Parliament breaks taboo, debates defence budget
ISLAMABAD, June 17: For the first time in the country’s history, details of the defence budget for the current as well as the next financial year were placed before parliament amid applause from both treasury and opposition benches....
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Iftikhar, other SC judges get salaries
ISLAMABAD, June 17: The government on Tuesday delivered paycheques for seven months to the deposed judges of the Supreme Court, including non-functional Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry....
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Centre coughs up Rs3bn after Balochistan agony
ISLAMABAD, June 17: The federal government on Tuesday came to the rescue of Balochistan to enable it to finalise its budget in the wake of an outburst by Senate’s Deputy Chairman...
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Taliban warn govt of voiding pact
MINGORA, June 17: The Swat chapter of the Tehrik-i-Taliban has warned the NWFP government of scrapping the May 21 peace agreement if it fails to implement all clauses of the deal within a week....
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No threat of war: Afghanistan
KABUL, June 17: A spokesman for President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday downplayed the Afghan leader’s threat to attack militants in Pakistan, saying that there was no intention to start a war with the neighbouring country....
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BB made Musharraf quit army: Asif
LAHORE, June 17: Pakistan People’s Party’s co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari said on Tuesday that the PPP had never recognised President Pervez Musharraf as a constitutional head of state and it continued to hold the view....
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Pakistan, India to hold anti-terror meeting next week
ISLAMABAD, June 17: Officials from Pakistan and India will meet next Tuesday to discuss counter-terrorism strategies and exchange vital information....
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A.Q. Khan denies selling N-weapon blueprints
ISLAMABAD, June 17: Top nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan on Tuesday denied selling blueprints for an advanced nuclear weapon to Iran or North Korea, telling AFP that western countries were to blame....
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Taliban destroy bridges, get ready for battle
ARGHANDAB (Afghanistan), June 17: Taliban militants destroyed bridges and planted mines in several villages they control outside southern Afghanistan’s largest city in apparent preparation for battle, residents and officials said on Tuesday....
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Musharraf, Bush among least trusted leaders
WASHINGTON, June 17: US President George W. Bush is among the three least trusted leaders in the world, ranked slightly above his Iranian and Pakistani counterparts, a survey released on Monday showed....
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Car bomb kills 51 in Baghdad market
BAGHDAD, June 17: A powerful car bomb exploded in a crowded market area of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing 51 people and wounding 75, in the biggest attack in the Iraqi capital in months....
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Iran opposes Saudi oil output hike decision
TEHRAN, June 17: Iran said on Tuesday it would be opposed to any move by OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia to raise its oil output without a consensus from fellow members of the oil cartel....
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France plans return to Nato
PARIS, June 17: President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday launched a major overhaul of the French military, cutting back the armed forces, beefing up intelligence and setting a course for France’s return to Nato command....
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Lawmakers tear apart Musharraf legacy
ISLAMABAD, June 17: Members of the National Assembly on Tuesday continued to use their budget speeches to vent their fury at the delay in reinstatement of the deposed judges and to criticise the long rule of President Pervez Musharraf....
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15pc petrol pumps stop selling diesel
LAHORE, June 17: Diesel supplies across the country have started dipping as the government and oil marketing companies (OMCs) get entangled in a vicious circle of default, forcing 15 per cent of the petrol pumps to stop selling the product....
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‘Lyrical terrorist’ wins appeal against conviction
LONDON, June 17: A former Heathrow worker — Samina Malik of Pakistani origin, who called herself the “lyrical terrorist” because of the ‘extremist’ poems she wrote — has won an appeal against her conviction....
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Dredger inducted into navy
BEIJING, June 17: Pakistan Navy has purchased a dredger from the China Shipbuilding Corporation (CSC) to enhance its dredging capabilities....
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Four shot dead
HANGU, June 17: Four people were killed when unidentified gunmen opened fire on their vehicle in the main bazaar of Hangu on Tuesday....
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