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Rs95bn development projects approved
ISLAMABAD, Aug 4: The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Thursday approved 40 development projects to be carried out at an estimated cost of Rs95.1...
Five killed as bomb hits army vehicle
MIRANSHAH, Aug 4: An army officer, a Hawaldar and three soldiers were killed and two others seriously wounded in a roadside bomb blast in the Ghalnamai area of North Waziristan Agency on Thursday, sources said....
KSE crash: corrective SECP steps urged
ISLAMABAD, Aug 4: The Stock Market Task Force in its report has urged the Security and Exchange Commission of Pakistan to undertake a number of follow-up actions....
FO rejects India’s charges of infiltration
ISLAMABAD, Aug 4: Pakistan rejected on Thursday Indian allegations that guerrillas were congregating in training camps close to a ceasefire line dividing the disputed territory of Kashmir....
Pakistan seeks CBM on missile tests
NEW DELHI, Aug 4: A nine-member Pakistani delegation arrived here on Thursday to discuss nuclear and conventional confidence-building measures with India, but informed sources said the focus might have already shifted...
India indicates possibility of two pipelines
NEW DELHI, Aug 4: India is expected to join a consortium involving Iran and Pakistan to build the $7.4bn Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline, construction of which is targeted to begin in 2007....
Zawahiri warns UK, US of attacks
DUBAI, Aug 4: Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden’s right-hand man Ayman al-Zawahiri warned Britain and the United States of more horror and destruction in a new videotape shown on Al-Jazeera television on Thursday....
Bush shrugs off Al Qaeda threats
CRAWFORD, Aug 4: President George W. Bush vowed on Thursday that Al Qaeda threats would not drive the United States out of Iraq or the Middle East....
Militant’s ‘Pakistan link’ under probe
LUSAKA, Aug 4: Zambian security services investigating a suspected British militant wanted by the United States have extended their probe to Pakistan through Interpol, a security source said on Thursday....
Washington, Beijing join hands to defeat G4 draft
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 4: The United States and China have agreed to make joint efforts to defeat the G-4 draft resolution on the expansion of the UN Security Council, the Chinese Ambassador to the United Nations, Wang Guangya, said on Thursday....
Three US troops die in Baghdad blast
BAGHDAD, Aug 4: Three US soldiers were killed in a car bomb blast in Baghdad late on Wednesday, the US military said on Thursday. The attack occurred in the southwest of...
Seven killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Aug 4: Seven people were killed in fresh fighting between soldiers and militants in held Kashmir, police said on Thursday. An Indian army soldier and three militants were killed in...
Support for EU-Iran talks re-affirmed
ISLAMABAD, Aug 4: The Foreign Office has opted for a guarded position on the European Union-Iran standoff after the latter threatened to go ahead with its nuclear enrichment programme....
ISLAMABAD, Aug 4: The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled several clauses of the Hasba bill relating to the powers...
