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Two die of cold; helicopters resume aid flights
MUZAFFARABAD/ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: Army and international aid agencies resumed helicopter flights in the earthquake-hit areas on Monday as weather turned clement in the morning after intermittent rains overnight However, cold took...
India denies Pakistan’s hand in killing
NEW DELHI, Nov 28: Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee denied on Monday a colleague’s claim that Pakistan was somehow responsible for the killing of an Indian driver by the Taliban in...
Musharraf convenes meeting on dams
ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has convened a high-level inter-provincial meeting here on Tuesday on the crucial question of construction of new dams in the country Informed sources told...
US Congressmen meet Kashmiris: Closed-door talks
NEW DELHI, Nov 28: Senior US Congressmen held a rare closed-door meeting with Kashmiri representatives and high-ranking Indian government officials on Monday and promised to urge Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to...
Wapda power tariff to remain unchanged
ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: The federal government has decided in principle not to increase power tariff for Wapda consumers, it has been learnt. Finance ministry sources told Dawn on Monday that the...
Clerics hand over 35 militants in Waziristan
MIRANSHAH, Nov 28: Tribal clerics handed over 35 suspected militants to the political authorities in North Waziristan after signing a peace agreement here on Monday. The agreement was signed by a...
Only 7.5pc clear CSS exam
ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: Of the 3,678 candidates who appeared in the competitive examination held in August for recruitment to posts in BPS-17, only 276 could clear the written part of the examination, according to the result announced on Monday....
Saddam blasts court
BAGHDAD, Nov 28: A defiant Saddam Hussein on Monday exchanged angry words with the presiding judge and heard testimony from the first prosecution witness as the trial of the former Iraqi president resumed after a 40-day break....
Pakistan-Saudi naval exercise begins
KARACHI, Nov 28: North Arabian Sea will become venue of a joint Pakistan-Saudi naval exercise, Naseem Al Bahr-VIII, for which a task group of Seven Royal Saudi Naval Forces Ships arrived on Monday morning at the Karachi Port....
Khalilzad to hold talks with Iran
NEW YORK, Nov 28: US Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad has said that he has received explicit permission from President Bush to begin a diplomatic dialogue with Iran to help secure Iraq after US troops’ pullout in phases....
Jolts in Quetta valley
QUETTA, Nov 28: A mild earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale jolted Quetta valley on Monday morning. Although there were no reports of casualties or damage to property, officials of...
Over 4,700 shelters to be readied soon: ISPR
RAWALPINDI, Nov 28: In a couple of days, army engineers will complete 4,750 shelters in the earthquake-ravaged areas of Azad Kashmir and NWFP, bringing the total number of shelters built by them to 23,019....
US assures full support in relief
ISLAMABAD, Nov. 28: The US has assured full support to Pakistan in the rehabilitation plans for earthquake victims. The assurance was held out by a three-member team of US Congressmen led...
Archbishop ‘assured’ blasphemy law will be reviewed
ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has said he has been assured by the government of Pakistan that the blasphemy law will be reviewed to minimise the possibility...
Benazir rules out compromise
LONDON, Nov 28: The Pakistan People’s Party on Monday released resolutions adopted at a joint meeting of the party’s central executive committee and the Federal Council held here on Sunday which,...
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MUZAFFARABAD/ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: Army and international aid agencies resumed helicopter flights in the earthquake-hit areas on Monday as weather turned clement in the morning after intermittent rains overnight However, cold took...
