Pakistan gets another $500m from China
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan received another tranche of $500 million from China here on Saturday to further strengthen the foreign reserves position.
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New customer verification system
LAHORE: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, in collaboration with mobile service providers, would launch a drive to sell inactive SIMs in the ma
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LSM shows up to 6.5pc negative growth
ISLAMABAD: The large-scale manufacturing (LSM) in the first five months of the current fiscal year recorded a negative growth of 5.57 to 6.48 per cent
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Pakistan Urges Obama to Halt Missile Attacks (ABC News)
Pakistan urges Obama to halt missile strikes, says latest attack killed civilians
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US provides $105 million to Pakistan: Tarin
ISLAMABAD: China has provided 500 million dollars to Pakistan to improve the level of its foreign exchange reserves while the U.S. has also released 105 million dollars in connection with meeting expenses of war on terror.Finance Advisor Shaukat Tarin informed this while talking exclusively to Geo News here on Saturday.He said the aid received from China will be repayable in a period of one and a half year.
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Pakistan Urges Obama to Halt Strikes Killing Civilians (Fox News)
Pakistan urged President Barack Obama to halt U.S. missile strikes on Al Qaeda strongholds near the Afghan border, saying Saturday that civilians were killed the previous day in the first attacks since Obama’s inauguration.
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Pakistan facing dearth of leadership: Ahsan Iqbal
SWABI: Central Secretary of Pakistan Muslim League-N Ahsan Iqbal Saturday said Pakistan is facing a scarcity of leadership.He was speaking at a ceremony here at GIK Institute of Engineering Science and Technology.He said the way for Pakistan to come back on track of development is through overcoming the scarcity of national leadership.
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Sri Lanka crush Pakistan in cricket decider (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A hundred from Tillakaratne Dilshan followed by devastating spells from Sri Lanka’s bowlers handed Pakistan their heaviest one-day defeat in the third and final clash here on Saturday.
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Suspected U.S. missile attacks kill 22 in Pakistan (USA Today)
The death toll from two suspected U.S. missile attacks on al-Qaeda bases in northwest Pakistan has risen to 22, officials and residents said Saturday. Eight suspected foreign militants were among the dead.
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Pakistan urges Obama to halt missile attacks (AP via Yahoo! News)
Pakistan urged President Barack Obama to halt U.S. missile strikes on al-Qaida strongholds near the Afghan border, saying Saturday that civilians were killed the previous day in the first attacks since Obama’s inauguration.
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