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Aziz meets coalition leaders; Joint platform for Sindh LB polls
ISLAMABAD, June 23: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday launched an
initiative to take provincial coalition partners into confidence for contesting
the upcoming local bodies polls from one platform. During the first such meeting
on Thursday...
Construction of major dam in NWFP approved
ISLAMABAD, June 23: The government has allowed the construction of the Tank Zam Dam in the NWFP at a cost of Rs4.6 billion to generate 25MW and irrigate 45,000 acres annually....
‘Kalabagh dam a threat to national unity’
ISLAMABAD, June 23: Opposition and nationalist parties have opposed construction of the Kalabagh dam and Greater Thal canal and said the projects posed a threat to the integrity of the federation....
Troops start flood rescue operation
PESHAWAR, June 23: Army troops launched an operation on Thursday to evacuate hundreds of families marooned in flood-affected villages in the outskirts of Peshawar and Nowshera....
Jacobabad sizzles at 51
ISLAMABAD, June 23: With the country continuing to sizzle under an intense heatwave, the mercury shot up to 51 degrees Celsius in Jacobabad and to 50 in the Punjab towns...
NRB proposes large-scale decentralization
ISLAMABAD, June 23: The National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB) on Thursday asked the federal government to start fiscal and administrative decentralization to provinces with transfer of certain taxes and services...
Taliban toll rises to 132; commanders surrounded
KANDAHAR, June 23: Afghan and US forces have killed 132 Taliban militants and surrounded four of the ousted regime’s top commanders after a three-day battle in the south of the country,...
US anti-missile system for India
WASHINGTON, June 23: The Bush administration has cleared the sale of Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) anti-missile system to India and a deal could be finalized...
Problems of travellers to US discussed
ISLAMABAD, June 23: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri raised the issue of a stringent US visa policy with Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker when the latter called on him at the foreign...
PDF lottery case put off to July 4
KARACHI, June 23: A Sindh High Court division bench asked the respondent Punjab government on Thursday to submit detailed comments in the Punjab Development Fund lottery case on July 4...
Antiquities worth Rs700m seized
KARACHI, June 23: The Drug Enforcement Cell of Pakistan Customs has arrested an Islamabad-based exporter and seized antiquities worth over Rs700 million which he was allegedly trying to smuggle...
A. Q. Khan’s health: US avoids comment
WASHINGTON, June 23: The White House on Wednesday refused to get involved in a discussion over nuclear scientist Dr A.Q. Khan’s failing health and Pakistan’s continued refusal to allow foreign nationals...
Envoy leaves for Kabul tomorrow
ISLAMABAD, June 23: Pakistan’s ambassador-designate to Afghanistan Miangul Akbar Zeb will proceed to Kabul on Saturday to take charge of his new assignment. The former ambassador,...
ISLAMABAD, Jun 23: A sub-committee of the Parliamentary Committee on Balochistan on Thursday released its recommendations which also envisage a Rs10 billion development package for the province....
ISLAMABAD, June 23: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday launched an
initiative to take provincial coalition partners into confidence for contesting
the upcoming local bodies polls from one platform. During the first such meeting
on Thursday...
PESHAWAR, June 23: Army troops launched an operation on Thursday to evacuate hundreds of families marooned in flood-affected villages in the outskirts of Peshawar and Nowshera....
KARACHI, June 23: The Drug Enforcement Cell of Pakistan Customs has arrested an Islamabad-based exporter and seized antiquities worth over Rs700 million which he was allegedly trying to smuggle...
