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Committee report on big dams delayed
ISLAMABAD, May 1: Chairman of the Technical Committee on Water Resources A.N.G. Abbasi has sought more time to finalize and submit a report on the issue of building large dams, it...
Steps for safety of N-power plants
ISLAMABAD, May 1: The Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority (PNRA) has made it obligatory for licensees for nuclear power plants to prove that the probability of any release of radioactivity from their...
Aziz, Shujaat review political issues
ISLAMABAD, May 1: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and ruling Pakistan Muslim (PML) president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Sunday held discussions on the political situation in the country. According to sources, both...
Railway track blown up
QUETTA, May 1: A portion of the main railway track linking Quetta with the rest of the country was blown up near the Domboli area of Nasirabad district early on Sunday...
Storm havoc in upper Sindh
SUKKUR, May 1: A heavy duststorm coupled with torrential rain lashed Sukkur, Shikarpur, Kandhkot, Jacobabad and Ghotki districts on Sunday night, paralyzing life in the areas. The duststorm hit the northern...
Siachen talks from 25th
ISLAMABAD, May 1: Pakistan and India will begin the second round of talks on the Siachen and Sir Creek issues here on May 25-26 and 27-28, respectively, sources told Dawn on...
Pakistan, Japan see robust ties
ISLAMABAD, May 1: Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi left here for Luxembourg on Sunday morning after completing a two-day visit to Pakistan. He was seen off at the airport by Federal...
25 killed in bomb attack on funeral in Iraq
MOSUL, May 1: A suicide car bomb ripped through a Kurdish funeral in northern Iraq on Sunday, killing 25 people and wounding 30, as a new hostage crisis erupted with an...
Pyongyang has conducted missile test: White House
WASHINGTON, May 1: North Korea apparently fired a short-range missile into the Sea of Japan, a senior White House official said on Sunday, calling on US allies to work with Washington...
Speculations about joint session
ISLAMABAD, May 1: The 25th session of the National Assembly is beginning here on Monday amid speculations about the possibility of presidential address to a joint sitting of parliament and the...
Big rush for citizenship forms in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH, May 1: A large number of expatriates, several Pakistanis among them, rushed to the Saudi Civil Affairs Department in Jeddah and elsewhere on Saturday, the first day Saudi nationality application...
New US law to strip immigrants of rights
WASHINGTON, May 1: A new bill, already endorsed by the Bush administration, will empower police to enforce immigration laws and will strip immigrants of their right to protection against illegal detention....
Iraq expects withdrawal of troops by mid-2006
WASHINGTON, May 1: US and other foreign troops in Iraq will likely start pulling out in large numbers by the middle of next year, Iraq’s national security adviser said on Sunday....
85 Afghan prisoners released
KABUL, May 1: At least 85 Afghan prisoners were freed from US military bases in Afghanistan on Sunday, in the single largest release of detainees by the US military, officials said....
Two killed in accident
HYDERABAD, May 1: A man and a woman were killed after a train hit their car at a railway crossing in the Tandojam police area on Sunday. They were identified as...
Call for progress in WTO talks
GENEVA, May 1: Dr Supachai Panitchpakdi has called on the governments of all member states of the World Trade Organization to ensure a breakthrough in the Hong Kong ministerial meeting to...
Labour Day observed
ISLAMABAD, May 1: The International Labour Day was observed throughout the country on Sunday to pay tributes to those who laid down their lives in 1886 in Chicago for the rights...
US seeks watch on freed prisoners
ISLAMABAD, May 1: The United States has asked Pakistan to keep a vigilant eye on activities of the Guantanamo Bay prisoners who have returned to the country, sources in the interior...
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