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Provinces will get more wheat: 92 trucks seized at Chaman
ISLAMABAD, Jan 13: The government on Sunday increased the wheat quota for provinces and deployed over 6,000 personnel of Frontier Constabulary and Rangers at mills, godowns and routes across the country to ensure smooth supply of flour to markets....
Al Qaeda assassinated Benazir: report
LONDON, Jan 13: Evidence amassed by Scotland Yard detectives points towards Al Qaeda militants being responsible for the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, Sunday Times said quoting British officials....
Bhootani ready to hold talks with tribal leaders
QUETTA, Jan 13: Caretaker Chief Minister of Balochistan Sardar Mohammad Saleh Bhootani has said that he is ready to hold dialogue with political and tribal leaders of the province to resolve all issues....
Shahbaz’s meetings: Nawaz to be briefed
ISLAMABAD, Jan 13: Saturday’s meeting between Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) president Shahbaz Sharif and Brig (retd) Niaz Ahmed, a close aide of President Pervez Musharraf, in Islamabad has stirred the otherwise...
Rs80bn cut in development budget likely
ISLAMABAD, Jan 13: The government is considering reducing development budget by up to Rs80 billion or 15 per cent to partially offset the rising fiscal deficit....
Two Uzbek fighters killed in Waziristan
WANA, Jan 13: Two Uzbek militants were killed and one was captured during clashes between rival groups in the volatile South Waziristan Agency on Sunday, officials and residents said....
Move to cut court boycott stirs row
PESHAWAR, Jan 13: Amid a split among the lawyers the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) on Sunday decided to end continuous boycott of the superior courts and reduce it to one day a week and for an hour daily....
People’s vote to strengthen democracy: Zardari
NAUDERO, Jan 13: Pakistan People’s Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has appealed to people to actively participate in the elections and use their votes for the party of Benazir Bhutto to strengthen democracy in the country....
Inquiry against Khan network suspect dropped
LONDON, Jan 13: A four-year investigation into a business associate of Dr A.Q. Khan and allegedly a key player in a network selling nuclear weapons components appears to have been quietly dropped, according to a report in the Sunday Times....
Food committee faces uphill task
ISLAMABAD, Jan 13: The nascent Federal Food Committee (FFC) formed by President Pervez Musharraf is faced with the daunting task of simultaneously coordinating with Wapda, railways, the petroleum ministry and transport associations....
Mills refuse to pay fixed price for sugarcane
ISLAMABAD, Jan 13: The procurement price for sugarcane fixed by the provincial governments has failed in Sindh and the NWFP provinces due to a bumper crop and the farmers have been left at the mercy of mill owners....
US grounds P-3 Orion aircraft
WASHINGTON, Jan 13: The US military has grounded about one-quarter of its P-3 Orion aircraft fleet for inspections and repairs after the discovery of a structural fault, officials said....
Manmohan arrives in China
BEIJING, Jan 13: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here Sunday for talks with China’s leaders as the two most populous nations look to turn their combined clout into a major force in global affairs....
Iran agrees to answer questions in a month
VIENNA, Jan 13: Iran agreed to answer remaining questions about its past covert nuclear activities within a month during talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency chief, the UN watchdog said on Sunday....
Missiles miss targets
GHALANAI, Jan 13: Militants fired six missiles on government installations in Ghalanai, the headquarters of Mohmand Agency, on Sunday....
Two injured in grenade attack
QUETTA, Jan 13: Two people were injured when an unidentified man lobbed a grenade into a bakery in Mastung while, in a separate incident, saboteurs blew up railway tack linking Quetta with Iran on Sunday....
Candidate asks EC to check pre-poll rigging
PESHAWAR, Jan 13: Naseer Mohammad, a former colleague of Mian Nawaz Sharif and an independent candidate from Lakki Marwat, has called upon the Election Commission to take notice of pre-poll rigging by his rivals in the area....
Rocket hits candidate’s house
MARDAN, Jan 13: Unidentified assailants fired a rocket on the house of Azam Khan, a PML-Q candidate for PF-30, partially damaging its roof and the boundary wall....
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ISLAMABAD, Jan 13: The government on Sunday increased the wheat quota for provinces and deployed over 6,000 personnel of Frontier Constabulary and Rangers at mills, godowns and routes across the country to ensure smooth supply of flour to markets....
BEIJING, Jan 13: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here Sunday for talks with China’s leaders as the two most populous nations look to turn their combined clout into a major force in global affairs....
