IMF conditions not hard: Tarin
ISLAMABAD, Nov 9: As the countdown begins for Pakistan to formally request the International Monetary Fund for a bailout package of up to $5 billion, Adviser to the Prime Minister on...
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Currency transfer crackdown to continue: FIA
LAHORE, Nov 9: Javed Khanani, a director of a leading foreign exchange company, was remanded in the custody of the Federal Investigation Agency for one day on Sunday....
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14 militants killed in Bajaur
KHAR, Nov 9: Fourteen militants and four non-combatants were killed when air force jets bombed militants’ hideouts in Bajaur on Sunday....
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Bomb blast, landmine kill two in Balochistan
QUETTA, Nov 9: A man was killed and five others were injured when a bomb exploded in Sui town on Sunday morning....
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Obama to reassess strategy on Pakistan, Afghanistan
WASHINGTON, Nov 9: One of the first priorities of the Obama administration will be to reassess US strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, his aides say....
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Drone attacks souring ties with US, says Durrani
NEW YORK, Nov 9: National Security Adviser Maj-Gen (retd) Mahmud Ali Durrani has warned the Bush administration that drone attacks inside Pakistan in pursuit of suspected terrorist targets continue to spoil relations between the US and Pakistan....
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Rich tribute paid to Iqbal on anniversary
ISLAMABAD, Nov 9: The nation observed on Sunday the 131st birth anniversary of Dr Allama Muhammmad Iqbal, the Poet of the East, and paid rich tribute to his contributions for the awakening of the Muslims of the subcontinent....
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Kashmiri Pandits decide to boycott election
NEW DELHI, Nov 9: Terming the forthcoming elections in occupied Kashmir as a futile exercise, Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Forum has announced a boycott of the polls....
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20 die in Russian submarine accident
VLADIVOSTOK (Russia), Nov 9: Twenty people were killed on board a Russian nuclear submarine, the navy said on Sunday, in an accident that exposed the gap between the Kremlin’s ambitions and its military capability....
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Suicide bomber kills two Spanish soldiers
HERAT, Nov 9: A Taliban suicide attacker rammed a bomb-filled mini-van into a Nato military convoy in Afghanistan on Sunday, killing two Spanish soldiers and critically wounding another, authorities said....
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Mustafa Kamal second best mayor in the world
KARACHI, Nov 9: The Foreign Policy magazine of the United States has chosen Karachi Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal as the second among the best three mayors in the world for 2008....
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Iraq polls set for Jan 31
BAGHDAD, Nov 9: Iraq on Sunday timetabled long-awaited provincial elections for January 31 as an opinion poll showed religious parties apparently losing support....
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G20 nations seek overhaul of IMF, World Bank
SAO PAULO, Nov 9: Major nations pledged on Sunday “all necessary steps” to boost sagging market confidence and to give a bigger voice to developing countries in global economic affairs....
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China plans to counter financial crisis
BEIJING, Nov 9: China unveiled a multi-trillion yuan economic stimulus plan on Sunday aimed at boosting domestic consumer demand in the face of flagging exports, as foreign markets contract in the global financial crisis....
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Journalist killed in Swat firing
MINGORA, Nov 9: A journalist was killed after security forces personnel allegedly fired on his vehicle while he was returning home from a hospital on Saturday night....
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World Bank says ‘extreme poverty’ has increased
ISLAMABAD, Nov 9: Phenomenal rise in food prices between 2005 and 2007 has increased “extreme poverty” in South Asia, East Asia and the Middle East by one percentage point, a setback...
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Foreign hand: conspiracy or fact?
“We’ve moved from the insurgency phase to the reconciliation phase, but all’s not well. If foreign elements continue to infiltrate Balochistan, they could stir trouble and undermine our efforts to restore...
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EU urged to upgrade Fata project investments
LONDON, Nov 9: Pakistan High Commissioner Wajid Shamsul Hasan has called upon the European Union, in particular, Britain to expedite and upgrade their investments in various development projects in Fata, in addition to launching capacity building programmes for institutions....
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