Qureshi protests to Nato over ‘senseless’ strike on Mohmand checkpost
ISLAMABAD, June 12: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday lodged a protest with the Nato secretary general on the ‘unprovoked and senseless’ attack on a Pakistani checkpoint two days ago....
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Lawyers sign accord to keep march peaceful
ISLMABAD, June 12: The government and representatives of the legal community signed a 20-point agreement on Thursday to maintain law and order in the federal capital where lawyers’ long march and protest programme will culminate on Friday....
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Nawaz rules out ‘safe exit’, sees off long march
LAHORE, June 12: Seeing off participants of the lawyers’ long march from Lahore, PML-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif said President Pervez Musharraf could not escape accountability by fleeing the country....
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Provinces to get Rs42bn more in sales tax
ISLAMABAD, June 12: Provinces will get Rs42 billion more next year from sales tax under the amended National Finance Commission (NFC) award, following federal government’s decision to increase General Sales Tax...
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Govt defends withdrawal of subsidies
ISLAMABAD, June 12: Describing the budget as a “major stabilisation effort” to remove fiscal imbalances, Finance Minister Syed Naveed Qamar said on Thursday that all subsidies on fuel oil, fertiliser and...
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30 tax exemptions withdrawn to meet revenue target
ISLAMABAD, June 12: The government has withdrawn 30 income tax exemptions in various sectors to meet the target of Rs477 billion income tax set for the 2008-09 fiscal year....
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US invites Pakistan to join attack probe
BRUSSELS, June 12: US Defence Secretary Robert Gates invited Pakistan on Thursday to join an investigation into an air strike that killed 11 Pakistani soldiers, saying he regretted it had created problems with a key ally....
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Billions pledged in fresh aid, but Karzai told to fight corruption
PARIS, June 12: World donors led by the United States pledged more than $20 billion to rebuild Afghanistan on Thursday but told President Hamid Karzai to do more to fight corruption and strengthen the rule of law....
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China and Taiwan in landmark accord
BEIJING, June 12: China and Taiwan agreed on Thursday to set up their first ever offices in each other’s territories, as they began historic talks aimed at consolidating a dramatic rapprochement and building trade ties....
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Guantanamo prisoners win right to appeal detention
WASHINGTON, June 12: The White House suffered a stinging defeat on Thursday when the US Supreme Court ruled that detainees held at Guantanamo Bay had a constitutional right to challenge their detention in US federal courts....
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India renews effort for UNSC seat
UNITED NATIONS, June 12: India is renewing its efforts to secure a permanent seat on the powerful UN Security Council, diplomats and UN officials told Dawn on Thursday....
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‘Japanese pumps used in N. Korea N-plants’
TOKYO, June 12: UN inspectors have discovered that equipment made in Japan, the arch-enemy of North Korea, has been used for uranium enrichment in the communist state, news reports said on Thursday....
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Schools urged to encourage healthy food
BRUSSELS, June 12: Europe’s schools should think about removing vending machines packed with savoury or sugary snacks and offer fruit and vegetables to students instead, an internal European Commission document said....
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Seven drown in Neelum River
MUZAFFARABAD, June 12: Seven people, including a woman and a child, were reported to have drowned after the vehicle they were travelling in plunged into Neelum River in the north-eastern Neelum valley Thursday afternoon....
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Social Security Ordinance amended
ISLAMABAD, June 12: The government has introduced various amendments in the social security ordinance aimed at providing medical care and other facilities to employees appointed on monthly wages....
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50 projects planned to improve road density
RAWALPINDI, June 12: As road density in Pakistan is officially admitted to be low and compares unfavourably with other South Asian countries, the federal government plans to execute 50 mega projects...
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Mob kills nine robbers in BD
DHAKA: A group of nine armed robbers were beaten to death or shot in northern Bangladesh on Thursday by a mob of angry villagers, police said....
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PPP women wing leaders resign
MIRPURKHAS, June 12: Tension between PPP MPA and President, women wing, Mirpurkhas division, Shamim Ara Panhwar, and city, taluka and district bodies’ office-bearers has intensified after en masse resignation....
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