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WB moves to name expert on Baglihar
WASHINGTON, April 26: The World Bank announced on Tuesday it was ready to appoint a neutral expert to resolve the Baglihar dam water dispute between India and Pakistan....
‘Balance of power to guarantee peace’
ISLAMABAD, April 26: President General Pervez Musharraf said here on Tuesday that balance of power was the best guarantee for peace and Pakistan would maintain its minimum defensive deterrence both...
Talks on Sir Creek, Siachen in May
NEW DELHI, April 26: Top-level meetings are envisaged between Indian and Pakistani officials in May to find an early solution to the issues of Siachen, Sir Creek and the Iran gas
pipeline, official sources said on Tuesday....
Pakistan wants $42bn investment
ISLAMABAD, April 26: Pakistan on Tuesday sought more than $42 billion investment from multilateral and bilateral lenders for infrastructure development, capacity build-up and devolution programme to reduce poverty over the next
five years....
China to hand over 150 freight wagons by June
BEIJING, April 26: China will hand over 150 high-capacity railway freight wagons to Pakistan by the end of June, said Minister for Railways Mian Shamim Haider here on Tuesday....
Contaminated water claims child’s life
JACOBABAD, April 26: A child died and 160 people were hospitalized after consuming contaminated water in Jacobabad on Tuesday. People of villages around Jacobabad had been contracting gastroenteritis due...
EU plans four-fold raise in aid
LUXEMBOURG, April 26: The European Union is planning a four-fold increase in
development aid to Pakistan, raising the current 15 million euro annual aid
allocation to 60 million euros a year as of 2007...
Sugar price hike uncalled-for: ECC
ISLAMABAD, April 26: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet
on Tuesday took a strong notice of ‘cartelization of the sugar market’ despite
the supply being sufficient and termed the rising sugar prices unrealistic...
‘Acts of terror unjustifiable’
UNITED NATIONS, April 26: Members of the United Nations Security Council on
Monday underscored that “any acts of terrorism are criminal and unjustifiable,
regardless of their motivations, whenever and by whomsoever committed"...
Four injured, railway track damaged in blasts
QUETTA, April 26: Four people, three of them policemen, were injured and parts of a railway track was damaged in two bomb blasts in the Jaffarabad district on Tuesday, official sources...
India tests missile
BHUBANESWAR, April 26: India test-fired on Tuesday a multi-target missile on its eastern coast, defence ministry officials said. The Trishul (Trident) missile was fired at 1:00 pm (0730 GMT) from the...
Seven killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, April 26: Indian troops killed six Mujahideen in occupied Kashmir, while suspected miltants hanged to death a civilian, police and army officials said on Tuesday.—AFP...
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