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IGPs made responsible to prevent Vani, Swara
ISLAMABAD, Dec 16: The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the inspectors-general of the NWFP and Punjab to protect women in their respective provinces being given in marriage as ransom under unIslamic customs of ‘Vani’ and ‘Sawara’....
Sindh declines campaigning for Kalabagh
KARACHI, Dec 16: The ruling coalition in Sindh has signalled its unwillingness to mount a consensus building campaign on Kalabagh dam in the face of strong opposition to the project but...
Muttahida to review situation on dam issue
ISLAMABAD, Dec 16: Parliamentary leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement in the National Assembly, Dr Farooq Sattar, has said that if efforts are made to build Kalabagh dam without developing a consensus, then the party’s coordination committee will review the situation....
NA prorogued after uproar
ISLAMABAD, Dec 16: National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain on Friday was infuriated by what he described as the unbecoming attitude of the opposition, for deliberately breaking quorum and then pointing it out....
WB okays $400m relief credit
ISLAMABAD, Dec 16: The World Bank has approved a $400 million emergency recovery credit (ERC) to support the earthquake recovery and reconstruction effort in Pakistan over a three-year period....
New Delhi approves fourth bus link with Pakistan
WAGAH, Dec 16: India’s cabinet has authorised the signing of an agreement with Pakistan to launch a fourth bus service between the two nuclear-armed rivals, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported on Friday....
PIA flight lands at PAF Faisal Base
KARACHI, Dec 16: A Boeing 737 landed on Friday at the PAF Faisal Base instead of the Quaid-i-Azam International Airport. Sources said that the Dubai-Karachi flight PK-214 of the Pakistan International...
EU to double aid to quake survivors
BRUSSELS, Dec 16: The European Commission said on Friday that it would double its humanitarian aid to quake-hit Kashmir to nearly 50 million euros ($60 million)....
Senior Bush vows to help survivors
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 16: Former US president George H. Bush said on Thursday that he would try to convert the pledges of $5.9 billion for Pakistan’s quake victims “into things that...
Khan’s friend jailed for nuclear exports
THE HAGUE, Dec 16: A Dutch court on Friday sentenced a Dutch businessman and friend of Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan to 12 months in prison, eight of which were...
Indian parliament evacuated after bomb threat
NEW DELHI, Dec 16: India’s parliament was evacuated on Friday after intelligence authorities received warnings of a bomb attack that turned out to be a hoax....
Suicide car bomb kills two in Kabul
KABUL, Dec 16: A car bomb exploded in the Afghan capital Kabul on Friday near a building where a new parliament is due to meet for the first time next week, killing a suicide attacker and one other person, police said....
Accord on trafficking signed with Greece
ATHENS, Dec 16: Greece on Friday signed an agreement with Iran, Pakistan and Turkey in a move designed to boost cooperation on fighting organized crime and illegal trafficking of immigrants and drugs....
Discussion on gas pipeline plan begins
NEW DELHI, Dec 16: Pakistan and India on Friday began discussing details of the $7 billion Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline to evolve a project structure for its implementation and operation....
Pakistan dismisses abduction report
ATHENS, Dec 16: Pakistan’s interior minister on Friday said there was no evidence to substantiate claims by Pakistanis living in Athens that they were abducted and interrogated after the July bomb...
Pakistan envoy sees no major Taliban resurgence
WASHINGTON, Dec 16: Pakistan’s ambassador acknowledged on Thursday that “remnants” of Taliban and Al Qaeda militants continue to operate in Afghanistan and his country’s border, but insisted they are not resurging significantly....
Consensus on dam needed: WB
ISLAMABAD, Dec 16: The World Bank has expressed willingness to lead an international consortium of financiers to build the 3600-megawatt controversial Kalabagh dam (KBD) at a cost of about $10 to 12 billion....
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KARACHI, Dec 16: The ruling coalition in Sindh has signalled its unwillingness to mount a consensus building campaign on Kalabagh dam in the face of strong opposition to the project but...
NEW DELHI, Dec 16: India’s parliament was evacuated on Friday after intelligence authorities received warnings of a bomb attack that turned out to be a hoax....
