Record funds allocated for education sector: CM
LAHORECHIEF Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif has said that the aim of progress and prosperity cannot be realized without elimination of illiteracy
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India for concrete results on terror, more trade with Pakistan (Calcutta News)
New Delhi/India Wednesday impressed upon Pakistan to show concrete results in combating terrorism even as the two sides sought to advance their peace process by intensifying economic ties and removing hurdles in the way of cross-border trade.
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Notices issued to Ogra against gas price increase
Islamabad Justice Muhammad Munir Paracha of Islamabad High Court (IHC) here on Wednesday issued notices to the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authorit
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Australian cricket side cancels tour to India
SYDNEY: Cricket’’s multi-million dollar Twenty-20 Champions League has been thrown into jeopardy by the terrorist attacks in Mumbai.Victoria and Western Australia had qualified for the tournament and the teams were due to fly out in the next few days.The Victorian side was booked to stay at the Taj hotel, where Westerners are reportedly being held hostage and a large fire has broken out.Cricket Victoria’’s Eivion Bowen said the team’’s participation is now in doubt.”Yes, we were due to book into the Taj with some officials due to fly over tomorrow and the bulk of the team due to go over there on Saturday,” he said.”We”re awaiting advice from the government and also Cricket Australia and their security personnel and we”re just sifting through the facts at the moment and trying to work out how that affects our guys and obviously trying to ensure the safety of anybody who does in fact go over.”
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British boxer denies drugs link
LONDON: British Olympic boxer Bradley Saunders on Tuesday denied any involvement in dealing cocaine after a police raid on his home that led to him be
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Punjab amends law to appoint commissioners
LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly on Wednesday passed the Punjab Land Revenue (Amendment) Bill 2008 amid boycott by the opposition and anti-Musharraf slogan
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Prominent ulema in CII urged
LAHOREA REPRESENTATIVE convention of ulema and religious scholars has demanded that the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) should be immediatel
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Cell for overseas Pakistanis
LAHOREPUNJAB Chief Minister Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said a special cell had been established for the solution of the problems of over
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UN body urged to probe BB murder
LAHOREFEDERAL Parliamentary Affairs Minister Dr Babar Awan Wednesday urged the secretary general of the United Nations to constitute an intern
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Fair and square Baloch politicians
LAHOREFair and Square persons of the week are two Baloch politicians who are in the limelight these days. One is none other than the versatile
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