High prices of fruits keep people away
RawalpindiThe skyrocketing prices of different fruits keep people away from relishing their taste and meeting their nutritional needs during t
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Two pc tax whitens $32m thanks to FBR
ISLAMABAD: A resident of Karachi has got his black money worth $32 million (approximately Rs2.5 billion) whitened by paying only two per cent tax unde
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Pakistan raid based on bad intelligence: official (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Suspected U.S. commandos blamed for killing 20 people in Pakistan were acting on faulty intelligence that was never shared with Pakistani forces inside the country, a Pakistani official said on Wednesday.
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Drivers asked to fasten seatbelts
IslamabadSSP (Traffic) Zubair Hashmi has advised drivers to fasten seatbelts and avoid using mobile phones during driving. He stated t
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Pakistan protests ‘coalition air attack’ (CNN.com)
Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday lodged a stiff protest against U.S.-led coalition and NATO forces for what it called a “helicopter-borne ground attack” from Afghanistan into Pakistan, an uncommon tactic in the coalition’s fight against militants along the violent border.
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Wasa to repair filtration plants
RawalpindiWater and Sanitation Agency (Wasa), Rawalpindi has decided to start four different projects amounting to Rs1.64 million that include
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American diplomat at UN defends Pakistan dealings (AP via Yahoo! News)
The top American diplomat to the United Nations defended his dealings with Pakistani officials Wednesday, saying he never acted as adviser to a candidate for Pakistan’s presidency.
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UAE real estate sector booming at the expense of Pakistan
KARACHI: The real estate sector in Pakistan is losing out heavily as investments worth almost $3 billion have been transferred to the United Arab Emir
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Six-member gang of human smugglers busted
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested a six-member gang involved in human smuggling from Rawalpindi, official sources said.b
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Tennis: Jankovic, Dementieva book US Open semi-final showdown
NEW YORK: Second seed Jelena Jankovic and Olympic champion Elena Dementieva, both seeking their first Grand Slam title, advanced to a US Open semi-final showdown with straight-set victories Tuesday.Jankovic ousted Austrian Sybille Bammer 6-1, 6-4 in 90 minutes, moving the 23-year-old Serbian within a win of her first Slam final, while Russian fifth seed Dementieva rolled over Swiss 15th seed Patty Schnyder 6-2, 6-3 in just 76 minutes.Jankovic owns a 4-3 career edge on Dementieva as each approaches her fifth career Slam semi-final on Friday. Jankovic has yet to win one but has earned her Russian rival’’s respect.Other quarter-finals Wednesday will pair fourth seed Serena Williams and her seventh-seeded sister Venus, who have split 16 meetings, plus sixth seed Dinara Safina and Italian 16th seed Flavia Pennetta, who is 0-4 against the Russian.Jankovic’’s victory ensured someone will replace Serbia’’s Ana Ivanovic atop the WTA rankings. Top seed Ivanovic lost to French qualifier Julie Coin in the second round. Jankovic could retake the top spot she had for a week in August. “It would be nice to regain the number one ranking but my goal is to win a Grand Slam. I would love to do something special here.” Dementieva, Safina and Serena Williams also could be number one on Monday. “There is no number one, a real number one,” Dementieva said. “The most consistent player is Jelena Jankovic for the moment. Maybe the competition is too tough. It’’s wide open for a few players.”
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