Air attacks will go on, Zardari tells Fata elders
ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: The government has no other option but to rely on air attacks to eliminate ‘high-value targets’ in tribal areas, President Asif Ali Zardari said on Wednesday....
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Blame game to undermine peace process, says Qureshi
ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has urged India to get into the cooperative mode, cautioning that the chain of events would otherwise take both countries back to the old days of hostility....
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Govt not involved in attacks: India
ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: The Indian High Commissioner in Islamabad conveyed on behalf of his government on Wednesday a categorical assurance to the government of Pakistan that it had no intention of...
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FIA uncovers $835m transactions
ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has uncovered $835 million in the forex scam, Prime Minister’s Adviser on Interior Affairs Rehman Malik said on Wednesday....
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Army under civilian control, believes US
WASHINGTON, Dec 17: The US State Department has said that the United States deals with the civilian government in Pakistan and believes that the Pakistan military submits to the civilian government control....
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Call for concord with India during NA security debate
ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: Two key allies of the government on Wednesday advocated efforts for a concord with India in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks, but an opposition poetess called...
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Brown says troops will leave Iraq in six months
BAGHDAD, Dec 17: Prime Minister Gordon Brown confirmed during a visit to Iraq on Wednesday that British troops will leave next year after “building a democracy for the future”....
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Favourable verdict offered in return for silence on Farah Dogar issue: Nawaz
ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: Pakistan Muslim League-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif has disclosed that an offer had been made to him that if he stopped raising the issue of additional marks given...
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Oil price falls despite Opec output cut
NEW YORK, Dec 17: A historic supply cut by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries meant to raise the price of oil, instead sparked a sharp drop to a four-year low...
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BoI asked to take steps to allay Chinese investors’ concerns
ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: Chinese Ambassador Luo Zhao Hui has asked the Board of Investment (BoI) to take immediate steps to allay concerns of Chinese investors....
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‘Shoe protest’ held near White House
WASHINGTON, Dec 17: About 100 people gathered outside the White House on Wednesday to protest for the release of the Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at President George W....
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Indian troops claim killing four militants
ANANTNAG, Dec 17: Indian troops killed four militants in occupied Kashmir on Wednesday and clashed with protesters as the disputed region held the latest leg of multi-stage elections....
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Screening of anti-Islam film stopped
STRASBOURG, Dec 17: The European Parliament banned a planned screening on Wednesday of an anti-Islam film made by far-right Dutch MP Geert Wilders, a British euro-deputy said....
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Sherry says no offer made
ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: Information Minister Sherry Rehman has said that nobody from the government had ever made any offer to PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif to give up his stand on the...
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Latin America asks US to lift Cuba embargo
COSTA DO SAUIPE (Brazil), Dec 17: A summit of Latin American leaders demanded an end to the 46-year-old US embargo on Cuba and focussed on hopes on Wednesday that strained ties with Washington will change under incoming president Barack Obama....
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15-member AJK cabinet takes oath
ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: A 15-member Azad Kashmir cabinet was sworn in here on Wednesday. Azad Kashmir President Raja Zulqarnain Khan administered the oath of office to the ministers at the Kashmir House....
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FO asked to settle Rs130m irregularities
ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday directed the foreign office to settle Rs130 million irregularities detected during the audit of its accounts for the year 2005-06....
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Remittances up by over 22pc: Migrants day today
RAWALPINDI, Dec 17: As the International Migrants Day is being observed on Thursday (December 18), migration has become one of the defining issues of the 21st Century, making it now an...
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