SBP acts to curb inflation: Discount rate raised
KARACHI, Jan 31: The State Bank has tightened the monetary policy by increasing the discount rate by 50 basis points, making the money costlier for borrowers....
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Administrative system changes in NWFP, Fata likely
PESHAWAR, Jan 31: NWFP Governor Owais Ahmad Ghani on Thursday disclosed that the government was actively considering a set of measures to bring about structural changes in the administrative system in...
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Lawyers’ countrywide rallies in support of deposed CJ
ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: The legal community mounted protests and processions in the federal capital, the four provincial capitals and other cities and towns across the country on Thursday to mark the...
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Detention illegal, says Aitzaz
LAHORE, Jan 31: The government of Punjab stopped Supreme Court Bar Association president Aitzaz Ahsan from leaving his house on Thursday after the expiry of the period of his detention....
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PAF truck damaged in blast
NOWSHERA, Jan 31: A truck of the Pakistan Air Force was partially damaged when some militants detonated a remote-controlled bomb on the G.T. Road near Akora Khattak on Thursday....
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Top Al Qaeda man Laith Al Libi killed
NICOSIA, Jan 31: Abu Laith Al Libi, a leading Al Qaeda operative in Afghanistan, has been killed, an Islamist website monitored by the US-based service SITE said on Thursday....
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Troops find ammunition trucks seized by militants
DARRA ADAMKHEL/ KOHAT, Jan 31: Security forces on Thursday recovered four ammunition trucks that had been seized by militants on the Indus Highway last week....
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Musharraf urged to hand over power to Iftikhar
ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: An association of retired military officers on Thursday urged President Pervez Musharraf to step down and hand over power to Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry....
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Friends and foes vow to uphold Benazir’s legacy
ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: It was all bouquets of tribute for Benazir Bhutto in the Senate on Thursday as both political friends and foes vowed to uphold her democratic legacy, but the...
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‘Parties must declare clear stance on terrorism’
ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: Caretaker Minister for Interior Lt-Gen (retd) Hamid Nawaz Khan has asked political parties to take a ‘clear stand’ on the issue of terrorism....
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Six injured in blast; pylonsblown up
QUETTA, Jan 31: Six people suffered injuries when a bomb strapped to a bicycle exploded here on Thursday....
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Gas supply to 100 industries resumes
LAHORE, Jan 31: The Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Ltd (SNGPL) announced on Thursday that it was resuming gas supply initially to nearly 100 industrial units in Punjab and the NWFP....
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Police stop Bhagwandas
KARACHI, Jan 31: Police prevented on Thursday former acting chief justice of Pakistan, Justice Rana Bhagwandas, from leaving for Islamabad to attend a function in connection with the Justice Iftikhar Day, family sources said....
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Afghan deputy governor killed
LASHKAR GAH (Afghanistan), Jan 31: A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded mosque in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province on Thursday, killing its influential deputy governor and five other people, officials said....
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US, UK support for president criticised
NEW YORK, Jan 31: The United States and other western nations have ignored rights abuses in Pakistan, where President Pervez Musharraf has tilted the electoral playing field by rewriting the constitution...
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Afghanistan still in trouble: Boucher
WASHINGTON, Jan 31: The United States warned on Thursday that despite a marked improvement in relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan, success in the war against extremists in Afghanistan was not assured....
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ECP asked to stop Erra chief’s activities: Free, fair elections
ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has asked the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to stop the activities of Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Authority (Erra) Chairman Altaf Saleem till the...
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Over 90 CNG outlets closed: cheap fuel gets out of reach
RAWALPINDI, Jan 31: Public mobility came to a virtual halt as most of the CNG stations remained closed due to gas supply suspension and motorists converged on the few outlets open in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Thursday....
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