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Fiery speeches on Kalabagh issue in NA
ISLAMABAD, Dec 13: Opposition lawmakers in the National Assembly on Tuesday severely criticized President Pervez Musharraf’s statement that resolutions adopted by three provincial assemblies were no impediment to construction of the...
Musharraf seeks Balochistan’s support on dams
QUETTA, Dec 13: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has urged the people of Balochistan to support the case of new dams and let others know that Balochistan is not against construction of new reservoirs....
Rail fares raised
LAHORE, Dec 13: The Pakistan Railways on Tuesday added a fuel surcharge of up to Rs30 per ticket in its fares, effective from Thursday. According to railways officials, the surcharge would...
Powerful quake triggers panic: Parts of Punjab, NWFP, AJK rocked
ISLAMABAD, Dec 13: A strong earthquake triggered panic on Tuesday among survivors of October’s quake disaster in the NWFP, Northern Areas and Azad Kashmir, forcing people out of temporary shelters and into the freezing Himalayan winter....
Negotiations for $1.4bn quake loans
ISLAMABAD, Dec 13: Pakistan has completed negotiations with multilateral agencies for $1.47 billion loans out of the $3.984 billion pledges and asked international institutions to lend their experts on secondment for...
Foreign secy may meet IAEA officials
ISLAMABAD, Dec 13: Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan, who is in Vienna for bilateral consultations, is likely to touch base with some key officials at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)....
UN seeks $45m for survivors
ISLAMABAD, Dec 13: The United Nations said on Tuesday that $45 million was urgently required to provide thermal protection to some 1.9 million earthquake survivors living below the snowline of 5,000 feet (1,524 metres)....
Kalabagh dam dead issue, says Fahim
KARACHI, Dec 13: Chief of the Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians Makhdoom Amin Fahim on Tuesday said that Kalabagh dam was a dead issue and had been rejected by three federating units...
Time to take unpopular decisions, says Shujaat
ISLAMABAD, Dec 13: Pakistan Muslim League chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said on Tuesday that the time had come for political leaders to give up their personal ambition and take “bold and unpopular” steps in the larger interest of the country....
Two rockets hit Quetta cantt
QUETTA, Dec 13: Quetta was rocked late on Tuesday when two rockets exploded at two different places in the cantonment area. The first rocket landed in an open place close...
Row in Greece over Pakistanis’ detention
ATHENS, Dec 13: A prominent Greek lawyer on Tuesday accused British security forces of illegally detaining Pakistanis living in Greece days after suicide bombings in London in July....
Nato not chasing Al Qaeda in Pakistan: official
ISLAMABAD, Dec 13: North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces are not in Pakistan to chase Al Qaeda, a Nato commander said on Tuesday. “Chasing Al Qaeda is neither our agenda nor our...
US has image ‘issue’ in Muslim world, admits Bush
NEW YORK, Dec 13: Conceding that the US has an “image issue” in the Muslim world, President George Bush has expressed hope that the negative American image will improve as it...
WTO talks open amid protests in Hong Kong
HONG KONG, Dec 13: The sixth World Trade Organization Ministerial Meeting started here on Tuesday amid protests by anti-globalization protesters as WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy urged member countries to be cool and open-minded and prepared to take risks....
Kashmiri girl retracts statement
LAHORE, Dec 13: Retracting her earlier statement, a teenaged Kashmiri earthquake survivor told a local judicial magistrate here on Tuesday that the Mayo Hospital doctor had not raped her....
‘Extortionist’ executed
MIRAMSHAH, Dec 13: The local Taliban continued their search for members of an “extortionist” group and executed another person in Miramshah, North Waziristan Agency, on Tuesday....
Another Indian MP suspended
NEW DELHI, Dec 13: India’s upper house of parliament on Tuesday suspended one of its members after a TV channel aired footage of 11 MPs allegedly accepting cash for asking questions in parliament....
Jacobabad by-poll result suspended
ISLAMABAD, Dec 13: Acting Chief Election Commissioner Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar has suspended the by-election result for the National Assembly’s NA-210, Jacobabad-III, seat....
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HONG KONG, Dec 13: The sixth World Trade Organization Ministerial Meeting started here on Tuesday amid protests by anti-globalization protesters as WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy urged member countries to be cool and open-minded and prepared to take risks....
