ECC approves release of wheat to food-deficient areas
KARACHI: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet, which met here on Tuesday at the Governor House under the chairmanship of Prime Min
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Iran to consider gas delivery at India-Pakistan border (Calcutta News)
Iran will consider India’s demand for making the India-Pakistan border the point of delivery of gas through the proposed tri-national pipeline.
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Go soft on Musharraf, US tells Sharifs
LAHORE: The US has advised the Sharif brothers to adopt a lenient view on the impeachment of President Pervez Musharraf and let him determine his own
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Backgrounder: U.S-Pakistan Military Cooperation (New York Times)
Military cooperation between the United States and Pakistan has undergone a tactical renaissance since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Moribund at the end of the Cold War, when concerns about nuclear proliferation and the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan diminished Pakistan’s importance in the eyes of U.S. policymakers, bilateral military cooperation accelerated during the Bush …
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Pakistan’s annual IT exports reach $175m (Khaleej Times)
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s annual IT exports have reached $175 million during the outgoing financial year against $162 million last year. “We are satisfied with the pace of progress of the local IT sector and ambitious about its further growth in future.
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Musharraf backs Fata operation
RAWALPINDI: President Pervez Musharraf lauded the successful Army operation against miscreants in the tribal areas on Tuesday and said such an operat
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Pakistan scales down fuel, food subsidies to reduce deficit: PM (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Tuesday that his government had scaled down subsidies on food and fuel in a bid to reduce the country’s budget deficit.
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CNG rates increased by Rs4.30 per kg: Petroleum Ministry
ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Petroleum and Gas has clarified that the rate of CNG has been raised by Rs4.30 per kilogram and not Rs13.OGRA sources said that the owners of CNG stations have been directed to withdraw the raise of Rs13 per kilogram, failing which action will be taken against them.They further said that Labour Departments of the four provinces have been issued necessary directives in this regard.
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700 industrial steel units issued warnings
LAHOREENVIRONMENT Protection Department (EPD) has started issuing warnings to more than 700 industrial units including a major chunk of steel
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15 plots retrieved from land grabbers
LAHORESTAFF of the Estate Management Directorate of Lahore Development Authority retrieved a total of fifteen plots from illegal occupation in
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