Operation to go on till writ is restored: Jammers to block Maulana’s radio
ISLAMABAD, Feb 13: A high-level security meeting presided over jointly by President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday reviewed the situation in tribal areas and the...
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US official says drones using Pakistan base
WASHINGTON: Drones that attack suspected terrorist targets inside Pakistan actually take off from the Pakistani soil, a senior US lawmaker said at a congressional hearing which also heard from the US...
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India urged to come clean over Mumbai attacks
ISLAMABAD, Feb 13: Pakistan urged India on Friday to “come clean on multiple facets of the Mumbai tragedy” and expose those responsible for acts of “commission and omission”....
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SECP rule relaxation likely to boost stocks
ISLAMABAD, Feb 13: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) on Friday granted relaxation in accounting treatment for equity securities held by companies under the head, ‘available for sale’ as...
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Kidnappers release video of UN official
QUETTA, Feb 13: The Baloch Liberation United Front (BLUF), which has claimed the kidnapping on Feb 2 of a top UN official in Quetta, released his videotape on Friday....
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India blames ‘official Pakistan’ for terrorism
NEW DELHI, Feb 13: Tempering its recent rhetoric, India on Friday blamed “official Pakistan”, as distinct from the political leadership, for the problems of unabated cross-border terrorism, and clarified that it had no quarrel with the people of Pakistan....
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Economic indicators improving, says PM
ISLAMABAD, Feb 13: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Friday that despite global recession, economic indicators in Pakistan were showing signs of improvement and this would help the government to provide relief to the masses....
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Govt vows to punish Pole’s killers
ISLAMABAD, Feb 13: Pakistan vowed on Friday to bring to justice those responsible for killing a kidnapped Polish geologist, condemning what it called a “heinous crime and brutal act of terrorism”....
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Recession will push 99m more into poverty: WB
RAWALPINDI, Feb 13: New estimates for the year released by the World Bank on Friday suggest that lower economic growth rates will push 46 million more people to $1.25...
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50 killed as US plane crashes into house
NEW YORK, Feb 13: A commuter plane dropped out of the sky without warning and nose-dived into a suburban Buffalo house in a fiery crash that killed all 49 people aboard and one person in the home....
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‘Nato supplies via Russia soon’
MOSCOW, Feb 13: The transit via Russia of non-military supplies for Nato forces fighting in Afghanistan would start within days, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying by RIA news agency on Friday....
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Global cereal output to decline this year: Fao
ROME, Feb 13: Global cereal production is to drop in 2009 even though food prices are rising in poor countries, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation....
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Man jailed for burning woman
PARIS, Feb 13: A French court has jailed a Pakistani man for 20 years for setting his ex-girlfriend alight after she refused to marry him. The sentence was handed down late on Thursday, court officials said on Friday....
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Mumbai attack suspects to be taken to court today
RAWALPINDI, Feb 13: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) is likely to produce all suspects arrested in connection with the Mumbai attacks in a local anti-terrorism court on Saturday to seek their remand custody, Dawn has learnt....
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141 Afghans detained
QUETTA, Feb 13: The Federal Investigation Agency arrested 141 Afghan nationals from different parts of the city on Friday....
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Five held with suicide jackets
QUETTA, Feb 13: Law-enforcement personnel have arrested five men from Pashtoonabad area and seized five suicide jackets and nine bombs....
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Jamali advocates change in poll system
ISLAMABAD, Feb 13: Senate’s acting chairman Mir Jan Mohammad Jamali has proposed changes in the system of election of senators to end the reported practice of buying loyalty of legislators....
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Consortium for Gwadar rail link proposed
QUETTA, Feb 13: The Balochistan government has proposed the setting up of a consortium of friendly countries for a rail project to link the port of Gwadar with countries of the region....
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