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| June 09, 2007 | Saturday | Jamadi-ul-Awwal 23, 1428 |
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Food inflation above 10pc: •GDP growth 7pc •Record wheat output •Manufacturing, cotton targets not met
ISLAMABAD, June 8: A record wheat output of 23.5 million tons and a robust agriculture sector enabled the economy to post a growth rate of seven per cent during 2006-07, according to the Economic Survey launched here on Friday....
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SC puts off verdict on pleas’ maintainability: Uproar draws warning from judge
ISLAMABAD, June 8: The Supreme Court on Friday put off its verdict on the maintainability of identical petitions challenging the filing of reference against Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry to let the parties complete their arguments....
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External liabilities rise to $38.86bn
ISLAMABAD, June 8: Pakistan’s external debt and liabilities (EDL) have increased to $38.86 billion by end of March this year, up by $1.6 billion from $37.24...
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Govt blocks media curbs debate
ISLAMABAD, June 8: The government used its numerical superiority in the National Assembly on Friday to block a debate on new media curbs, triggering an opposition protest walkout, although it said it did not mean to curtail press freedom....
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Aziz rejects call for resignation
ISLAMABAD, June 8: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday rejected the assertion of Justice (retired) Malik Qayum, the government counsel in the presidential reference case, that he should volunteer to resign...
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Emergency to be a step backward, says US
WASHINGTON, June 8: Imposition of emergency would be a step backward for Pakistan and the United States hopes President Pervez Musharraf doesn’t take such action, a senior US official said on Thursday....
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Musharraf can’t stop Islamist takeover: PPP
NEWYORK, June 8: PPP leader Benazir Bhutto on Friday asked the Bush administration to put pressure on President Pervez Musharraf to start democratic process in the country....
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Notices issued in Pemra case
KARACHI, June 8: A division bench of the Sindh High Court issued notices to the federal and provincial attorneys and the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra)’s chairman on Friday in a petition challenging the Pemra ordinance....
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4pc deficit target set
ISLAMABAD, June 8: The government had achieved the 4.2 per cent GDP fiscal deficit target for the current financial year and set a target of four per cent for the next...
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WB approves $451m package for Pakistan
WASHINGTON, June 8: The World Bank has approved a $451 million package, including both credits and loans, to help Pakistan improve education, health and other facilities....
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Ordeal of freed May 12 petitioner
KARACHI, June 8: Advocate and civil rights campaigner Syed Mohammad Iqbal Kazmi, who went missing on Wednesday afternoon, was released on Friday morning by his captors on condition that he leave Karachi within five days....
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Fauji Foundation flouts Sepa directives
KARACHI, June 8: The Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) has allowed Fauji Foundation to restart its Mirpur Mathelo fertiliser plant for 15 days under “strict safety measures”, Dawn has learnt....
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Fishermen say govt didn’t alert them to storm
KARACHI, June 8: “The district government never warned us of the storm,” rues Akbar Ali, a local fisherman sitting desolately on the jetty in Gwadar. “Do you think the fishermen would...
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Jet crashes
PESHAWAR, June 8: A military jet crashed on Friday near the Afghan border, but the two pilots ejected safely, an official said....
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Three killed in bomb attack
QUETTA, June 8: Three people were killed and seven others injured when a bomb exploded on a bus in Hub town on Friday night....
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Three hurt in Dera Bugti blast
QUETTA, June 8: Three Bugti tribesmen, including a former militant commander, were injured when a remote-controlled bomb went off in Dera Bugti on Friday....
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Health sector shows slight improvement
ISLAMABAD, June 8: The health sector in Pakistan suffers from considerable inadequacies with only one doctor available for 1,254 patients, one dentist for 20,839 people, one nurse for 2,671 people and 1,508 patients per hospital bed, says the Economic Survey 2006-07....
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Five bathe in blood amid shower of bullets: Two passersby among victims
GUJRANWALA, June 8: Five people, two of them passersby, were shot dead on Friday by armed men in what was reported to be a vengeful act....
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