AJK president flags-off truck service for held Kashmir
MIRPUR-AJK: After 61 years of breakdown of trade ties between both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, three trucks rolled across
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Zardari calls for devising energy security plan
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday stressed the need for innovative and out of the box solutions to increase oil and gas production in
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Textile units suffer Rs1bn loss a day
LAHORE: Current spell of load-shedding is causing productivity loss of Rs1 billion a day to the textile industry besides threatening the livelihood of
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Pakistan Seeks IMF Aid to Cope With Credit Crisis (Update1) (Bloomberg)
Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) — Pakistan asked for financial support from the International Monetary Fund to cope with the global financial crisis and higher food and fuel prices.
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U.S.: Al Qaeda commander believed killed in Pakistan (CNN)
A senior al Qaeda operational commander is believed to have been killed recently in Pakistan’s South Waziristan region, several U.S. officials told CNN Wednesday.
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Turned down by its allies, Pakistan seeks IMF rescue (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News)
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has sought an emergency bailout from the International Monetary Fund, a humiliating step forced on Islamabad after allies refused to come up with the cash needed to prevent the country going bust.
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Imran, Miandad defend Lawson
KARACHI: Former Pakistan cricketers Imran Khan and Javed Miandad defended under-fire national coach Geoff Lawson on Wednesday, saying the Australian w
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Chilly feeling can induce cold symptoms
Islamabad: Medical orthodoxy, which says that there is no connection between low body temperature and viral infections, may not be true.Chilly
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Miandad all set to join PCB
KARACHI: Former captain Javed Miandad is all set to join Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) as a governing board member, PCB sources said on Wednesday.
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MPs seek review of anti-terror policy
ISLAMABAD: In a landmark achievement on Wednesday, parliament finally approved a 14-point resolution on the conclusion of the 15-day in-camera session
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