MPAs demand more perks and privileges
Karachi Sindh Assembly members and ministers through a resolution on Monday demanded more perks and privileges including cars, offices, staff,
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LSE volume hits historic low
LAHORE: The Lahore stock market recorded the lowest turnover in its history on the last day of the current fiscal year when total trading volume faile
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Rs 13.8 billion LDA budget approved
LAHORETHE governing body of the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) in a meeting approved Rs 13.88b annual budget for 2008-09, of the authority
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Global economy set for worse-than-expected downturn: BIS
BASEL: The global economy could be heading into an unexpectedly severe downturn, the top world central banking body warned on Monday, saying that chea
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Blast Kills 8 in Pakistan (Time Magazine)
A powerful explosion destroyed a militant compound and killed up to eight people Monday in a volatile tribal region where Pakistan security forces are waging an offensive against pro-Taliban militants
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28 militants killed in southern Afghanistan
KABUL: The US-led troops backed by warplanes battled militants and killed 28, including several Taliban leaders in south western Afghanistan, an Afgha
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30 hurt as row over land to Hindus widens in held Kashmir
HELD SRINAGAR: Thirty people were hurt on Monday in fresh clashes in held Kashmir as protesters demanded the formal revocation of an order to hand ove
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Panic grips twin cities
RawalpindiFear gripped the residents of twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Monday after they heard two powerful sounds like bomb blast
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Associated companies allowed to invest in mutual funds
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) in the best interest of the capital market has allowed associated companies of fu
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Blast Kills 8 at Pakistan Militant Base (Washington Post)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 30 — A powerful explosion ripped through an Islamist compound in Pakistan’s volatile tribal areas on Monday, killing eight people, as the country’s paramilitary forces pushed forward with their offensive against Islamic insurgents.
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