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PSDP size raised to Rs295bn
ISLAMABAD, May 18: The federal government has decided to increase the size of next year’s development programme to Rs295 billion, including a Rs23 billion co-financed investments through public sector corporations. A...
Inflation rises to double-digit
KARACHI, May 18: Pakistan saw a double-digit inflation at 11 per cent for the second consecutive month in April as its economy advanced at a faster-than projected pace, petroleum prices remained...
Budget on June 6
ISLAMABAD, May 18: The federal budget for financial year 2005-2006 will be presented by Minister of State for Finance Omar Ayub Khan in the National Assembly on Monday, June 6. A...
Aziz pledges budget relief
ISLAMABAD, May 18: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said the forthcoming budget will provide relief to the common man, improve the standard of life of people and develop rural areas....
Budget likely to cross Rs1 trillion mark
ISLAMABAD, May 18: The overall size of the budget for 2005-06 will be over Rs1 trillion, which would focus on sustaining 7 to 8 per cent GDP growth rate during the next five years, said a senior government official. “The going forward objective of the next budget...
Remarks against army expunged: Protest over speaker’s ruling
ISLAMABAD, May 18: The opposition in the National Assembly on Wednesday protested against a ruling given by the speaker on Tuesday that a member or group of members violating discipline of...
Accord on defence signed with UK
ISLAMABAD, May 18: Pakistan and the United Kingdom on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to increase defence collaboration between the two countries. A press release issued by the defence...
Telemetry system has major design faults: Irsa informed
ISLAMABAD, May 18: The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) has been informed that the telemetry system had serious design faults and it continued to be non-functional at a number of stations....
Man planting bomb killed in Turbat
QUETTA, May 18: A man was killed and another injured when an explosive devise which they intended to plant near the city site office of the Mirani dam project in Turbat...
UK national held for Al Qaeda links
PESHAWAR, May 18: The authorities have arrested a British national suspected of holding links with the Al Qaeda terror network, officials said on Wednesday. The man, who identified himself as Shehzad,...
57 Pakistanis deported from US arrive
RAWALPINDI, May 18: A batch of 57 Pakistanis deported by the United States arrived in Islamabad on Wednesday on a chartered flight, immigration authorities said. The Boeing 757 carrying the deportees,...
6 of a tribe killed near Sukkur
SUKKUR, May 18: Six people belonging to the Lakhan tribe were gunned down and three others injured by Mahar tribesmen near Numaish More, in the jurisdiction of C-Area police station here...
UN calls for probe into Uzbek killings
GENEVA, May 18: The United Nation’s top human rights official on Wednesday urged an independent probe into the violence in eastern Uzbekistan last week, saying she was deeply concerned about reports...
UN’s anti-corruption reforms
UNITED NATIONS, May 18: The United Nations announced a series of management reforms on Tuesday in response to the charges of mismanagement in oil for food scandal, sexual exploitation and its...
Dhaka strike
DHAKA, May 18: Shops, schools and private offices were closed in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Wednesday as part of a day-long strike called by the opposition Awami League to protest...
Pakistan beat Windies
KINGSTOWN, May 18: Pakistan won the first limited-overs game of a three-match series against the West Indies by 59 runs on Wednesday. West Indies suffered an early loss of wickets and...
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Editor: Tahir Mirza
ISLAMABAD, May 18: Pakistan and the United Kingdom on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to increase defence collaboration between the two countries. A press release issued by the defence...
PESHAWAR, May 18: The authorities have arrested a British national suspected of holding links with the Al Qaeda terror network, officials said on Wednesday. The man, who identified himself as Shehzad,...
