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Govt suspends wheat export: IPPs given more concessions
ISLAMABAD, May 23: The government on Wednesday suspended the export of wheat with immediate effect, following protests from flour mills and the Sindh government over a sudden surge in prices blamed on hoarders and speculators....
Focus on SJC role in SC hearing
ISLAMABAD, May 23: A senior counsel representing Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry in the presidential reference case told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that the Supreme Judicial Council acted to safeguard the...
Amnesty demands inquiry into May 12 killings
LONDON, May 23: Amnesty International (AI) has sent letters to the federal and the Sindh governments asking them to institute an independent inquiry into the May 12 killings in Karachi and mete out exemplary punishment to the perpetrators of the crime....
Karachi strike postponed
KARACHI, May 23: The Pakhtoon Action Committee on Wednesday deferred till June 8 a three-day strike it had called from Friday, saying that the Sindh government had given assurances to meet its demands....
Jamali refuses to withdraw resignation
ISLAMABAD, May 23: Senior PML leader Zafarullah Khan Jamali met Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz here on Wednesday and refused to withdraw his resignation from the basic membership of the party....
Aziz rejects Nilofar’s resignation
ISLAMABAD, May 23: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has rejected the resignation of a woman cabinet minister who had come under fire from a cleric for having been embraced by her parachute instructor in France....
New reserves of oil, gas found in Sindh
KARACHI, May 23: The Oil and Gas Development Company Ltd (OGDCL) announced a new discovery on Wednesday, bringing the total number of discoveries to five over the past two months....
Pakistan largest recipient of anti-terror funds: report
WASHINGTON, May 23: Pakistan is the largest recipient of US assistance from a fund created to support Washington’s war on terror, says a new study released on Wednesday....
US stands by Musharraf, says Burns
WASHINGTON, May 23: The United States stands by President Pervez Musharraf in the current conflict with opposition forces in Pakistan but wants him to do more to quell Taliban and Al...
Pakistani peacekeepers face gold smuggling probe
KINSHASA, May 23: The UN said on Wednesday it was investigating claims that its peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo traded gold and weapons with militia groups they were supposed to be disarming.The...
German minister offers mediation
ISLAMABAD, May 23: German Foreign Minister Dr Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Wednesday offered a mediatory role between Pakistan and Afghanistan by inviting foreign ministers of the two countries to the G8 meeting on May 30 to sort out their differences....
Holistic strategy on Afghan issue urged
ISLAMABAD, May 23: President General Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday said that peace in Afghanistan would not come from the barrel of a gun and called for a multi-pronged strategy to tackle the situation....
Rs1.5tr budget likely
ISLAMABAD: The federal budget for 2007-8 is likely to be of a little over Rs1.5 trillion with no new taxes, a finance ministry official told Dawn on Wednesday....
Operation plan ready, but govt hesitant: Lal Masjid standoff
ISLAMABAD, May 23: Security forces are reported to have finalised a plan to launch an ‘operation’ against militants of Lal Masjid and are waiting for a green signal from the government, a source in the local administration told Dawn on Wednesday....
US puts up massive show of force in Gulf
ABOARD USS JOHN C. STENNIS, May 23: A large flotilla of US warships sailed through the narrowest point in the Gulf in broad daylight on Wednesday to hold drills off Iran’s...
Four bodies brought to North Waziristan
PARACHINAR, May 23: Bodies of four militants, who were killed in Afghanistan during a military operation, were brought to Pakistan on Wednesday and were sent to their native areas in the North Waziristan Agency....
No Pakistani killed in Ankara blast
ANKARA, May 23: There was no Pakistani among the six people killed in a bomb attack in the Turkish capital Ankara, a spokeswoman for the Pakistani embassy said on Wednesday....
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ABOARD USS JOHN C. STENNIS, May 23: A large flotilla of US warships sailed through the narrowest point in the Gulf in broad daylight on Wednesday to hold drills off Iran’s...
