Diamer-Bhasha Dam project gets go-ahead
ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday gave the go-ahead to the Diamer-Bhasha Dam project....
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Bomber hits sport ceremony; 3 killed
PESHAWAR, Nov 11: Three people were killed and 20 others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at the main gate of the Peshawar Sport Complex during the concluding ceremony of the inter-provincial games on Tuesday....
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Referral to IMF in 20 days: Tarin
ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance Shaukat Tarin said on Tuesday the government would be approaching the International Monetary Fund in 15 to 20 days for a bailout package and for endorsement of its programme....
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Zardari in New York for ‘Culture of Peace’ dialogue
NEW YORK, Nov 11: President Asif Ali Zardari arrived in New York on Tuesday afternoon to attend a special session of the United Nations General Assembly on interfaith peace and harmony to be held on Wednesday and Thursday....
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More forex dealers facing probe, says Malik
ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: Another seven foreign currency dealers are being investigated for illegally transferring money abroad, according to Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik....
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$4bn sent abroad ‘legally’
ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: The ‘legal’ transfer outside Pakistan of over four billion dollars in the last few months, or the so-called flight of capital from the country, through normal banking channels...
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SBP set to increase interest rate
KARACHI, Nov 11: The State Bank of Pakistan is expected to increase interest rate by 2 per cent as part of a 3.5 per cent hike to be enforced in two...
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Eight killed in operation launched to recover Nato goods
PESHAWAR / LANDI KOTAL, Nov 11: Three militants and five other people were killed and seven others injured when security forces launched an operation in the outskirts of Peshawar and adjoining...
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Obama administration may engage Iran for peace in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON, Nov 11: The Obama administration may engage Iran and the ‘reconcilable’ elements within the Taliban movement to seek a peaceful end to the war in Afghanistan, the US media reported on Tuesday....
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Brown calls for ‘burden-sharing’ in Afghanistan
LONDON, Nov 11: Prime Minister Gordon Brown has once again stressed that there had to be “burden-sharing” with other coalition partners in Afghanistan as he answered questions at his regular monthly...
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Afghan army growing rapidly: commander
CAMP EGGERS (Afghanistan), Nov 11: Afghanistan’s army is growing at record levels and now plans or leads nearly two-thirds of military operations, the commander of its US training programme said on Tuesday....
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Teenage girl suffering from leukaemia chooses death
LONDON, Nov 11: A 13-year-old terminally ill girl has been allowed by the courts here to decide whether she wanted to live or die....
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Myanmar ‘jails 11 dissidents for 65 years’
YANGON, Nov 11: Myanmar’s military junta sentenced at least 11 dissidents involved in monk-led protests last year to 65 years in jail on Tuesday, said opposition figures....
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World marks end of ‘Great War’
DOUAUMONT (France), Nov 11: Europe on Tuesday marked the 90th anniversary of the end of World War I, with the handful of surviving veterans at the vanguard of commemorations for the fallen of “The War to End All Wars”....
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Bedouin free kidnapped policemen
EL-ARISH (Egypt), Nov 11: Armed Bedouin tribesmen briefly kidnapped a truckload of 25 Egyptian policemen in northern Sinai on Tuesday in protest at the killing of one of their number, a security official said....
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Drone raids issue to be taken up with new US govt: Gilani tells NA
ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani told the National Assembly on Tuesday that Pakistan would take up its opposition to the often deadly drone raids on its tribal areas...
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Taliban renew offer for talks
KHAR, Nov 11: The outlawed Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has renewed its offer to hold talks with the government and said that use of tribal lashkars is not a solution to the problem in the tribal region....
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Balochistan PA to discuss US attacks
QUETTA, Nov 11: The speaker of the Balochistan Assembly on Tuesday admitted an adjournment motion tabled by a PML-Q member, calling for a debate on the consequences of missile attacks by US and Nato forces in tribal areas....
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