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Nawaz in last-ditch attempt to avert coalition collapse
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE, April 29: PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif dashed to Dubai on Tuesday in a last-ditch attempt to save the one-month-old coalition government from collapsing after several rounds of talks between PML-N...
PML-Q senators walk out in protest
ISLAMABAD, April 29: PML-Q lawmakers staged a token walkout on Tuesday after clashing for the first time with the ruling coalition members in the Senate. They complained that they had been denied sufficient time to respond to the finance minister’s statement....
5-7pc increase in oil prices likely
ISLAMABAD, April 29: The government is likely to announce a five to seven per cent increase in petroleum prices on Wednesday to cope with the rising budget deficit, Dawn has learnt....
Ahmadinejad says gas pipeline deal in 45 days
NEW DELHI, April 29: Oil ministers of Iran, Pakistan and India would meet within the next 45 days to agree on a final draft for the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) pipeline that would...
MI men gunned down in Khuzdar
QUETTA, April 29: Two Military Intelligence (MI) personnel were killed in Khuzdar on Tuesday....
Statesmanship needed to save the day
EVEN on the final day of the promised deadline for the restoration of the deposed judges, an end to the crisis that emanated from General Pervez Musharraf’s imposition of emergency rule in November last year is still not in sight....
Man-made crisis pushing 100m into poverty: WB
WASHINGTON, April 29: The World Bank chief warned on Tuesday that 100 million people have already been pushed into poverty due to a man-made food crisis while as many as two billion are on the verge of disaster....
UN sets up task force to tackle food crisis
BERNE: UN agencies and the World Bank will set up a task force on food to deal with the unprecedented rise in global food prices, the United Nations said on Tuesday....
Suicide attack on poppy eradication team leaves 18 dead
KABUL, April 29: Taliban militants killed at least 18 Afghans, including seven civilians, and wounded 31 more in a suicide bomb attack on a drug eradication team in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, the interior ministry said....
Three die in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, April 29: Two Kashmiri freedom fighters and a policeman died in two clashes in Indian occupied Kashmir, police said on Tuesday....
Norwegian of Pakistani origin faces 10-year term
OSLO, April 29: Three men accused of shooting at a synagogue and plotting attacks against the US and Israeli embassies in Oslo should receive prison terms of between two and 10...
Three constables killed in encounter
KOHAT, April 29: Three constables were killed and an inspector was injured in an encounter with a gang of car thieves in Somari area on Tuesday afternoon....
MQM to join Sindh cabinet
KARACHI, April 29: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan and Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza firmed up on Tuesday a power-sharing formula between the Muttahida Qaumi Movement and the Pakistan People’s Party....
Helicopter crashes
GUJRANWALA, April 29: An army helicopter crashed during a training flight near Mandiala Warriach village on Tuesday....
Man held with suicide jackets
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, April 29: Two jackets used in suicide bombings were seized from a man arrested here on Tuesday....
Israel orders demolition of 35 homes in W. Bank
NABLUS, April 29: Israel has ordered the demolition of 35 homes in a West Bank village for being built without permits, a lawyer said on Tuesday....
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Editor: Abbas Nasir
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE, April 29: PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif dashed to Dubai on Tuesday in a last-ditch attempt to save the one-month-old coalition government from collapsing after several rounds of talks between PML-N...
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, April 29: Two jackets used in suicide bombings were seized from a man arrested here on Tuesday....
