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Govt reply fails to satisfy opposition
ISLAMABAD, Dec 10: Opposition leaders on Saturday expressed dissatisfaction over the government’s response to their suggested terms of reference for the proposed parliamentary committee on earthquake relief and rehabilitation and sent...
Duty drawback allowed on relief raw material
ISLAMABAD, Dec 10: The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) has allowed payment of duty drawback on raw materials used in manufacture of goods for supply in the areas affected by the October earthquake for relief, rehabilitation and re-construction....
Musharraf seeks more access to market: Fight against terrorism
ISLAMABAD, Dec 10: A greater market access to Pakistan will help fight the menace of terrorism, says President General Pervez Musharraf. “Pakistan will welcome greater economic cooperation, including lifting of anti...
IMF concerned over inflation
ISLAMABAD, Dec 10: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is concerned over increased inflation and argues that monetary factors are the main drivers of inflation in Pakistan, including wheat support prices....
103 die in Nigerian airliner crash
LAGOS, Dec 10: A Nigerian jet airliner plunged in flames on to the tarmac at Port Harcourt airport on Saturday killing 103 people, all but seven of those on board, an aviation official said....
‘PML dissidents not contacted by govt’
ISLAMABAD, Dec 10: The government has not contacted any member of the forward bloc in the ruling Pakistan Muslim League, says dissidents’ leader Riaz Hussain Pirzada....
Kashmiris protest HR violations
SRINAGAR, Dec 10: Separatists in occupied-Kashmir accused India’s army of violating human rights and appealed for UN intervention as they staged protest marches on Saturday to mark International Human Rights Day....
Balochistan to adopt 200 families
QUETTA, Dec 10: The Balochistan government announced on Saturday that it would adopt 200 families affected by the Oct 8 earthquake and would bear all their expenses....
President, PM review OIC summit
RAWALPINDI, Dec 10: President General Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Saturday expressed satisfaction over the outcome of the extraordinary summit of the OIC observing that the final document...
Four US soldiers killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Dec 10: Four US soldiers and three Iraqis died on Saturday while the fate of four Western hostages hung in limbo in an environment of chronic insecurity just days before a crucial general election....
8 policemen, 6 Taliban killed in fighting
KABUL, Dec 10: Taliban fighters have attacked two police posts in southern Afghanistan, with eight policemen and six attackers killed in the ensuing battles, officials said on Saturday....
UN stresses protection of civilians in conflicts
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 10: The civilians in armed conflicts continue to suffer devastating “collateral damage,” as well as targeted violence, increasingly in the form of sexual abuse, forced displacement, terrorism and...
Kidnapped Egyptian found dead
TIKRIT, Dec 10: An Egyptian kidnapped in Iraq was found dead on Saturday near Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit. Mohammed Ibrahim al Hilali, 46, was abducted by gunmen under cover of...
Bush calls for prompt vote on Patriot Act
WASHINGTON, Dec 10: President George Bush asked the US Congress on Saturday for a prompt vote to extend an anti-terrorism law created after the Sept 11, 2001, attacks, calling it a ‘strong weapon for fighting terrorism’....
ElBaradei calls for nuke-free world
OSLO, Dec 10: The head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency Mohamed ElBaradei, who on Saturday received the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize, advocated a world free of atomic weapons and called on existing nuclear states to lead by example....
‘Iran-EU talks on 21st’
VIENNA, Dec 10: The European Union and Iran will hold talks on the nuclear issue on Dec 21 but expectations that Tehran will abandon sensitive activities are ‘very low’, Western diplomats have said....
Tendulkar sets Test centuries record
NEW DELHI, Dec 10: Sachin Tendulkar shattered the world record for Test centuries as India made a strong start in the second Test against Sri Lanka here on Saturday....
120 tons of life-saving goods arrive
ISLAMABAD, Dec 10: A British Airways 747 freight aircraft arrived here on Saturday carrying a cargo of life-saving supplies for the October 8 earthquake survivors. According to a statement, the cargo...
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