IMF approves $7.6bn rescue package
WASHINGTON, Nov 15: The International Monetary Fund announced on Saturday that it had reached an initial agreement with Pakistan on the key elements of an economic programme supported by a $7.6...
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1st tranche in one month
KARACHI: Pakistan has reached an agreement with the International Monetary Fund for a $7.6 billion bailout package, the prime minister’s adviser on finance announced on Saturday....
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Petrol, diesel prices slashed
ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: The government on Saturday announced a reduction of Rs10, Rs3 and Rs5 per litre in prices of petrol, diesel and kerosene, respectively. The move followed a sharp fall...
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World leaders agree on plan to fight recession
WASHINGTON, Nov 15: World leaders on Saturday backed a rapid response to the global economic crisis, agreeing on the need for measures to kick-start growth, better financial market regulation and more say for emerging countries....
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Two security men, 2 ‘bombers’ killed near Mohmand
PESHAWAR, Nov 15: At least five people, including two members of law-enforcement agencies and two suspected suicide bombers, were killed in different areas of Peshawar and Charsadda adjacent to the Mohmand region....
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CII suggests sweeping change in divorce law
ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: Proposing sweeping changes in the Family Law, the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) has recommended that a divorce would be deemed to go into effect 90 days after...
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Gilani urges China, India to utilise Karachi port
KARACHI, Nov 15: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that Pakistani ports could cater for the needs of India’s northern and northwestern states and also China’s Xinjiang province because of proximity....
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Hi-tech equipment sought to fight terrorists
NEW YORK, Nov 15: Pakistan has asked the United States to give it the high-tech equipment and means to combat terrorists who are operating from the Pakistan-Afghan border, a Pakistan embassy spokesman said in New York on Saturday....
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40pc of NHA budget set aside for Balochistan
ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: The National Highway Authority has allocated about 40 per cent of its budget for road projects in Balochistan in order to bring the underdeveloped province on a par with the rest of the country....
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Acid attack girl vows to go back to school
KABUL, Nov 15: An Afghan teenager whose face was burned in an acid attack by suspected extremists vowed from her hospital bed on Saturday to continue going to school even if it put her life in danger....
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Saarc meeting put off at BD’s request
ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: The third Saarc interior ministers’ conference has been postponed till early next year on Bangladesh’s request....
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Indian army officer linked to Samjhauta explosions
NEW DELHI, Nov 15: The Indian army officer arrested in connection with a terrorist attack in Malegaon has been linked to the Samjhauta Express blasts....
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Key Afghan militant leader captured
KABUL, Nov 15: Afghan and coalition forces captured a militant leader in eastern Afghanistan, while 10 guerillas were killed in a separate clash, the US military said on Saturday....
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Crisis may affect US security plans: report
WASHINGTON, Nov 15: US intelligence officials are concerned the current financial crisis could weaken pro-western governments around the world and diminish the US government’s ability to respond to new security threats, The Washington Post reported on Saturday....
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Charlize UN peace messenger
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 15: Oscar-winning South African-born actress Charlize Theron was named on Friday as a United Nations messenger of peace, with a special focus on ending violence against women....
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Dunwoody America’s first woman four-star general
WASHINGTON, Nov 15: Ann E. Dunwoody, after 33 years in the army, ascended on Friday to a peak never before reached by a woman in the US military: four-star general....
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Iran detains 10 spies with cash
TEHRAN, Nov 15: Iran detained 10 spies carrying $500,000 in cash who had entered the country illegally from Pakistan, state television said on Saturday....
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Baby born after ovary transplant
LONDON, Nov 15: A German who made history after becoming the first woman to give birth following a whole ovary transplant said in a British newspaper on Saturday that she felt a “sense of completeness”....
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Pakistani jailed in Yemen
SANAA, Nov 15: A Yemeni court on Saturday sentenced to death the head of a group of Iranian sailors held with a cargo of about 1.5 tons of hashish....
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Nato supplies
Authorities closed the road used by trucks carrying supplies for Nato forces in Afghanistan in the wake of attacks on vehicles over the past week, television reports quoted a political agent as saying on Saturday....
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