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Aziz seeks more access to market: C’wealth discusses trade, poverty
VALLETTA (Malta), Nov 26: As Commonwealth leaders continued their discussion on key issues of trade, poverty, terrorism and governance, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz stressed the need for providing a level playing field to the developing countries....
Bush calls for help to quake victims
WASHINGTON, Nov 26: US President George W. Bush on Saturday urged Americans to reach out and help victims of the devastating earthquake in South Asia....
Haemorrhagic fever: Karachi hospitals on high alert
ISLAMABAD, Nov 26: The federal health authorities are on a high alert after the reported outbreak of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in Karachi and are maintaining a continuous contact with the...
Benazir in London, Nawaz due soon
LONDON, Nov 26: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairperson Benazir Bhutto and party’s other senior leaders arrived in London on Saturday with the officially declared aim of holding a meeting of the Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the party....
Jeep plunges into ravine: nine killed
ABBOTTABAD, Nov 26: At least nine people, including two brothers and three women, were killed and two injured when a jeep plunged into a deep ravine in Riyalla late Friday, police sources said....
9 Kashmiris cross into AJK
ISLAMABAD, Nov 26: As many as nine Kashmiris from occupied Kashmir on Saturday crossed the Line of Control to reach Azad Kashmir. According to the defence sources, the human crossing took...
14 killed as earthquake hits China
JIUJIANG China), Nov 26: At least 14 died, hundreds more were injured and thousands of houses collapsed when a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck near this popular tourist destination in east China on Saturday, officials said....
Saddam trial set to resume
BAGHDAD, Nov 26: Shrouded by fear after two defence lawyers were slain, the trial of Saddam Hussein resumes on Monday with the former Iraqi president and seven former cohorts facing possible execution....
Pakistani held in US
WASHINGTON, Nov 26: A prominent activist of the Pakistani community in Texas was arrested this week apparently for not having proper legal status for staying in the United States....
Acting CJ takes oath
ISLAMABAD, Nov 26: Justice Rana Bhagwandas, the senior most judge of the Supreme Court, was sworn in as the acting Chief Justice of Pakistan at a simple ceremony here on Saturday....
US military admits it burnt Taliban bodies
KANDAHAR, Nov 26: The US military admitted on Saturday that its soldiers in Afghanistan had burned the bodies of two dead Taliban fighters and taunted the guerillas about it, but had not meant it as a desecration....
Barghouti big winner
RAMALLAH, Nov 26: Jailed Palestinian uprising leader Marwan Barghouti and other activists were the biggest vote-getters in primaries of the ruling Fatah movement, according to preliminary results on Saturday....
Benazir refuses to speak about trust fund
ISLAMABAD, Nov 26: Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto refused to answer questions in a Geneva court about a trust of which she was allegedly a beneficiary when summoned by a Swiss...
AJK to build five more tent villages
MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 26: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir here on Saturday decided to build five more organised tent villages in different areas of the state for about 40,000 earthquake survivors to protect them from the harsh climatic conditions....
Business groups provide Rs8.4bn
ISLAMABAD, Nov 26: Federal Privatization and Investment Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh said on Saturday that businessmen had provided more than Rs8.4 billion in humanitarian assistance for victims of last month’s devastating earthquake....
Brad Pitt donates 40 beds to Pims
ISLAMABAD, Nov 26: Hollywood star Brad Pitt here on Saturday announced donation of 40 orthopaedic beds to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) which has been struggling to cope with thousands of seriously injured patients since the October 8 earthquake....
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VALLETTA (Malta), Nov 26: As Commonwealth leaders continued their discussion on key issues of trade, poverty, terrorism and governance, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz stressed the need for providing a level playing field to the developing countries....
