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Kalabagh dam could avert flood: President
KARACHI, July 12: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said here on Tuesday that had the Kalabagh dam been built in time, the present flood situation could have been averted and sufficient water stored for proper utilization during spells of water shortage....
‘Wide convergence’ of views on gas pipeline
NEW DELHI, July 12: India and Pakistan reported good progress here on Tuesday in the first meeting of their joint working group on the Iran gas pipeline project, saying they were determined to make a success of it....
Almas Mahmoud Haroon passes away
KARACHI, July 12: Begum Almas Haroon, Chief Executive of Pakistan Herald Ltd and wife of former Sindh governor Mahmoud A. Haroon, daughter-in-law of Haji Abdullah Haroon and sister-in-law of Mr Yousuf A....
11 pilgrims killed in accident
QUETTA/KARACHI, July 12: At least 11 people, six of them women, were killed and 20 others injured when a Karachi-bound passenger coach carrying pilgrims returning from Iran plunged into a ravine near Bela early on Tuesday morning....
New Haj policy announced
ISLAMABAD, July 12: The government on Tuesday announced the Haj Policy for 2006 which keeps the number of pilgrims the same as last year but bans those who have performed Haj during the last five years....
London bombers identified
LONDON, July 12: Police identified four men on Tuesday whom they suspected of carrying out last week’s London bombings, raising the prospect that western Europe may have suffered its first suicide attack....
Pakistani killed in England
LONDON, July 12: A Pakistani man was killed in a suspected racial attack in the central English city of Nottingham, police said on Tuesday, amid fears that such assaults could increase in the wake of last week’s bombings in London....
Ban on use of Musharraf’s photograph: Local polls
ISLAMABAD, July 12: The federal government on Tuesday barred candidates participating in the forthcoming Local Government Elections from displaying President Pervez Musharraf’s photographs or posters to gain political mileage in their election campaign....
Schroeder apprised of stand on UN reforms
BERLIN, July 12: Pakistan and Germany on Tuesday agreed on the need for UN reforms, but differences persisted on when to introduce the much-debated changes to the world body....
Girl abducted and raped by cousin
SARGODHA, July 12: Sixteen armed men abducted a girl from her uncle’s house in the Laluwali village, some 30km from here, on Monday night and took her to a deserted place where they criminally assaulted her....
HR situation in Pakistan not good: US
WASHINGTON, July 12: The US State Department has said that it has “a number of concerns” about the human rights situation in Pakistan but did not elaborate....
US hunt for jail breakers
KABUL, July 12: Hundreds of US and Afghan troops searched on Tuesday for four Al Qaeda militants who escaped from the main US military detention centre in Afghanistan in what is a major embarrassment for American forces....
Frigate deal to deepen ties with China
ISLAMABAD, July 12: Pakistan and China have begun a new era of friendship and cooperation in the naval field, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Shahid Karimullah said on Tuesday....
No deal on surveillance system yet: envoy
WASHINGTON, July 12: Pakistan is considering several airborne surveillance systems to protect its air space against unwanted intrusions but has not yet decided which system to buy, Ambassador Jehangir Karamat told Dawn on Tuesday....
MRP system to become functional at 4 missions soon
ATTOCK, July 12: The recently installed Machine Readable Passport (MRP) system at four Pakistani missions in the Middle East and Europe will start functioning by the end of July this year....
Oil supply remains suspended: Security concerns in Afghanistan
LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), July 12: Oil supply to Afghanistan remained suspended for the second day on Tuesday as oil tanker drivers refused to cross the border unless measures were taken in Afghanistan for their protection....
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KARACHI, July 12: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said here on Tuesday that had the Kalabagh dam been built in time, the present flood situation could have been averted and sufficient water stored for proper utilization during spells of water shortage....
LONDON, July 12: Police identified four men on Tuesday whom they suspected of carrying out last week’s London bombings, raising the prospect that western Europe may have suffered its first suicide attack....
