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SCO summit next week
ISLAMABAD, June 28: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz will represent Pakistan at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana next week. The one-day summit of the six-member SCO is scheduled for July 5....
Increase in POL prices on the cards
ISLAMABAD, June 28: The government is considering a substantial increase in petroleum prices, particularly of diesel and kerosene oil, to pass on to consumers a part of the impact of rising international oil prices....
US helicopter crashes in Afghanistan
KABUL, June 28: A US military Chinook helicopter crashed in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday while transporting troops to fight ‘counter-terrorism’ operations but there was no information on casualties...
ANP seeks donors’ help for flood victims
ISLAMABAD, June 28: The Awami National Party (ANP) has accused the provincial and federal governments of doing little for flood victims of eight districts of the NWFP and urged international...
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