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UAE firm wins 26pc stake in PTCL
ISLAMABAD, June 18: UAE’s company Etisalat on Saturday offered the highest bid of $2.59896 billion to acquire 26 per cent shares and management control of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL)....
Rafsanjani leads, faces run-off vote
TEHRAN, June 18: Moderate conservative religious leader Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and hardline Tehran mayor Mahmood Ahmadinejad
will face each other in a run-off for Iran’s presidency, the interior ministry
said on Saturday after counting ended...
Musharraf calls for courage to resolve conflicts
AUCKLAND, June 18: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said Pakistan is making efforts for lasting peace in the subcontinent through an amicable resolution of the Kashmir dispute with India, and stressed...
SC to take up Mukhtaran case on 27th
ISLAMABAD, June 18: Taking notice of reaction to the rape case of Mukhtaran Mai, the Supreme Court has decided to start sifting the facts on June 27 to reach the truth,...
Saudi group no more in run for KESC
KARACHI, June 18: The Cabinet Committee on Privatization (CCOP) finally declared on Saturday that the Saudi investors’ group, Kanooz Al Watan, was no more in the run for management and ownership...
PTCL workers leaders detained
ISLAMABAD, June 18: While bidding for Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTCL) shares was in progress on Saturday, the law enforcement agencies kept seven leaders of the PTCL Workers Unions...
10 die in accident near ’Pindi
RAWALPINDI, June 18: Ten passengers were killed and another 45 were injured on Saturday night when a bus plunged into a deep ravine at ‘Bais Meel’, Chatar Park near Tret police...
15-day ban on another Punjab MPA
LAHORE, June 18: The Punjab Assembly speaker barred another PML-N member from attending the session for a fortnight as police disallowed nine suspended MPAs of the PPP...
Balochistan crisis to be solved soon: PM
QUETTA, June 18: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has assured that the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) would be given its due status and all problems being faced by the ministers and MPAs...
Bomb blast near departmental store
QUETTA, June 18: A powerful bomb exploded close to a departmental store near Jinnah Town late on Saturday night. No casualty was reported in the incident, the police said. The departmental...
Pakistan rejects Zalmay’s statement
ISLAMABAD, June 18: A Foreign Office spokesman on Saturday rejected as irresponsible a statement by the former US envoy to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, claiming that Taliban leader Mullah Omar...
US attacks, car blasts leave 60 dead in Iraq
BAGHDAD, June 18: The US military said on Saturday it had killed about 50 activists while suicide car bombings left 10 people dead in Al-Anbar. The activists died when the military...
UN sees peaceful Gaza withdrawal
UNITED NATIONS, June 18: Israelis and Palestinians are “slowly and not without difficulty” moving to coordinate implementation of Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza and parts of the northern West Bank, the senior...
US hails IAEA nuclear monitoring committee
WASHINGTON, June 18: The United States has welcomed the decision by the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to establish a committee on safeguards and verification....
Bangladesh shock Australia
CARDIFF, June 18: Bangladesh produced the biggest shock in cricket history when they beat world champions Australia by five wickets with four balls to spare in a one-day triangular series match...
