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India urged to scrap Wullar barrage plan
ISLAMABAD, July 4: Pakistan on Monday asked India to abandon the Wullar barrage project on Jhelum river, saying it would cause interference in the flow of water, which was against the terms of the Indus Water Treaty....
Flood damages bridge near Mohmand Agency
PESHAWAR, July 4: A British-era bridge on the river Kabul near the Mohmand Agency has been damaged by floodwaters, disrupting vehicular traffic between Peshawar and the adjacent tribal areas,...
Flood highlights need for big dams: Aziz
ISLAMABAD, July 4: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Monday had the big dams and reservoirs constructed in time, Pakistan could have saved millions of gallons of water which was now being wasted....
Nawaz may get passport tomorrow
ISLAMABAD, July 4: Chief of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is likely to get his new passport on Wednesday and two federal ministers said on...
Pesco, Iesco seek 31pc, 26pc tariff hike
ISLAMABAD, July 4: The Peshawar and Islamabad electric supply companies on Monday pleaded 31 per cent and 26 per cent increase in their average power tariff, respectively, but industrial sector opposed the move....
Stress on security for LB polls
ISLAMABAD, July 4: President General Pervez Musharraf on Monday presided over a high-level meeting to discuss the worsening flood situation in various parts of the country and measures taken to cope with the situation....
Fibre-optic repair yet to start
KARACHI, July 4: Efforts to trace the defective portion of the world’s longest fibre-optic cable intensified 12 kilometres off the coast as another ship carrying equipment and technical experts arrived on Monday morning....
Single form for tax collection, deduction certificate
ISLAMABAD, July 4: The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) has notified a single form for the certificate of tax collected or deducted at source under any of the provisions of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001, except salary....
NASA probe strikes comet
PASADENA (USA), July 4: A US spacecraft collided with a comet half the size of Manhattan on Monday, creating a brilliant cosmic smash-up that capped a risky voyage to uncover the building blocks of life on Earth....
Project launched with China to build frigates
BEIJING, July 4: Pakistan and China here on Monday launched a joint project to build four F22-P frigates. The launching ceremony was attended by the Chief of Pakistan Navy Admiral Shahid Karimullah and senior officials of China’s People’s Liberation Army....
Aziz arrives in Kazakhstan
ASTANA (Kazakhstan) July 4: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Monday attended a dinner hosted by Kazakhstan President Nazarbayov in honour of the leaders attending the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)....
‘17 Afghan civilians died in US air strike’
KABUL, July 4: A US air strike in eastern Afghanistan last week killed 17 civilians, including women and children, a governor said on Monday as the search continued for the missing comrades of a rescued US soldier....
‘Osama might be in southern Afghanistan’
ISLAMABAD, July 4: Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao ruling out Osama’s presence in Pakistan, said on Monday that he might be in the southern parts of Afghanistan, since the area was not under effective control of Afghan government....
Five killed in tribal clash
QUETTA, July 4: At least five tribesmen were killed and two others injured in clashes between groups of Shahlyani and Mengal tribes near Usta Mohammad on Monday....
Mutawakkel’s brother killed in crossfire
QUETTA, July 4: The younger brother of Mullah Wakeel Ahmed Mutawakkel, a former foreign minister of Taliban government in Afghanistan, was killed here on Sunday night in an exchange of fire between two rival groups, police said on Monday....
1.5m new voters enrolled, says EC
ISLAMABAD, July 4: The Election Commission (EC) said on Monday 1.5 million new voters were enrolled during the revision of the electoral rolls, which took place from August 2004 to March 2005....
Bush seeks support for Iraq war
WASHINGTON, June 4: President George Bush, speaking on America’s birthday, urged his nation to back the US military presence in Iraq by flying the flag, writing letters to the soldiers and supporting military families at home....
Interpol arrest four UK-based Pakistanis
LAHORE, July 4: Interpol aided by Punjab police has arrested four British-born Pakistanis, including three brothers, on charges of organised crimes they had allegedly committed in the UK, it was learnt on Monday....
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PESHAWAR, July 4: A British-era bridge on the river Kabul near the Mohmand Agency has been damaged by floodwaters, disrupting vehicular traffic between Peshawar and the adjacent tribal areas,...
PASADENA (USA), July 4: A US spacecraft collided with a comet half the size of Manhattan on Monday, creating a brilliant cosmic smash-up that capped a risky voyage to uncover the building blocks of life on Earth....
