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Poverty in Pakistan a serious issue: ADB: Economic policies praised
ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has expressed dissatisfaction over governance, power sector reforms and poverty situation in Pakistan and warned that growing oil prices will affect growth rate during the current year....
Defence spending exceeded budget by Rs17bn
ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: Pakistan’s defence expenditure surpassed the budgetary allocation by over Rs17 billion while its revenue collection fell short of target by about Rs2 billion in 2004-05, according to audited federal government budgetary operations....
Search for ‘terror tunnels’ in North Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH, Sept 6: Security forces on Tuesday mounted a search operation in Zoi Naray and Kund Gher area of North Waziristan Agency after cordoning off several residential compounds near the Afghan border, sources said....
One killed, 27 injured in Quetta clashes: Reaction to arrest
QUETTA, Sept 6: A police constable was killed and 27 people, including 18 police personnel, were injured when an armed group hurled hand grenades and opened fire in an area on the Sariab Road here on Tuesday....
Defence Day: tributes paid to martyrs
ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: The Defence Day of Pakistan was celebrated with traditional solemnity and fervour with a pledge to render all sacrifices to safeguard the country from all threats....
Opposition on the offensive
ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: The opposition in the National Assembly marked the Defence Day on Tuesday in an aggressive style, asking Gen Pervez Musharraf to step down as president and army chief...
Indian report on clemency for spy denied
ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: Pakistan on Tuesday denied an Indian media report that it had assured New Delhi that it would not execute an Indian convicted 14 years ago of spying and of carrying out a series of bomb attacks....
First Indian livestock consignment arrives
WAGAH, Sept 6: A consignment of Indian livestock crossed the border into Pakistan Tuesday in what was described as the first-ever such export shipment, after Islamabad abolished a tax amid warming ties....
Militants’ hide-out in Saudi city seized: Six extremists, four officials killed
DAMMAM, Sept 6: At least four security officers were killed and 10 injured in the three-day standoff in Dammam, eastern Saudi Arabia, which finally ended on Tuesday afternoon when the elite commandos stormed the villa where the militants were holed up....
Egyptian theatre blaze kills 32
CAIRO, Sept 6: At least 32 people perished in a fire in an Egyptian theatre apparently set off by lighted candles used on stage, with the blaze provoking a deadly stampede as burning spectators tried to flee....
Mirwaiz to brief Musharraf on talks
NEW DELHI, Sept 6: Kashmir’s resistance leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq will meet President Gen Pervez Musharraf in New York next week, diplomatic sources said on Tuesday....
India reviews issue of detainees
NEW DELHI, Sept 6: India on Tuesday began a review of all arrests made in occupied Kashmir under two anti-terror laws in keeping with an assurance made by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his talks with Hurriyat leaders....
Pakistan raised level of talks: Shalom
WASHINGTON, Sept 6: Pakistan decided to “raise the level of the dialogue” with Israel after the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, says Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom....
Hasan Abidi passes away
KARACHI, Sept 6: Journalist, writer, poet and political activist Hasan Abidi died in Karachi on Tuesday following a heart attack. He was 76. Mr Abidi, who had become a freelance journalist...
Efforts on to curb corruption: CJ: Cooperation being expanded
BEIJING, Sept 6: Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry said on Tuesday that Pakistan had enhanced cooperation with foreign countries to check the menace of money-laundering....
Japanese nationals not killed in Pakistan: FO
ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: Pakistan on Tuesday rejected a claim by an Afghan governor that two Japanese nationals, whose bodies were found in the southern Afghanistan, were killed on the other side of the border and their bodies were thrown in Afghanistan....
Bomb blasts spread panic in three cities
NAWABSHAH, Sept 6: Four bomb blasts, two in Nawabshah and one each in Sukkur, Dadu sparked panic in the city on Tuesday evening. The explosions in Nawabshah occurred near the National...
Prisoners to leave for India on 12th
KARACHI, Sept 6: Of the 388 Indian prisoners held at different jails of Sindh, 371 would be released next week. IG Prisons Sindh Brig Ayaz Mughni told newsmen on Tuesday that...
ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: The Defence Day of Pakistan was celebrated with traditional solemnity and fervour with a pledge to render all sacrifices to safeguard the country from all threats....
WAGAH, Sept 6: A consignment of Indian livestock crossed the border into Pakistan Tuesday in what was described as the first-ever such export shipment, after Islamabad abolished a tax amid warming ties....
DAMMAM, Sept 6: At least four security officers were killed and 10 injured in the three-day standoff in Dammam, eastern Saudi Arabia, which finally ended on Tuesday afternoon when the elite commandos stormed the villa where the militants were holed up....
KARACHI, Sept 6: Journalist, writer, poet and political activist Hasan Abidi died in Karachi on Tuesday following a heart attack. He was 76. Mr Abidi, who had become a freelance journalist...
