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Flexibility needed on Kashmir, says FO
ISLAMABAD, Dec 12: Pakistan on Monday said the resolution of the Kashmir issue was being discussed and underlined that it required flexibility which it was willing to show....
New dams vital for Sindh: Musharraf
KARACHI, Dec 12: President Pervez Musharraf on Monday once again sounded a note of caution to the people of Sindh on the growing water shortage which is expected to reach 20 to 25 million acres per feet by the year 2020....
AJK woman found alive 63 days after quake
MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 12: A Kashmiri woman was brought to a charity field hospital in a precarious condition here on Monday after she was rescued from the rubble on Sunday, 63 days after the devastating earthquake....
Turmoil as Indian TV shows MPs taking bribe
NEW DELHI, Dec 12: An Indian TV station caused a political uproar on Monday when it broadcast images of 11 members of parliament taking cash allegedly in return for raising issues in the federal legislature....
Issue of scuffle between MNAs resolved
ISLAMABAD, Dec 12: The issue of last week’s scuffle between Qari Gul Rahman of the MMA and PML-N’s minority member Krishan Bheel continued to haunt the National Assembly proceedings on Monday...
MMA forward bloc wound up
PESHAWAR, Dec 12: A group of dissident MPAs in the ruling religious alliance on Monday announced they had ended their differences and wound up the so-called forward bloc....
Armed men fire rockets on FC checkpost
QUETTA, Dec 12: Armed men fired rockets on a Frontier Corps (FC) checkpost in Dera Bugti area on Monday night, officials said. The FC checkpost came under rocket attack in Killi Bakhsha of the Dera Bugti district at around 8:30pm....
Flour price raised for Lahore division
LAHORE, Dec 12: The Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) on Monday unilaterally increased the price of wheat flour by Rs3 per 20kg bag – the third raise in one month....
Telecom sell-off plan ignites fiery NA debate
ISLAMABAD, Dec 12: The government’s policy to privatize the telecommunication sector came under fire in the National Assembly on Monday at the start of a debate on a government bill designed to facilitate the process....
Osama may not be in command: envoy
ISLAMABAD, Dec 12: US Ambassador Mr Ryan C. Crocker suspects that Osama bin Laden and his second–in-command Ayman Al-Zawahiri are no more in operational command of Al Qaeda....
India revives talks with Israel
NEW DELHI, Dec 12: A mere handshake recently between the foreign ministers of Pakistan and Israel in Istanbul has prompted India to revive its faltering dialogue with the Jewish state, the Indian Express reported on Monday....
BD police empowered to bug phones
DHAKA, Dec 12: Bangladesh will allow police to monitor suspicious telephone calls as part of a crackdown on militancy and suicide bombers, officials said on Monday....
Musharraf in Quetta
QUETTA, Dec 12: President Gen Pervez Musharraf arrived here on Monday evening on a three-day visit to Balochistan. Provincial Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani, Chief Minister Jam Mir Mohammad Yousuf, Corps Commander...
France holds 22 suspects
PARIS, Dec 12: Twenty-two mainly Tunisian and Algerian men were arrested early on Monday in the Paris region under an investigation into suspected Islamic extremist plans to carry out attacks in France, officials said.—AFP...
Iran welcomes Russia in pipeline plan
TEHRAN, Dec 12: Iran is open to Russian involvement in a multi-billion-dollar plan to supply India and Pakistan with piped natural gas, the foreign ministry was quoted as saying on Monday....
Govt warned against rail fare hike
ISLAMABAD, Dec 12: Pakistan Tehreek-I-Insaf (PTI) on Monday cautioned the government against a proposed increase in rail fares. In a statement issued by the Secretary, Central Finance & Member Central Executive...
Altaf declines to back Kalabagh dam
KARACHI, Dec 12: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has refused to side with the government on Kalabagh dam or any other issue which was against the interests, hopes and aspirations of the people of Sindh....
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