Cabinet panel suggests drastic changes in FCR
ISLAMABAD, Oct 13: A cabinet committee has recommended drastic changes in the Frontier Crimes Regulations, including allowing the right of appeal against actions of political agents or district coordination officers in some tribal regions, Dawn has learnt....
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Joint session adjourned after death of MNA
ISLAMABAD, Oct 13: The joint session of the two houses of parliament on the US-led war on terror and the law and order situation in the country was adjourned till 11am...
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Agriculture, real estate to be taxed: Tareen
WASHINGTON, Oct 13: Prime Minister’s Adviser on Finance Shaukat Tareen pledged on Monday that the government would bring all sectors, including agriculture, under the tax net to strengthen the national economy....
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Financial institutions agree to keep CFS market fluid
KARACHI, Oct 13: Financial institutions, including banks and mutual funds, agreed to keep the CFS market fluid by fulfilling their commitments and continuing to provide funds from Tuesday onwards, Securities and...
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Pakistan to press India for ‘stolen’ water
LAHORE, Oct 13: Pakistan would neither drop its claim nor sell the Chenab water which India ‘stole’ in September this year, Indus Commissioner Syed Jamaat Ali Shah said here on Monday....
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Zardari leaves for China today
ISLAMABAD, Oct 13: Pakistan and China will sign several memorandums of understanding (MoUs) pertaining to trade, counter terrorism, commerce, industrial development, banking, power and financial sectors during a four-day visit of...
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25 militants killed in Swat clashes
MINGORA, Oct 13: Twenty-five militants and two soldiers were killed in fierce clashes on Monday, forcing people in upper Swat valley to leave their homes for safe areas....
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ANP leader injured in blast
UPPER DIR, Oct 13: A local leader of Awami National Party was among five people injured when an explosive device detonated by remote control hit their vehicle in Upper Dir on Monday....
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Oil reserves being lowered to save dollars
ISLAMABAD, Oct 13: The government has decided to keep reserves of petroleum products for 10 days instead of 21 to reduce the outflow of dollars, sources told Dawn on Monday....
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Major banks partly nationalised in UK
LONDON, Oct 13: The UK government continued the process of part nationalisation of major private banks that began midway last week and pumped as much as £37 billion into the banking...
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Singh blames extremists for communal violence
NEW DELHI, Oct 13: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warned on Monday of rising ethnic and communal tensions in India and blamed extremist elements for fuelling the violence....
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Economics Nobel goes to US critic of Bush
STOCKHOLM, Oct 13: US economist Paul Krugman, a prolific columnist and fierce critic of Washington’s economic policies, won the Nobel Economics Prize on Monday....
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Developing states face ‘permanent damage’
WASHINGTON, Oct 13: The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have warned that the current financial crisis could do permanent damage to developing countries and have offered to help them deal with it....
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Punjab denies ban on flour movement
LAHORE, Oct 13: The government of Punjab claimed on Monday that it had been supplying 5,000 tons of flour and fine flour (maida) a day to the NWFP and Balochistan for the past three days....
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18 militants killed in Bajaur
KHAR, Oct 13: At least 18 militants were killed and 12 others injured in clashes with security forces and a tribal Lashkar in the Charmang area of the troubled Bajaur tribal region on Monday....
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PML-N wants military operation halted
ISLAMABAD, Oct 13: The Pakistan Muslim League-N has called for an immediate end to the military operation in tribal areas and said it would give its suggestions on the so-called war...
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Unregistered SIMs to be blocked in two weeks
ISLAMABAD, Oct 13: The government has decided to block all prepaid mobile phone connections in two weeks if their subscriber identity modules (SIMs) are not registered with mobile phone companies....
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Pak-Afghan mini-jirga likely to meet on 27th
ISLAMABAD, October 13: The much delayed Pak-Afghan mini-jirga is finally likely to be held on October 27 and 28 in Islamabad to evolve a unified voice against extremism and violence that has plagued both the countries....
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