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Kargil bus route, peace process discussed: Musharraf-Advani meeting
ISLAMABAD, May 31: President Pervez Musharraf and Indian opposition leader Lal Krishna Advani on Tuesday discussed the opening of people-to-people links between Pakistan’s Northern Areas and Kargil in occupied Kashmir....
Travel papers of APHC leaders cleared
MUZAFFARABAD, May 31: The AJK authorities on Tuesday received and instantly verified application forms of 11 Kashmiri leaders from across the Line of Control for their high-profile journey to Azad Kashmir...
Qazi’s threat delays MMA decision
LAHORE, May 31: MMA President Qazi Husain Ahmad’s threat to step down forced the alliance’s supreme council on Tuesday to delay its decision on participation in the National Security Council meeting....
Six bodies found in restaurant torched by mob
KARACHI, May 31: Death toll in Monday’s suicide bombing and subsequent violence in the city rose to 11 after six bodies were recovered from a fast food restaurant on Tuesday morning by fire-brigade personnel....
PPP not serious in talks: Shujaat
ISLAMABAD, May 31: Pakistan Muslim League president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said on Tuesday that he had been taken into confidence before talks between the government and the PPP were initiated....
Nepra refuses to revise tariff
ISLAMABAD, May 31: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority has refused to revise the power tariff for Wapda distribution companies and advised the federal government to notify its tariff...
Aziz in Ankara
ANKARA, May 31: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz arrived here on Tuesday on a four-day state visit to Turkey for talks likely to focus on consolidating bilateral ties, specially in the trade and economic fields....
Sindh budget on 10th
KARACHI, May 31: Sindh budget for the 2005-06 financial year will be presented on June 10. Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has summoned the session of Sindh Assembly to meet on June...
Landmine kills five of a family
QUETTA, May 31: Three women and two children were killed in a landmine explosion near Duki, 200km northeast of here on Tuesday. Six other people were injured, two of them seriously....
Probe team for Karachi
RAWALPINDI, May 31: Intelligence agencies suspect a link between suicide bombings in Karachi and Islamabad and have started to explore similarities between the two incidents....
Rs16.3bn released for Gwadar port project
ISLAMABAD, May 31: The federal government has approved the deepening of Gwadar port and released first instalment of Rs16.3 billion to start the work in June as part of the second phase of the $865 million mega project....
Bush rejects Amnesty report on Guantanamo
WASHINGTON, May 31: US President George W. Bush said on Tuesday that human rights report comparing the Guantanamo Bay military prison to a Soviet-era gulag is ‘absurd’ and claimed that allegations...
POL prices unchanged
KARACHI, May 31: The Oil Companies Advisory Committee (OCAC) has kept the price of all POL products unchanged. In a statement, the committee said that during the current fortnight (May 16-31),...
‘PIA to reduce fare on international routes’
ISLAMABAD, May 31: The standing committee of the National Assembly on defence was Tuesday informed that the PIA would reduce the fares on international routes. Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain presided over the...
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