAD, April 11: The foreign office announced on Monday that the government had been in constant touch with the Iraqi government about the kidnapping of Pakistani embassy staffer Malik Mohammad Javed...
India, China join hands as strategic partners
NEW DELHI, April 11: India and China on Monday agreed to join hands as strategic partners to shore up peace and prosperity in Asia and beyond, a joint statement signed by...
Altaf calls for new constitution
KARACHI, April 11: Altaf Hussain, the founder of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, has called for a new constitution for the country in view of the “evolving geo-political and geo-strategic realities and...
12 ‘Taliban’ killed in US attack
GARDEZ, April 11: Twelve suspected Taliban militants died on Monday in air strikes by US helicopter gunships and tankbuster jets in southeastern Afghanistan, officials said. Two members of...
Two rockets fired at Panjgur airport
QUETTA, April 11: Two rockets were fired at the Panjgur Airport and a tower of Quetta-Sibi transmission line was blown up in the Bolan area, some 115km from here, early on...
Minister clashes with MMA MNAs
ISLAMABAD, April 11: Law and Justice Minister Wasi Zafar and Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal MNAs Hafiz Hussain Ahmed and Liaquat Baloch almost came to blows in the advisory committee meeting presided over by...
PM receives interim report on ex-minister
ISLAMABAD, April 11: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Monday confirmed that he had received an interim report on Imtiaz Sheikh, the sacked Sindh revenue minister. Talking to reporters...
Bugti lauds role played by Mazari
QUETTA, April 11: Jamhoori Watan Party leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti said on Monday that he had confidence in Mr Sher Ali Mazari and appreciated the positive role played by him...
‘Efforts on for release of embassy employee’
ISLAMABAD, April 11: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Khusro Bakhtiar on Monday informed the National Assembly that every effort was being made for early release of the Pakistani Mission employee...
30 killed in Dhaka factory collapse: 100 trapped in rubble
DHAKA, April 11: Thirty workers were killed and dozens of others injured when a nine-storey building housing a garment factory near the Savar export processing zone collapsed early on Monday. Twenty...
‘No move to withdraw case against Faisal’
ISLAMABAD, April 11: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) said on Monday it had not moved any application in Accountability Court in Lahore seeking withdrawal of a loan default case against Faisal Saleh...
Poisonous water claims five lives
LARKANA, April 11: At least five villagers died of diarrhoea and dozens of others were admitted to the Chandka Medical College Hospital (CMCH) with abdominal cramps after they had consumed poisonous...
US national kidnapped
BAGHDAD, April 11: A US national was kidnapped from a reconstruction project site ON Monday afternoon in the Baghdad area, a US embassy spokesman said. “I can confirm it happened today...
Azerbaijan president due today
ISLAMABAD, April 11: Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev will arrive here on a two-day visit on April 12 and discuss bilateral relations, particularly trade and economic cooperation. His country’s deputy prime...
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