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| June 05, 2006 | Monday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 8, 1427 |
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Low farm output hits GDP: •Services sector growth 8.8pc •FDI up by 238pc •$8.6bn trade deficit
ISLAMABAD, June 4: A lower than expected industrial and agricultural production in 2005-06 marred Pakistan’s real gross domestic product growth rate, which remained at 6.6 per cent, missing the year’s target...
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‘Extra market forces’ blamed for price hike
KARACHI, June 4: The Economic Survey for 2005-06 blames ‘extra market forces’ for sharp rises in prices of sugar, pulses, milk, beef, mutton and some vegetables. This, however, comes as a casual reference and the survey does not say who these “extra market forces” are and what is their social status, political position and economic clout. ....
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Inflation recorded at 8pc
ISLAMABAD, June 4: Inflation increased by an average of 8 per cent during 2005-06 against figures for corresponding period last year mainly because of surge in prices of food items, energy, transport and house rent....
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Rs860bn target for CBR
ISLAMABAD, June 4: The government is likely to present next year’s (2006-07) budget outlay of over Rs1.54 trillion, including Rs415 billion development programme, Rs300 billion defence expenditure and a budget deficit at 4.2...
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Miramshah under indefinite curfew: Two soldiers killed in attack
MIRAMSHAH, June 4: A curfew was imposed here on Sunday after militants attacked a paramilitary checkpost in the Datakhel area and two soldiers were killed and three injured when a convoy...
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Singh’s visit delayed
NEW DELHI, June 4: Contrary to widespread speculation, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is unlikely to visit Pakistan this summer, his National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan said on Sunday....
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‘PML, MMA on good terms’
QUETTA, June 4: PML President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said that his party had good working relationship with the Muttihada Majlis Amal in Balochistan and “we would remove their reservations through mutual understanding”....
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‘Kashmir key to lasting peace’: India started N-arms race: JCSC chief
SINGAPORE, June 4: The divided region of Kashmir is key to a permanent peace between Pakistan and India, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Gen Ehsanul Haq said on Sunday...
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Zafar Samdani passes away
LAHORE, June 4: Noted journalist Zafar Samdani died of throat cancer here on Sunday. He was 72. Beginning his career as a reporter with the Pakistan Times, Mr Samdani joined Pakistan Television after its inception in 1964....
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Toronto mosque attacked
TORONTO, June 4: A mosque was vandalised over the weekend in Toronto, hours after news broke that 17 devout Muslims were arrested for plotting attacks in and around the Canadian metropolis, police said on Sunday....
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Afghan governor survives attack
KANDAHAR, June 4: A Taliban suicide car bomber killed at least four Afghans here on Sunday in an attack on the provincial governor as he travelled with a convoy of Canadian troops, officials said....
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Omar issues comeback call to Taliban
PESHAWAR, June 4: Taliban leader Mulla Omar has given a comeback call to all Taliban residing in Afghan refugee camps located anywhere in Pakistan, particularly those in the NWFP....
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Seven of a family die in accident
FAISALABAD, June 4: Seven members of a family were killed when a train hit their car at an unmanned crossing near Chak Jhumra on Sunday. The Sargodha Express (123-Up) coming from Lahore was on its way to Sargodha....
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Efforts urged to dispel negative impression
UNITED NATIONS, June 4: Participants in a seminar dubbed “Brand Pakistan” on Saturday stressed the need for efforts by the diaspora to project the country’s image worldwide as a moderate and...
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Health expenditure 0.51pc of GDP: One doctor for 1,310 people
ISLAMABAD, June 4: The public health sector in Pakistan suffers from considerable inadequacies with only one doctor available for 1,310 patients, one dentist for 25,297 people and one nurse for 4,636, according to the Economic Survey 2005-06 released here on Sunday....
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Air pollution crosses safe limits
KARACHI, June 4: Pakistanis are not only exposed to political and economic risks, but also the air they breathe and the water they drink are dangerously polluted....
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Govt claims 10.6 per cent decline in poverty
ISLAMABAD, June 4: Poverty and unemployment have reduced significantly for the first time in Pakistan’s 57 years of history, according to the Pakistan Economic Survey 2005-06 released here on Sunday....
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Da Vinci Code banned
ISLAMABAD, June 4: Pakistan has banned the Da Vinci Code following calls from both minority Christians and majority Muslims, an official said on Sunday. The adaptation of Dan Brown’s best-selling novel...
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