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External debt down by $1bn: adviser
ISLAMABAD, June 7: The government has reduced import duties 1,800 items and suggested additional taxation measures in the new budget aimed at collecting over Rs10 billion net revenue. Fiscal deficit for the next year has been projected at Rs285 billion which is 3.8 per cent of GDP. The house rent in the salaries of government employees...
India shows interest in pipeline projects
ISLAMABAD, June 7: India has expressed interest in participating in the proposed gas pipelines from Turkmenistan, Iran and Qatar ‘not as alternative options to each other but for multiplying gas supplies’, a senior government official said on Tuesday....
Advani resigns as BJP chief
NEW DELHI, June 7: Indian opposition leader L.K. Advani resigned as the head of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday...
MMA stand on NSC meeting unchanged
ISLAMABAD, June 7: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) leadership on Tuesday unanimously confirmed its decision of continuing its boycott of the National Security Council (NSC), thereby averting what was termed a potential...
‘NFC award likely next month’
ISLAMABAD, June 7: The decision on the sixth National Finance Commission (NFC) award is expected soon, after which it would be incorporated in the 2005-06 budget for implementation, said Adviser to...
Govt servants’ house rent up by 134pc
ISLAMABAD, June 7: The federal government has increased the house rent allowance for civil and military officials by 134 per cent and medical and conveyance allowance by 100 per cent....
Another PTCL strike on cards
ISLAMABAD, June 7: Twenty-two out of the 27 members of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd’s Workers Action Committee (WAC) on Tuesday left here for their respective stations to lead the PTCL...
2 Pakistani drivers killed in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, June 7: Suspected Taliban killed two Pakistani truck drivers supplying fuel to US troops in Afghanistan on Tuesday, police said. The two were returning to Pakistan after delivering fuel to...
Punjab CM pledges tax-free budget
LAHORE, June 7: Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi announced here on Tuesday that the Punjab budget 2005-06 would be tax free and all the provincial government employees would be given a...
Iraq attacks leave 30 dead
HAWIJAH (Iraq), June 7: At least 30 Iraqis were cut down on Tuesday by violence across Iraq that defied government and US efforts to stem a dogged insurgency. ...
Five killed in Gaza, West Bank
QABATIYA (West Bank), June 7: Four Palestinians and a Chinese labourer were killed on Tuesday in the deadliest day of violence to strike the occupied territories since militant groups began observing...
Bush, Blair differ on Africa aid
WASHINGTON, June 7: US President George Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Mr Blair sought on Tuesday to paper over differences over Mr Blair’s ambitious plan for Africa with a more...
Pakistan beat West Indies
KINGSTON (Jamaica) June 7: Pakistan beat West Indies by 136 runs in the second and final Test on Tuesday, recording their first Test win in the Caribbean since 1988. ...
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Editor: Tahir Mirza
ISLAMABAD, June 7: President Gen. Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday had a marathon session with the Hurriyat and leading Kashmiri leaders from occupied Kashmir that ended late on Tuesday...
NEW DELHI, June 7: Indian opposition leader L.K. Advani resigned as the head of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday...
