Halt border violations, Gilani tells Straw
ISLAMABAD: Calling for an immediate halt to violations of Pakistan’’s territory by the US and Nato/ISAF forces, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani
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Increase in diesel price termed anti-poor
Rawalpindi The people of Rawalpindi and Islamabad bitterly criticising the recent increase of Rs3.50 per litre in the diesel prices, termed it
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Case registered against 4 women
LAHORETHE Sabzazar police have registered a case against five people including four women for kidnapping and killing a 17-year-old girl.b
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LSE volume hits lowest
LAHORE: The Lahore stock market recorded its lowest trading volume at 244,200 shares on Tuesday depicting the disinterest of investors while the index
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World oil prices fall more than three dollars
SINGAPORE: Oil prices dropped more than three dollars in Asian trade on Tuesday after the collapse of US investment bank Lehman Brothers accentuated fears for global economic health, analysts said.In afternoon trade New York’’s main contract, light sweet crude for October delivery, fell 3.61 dollars to 92.10 dollars a barrel following a plunge of 5.47 dollars to 95.71 at the New York Mercantile Exchange on Monday.Brent North Sea crude for November delivery dropped 3.71 dollars to 90.53 dollars. The October contract, which expired Monday, tumbled 5.20 dollars to close at 92.38 dollars.Analysts from Societe Generale said “the financial sector crisis has revived fears of systemic risk and, more directly, is probably having some impact on oil and commodities trading and prices.”The collapse of Lehman Brothers and the 50-billion-dollar takeover by Bank of America of ailing Wall Street investment bank Merrill Lynch continue to reverberate.
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Hike in fees: UoP students threaten to go on hunger strike
PESHAWAR: University of Peshawar students, while resenting the sharp increase in the admission fee and hostel charges, have urged the varsity administ
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Pakistan fume as Aussies to tour India in spite of Delhi bombings
SYDNEY: Australia decided on Tuesday to go ahead with their upcoming tour of India despite security concerns following a series of deadly bomb attacks
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ADB scales down Pak growth rate projection to 4.5pc
ISLAMABAD: Asian Development Bank (ADB) has revised downward the macroeconomic projections for Pakistan by scaling down the GDP growth rate to 4.5 per
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Three more deposed SHC judges take oath
KARACHI: Three more deposed judges of the Sindh High Court, including the senior-most judge Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany, took oath on Monday after the
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NWFP to get 2,000 tonnes of flour daily
LAHOREThe Punjab government has decided to restore the flour and fine (Maida) supply to NWFP after receiving a formal request to bale the prov
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