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Pakistan to work for peace in region: Kashmir key to ties: president
ISLAMABAD, April 25: President Gen Pervez Musharraf reiterated the country’s position about Kashmir during the 58th formation commanders’ conference at the General Headquarters on Monday and said the key to Pakistan-India...
Govt working on future growth strategy: Aziz
ISLAMABAD, April 25: Pakistan on Monday asked multilateral lenders and other development partners to fund its programmes relating to poverty reduction, social exclusion and environmental consequences in areas...
Opposition assails police actions
ISLAMABAD, April 25: Opposition parties on Monday accused the government of using state terrorism to crush political dissent and walked out in protest on the first day of a Senate session...
PPP failed in bid to grab power: Shujaat
ISLAMABAD, April 25: Pakistan Muslim League President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Monday ruled out the possibility of any deal between his party and the People’s Party...
‘PML-N satisfied with PPP’s clarification’
ISLAMABAD, April 25: Senior leaders of the People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Monday announced that there was no threat to the existence
56 die in Japan rail disaster
AMAGASAKI (Japan), April 25: A crowded Japanese commuter train derailed on Monday and slammed into an apartment building, killing at least 56 people and injuring hundreds in the country’s worst rail...
Private sector to be allowed to run trains
ISLAMABAD, April 25: The government has decided to allow private sector to operate freight and passenger trains on Pakistan Railways’ infrastructure. Officials told Dawn on Monday that the decision to the...
‘Balochistan report to be made public soon’
ISLAMABAD, April 25: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Monday said that the government has initiated development projects amounting to Rs130...
17th amendment disfigured constitution’
HYDERABAD, April 25: Former Sindh governor Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim has said that the Constitution had been disfigured after the 17th amendment. Speaking to reporters and addressing a function held here to...
Benazir demands end to ‘victimization’
KARACHI, April 25: Chairperson of the Pakistan People’s Party Ms Benazir Bhutto has condemned the authorities for putting obstacles in the way of justice to her party workers and their continued...
Sukkur Barrage repairs completed
SUKKUR, April 25: The repair and rehabilitation work of the Sukkur Barrage has been completed five days ahead of the scheduled date of April 30. The work cost Rs125 million less...
Five injured in Kabul plane accident
KABUL, April 25: A Russian-made cargo plane arriving from Dubai swerved off the runway at Kabul airport in Afghanistan on Monday morning and burst into flames, injuring five crew...
Afghan drug kingpin held in US
NEW YORK, April 25: US prosecutors said on Monday they had arrested a major Afghan heroin trafficker, Bashir Noorzai, who they said had provided weapons and troops to the country’s former...
‘Oil supplies adequate’
HARIPUR, April 25: Seven to 10 tons of solid waste in Haripur remains uncollected everyday exposing citizens to health hazards and underlining the need for the
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Fazl assails US policy of war and exploitation
SUKKUR, April 25: Secretary General of the Muttahida Majlis Amal (MMA) and Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, has said that US economy...
APHC called genuine voice of Kashmiris
ISLAMABAD, April 25: The foreign office on Saturday reiterated Pakistan’s Kashmir policy, saying it supported the Kashmiri people’s right to self-determination in accordance with the United Nations resolutions. However, it pointed...
Three killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, April 25: Suspected Kashmiri freedom fighters shot dead a member of the ruling party in Kashmir and an army porter and a bus conductor in violence, police said on Monday....
Complete power or nothing: Zardari
ISLAMABAD, April 25: The governments of Pakistan and Greece on Monday signed an agreement in an effort to further promote friendly relations and close cooperation...
4 Taliban, 2 policemen killed in clash
KABUL, April 25: Dozens of suspected Taliban armed with rockets and machineguns stormed a government building in southeastern Afghanistan, killing two policemen...
Farmers seek end to loadshedding
QUETTA, April 25: The Balochistan Zamindar Action Committee announced on Monday that it would block highways on Thursday to protest against loadshedding in the province, which, it said, was damaging crops...
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