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Proposed reservoirs face new odds: Water downstream Kotri
ISLAMABAD, Oct 6: The independent consultants have identified a requirement of at least 20 maf (million acre feet) of river flows downstream Kotri to counter looming ecological disaster and up to seven maf sea intrusion, it is learnt....
Musharraf calls meeting on water issues
ISLAMABAD, Oct 6: President General Pervez Musharraf has convened a meeting of all stakeholders on Oct 8 to discuss water sector issues in the country. Informed sources said the meeting would...
Request for extradition of Hakimi not received: FO
ISLAMABAD, Oct 6: The Foreign Office on Thursday said it had not yet received a formal request from the Afghan government for extradition of captured Taliban spokesman Abdul Latif Hakimi but would consider it if it were made....
Muslims back Australian anti-terror laws
CANBERRA, Oct 6: Australian Muslim leaders endorsed tough new anti-terorrism laws on Thursday after the government said the changes would not target Muslims. Australia announced a series of these laws, including...
Stance on Kashmir, Palestine reiterated
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 6: Pakistan on Wednesday reiterated that it was “essential” to find a just solution of the dispute of Jammu and Kashmir acceptable to Pakistan, India and above all to the people of Kashmir....
Rocket duel in N. Waziristan; tribesman, wife and son killed
MIRAMSHAH, Oct 6: Three members of a family were killed and two others injured in an exchange of rocket fire between tribal militants and security forces in Datakhel area of North Waziristan Agency early on Thursday....
Opposition gears up for Senate, NA sessions
ISLAMABAD, Oct 6: The National Assembly and Senate, starting their sessions simultaneously on Friday, are likely to witness stormy proceedings, with a more determined and combined opposition already announcing its protest plan....
Russian team arrives for pipeline talks
ISLAMABAD, Oct 6: A 10-member high-level delegation of Russian firm Gazprom arrived here on Thursday to begin formal discussion on construction of about $7 billion Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline and ambitious projects of gas storage in Pakistan....
Pakistan seeks regional parity
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 6: Saying that discriminatory approaches in the nuclear or conventional fields will not advance stability in South Asia, Pakistan on Wednesday demanded “parity of treatment” with India....
8 die in Taunsa accident
DERA GHAZI KHAN, Oct 6: Eight people were killed and three others injured in a road accident on the Indus Highway in the limits of Raitra police, Taunsa Sharif tehsil, on Thursday....
Sikhs, Hindus make historic trip to AJK
MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 6: Five Sikhs and three Hindus from Indian-occupied Kashmir made a historic journey on Thursday to Azad Jammu and Kashmir by the 14th trans-LoC bus....
Osama to surface after new attack, fears expert
WASHINGTON, Oct 6: Osama bin Laden is expected to remain in hiding until he stages another attack on the United States, an ex-CIA expert who had tracked the terror mastermind for two decades warned in an interview....
New industrial zone to be set up in Balochistan
ISLAMABAD, Oct 6: The government will set up a new industrial zone in Balochistan to facilitate industrialists and promote new industries in the province. This was stated by Prime Minister Shaukat...
India, France sign subs deal
NEW DELHI, Oct 6: India and France on Thursday signed a deal in New Delhi for the purchase of six Franco-Spanish Scorpene submarines and pledged total transparency in the 2.4-billion-euro...
Foreigners stir up interest in old Pindi
ISLAMABAD, Oct 6: Rawalpindi will be the focus of the year-long activities designed by the Asian Study Group (ASG) to highlight the art, culture and architecture associated with the once major British military outpost....
President, PM call for check on price hike
RAWALPINDI, Oct 6: President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz have asked the federal and provincial governments to enforce a check on price hike. They have issued these directives after...
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ISLAMABAD, Oct 6: Candidates backed by the ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML) and its coalition partners won most of the district, Tehsil and town nazim seats in the third phase of...
