World must combat bigotry: Zardari
NEW YORK, Nov 13: President Asif Ali Zardari told world leaders on Thursday that Islamophobia and anti-Semitism were both forms of bigotry which must be combated....
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Tarin hopeful of getting $5-6bn from IFIs: ‘IMF conditions already part of budget’
ISLAMABAD, Nov 13: The Prime Minister’s Adviser on Finance, Mr Shaukat Tarin, told the Senate on Thursday that Pakistan was likely to get $5-6 billion from the World Bank and other international financial institutions by December....
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Gunmen kidnap Iranian attache
PESHAWAR, Nov 13: Gunmen kidnapped an Iranian diplomat and killed his guard here on Thursday. Hashmatullah Attaarzadeh, a commercial attaché at the Iranian consulate in Peshawar, was going to his office when,....
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Three Afghans shot dead
QUETTA, Nov 13: Three Tajik men from Afghanistan were gunned down in Sariab area on Thursday evening. According to police, Gul Khan, his brother Mohammad Manzoor and Mohammad Hussain were going to their home in Kashmirabad,....
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Qadirpur gas field’s privatisation put off
ISLAMABAD, Nov 13: The government has put off privatisation of the Qadirpur gas field. Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani informed the Senate on Thursday that the gas field would not be sold for the time being.....
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Tariff rise reduced to 13pc
ISLAMABAD, Nov 13: The recent increase in power tariff by 31 per cent was revised down to 13 per cent on Thursday on the recommendations of a special committee formed by the government after countrywide protests....
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Isaf chief refuses to discuss drone attacks
ISLAMABAD, Nov 13: General David McKiernan, the Commander of International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) in Afghanistan, has distanced himself from drone attacks in Pakistan’s tribal areas and vowed to maintain pressure on militants during winter....
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900 tons of food items looted, says WFP
ISLAMABAD, Nov 13: The UN World Food Programme on Thursday expressed concern over an increase in the looting of humanitarian food supplies in northwestern Pakistan, saying it was hurting the poor....
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Pakistan suffered loss of $34bn in war on terror: Qureshi
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 13: President Asif Ali Zardari has told US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that attacks inside Pakistan by US unmanned Predators in pursuit of militants are undermining Pakistan’s efforts in war against extremists....
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Taliban preparing for showdown in Mohmand
GHALANAI, Nov 13: Security forces tightened curfew and sealed all roads leading to and from Mohmand tribal region on Thursday as troops intermittently shelled militants’ hideouts amid reports that the Taliban were regrouping in the volatile area....
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Kurd warns govt of ‘decisive movement’
QUETTA, Nov 13: Supreme Court Bar Association president Ali Ahmed Kurd has warned the government of a decisive movement for the restoration of judiciary to its pre-Nov 3, 2007 position....
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Law and order biggest problem, says Gilani
ISLAMABAD, Nov 13: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said in the Senate on Thursday he was ready to step down if anyone could come up with solutions to multifarious problems, particularly law and order....
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US attacks violate understanding: FO: Pakistan to welcome mediation on Kashmir
ISLAMABAD, Nov 13: The Foreign Office said on Thursday that US drone attacks on tribal areas were a violation of ‘understandings’ between the two sides and international law....
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Govt adheres to Benazir’s agenda, NA told
ISLAMABAD, Nov 13: The government told the National Assembly on Thursday it would adhere to assassinated leader Benazir Bhutto’s democratic agenda in a vociferous response to an opposition charge of deviation,...
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PPP finalises programme for Benazir’s death anniversary: ‘Public holiday on Dec 27’
ISLAMABAD, Nov 13: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Thursday finalised a month-long programme to commemorate Benazir Bhutto’s first death anniversary and announced a public holiday on Dec 27....
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Kayani to attend Nato defence chiefs’ meeting
ISLAMABAD, Nov 13: Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani will leave for Brussels on Nov 18 to attend a meeting of defence chiefs of Nato....
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Abdullah’s initiative inspires peace hope, says Peres
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 13: Israel’s president had rare praise for Saudi Arabia’s king at a UN interfaith conference on Wednesday, saying his initiative to end the Arab-Israeli conflict inspired hope that all countries in the Middle East could live in peace....
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Indian suspect’s laptop found
NEW DELHI, Nov 13: The missing laptop of Indian army officer Lt-Col Prasad Purohit, who has been arrested in connection with the Malegaon bomb blast, has been found, say reports....
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