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Musharraf sets deadline for Thar project: Coal-based power plant
ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Friday expressed concern over delay in the development of the 600mw Thar coal-based project and directed a high-powered committee to remove all irritants within 15 days....
Aziz and Blair reaffirm stance against terror
VALLETTA (Malta), Nov 25: Prime ministers of Pakistan and Britain have reiterated their resolve to fight terrorism globally and continue support to the victims of the Oct 8 earthquake in Pakistan....
UNHCR assures continued relief
ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: The visiting UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Mr Antonio Guterres, on Friday assured President General Pervez Musharraf of continuing to provide all possible relief assistance in the earthquake affected areas....
Winter death danger looms: Jolie
ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: Hollywood star and United Nations refugee agency goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie on Friday urged the world to honour its pledges of aid for Pakistani quake victims before winter causes a second wave of death....
Opposition to submit proposals today
ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: Opposition will formally submit the terms of reference of the proposed parliamentary committee on earthquake relief and rehabilitation to the PM secretariat on Saturday....
‘Loan with strings to be avoided’
ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: The government has directed officials to “mostly seek grants” out of the roughly $6 billion funds pledged by international donors and bilateral creditors with a view to avoiding piling up foreign debt....
Unicef pessimistic about female education target
GENEVA, Nov 25: The world is set to miss its target of getting as many girls as boys into schools by the end of this year, the UN children’s fund (Unicef) said on Friday....
India gets papers on Natwar affair
NEW YORK, Nov 25: Indian government’s special envoy Virendra Dayal, sent here to obtain crucial documents from the UN Inquiry Committee regarding alleged illegal payoffs to India’s External Affairs Minister Natwar...
Call for Iran N-files resented
VIENNA, Nov 25: Non-aligned countries protested a call by Britain to hand over key Iranian nuclear documents to the world’s five main atomic powers for analysis, as the UN nuclear watchdog wrapped up a week-long meeting on Friday....
59 killed in India as buses skid off bridges
NEW DELHI, Nov 25: Fifty-nine people were killed and more than 30 went missing on Friday after two packed passenger buses skidded off flooded bridges in southern India....
Naval exercise an important development, says China
BEIJING, Nov 25: A spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Friday that China attached great importance to its cooperation with Pakistan in the defence sector....
Delhi urged to consider Kashmir proposal
NEW DELHI, Nov 25: Chairman of the Hurriyat Conference Mirwaiz Umer Farooq said on Friday India should consider with “seriousness” the suggestion of demilitarization and self-rule for Kashmir put forth by Pakistan for a lasting solution to the issue....
Team of US governors, legislators arriving
WASHINGTON, Nov 25: Four US governors and more than a dozen congressmen will be visiting Pakistan during the next two weeks to express solidarity with the victims of the earthquake, officials said....
Navdeep Suri cleared for Karachi posting
NEW DELHI, Nov 25: Senior IFS officer Navdeep Suri will be India’s Consul General in Karachi where the Indian Consulate is likely to be reopened from January next year....
Intruder held on border
NOSHKI, Nov 25: Taftan Levies on Friday arrested an Indian national who entered Pakistan from Iranian border without legal travelling documents, district administration said. The accused was identified as Ram Asrah son of Pino Ram....
Blast rocks Jalalabad
JALALABAD, Nov 25: A bomb exploded near a government construction site in Afghanistan’s eastern city of Jalalabad on Friday, blowing apart a man believed to be the bomber and wounding a passer-by, police said....
Jolie visits Children Hospital
ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: United Nations goodwill ambassador Hollywood film star Angelina Jolie visited Children Hospital, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, on Friday....
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VALLETTA (Malta), Nov 25: Queen Elizabeth of Britain emphasized the issues of terrorism, poverty, last year’s tsunami disaster and the devastating earthquake in Pakistan as she opened the 53-nation Commonwealth summit here on Friday....
ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: Hollywood star and United Nations refugee agency goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie on Friday urged the world to honour its pledges of aid for Pakistani quake victims before winter causes a second wave of death....
