An endorsement of Pakistan’s economic stabilisation package by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will almost certainly lead to more taxes and a further interest rate hike, at a time when the government is already doing away subsidies on oil and electricity.
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India, Pakistan open historic trade link across Kashmir A vehicle begins driving to Pakistan-controlled Kashmir during cross-border trade at Salamabad, 107km (66 miles) of Srinagar, summer capital of Indian controlled Kashmir October 21, 2008. India and Pakistan opened a historic trade link across divided Kashmir for the first time in six decades on Tuesday, a step aimed at reducing tensions …
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MOHALI: India’’s Zaheer Khan was Tuesday fined 80 percent of his match fees following a heated on-field clash with Australia’’s Matthew Hayden during the second Test here.Khan, 30, was hauled up by match referee Chris Broad after exchanging words with Hayden and pointing him to the pavilion when the opening batsman was dismissed by Harbhajan Singh on Monday afternoon. Hayden had complained to on-field umpire Rudi Koertzen, who was standing at square leg, when he left the ground after being trapped leg before by Singh for 29 in the over before lunch. Khan pleaded guilty to a Level 2 charge under the International Cricket Council’’s (ICC) Code of Conduct which states that players “shall conduct play within the spirit of the game,” an ICC release said. “Clearly, this sort of behaviour is not acceptable at any level of cricket,” Englishman Broad was quoted as saying in the release. “It showed a lack of respect for the player who had been dismissed. Respect for the opposition was something that we talked about in the pre-series meeting I had with both captains and so it was disappointing that Zaheer behaved in this way. “However, in considering the penalty, I took into account the fact that Zaheer had a good disciplinary record. “He also pleaded guilty at the first opportunity and was very apologetic while also promising not to repeat the offence.” Khan stands to lose approximately 3,000 dollars for the offence.The incident came after Hayden and Singh clashed during India’’s tour of Australia this year, when the Australian described the spinner as an “obnoxious weed.” Singh later called Hayden a “big liar.”
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Moscow. October 22. INTERFAX - China is going to develop cooperation with Pakistan on the peaceful use of nuclear energy, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said on Oct. 21.
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Source: Reuters MINGORA, Pakistan, Oct 22 (Reuters) - At least fifteen Pakistani paramilitary soldiers and five Islamist militants have been killed in a clash in the northwestern Swat Valley, police said on Wednesday …
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Pakistan Tuesday (October 21) constituted a 16-member parliamentary committee in a bid to draft a consensus resolution for government’s counter terrorism strategy likely to be passed by Parliament either on Wednesday or Thursday.
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KARACHI: A meeting between Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) and industrial associations for withdrawing the new power tariff hike remained i
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KarachiResidents and shopkeepers took to the streets violently in the Pakistan Chowk area on Tuesday against prolonged periods of load-sheddin
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RawalpindiThe land has been acquired in Gorakhpur for the installation of a sewage treatment plant, a component of the Rawalpindi Environment
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Rawalpindi The police presented another accused involved in Marriott suicide attack case in an anti-terrorist court (ATC) here on Tuesday. br
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