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| June 11, 2007 | Monday | Jamadi-ul-Awwal 25, 1428 |
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Govt prepares new reference against CJ
ISLAMABAD, June 10: Federal Minister for Law Muhammad Wasi Zafar said on Sunday that a new reference against Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry was ready and it would be filed at an “appropriate time, if needed”.... 
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Musharraf will be re-elected: Aziz
ISLAMABAD, June 10: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Sunday he expected President Pervez Musharraf to secure another five years in office this autumn despite the ongoing judicial crisis....
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Sibbi and Larkana sizzle at over 51°C
KARACHI, June 10: Most parts of the country are in the grip of a heatwave, with a stagnant low-pressure cell driving dry desert winds from the neighbouring Indian state of Rajasthan,...
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Inefficient public sector bodies heavy burden on economy: Shah
ISLAMABAD, June 10: Pakistan’s economy has become a hostage to inefficient public sector organisations like power utilities and the Pakistan International Airlines, which eat up billions of rupees every year, Prime...
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SBP to get powers to check accounts for terror funding
ISLAMABAD, June 10: The government has proposed to empower the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to get information relating to any business transaction from banking companies and financial institutions in order to identify offences of money laundering or funding of terrorism....
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GST measures to yield Rs23bn
ISLAMABAD, June 10: The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) will raise more than Rs23 billion in revenue under the new general sales tax (GST) measures announced in the budget, which will increase the price of goods....
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Tax rates for salaried class unchanged
ISLAMABAD, June 10: The budget for 2007-08 does not provide any relief to salaried class taxpayers because the government neither raised the exemption threshold for income tax nor made any changes in the rates of the levy....
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Budget largely irrelevant for common man
KARACHI, June 10: This year’s budget is populist in tone, inflationary in substance, neutral for the agriculture sector, pro-corporate in general, disappointing for the textile industry and largely irrelevant for the common person, although it offers some relief to government employees....
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Wapda shortage surges to 2,500MW
LAHORE, June 10: With mercury rising to record-breaking heights in many parts of the country, domestic power shortage (excluding the Karachi Electric Supply Company) has risen to the feared level of...
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Karzai escapes rocket attack
MIRI (Afghanistan), June 10: Afghan President Hamid Karzai escaped unhurt after Taliban militants fired rockets on Sunday at a school where he was meeting tribal elders, officials said....
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Voter lists’ display from tomorrow
KARACHI, June 10: For the first time in Pakistan, computerised draft electoral rolls are set to be displayed from Tuesday in 45,403 display centres across the country at the union council level, officials told Dawn....
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‘Global Initiative doesn’t cover military N-facilities’
ISLAMABAD, June 10: Pakistan has decided to join the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The initiative covers civil nuclear facilities only....
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PML-N says budget violates key rule
ISLAMABAD, June 10: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has questioned the constitutionality of the budget for 2007-08 which has been presented in the National Assembly before finalising the National Finance Commission (NFC) award....
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Air travel tax rates announced
ISLAMABAD, June 10: The government has announced air travel tax (ATT) rates for international passengers....
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Jirga to discuss Fata situation
PESHAWAR, June 10: Senator Hamidullah Afridi has said that a grand jirga of tribesmen would be convened in Peshawar on June 14 to discuss the prevailing law and order situation in the Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (Fata)....
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23 activists in Bahawalpur prison
BAHAWALPUR, June 10: Some 23 activists of various opposition parties, who have been arrested during the recent crackdown by the police across Punjab, have been shifted to the central jail, Bahawalpur....
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Explosives hurled into official’s house, two injured
ISLAMABAD, June 10: A senior government officer and his friend were injured on Saturday night when an explosive device was hurled into his house in Bhara Kahu, the police said....
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Boy found murdered
ATTOCK, June10: A young boy was found murdered in Mirza Village in the jurisdiction of Saddar police station here on Sunday, while a body of an unknown man was found near...
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