Rs2tr budget: grappling with a faltering economy •Subsidies cut on wheat, oil and electricity •20pc raise in govt employees salary •Poor to get Rs1,000 per month
ISLAMABAD, June 11: Facing daunting political challenges and an economic slowdown, the PPP-led coalition government on Wednesday presented a Rs2.01 trillion national budget that at once offers relief measures to the...
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11 FC soldiers killed in attack by US-led forces in Mohmand
GHALANAI, June 11: At least 11 paramilitary soldiers and 10 militants were killed in an air strike by US-led forces on a security post of the Frontier Corps in Sheikh Baba...
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PM assails air strike; protest lodged with US
ISLAMABAD, June 11: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani interrupted the presentation of the new budget in the National Assembly on Wednesday to condemn a deadly air strike in Pakistan’s Mohmand...
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Pakistan army informed of Mohmand operation: US
WASHINGTON, June 11: The United States said on Wednesday that a US military operation which killed 11 Pakistani soldiers was first coordinated with the Pakistan Army....
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Strength of Supreme Court judges increased to 29
ISLAMABAD, June 11: The government took a controversial path on Wednesday to partly deal with the burning issue of deposed judges, using the new budget to increase the Supreme Court’s strength to 29 judges from 16....
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Taxes to raise additional Rs77bn; GST up to 16 pc
ISLAMABAD, June 11: Taxes proposed to be levied in the budget for 2008-09 are expected to raise an additional revenue of about Rs77 billion....
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Rs76bn set aside to cut loadshedding
ISLAMABAD, June 11: The government has allocated Rs76.2 billion for generating 2,200MW electricity to reduce loadshedding....
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Tribal woman strangled for ‘spying’
KHAR, June 11: A tribal woman accused by militants of spying for the United States has been killed. Her body was found on a road in Anayat Kalley area, some 8km from here, on Wednesday....
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Bomb attack
WANA: Nato aircraft dropped at least three bombs or mortars in the Angoor Adda area of South Waziristan on Wednesday evening, according to eyewitnesses. There was no word on casualties, however....
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Gyanendra leaves palace to end centuries of monarchy
KATHMANDU, June 11: Nepal’s former king Gyanendra left his main palace in Kathmandu late on Wednesday to live as a commoner in a former hunting lodge on the outskirts of the capital....
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Pilot dies in PAF jet crash
MARDAN, June 11: A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) pilot was killed when his T-37 jet aircraft crashed in the Pir Garhi area near Mardan on Wednesday....
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Ex-official of levies killed
KHAR, June 11: A retired havaldar of Bajaur Levies force, identified as Namoos Khan, was killed and his brother was injured when unidentified armed men fired on them on Tuesday night....
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Direction right, response weak
THIS year’s budget makes one feel that the mandarins in the ministry of finance are in denial of the reality that Pakistan is facing a serious economic crisis and the risk...
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Three Wapda officials kidnapped
QUETTA, June 11: Armed people kidnapped three Wapda officials who were on a campaign to recover electricity dues in the Segai area of Gulistan on Wednesday....
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Court seeks report on target killings
QUETTA, June 11: A division bench of the Balochistan High Court has ordered police to report if they have made any progress in tracing criminals involved in target killings in the city....
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Bush regrets gung-ho tone over Iraq
LONDON, June 11: US President George Bush voiced regret over appearing like he was “anxious for war” in the run-up to the Iraq invasion, in an interview published on Wednesday....
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‘Bush will not attend oil summit’
WASHINGTON, June 11: US President George Bush is not due to attend a meeting of oil producer and consumer countries in June in Saudi Arabia, the White House said on Wednesday....
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Five killed as rivals clash
KASUR, June 11: Five men lost their lives in an armed clash between the two rival groups near Sattoki Rao Khanwala drain on Wednesday....
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