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Rebuilding, development must go together: Musharraf
RAWALPINDI, Nov 24: President General Pervez Musharraf said on Thursday that the reconstruction and rehabilitation process in the quake-battered areas and development process in the country should move in tandem....
Opposition agrees on ‘broad principles’: Terms of reference for relief committee
ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: Leaders of opposition parties said on Thursday they had agreed on the ‘broad principles’ on the basis of which the terms of reference for a government-proposed parliamentary committee on earthquake relief and rehabilitation would be prepared....
UK pledges additional £25 million
LONDON, Nov 24: British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Thursday pledged another £25 million ($43 million) in humanitarian relief assistance for Pakistan, bringing the total amount of money pledged by his government to £128 million....
India sees no let-up in ‘infiltration’
NEW DELHI, Nov 24: India said on Thursday there had been no let-up in the number of militants sneaking into Indian Kashmir from the Pakistani side despite pledges by Islamabad to seek to halt the flow....
New ideas: US MPs to meet Mirwaiz
NEW DELHI, Nov 24: Senior US congressmen will hold talks with Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and two pro-India Kashmiri leaders here on Monday ahead of their engagements with Indian officials to probe...
Inzamam’s record feat
FAISALABAD, Nov 24: England hung on for a draw in the second Test at Iqbal Stadium after Inzamamul Haq scored a record 24th hundred for Pakistan....
Pakistan-China exercise begins
KARACHI, Nov 24: The marine phase of a Sino-Pakistan naval exercise commenced in the Arabia Sea on Thursday, according to an Inter Services Public Relations (Navy) statement issued here....
Pakistani convicted of terror charges
NEW YORK, Nov 24: A Pakistani national, Uzair Paracha, was convicted in a New York federal court on Wednesday of conspiring to help an Al Qaeda operative enter the United States to carry out a chemical attack ....
President’s remarks offend opposition
ISLAMABAD Nov 24: The combined opposition in the Senate on Thursday lodged a strong protest against what it termed “derogatory remarks” made by General Pervez Musharraf in an official function on...
Jolie and Pitt visit quake-hit areas
MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 24: Hollywood stars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt arrived in quake-hit Pakistan on Thursday as the UN refugee agency chief urged the world help prevent a further tragedy over the winter....
Nato not to establish bases in Pakistan: official
ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: The Commander of Nato disaster relief team in Pakistan, Air Commodore Andrew Walton, has said the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has no plans to establish permanent bases in Pakistan....
Aziz flies to Malta to attend Commonwealth summit
MALTA, Nov 24: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz flew to Malta on Thursday to lead Pakistan’s delegation at the Commonwealth heads of government summit which will be inaugurated by Queen Elizabeth II...
Ministry not happy over Wapda’s attitude
ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: The Ministry of Water and Power is concerned over non-compliance of its directives by Wapda and has expressed inability to defend the government in parliament owing to unilateral decisions of the utility on major policy issues....
48 Iraqis killed in suicide attacks
BAGHDAD, Nov 24: Forty-eight people were killed in two suicide bombings in Iraq on Thursday — the latest in a series of attacks that have killed over 200 people since last Friday....
IAEA to give Russian proposal a chance: Iran’s nuclear programme
VIENNA, Nov 24: Governors of the UN nuclear watchdog broadly agree it is better to explore a Russian compromise over Iran’s nuclear activities than to report Tehran to the Security Council, Western board members said on Thursday....
German found guilty of supplying nuke tech
MUNICH, Nov 24: A German businessman was on Thursday sentenced to seven years and three months in prison for illegally supplying Pakistan with equipment to build nuclear weapons....
PM lays stress on law, order in N. Areas
ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the government would not tolerate elements violating law, disrupting religious harmony and instigating violence through hate material and other methods....
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ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: President Gen Pervez Musharraf and his Indonesian counterpart Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday agreed to step up cooperation in the counter-terror campaign......
FAISALABAD, Nov 24: England hung on for a draw in the second Test at Iqbal Stadium after Inzamamul Haq scored a record 24th hundred for Pakistan....
MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 24: Hollywood stars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt arrived in quake-hit Pakistan on Thursday as the UN refugee agency chief urged the world help prevent a further tragedy over the winter....
