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Plan to jam telecom system put off: ‘Strike to continue’
ISLAMABAD, June 14: In a last minute move, the PTCL Workers Unions Action Committee on Tuesday postponed its plan to jam countrywide telecommunication system for an indefinite period but did not...
Attack will not derail peace process
CANBERRA, June 14: Pakistan and India’s quest to resolve a long-running row over Kashmir will not be pushed off course by militant violence in the Himalayan region, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf...
I never ran any training camp, says Rashid
ISLAMABAD, June 14: Pakistan’s Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed denied on Tuesday a newspaper report that he ran training camps for Kashmiri militants fighting Indian rule in the country....
Tax on pay phones withdrawn: NA completes budget debate
ISLAMABAD, June 14: Minister of State for Finance Omar Ayub Khan on Tuesday announced withdrawal of 10 per cent withholding tax proposed in the federal budget on pay phones and reducing the duty on scrap from five per cent to zero....
Inflation is one of main challenges, says Aziz
ISLAMABAD, June 14: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz told the National Assembly on Tuesday his government was seeking to take Pakistan forward to make it one of Asia’s top economies as he promised better implementation of development plans and not to allow misuse of loans....
PM’s US visit from July 28
WASHINGTON, June 14: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz’s first official visit to the United States has been rescheduled again and now he is expected to arrive in the US capital on July...
Yasin Malik suffers stroke; advised rest
ISLAMABAD, June 14: Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) leader Mohammad Yasin Malik, now in Pakistan as one of nine visiting moderate resistance leaders from Indian-held Kashmir,...
Minister blocks debate on FC
ISLAMABAD, June 14: Senator Sanaullah Baloch said on Tuesday that Balochis had the legitimate right to act in self-defence and to fight and attack the Frontier Constabulary (FC) in the province....
Explosion rocks Quetta
QUETTA, June 14: A powerful explosion rocked Quetta on Tuesday night. No casualty was reported. According to sources, a home-made bomb planted near a school in Jinnah Town...
Treasury benches divided on Mukhtaran issue
ISLAMABAD, June 14: The Senate on Tuesday witnessed differences among treasury members on the Mukhtaran Mai issue as some senators demanded a debate while others wanted to hush up the matter....
White House rules out pullout from Iraq
WASHINGTON, June 14: The White House has ruled out the possibility of setting a deadline for withdrawing troops from Iraq, saying that it would send a wrong message to Iraqi insurgents....
40 die as Barzani takes oath
KIRKUK, June 14: At least 40 people were killed in Iraq on Tuesday as Kurds in the autonomous north swore in former rebel leader Massoud Barzani as their first president....
Narayanan visiting US for crucial talks
WASHINGTON, June 14: Indian National Security Advisor M. K. Narayanan is going to Washington on Thursday to finalize Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s US visit next month. During this visit, Mr Narayanan...
Blast work of anti-peace elements: Mirwaiz
ISLAMABAD, June 14: All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Tuesday said that the bomb blast in held Kashmir was a work of anti-peace elements....
CANBERRA, June 14: Pakistan and India’s quest to resolve a long-running row over Kashmir will not be pushed off course by militant violence in the Himalayan region, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf...
