Karzai threatens to hit militants in Pakistan: Nato official rules out imminent action
KABUL, June 15: President Hamid Karzai on Sunday threatened to send Afghan troops after Taliban leaders inside Pakistan....
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Gilani hits back at Kabul harangue
ISLAMABAD, June 15: Pakistan reacted strongly on Sunday to Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s threat to send in his army to finish off Taliban and Baitullah Mehsud on Pakistani soil....
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US-led helicopters intrude into Khyber Agency
LANDI KOTAL / KHAR, June 15: Two military helicopters of the US-led allied forces intruded into Khyber region on Sunday, triggering panic....
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WB asks govt to withdraw wheat subsidy
WASHINGTON, June 15: Nearly half of Pakistan’s 160 million people may soon be unable to buy food because of rising prices, warns the World Bank but in the same report it...
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Sugar barons not ready to pay growers Rs40bn by 30th
ISLAMABAD, June 15: Sugar mills have told the federal government that they would not be able to meet the June 30 deadline for clearing the outstanding payment of around Rs40 billion to sugarcane growers....
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Rain lashes Kashmir, parts of Punjab
LAHORE, June 15: Widespread rain has been lashing Kashmir and northeastern Punjab since Saturday. The Met office says the rain will continue till June 20....
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Impeachment motion soon, says PML-N: Govt under fire in NA
ISLAMABAD, June 15: The Pakistan Muslim League-N told the National Assembly on Sunday that it planned to table a resolution soon for the impeachment of President Pervez Musharraf....
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MPs told not to skip session
ISLAMABAD, June 15: The ruling coalition’s parliamentary group met at the Parliament House on Sunday before resumption of the budget debate in the Senate and National Assembly....
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Balochistan refuses to accept new IGP
QUETTA, June 15: The Balochistan government has decided to retain Mr Saud Gohar as Provincial Police Officer refusing to accept new IGP Syed Irshad Hussain appointed by the interior ministry....
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Larger rallies soon: Aitzaz
ISLAMABAD, June 15: Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) chief Aitzaz Ahsan on Sunday promised more, larger rallies on the heels of the massive long march calling upon the government to restore the deposed judges....
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Blueprints of N-weapon found: paper
NEW YORK. June 15: American and international investigators have claimed that they have found electronic blueprints for an advanced nuclear weapon belonging to the nuclear smuggling network run by A.Q....
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Saudis to raise oil output in July: UN chief
JEDDAH, June 15: Opec powerhouse Saudi Arabia will raise oil production by 200,000 barrels in July in response to heightened demand, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Sunday....
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Five killed in two mine explosions
PARACHINAR, June 15: Five people were killed and six others wounded in two bomb explosions in the Kurram tribal region on Sunday, sources said....
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Punjab, Sindh, NWFP budgets today
ISLAMABAD, Jun 15: Punjab, Sindh and the NWFP budgets for the next financial year will be presented on Monday....
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M.P. Bhandara passes away
ISLAMABAD, June 15: M.P. Bhandara, a former legislator belonging to the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) who represented the minorities in parliament, died at a hospital on Sunday....
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‘Judges’ salary cheques ready for payment’
ISLAMABAD, June 15: Law and Justice Minister Farooq H. Naek on Sunday informed the National Assembly that Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani had issued directives for payment of salaries to the judges....
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Shahbaz promises relief for people
LAHORE, June 15: Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif has said that provincial budget for 2008-09 to be announced on Monday will provide maximum relief to people....
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Lawyers hold demo in NY
NEW YORK, June 15: Several members of lawyers’ community in New York travelled in a chartered bus to hold a demonstration in front of the Pakistan Consulate and the United Nations headquarters in the city on Saturday....
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