Cabinet decides to regularise service of low-grade contract employees
ISLAMABAD, June 4: In a landmark move, the federal cabinet on Wednesday decided to regularise all contractual employees of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) with at least nine months’ service and...
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Centre urged to resolve issues with provinces: Transfer of sales tax on services sought
LAHORE, June 4: The finance ministers of the four provinces have decided to ask the federal government to resolve all outstanding finance-related issues and transfer the sales tax collection on services to the federating units....
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Demand for local govt reforms gains support
ISLAMABAD, June 4: The idea of reforming the local government system instead of scrapping it altogether because of its alleged misuse by the previous government gained more support in the National...
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Aziz blames caretakers for most economic woes
LONDON, June 4: Nawaz Sharif will soon pull the plug on Asif Ali Zardari and force a fresh election which he will sweep, paving the way for a two-party system to...
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Imran defends Fata peace efforts
LONDON, June 4: Imran Khan has defended the new government’s policy of pacification through peace pacts in the tribal region bordering Afghanistan, claiming that the incidents of suicide bombings in Pakistan have come down considerably as a result....
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Govt misses wheat purchase target
ISLAMABAD, June 4: The government has missed the wheat procurement target of five million tons by 1.2 million tons, despite a ban on inter-provincial movement of the commodity which led to an increase in flour price in remote areas....
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Danish team arrives to join probe
ISLAMABAD, June 4: An eight-member Danish team arrived in Islamabad on Wednesday to join the probe into Monday’s bomb blast outside the Danish embassy....
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Delivery of four F-16s this month
WASHINGTON, June 4: The US Congress has approved the delivery of ten refurbished F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan, diplomatic sources have told Dawn....
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Saudi King calls for opening up to other faiths
MAKKAH, June 4: A gathering of Muslim scholars from around the globe got under way here on Wednesday, with call from King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia to counter the challenges of...
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Pressure on Obama to accept Hillary as running mate
WASHINGTON, June 4: Senator Barack Obama faces immense pressure from groups within his Democratic Party to pick Hillary Clinton as his running mate after he won enough delegates to clinch his party’s nomination for the 2008 presidential election....
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Billions pledged, but more needed: UN: Food security summit
ROME, June 4: UN officials announced almost $3 billion of new emergency aid to help ease the global food crisis on Wednesday, but UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned up to $20 billion a year would be needed....
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Judge overturns conviction of Islamic charity leaders
BOSTON, June 4: A federal judge on Tuesday threw out the convictions and ordered the release of a former Islamic charity leader and partially overturned the sentence against two others, ruling that prosecutors failed to prove conspiracy and tax-related charges....
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Al Qaeda man convicted of planning terror attacks
NEW YORK, June 4: A Columbus, Ohio, man accused of joining Al Qaeda in the early 1990s for helping teach Muslim extremists how to bomb US and European targets pleaded guilty on Tuesday to planning terrorist attacks....
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Vatican preparing guidelines for talks
VATICAN CITY, June 4: The Vatican department that oversees relations with Islam is preparing guidelines for Catholic dialogue with non-Christian religions, its head said on Wednesday....
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India hikes fuel prices
NEW DELHI, June 4: India’s government on Wednesday boosted fuel prices for the second time in a year to stem huge losses at state-run oil firms, stirring widespread political anger and worries about higher inflation....
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Novelist Bapsi Sidhwa honoured
NEW YORK, June 4: Renowned Pakistani novelist Bapsi Sidhwa has won the Literature Achiever of the Year Award at the first ever South Asian Excellence Awards ceremony held recently....
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US seeks Pakistan’s focus on terrorism
WASHINGTON, June 4: The US capital is abuzz with reports that the Bush administration is urging Pakistan’s new rulers not to complicate the domestic political situation and instead focus on fighting extremists....
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Bhandara recovering
ISLAMABAD, June 4: Former MNA M.P. Bhandara, who was seriously injured in a car accident in China, is recovering in a local hospital....
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