Rumours and denials galore: Bigwigs gather at Presidency dinner
ISLAMABAD, May 29: Rumours that President Pervez Musharraf is on his way out took the country by storm on Thursday, severely affecting the public and commercial life....
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Military rule causes polarisation: PM
ISLAMABAD, May 29: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has blamed an ‘unholy alliance’ in the military leadership and a class of politicians, bureaucrats and affluent members of the civil society for the gloomy state of affairs in the country....
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Investors rise in protest against stocks meltdown
KARACHI, May 29: Investors at the Karachi Stock Exchange rose in protest at mid-day on Thursday against the incessant meltdown in stock prices....
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A.Q. Khan regrets ‘confession’
ISLAMABAD, May 29: Nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan has expressed regret over his confession made in 2004 and alleged that he has been ‘betrayed by his friends’ who had promised...
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Nato hopes anti-militants operation will be resumed
KABUL, May 29: The head of Nato forces in Afghanistan, US General Dan McNeill, said on Thursday he was optimistic Pakistan would resume operations against militants along the Afghan border....
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12 killed as van falls into Hunza ravine
HUNZA, May 29: Twelve people, five women and three children among them, were killed when a van fell 100 feet down into a ravine from a hill in Attabad, a small hamlet about 25km north of here....
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Gilani welcomes Mengal’s talks offer
ISLAMABAD, May 29: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has welcomed a statement by Sardar Akhtar Mengal, former chief minister of Balochistan, that he is willing to hold talks with the government for peace in the province....
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PM seeks more US assistance
NEW YORK, May 29: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has asked the United States to increase economic and defence assistance for Pakistan’s newly-elected democratic government as part of “democracy dividend.”...
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Royal flag lowered as Nepal celebrates ‘rebirth’
KATHMANDU, May 29: Nepal basked in its rebirth as a republic on Thursday, lowering the royal flag at Kathmandu’s main palace a day after the 239-year-old monarchy was abolished and the king given two weeks to leave the royal compound....
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Couple shot dead in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, May 29: Indian troops shot dead a man and his wife who were suspected members of a militant group in occupied Kashmir, police said on Thursday....
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Fallen peacekeepers honoured
NEW YORK, May 29: Two fallen peacekeepers from Pakistan were among those honoured at a wreath-laying ceremony at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Wednesday....
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Mukherjee plans to visit China
NEW DELHI, May 29: Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee will visit China next week and Beijing hopes his talks there will promote “mutual political trust” and deepen “practical cooperation” between the two neighbours, Zeenews said on Thursday....
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Farm product prices to remain on high side
LONDON, May 29: Agricultural commodity prices should ease from their recent record peaks but over the next 10 years they are expected to average well above the mean of the past...
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Blind student tortured to death
VEHARI, May 29: A Madressah teacher has been accused of torturing a blind student to death for not learning his lessons....
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Quetta strike by railway workers
QUETTA, May 29: A complete strike was observed by employees of the Pakistan Railways on Thursday in protest against the killing of five people in the city’s Railways Guards colony and Joint Road area....
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Geelani seeks help for Kashmir poll boycott
MUZAFFARABAD, May 29: Hardline Kashmiri leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani said on Thursday that an effective boycott of the forthcoming elections to the occupied territory’s legislative assembly was bound to strengthen...
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22 states hard hit by high food prices
ROME: Twenty-two mainly African countries are “especially vulnerable” to soaring food and fuel prices, according to a report by the UN food agency ahead of a summit on food security next week in Rome....
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US customs officers held on bribery charges
NEW YORK: US federal agents arrested two Customs and Border Protection officers from Long Island and others on Wednesday and charged them with being part of a Kennedy Airport bribery and drug ring....
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