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Protest against missile attack on Damadola
ISLAMABAD, May 16: Pakistan on Friday lodged a protest with coalition forces in Afghanistan against the recent missile attack on Damadola in Bajaur Agency in which at least 10 people were killed....
Taseer vows to make Punjab PPP bastion
LAHORE, May 16: The new Governor of Punjab, Mr Salman Taseer, has vowed to make the province a stronghold of the Pakistan People’s Party....
Asif attends ISI briefing for PM, ministers
ISLAMABAD, May 16: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari visited the headquarters of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) on Friday to attend a briefing on the security situation, sources told Dawn....
Mukhtar defends talks with Taliban
KARACHI, May 16: Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar has said that the talks being held by the government with the Taliban would be of benefit to not only Pakistan but the...
Troops vacate Mehsud area’s key positions
TANK, May 16: The government has withdrawn security personnel from three strategic positions in the Mehsud area, meeting a key demand of the militants in South Waziristan for a peace agreement in the region....
Embezzlement probe in Balochistan
QUETTA, May 16: Provincial Minister for Communications and Works Mir Sadiq Umrani informed the Balochistan assembly on Friday that a committee had been formed to probe into alleged misappropriation of development funds estimated at Rs4,646 million in the district of Lasbela....
Pakistan elected to C’wealth committees
LONDON, May 16: Two days after being readmitted to the Commonwealth, Pakistan was elected to the 17-member executive committee of the grouping....
Millions in US aid siphoned off before reaching Pakistan
WASHINGTON, May 16: As much as 30 per cent of the US aid for Afghanistan and Pakistan is siphoned off as overhead expenses before it reaches the region, US lawmakers have been told....
Flour crisis worsens in Balochistan
QUETTA, May 16: Although the new wheat crop has arrived in the market, the Balochistan government has failed to bring down the price of flour which is selling at Rs30 per kilogramme in the open market....
Massive cut in PSDP proposed
ISLAMABAD, May 16: The priority committee of the ministry of finance has proposed a Rs400 billion federal Public Sector Development Programme for 2008-09, about 8 per cent slimmer than the original PSDP....
Kidnapped soldier found dead
KHAR, May 16: The body of a soldier of Bajaur Scouts, who had been kidnapped by local militants about a week ago along with vehicles loaded with weapons, was found near the Pashat bazaar in Salarzai tehsil on Friday....
China quake left over 4.8 million homeless
BEIJING, May 16: More than 4.8 million people have been left homeless in China’s south-western Sichuan province by the recent earthquake, a senior local official said on Friday....
India points finger at BD group
JAIPUR, May 16: Police probing Jaipur bomb blasts said on Friday that new evidence pointed increasingly towards Indian Muslim extremists backed by a Bangladeshi militant group as being behind the blasts....
Rice prices ease
MANILA, May 16: The Philippines, one of the world’s largest rice importers, said on Friday prices were softening after Tokyo offered to sell rice to Manila amid news of bumper world harvests for 2008....
Shiv Sena renews attack on cricketers
MUMBAI, May 16: Hours before a crucial IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders, the Shiv Sena on Friday renewed its attack on cricket players from Pakistan in one of the teams....
Dalai Lama ‘not seeking independence’
BOCHUM (Germany), May 16: The Dalai Lama insisted on Friday he was not seeking independence for Tibet, as he pressed ahead with a five-country western tour....
ISLAMABAD, May 16: Pakistan on Friday lodged a protest with coalition forces in Afghanistan against the recent missile attack on Damadola in Bajaur Agency in which at least 10 people were killed....
BEIJING, May 16: More than 4.8 million people have been left homeless in China’s south-western Sichuan province by the recent earthquake, a senior local official said on Friday....
