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Last phase of local polls today: Tight security nationwide
ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: The final phase of local government polls gets under way on Thursday with the indirect election of district, tehsil/town nazims and peasants, women and minority representatives on respective reserved seats all over the country....
WB sets terms for funding projects: Hydrological risks, riparian rights
ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: The World Bank has linked private sector investment in the development of Pakistan’s hydropower sector to an immediate settlement of institutional, regulatory and commercial issues such as riparian rights and hydrological risks....
Three UK nationals extradited
RAWALPINDI, Oct 5: The authorities on Wednesday handed over to the United Kingdom three suspects for questioning over the murder of a schoolboy in the Scottish city of Glasgow, official sources told Dawn....
Hakimi being quizzed
ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: Pakistani interrogators on Wednesday were questioning the shadowy chief spokesman of Afghanistan’s Taliban militia a day after his arrest, officials said....
Kidnapped tribal elder shot dead
WANA, Oct 5: Gunmen kidnapped and shot dead a pro-government elder in a tribal area near the Afghan border, where security forces are hunting militants, officials said on Wednesday....
Four in run for top SBP post
ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: With Dr Ishrat Hussain due to retire next month as Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan, four names are reported to be under consideration for the post....
Consular access to Russian being considered
ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: Pakistan was considering on Wednesday giving the Russian consulate access to a man it believes to be Russian who is on death row over his involvement in a 2003 attempt to kill President Pervez Musharraf....
Call to promote love, unity during Ramazan
ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Wednesday urged Muslims to shun hatred, promote love and help the hapless people....
Govt notifies Zakat Nisab
ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: The government on Wednesday notified the schedule of deduction of Zakat in respect of saving bank accounts. According to the notification, the deduction of Zakat on bank accounts...
India probes massacre charge in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Oct 5: The Indian army is probing charges that a group of soldiers butchered four civilians in Kashmir and presented them as Islamist guerillas in the hope of securing military awards, an official said on Wednesday....
79 Pakistani deportees reach Islamabad
RAWALPINDI, Oct 5: A batch of 79 Pakistani, including three women, immigration detainees arrived in Islamabad by a chartered flight from the United States on Wednesday, immigration authorities said....
India tests Trishul missile
BHUBANESHWAR (India), Oct 5: India on Wednesday tested a surface-to-air missile as part of accelerated trials of its five separate airborne warfare systems, officials said. The Trishul missile was fired from...
Three PML panels vie for Quetta nazim slot
QUETTA, Oct 5: The Election Commission has completed arrangements for the third round of polls to be held on Thursday in 26 of the 28 districts of Balochistan....
Iraq relaxes terms for draft referendum
BAGHDAD, Oct 5: Iraq’s parliament on Wednesday bowed to UN and US pressure by reversing changes to the rules of next week’s referendum that critics deemed were unfair to opponents of the divisive new constitution....
Assistance to modernize KPT pledged
ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: The Karachi Port Trust (KPT) is an important organ of the logistics chain and the government will provide assistance to make it an efficient and modern port equipped with state-of-the-art technology....
Spanish Taliban jailed
MADRID, Oct 5: Hamed Abderrahmane, a Spanish national freed in February from more than two years in detention at the US Guantanamo base on Cuba, was sentenced on Wednesday by a...
Strong defence ties with Bahrain to be maintained
ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Wednesday that defence cooperation between Pakistan and Bahrain would continue to the mutual advantage of the two countries....
Natwar hopes consulate to begin work in January
KARACHI, Oct 5: Indian External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh on Wednesday had an interaction with government and political leaders, businessmen and intellectuals here before leaving for home concluding his visit to the country....
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RAWALPINDI, Oct 5: A batch of 79 Pakistani, including three women, immigration detainees arrived in Islamabad by a chartered flight from the United States on Wednesday, immigration authorities said....
KARACHI, Oct 5: Indian External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh on Wednesday had an interaction with government and political leaders, businessmen and intellectuals here before leaving for home concluding his visit to the country....
