April 3 (Bloomberg) — Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani defended the country’s military intelligence agency, amid U.S. reports its spies are aiding Taliban insurgents in neighboring Afghanistan.
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LONDON: President Barack Obama said India and Pakistan’’s greatest enemy should be poverty, not each other.He met with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the G-20 meeting in London Thursday, and later told a news conference that he suggested it would “make sense” for the two nuclear-armed neighbors to have “a more effective dialogue.”Obama said they discussed the terrorism emanating from Pakistan, but focused more broadly on how the U.S. and India can cooperate on counterterrorism.Obama described Singh as a “wise and decent man” who has done a “wonderful job” guiding India on a path of economic growth.He said they discussed a range of topics, including energy and fighting climate change. Obama said it’’s important the U.S. lead in efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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LONDON: World leaders pledged a huge raft of new spending on Thursday that they said will take their outlay in the battle against the economic crisis
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ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance, Shaukat Tarin, has said Pakistan would take a decision for an additional loan of up to $4.5 billion f
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KARACHI: The ex-mill price of Atta has been increased by Rs3 per kilogram following an agreement in this regard between Singh Government and Flour Mills Association.Spokesman of Sindh Food Department Munir Jalbani talking to Geo News on Thursday said negotiations were held between Secretary Food, Kamran Naveed and representatives of Flour Mills Association. Agreement was reached at the meeting to raise the price of Atta from Rs25 per kg to Rs28.Earlier, the Sindh government had increased the price of wheat by Rs200 to Rs950 per maund. In order to absorb this increase, the Flour Mills Association raised the price of Atta from Rs25 to Rs30 per kg.
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LAHORE: PML-N chief Muhammad Nawaz Sharif said on Thursday that the PML-N would endorse the federal government unconditionally to strengthen democracy
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LAHORE: Six leading entrepreneurs of Pakistan will visit the United States in the fourth week of April at the invitation of US Ambassador to Pakistan,
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KARACHI: Shoaib Akhtar still has a mountain to climb to realise his target of returning to Pakistan duty after managing to work his way through the fi
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LAHORECHIEF Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif has said that modern police stations would be set up at district level throughout the province while
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LAHORETHE Punjab government assured the Lahore High Court on Thursday the police would not conduct raids on marriage ceremonies or banquet hal
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