Clark bowls Australia to victory
KINGSTON, Jamaica: Australia recorded their 13th win in the last 14 tests against the West Indies here on Monday as five wickets from Stuart Clark ins
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US army told to stay away from politics
NEW YORK: As the US heads towards presidential elections in November, its military chief has delivered a General Ashfaq Kayani-type warning note to al
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PML-Q hits back, produces tape against PML-N
LAHOREPakistan Muslim League (Quaid-e-Azam) also came out with a recorded mobile phone conversation in which a PML-N MNA has been threatening
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Bin Laden in northern Pakistan: Afghan official (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A top Afghan intelligence official said Tuesday his agency received information several months ago that Al-Qaeda figurehead Osama bin Laden is hiding in northern Pakistan bordering Afghanistan.
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Democrat Questions US Aid To Pakistan (CBS News)
The U.S. should rethink its approach in Pakistan, including a multimillion dollar program aimed at training and equipping tribal militants, unless Islmabad does more to keep terrorists from crossing the Afghan border, a top Democrat said Tuesday.
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Pakistan ruling coalition mulls anti-Musharraf amendments (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Pakistan’s ruling coalition leaders met here Tuesday to discuss proposed constitutional amendments to clip the wings of key US-ally President Pervez Musharraf, officials said.
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Democrat questions US aid to Pakistan (AP via Yahoo! News)
The U.S. should rethink a multimillion-dollar program aimed at training and equipping a paramilitary force in Pakistan unless the country does more to keep terrorists from crossing the Afghan border, a Democratic senator said Tuesday.
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US clamps down on leaders of Pakistan terror group (AP via Yahoo! News)
The Bush administration moved Tuesday to impose financial sanctions against four people accused of being leaders in a Pakistan-based terrorist group linked to Osama bin Laden and the al-Qaida network.
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Pakistan needs 159 years to catch up with industrialised nations
KARACHI: A World Bank body has said that Pakistan need 159 years to catch up with the industrialised nations of the world, and that the country could reach this milestone by 2050 if it maintained an annual growth rate of 8.3 per cent, and in 2100 if it maintained a growth rate of 4.9 per cent.It said during the last 10 years Pakistan has maintained the maximum growth rate of 4.8 with an average of 1.8 per year, and that its per capita GDP in 2006 was 2206 dollars.According to it, India with a per capita GDP of 3308 dollars can catch up with industrialised nations in 50 years. During the last 10 years, India had the maximum growth rate of 7.7 per cent, with an average of 4.9 per cent, the Dawn quoted the report as saying.The report, prepared by the Commission on Growth and Development noted that China, which in 2006 had per capita GDP of 6621 dollars, can catch up with industrialised countries in 23 years.The Commission is based at the World Bank headquarters in Washington.During the last 10 years, China has had an average growth rate of 8.3 per cent, with a maximum of 10.1 per cent.The report further said that among the Muslim nations, Malaysia was the closest to catch up with industrialised nations, as it can reach this milestone in 35 years, followed by Iran, which can reach there in 54 years. Egypt needed 118 years, it added.
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Simple resolution to restore judges first: Nawaz
ISLAMABAD: Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has urged Asif Ali Zardari to table the constitutional package in Parliament after issuing an executive order or passing a simple resolution to restore judges.Pakistan Muslim League-N Chief said this to Co-chairman PPP during their meeting here on Tuesday.It may be mentioned here that both the leaders had agreed to transfer Presidents powers to the Prime Minister.
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