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Provinces to get Rs450bn from federal divisible pool
ISLAMABAD, May 30: The centre would transfer about Rs450 billion to provinces as their share of the federal divisible pool and grants during the next financial year (2007-08)....
Musharraf calls it ‘assault’ on apex court
ISLAMABAD, May 30: The tone and the language used at the seminar organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) last Saturday was tantamount to humiliating the armed forces and the...
Missing people’s relatives misled by agency
PESHAWAR, May 30: A close relative of three missing persons on Tuesday alleged that an intelligence agency had misled him into making a false statement that the detainees had been released....
KSE provided all data to SECP: 2005 stock market crash
ISLAMABAD, May 30: The Market Control and Surveillance Department of the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) had provided all data about share trading, bids and offers to the Securities and Exchange Commission...
SC likely to take up pleas today: Remarks made at seminar
ISLAMABAD, May 30: The apex court is likely to take up on Thursday a complaint of the government and a contempt of court petition on alleged derogatory remarks against the government...
Four killers of SC officer arrested, claim police
ISLAMABAD, May 30: The government on Wednesday claimed to have arrested four `killers’ of Syed Hammad Amjad Raza, the Additional Registrar of the Supreme Court, who was shot dead in his residence in Sector G-10 on May 14....
Pakistani banker charged in insider trading case
NEW YORK, May 30: US prosecutors on Tuesday charged a top Pakistani investment banker, Aijaz Rahim, with earning more than $7.5 million in illegal profits from an insider trading scheme that...
Cooperation in war on terror to be deepened
POTSDAM (Germany), May 30: Afghanistan and Pakistan vowed on Wednesday to deepen cooperation between their governments “at all levels”, particularly in the fight against terrorism and repatriating Afghan refugees....
Kasuri plans to visit Washington in June
WASHINGTON, May 30: Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri is scheduled to visit Washington on June 17 for a meeting with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, diplomatic sources told Dawn....
Disagreement in PML over key issues
ISLAMABAD, May 30: Some senior leaders of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League are reported to have questioned the rationale behind the party’s continuing policy of supporting the re-election of President General...
Pakistan near bottom of peace index: study
LONDON, May 30: Pakistan is only six places away from being the most dangerous country in the world, and ranks even lower than Lebanon. A study launched on Wednesday declares Norway the world’s most peaceful nation and Iraq the least....
Fire erupts in Karachi building
KARACHI, May 30: A big fire broke out at a commercial-cum-residential complex off M.A Jinnah Road on Wednesday night. No one was injured in the incident....
11 tribal militants held
QUETTA, May 30: Law-enforcement personnel arrested 11 tribal militants and found a huge quantity of arms and ammunition during a search operation in a village near Dera Allahyar area of the Jaffarabad district on Wednesday....
One killed in grenade attack
QUETTA, May 30: A man was killed and eight people were injured in a hand grenade attack in the Sariab road area here on Wednesday night....
Indus body meets today
NEW DELHI, May 30: A four-day annual meeting of the permanent Indus Commission will be held here on Thursday to discuss matters relating to rivers flowing from India to Pakistan and...
Quakes likely in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, May 30: An Australian geologist, Clifford David Ollier, said on Wednesday that high magnitude earthquakes are likely to hit the Himalayan territory of Kashmir, but the frequency may not be as high as in the past.—AP...
Four die in separate incidents
ISLAMABAD, May 30: Four persons died in separate incidents while a body was found on Wednesday, police said. In the first incident, a woman was killed and six others injured when...
POTSDAM (Germany), May 30: Afghanistan and Pakistan vowed on Wednesday to deepen cooperation between their governments “at all levels”, particularly in the fight against terrorism and repatriating Afghan refugees....
