IMF to mount pressure for agriculture tax: Pakistan’s package review on Friday
WASHINGTON, Nov 16: The International Monetary Fund has asked the government of Pakistan to introduce agriculture tax if it is serious about increasing the country’s revenue, diplomatic sources told Dawn....
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Lashkar commander, 16 militants killed in Bajaur
KHAR, Nov 16: Ten militants and two tribal elders were killed in clashes in Gutkai and Bandarae areas of Bajuar and six militants and two civilians were killed by security forces’ shelling in Mamond and Nawagai tehsils on Sunday....
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Resumption of Isaf supplies likely today
LANDI KOTAL/ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: The government is likely to allow resumption of supplies to International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) in Afghanistan and reopen the Peshawar-Torkham highway on Monday....
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Zardari seeks Predator technology from US
WASHINGTON, Nov 16: President Asif Ali Zardari has voiced the hope that President-elect Barack Obama’s administration in the US will recognise Islamabad’s key anti-terror role and understand the fact that Pakistan has been a victim of terrorism....
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‘Pakistan left with no option but to approach IMF’
ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: Pakistan had to go to the IMF for an unpopular ‘standby agreement’ to avert an economic meltdown because the government suffered a ‘trust deficit’ which did not allow it to use other options with success....
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Polls today in Kashmir amid calls for boycott
SRINAGAR, Nov 16: Voting begins on Monday in parts of occupied Kashmir amid boycott calls by pro-independence leaders who say the elections will only strengthen New Delhi’s hold on the disputed region....
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Pakistan seal West Indies whitewash
ABU DHABI, Nov 16: Rao Iftikhar returned career-best bowling figures while Younus Khan struck a brilliant hundred to guide Pakistan to a 31-run win over the West Indies in the third and final one-day here on Sunday....
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Buses collide on highway; 17 dead
KHAIRPUR, Nov 16: At least 17 people were killed and 30 others injured in an accident involving two buses on the National Highway near Rasoolabad in Khairpur district on Saturday night....
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Air strikes, protests part of deal: WP report
WASHINGTON, Nov 16: The US and Pakistani governments reached a deal in September that allows US drone attacks into Fata and enables Pakistan to publicly protest against them without the fear of contradiction, The Washington Post reported on Sunday....
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Iftikhar gets warm welcome in New York
NEW YORK, Nov 16: A large number of Pakistani-Americans accorded a warm welcome to the deposed Chief Justice of Supreme Court, Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, who arrived at New York’s JFK airport on Sunday....
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Plan to extend US troops’ stay in Iraq approved
BAGHDAD, Nov 16: Iraq’s cabinet has approved a security pact with the United States that will allow American forces to stay in Iraq for three years after their UN mandate expires at the end of the year....
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Karzai promises security to Omar for peace talks
KABUL, Nov 16: Afghan President Hamid Karzai offered on Sunday to provide security to the reclusive leader of Taliban if he agreed to enter peace talks, and suggested that the US...
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Pirates seize cargo ship with 23 crew off Somalia
SEOUL, Nov 16: Gunmen hijacked a freighter with 23 crew members off the coast of Somalia, said South Korea on Sunday, as Somali pirates freed another vessel after securing a ransom...
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Afghan drugs lab destroyed by troops
KABUL, Nov 16: Afghan and international troops destroyed an illegal drugs factory near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border after killing four men who had attacked them at the site, the US military said on Sunday....
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Fraud case against Indian officer
NEW DELHI, Nov 16: A fraud case has been registered against an Indian army officer already under arrest for his alleged involvement in a terrorist attack in Malegaon....
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Obama names key members of White House staff
WASHINGTON, Nov 16: President-elect Barack Obama on Sunday announced several key members of his White House staff ahead of his January 20, 2009 inauguration....
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Dozens feared dead as bridge collapses in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Nov 16: Five people were killed and 18 missing after a newly constructed bridge collapsed over a fast-flowing river in occupied Kashmir, police said on Sunday....
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MQM soon to set up bank to give loans to youths: Altaf
KARACHI, Nov 16: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has said that his party would soon set up a microfinance bank to provide loans to youths to enable them to start their own business and earn a living....
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