Lawyers throw weight behind strike
Karachi The legal fraternity of the City Courts has also announced complete support for the strike call by the Jamaat-e-Islami and has appeale
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Senate meets today
ISLAMABAD: When the Senate meets for its fresh session on Friday, the opposition will grill the government on load-shedding, the uncontrollable price
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Lahore court lifts life ban on Saleem Malik
LAHORE: A Pakistan court on Thursday overturned a life ban against former cricket captain Saleem Malik for alleged involvement in match fixing.br
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Report sought from Wapda chairman
LAHORETHE Lahore High Court has issued notice and sought a report from chairman WAPDA on various identical petitions filed by industrial units
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Bitter fruits of IMF bailout
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will have to cut its defence budget by 30 per cent in the next four years if it agrees to the IMF conditions for a bailout package
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Resolution hailed
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza on Thursday said that the adoption of a unanimous resolution by all the political parties on the
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Dow index ends up 2 pct in volatile trade
NEW YORK: Wall Street’’s blue-chip index gained some 2.0 percent Thursday in a volatile session marked by investor jitters on recession and some sense that the market may have hit bottom. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which saw wild swings during the session, rose 173.79 points (2.04 percent) to 8,693.00 at the closing bell. The tech-dominated Nasdaq composite however closed down 11.84 points (0.73 percent) at 1,603.91 while the broad-market Standard Poor’’s 500 index rose 11.76 points (1.31 percent) to a preliminary close of 908.54.
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Minfal to launch five-year project
IslamabadTo facilitate women farmers in preservation and marketing of dairy products, the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock (Minfal)
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CM asked to improve affairs at TMA
RawalpindiThe citizens have appealed to Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif to direct officials at Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA)
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US military training programme for FC starts
WASHINGTON: A small contingent of US military instructors have begun a training program scheme aimed at turning the Frontier Corps into an effective c
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