FFC assails rise in prices of ghee, cooking oil: Action urged against 10 flour mills
ISLAMABAD, Feb 14: The Federal Food Committee (FFC) said on Thursday that the rise in prices of cooking oil and ghee was unjustified because almost half (48 per cent) of it was manufactured from local ingredients....
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Officials claim finding clue to missing envoy
LANDI KOTAL, Feb 14: As search continued for Pakistan’s Ambassador to Afghanistan Tariq Azizuddin who went missing in Khyber Agency on Monday, the political administration launched a crackdown on the agency’s Jandakhel tribe....
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Major among three killed in blast
KHAR, Feb 14: A major and two other security personnel were killed and another suffered injuries when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in the Badi Siah area of the Bajaur tribal region on Thursday....
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Musharraf hits out at ‘biased’ opinion polls
ISLAMABAD, Feb 14: President Pervez Musharraf has rejected opinion surveys conducted by foreign organisations and said opinions of 3,000 people cannot be taken as the opinion of 160 million people of the country....
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Apex court justifies emergency: Review plea to be heard today
ISLAMABAD, Feb 14: The Supreme Court on Thursday announced a 110-page detailed judgment giving reasons for validating Gen Pervez Musharraf’s declaration of the emergency rule on November 3, 2007, but accepted a review petition to be heard on Friday....
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Explosions near poll offices of PPP, PML-Q
QUETTA, Feb 14: Two explosions rocked Nushki late on Thursday night....
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Q-League likely to let PPP, PML-N form govt
LAHORE, Feb 14: Despite PML-Q claims that it is going to win majority seats in the Feb 18 elections, leaders of the party are reported to be discussing a proposal to...
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Operation in Darra after militants’ rocket attack
DARRA ADAMKHEL, Feb 14: Security forces moved tanks and launched a massive search operation in Darra Adamkhel on Thursday after rockets were fired on telecommunication installations....
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Committee for probe into assassination site washing
LAHORE, Feb 14: The Punjab government on Thursday constituted a three-member committee for a probe into the issue of the washing out of the site where PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto was assassinated on Dec 27....
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PPP-ANP seat accord in Sindh
KARACHI, Feb 14: The Pakistan People’s Party and the Awami National Party announced on Thursday seat adjustments in Karachi and elsewhere in the province for the Feb 18 elections....
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India calls for naval alliance
NEW DELHI, Feb 14: India called for an alliance of navies to boost security at sea at its first naval summit on Thursday with nations that have a stake in the busy maritime lanes of the Indian Ocean....
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EU mission not to visit Waziristan constituencies
KARACHI, Feb 14: Leader of European Union election observers Michael Gahler said on Thursday that the mission had decided not to visit about a dozen constituencies in Waziristan and the NWFP because of security reasons....
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Erra decides to pay last instalment of compensation
ISLAMABAD, Feb 14: The Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Authority (Erra) decided on Thursday to release the last instalment of compensation for houses destroyed in the 2005 earthquake....
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Serbia plans action to stop Kosovo independence
BELGRADE, Feb 14: Serbia’s government on Thursday denounced any unilateral declaration of Kosovo’s independence -- expected within days -- as “invalid and void”....
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APDM asks Musharraf to quit, abolish NSC
RAWALPINDI, Feb 14: The All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) Thursday warned the government of “a long war”, claiming that the parties boycotting the elections had triggered “a silent revolution against the establishment”....
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Shaukat sanguine about economy
LONDON, Feb 14: Former prime minister Shaukat Aziz has claimed that Pakistan today has the capability to absorb “the higher prices on world markets (and, therefore, sees) no reason” why the (economic) record of Pakistan should be jeopardised by any government....
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15 enter contest to head UN patent agency
GENEVA, Feb 14: Fifteen governments have put up candidates to take over the leadership of the United Nations’ patent agency, the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), later this year from its outgoing Sudanese chief Kamal Idris....
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Panel to study power situation
ISLAMABAD, Feb 14: The Private Power Infrastructure Board (PPIB) has constituted a four-member committee to review the demand and supply position of electricity and submit a report within 15 days so...
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