The White House refused Thursday to comment directly on Pakistani anger at a cross-border raid by Afghanistan-based international forces just days before Pakistan’s presidential vote.
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MULTAN: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Thursday anti-democratic forces that did not want to see the country prosperous and democracy f
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LAHOREPPP Federal Council member Aslam Gill has asked Governor Punjab to inquire about the removal of banners, displayed by PPP to support Zar
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KARACHI: Governor State Bank Dr. Shamshad Akhtar said late Wednesday that World Bank has promised to provide Pakistan with one billion U.S. dollar aid. In a statement issued from Karachi, the Governor SBP Dr. Shamshad Akhtar said that government has decided to sell assets to meet the current budget deficit and the World Bank has promised to provide one billion U.S. dollar aid to Pakistan. Governor SBP said that government is taking steps on war-footing basis to stabilize microeconomic indicators of the country.She also suggested that Islamic banks should mobilize their deposits.
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LAHOREThe Pakistan Flour Mills Association, Punjab, has provided lists of over 700 shopkeepers to the provincial government to normalise flour
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ISLAMABAD: The Senate and the National Assembly on Thursday in their separate resolutions condemned incursion into Angoor Adda by the Isaf forces and
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RawalpindiThe District Regional Transport Authority (DRTA) Thursday made an increase of two rupees in public transport fares. Commuters will n
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KarachiSindh Health Minister Dr Saghir Ahmed has said that 461 dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals of the province this year,
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MULTAN: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Thursday that anti-democratic forces, who do not want to see the country prosperous and democracy flourish, were behind the attack on his motorcade. Talking to newsmen after inaugurating the Rs. 846 million Shershah Bridge located some 25 kilometres away, he said that the damaged glass windows of the car were being sent to a foreign country for analysis as part of the ongoing probe into the attack. He added that these were being sent to a foreign country because the facility to analyze bulletproof glass windows was not available in the country. To a question regarding trouble in tribal areas, he said that government was ready to hold talks with those elements who were willing to negotiate after laying down their arms. The prime minister however, stressed that they must be sincere in it.
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Pakistan is at a crossroads. The gravity of the situation has led me, at the insistence of my Pakistan People’’s Party (PPP), to run for president in S
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