UN formally asked to hold Benazir murder probe
UNITED NATIONS, June 6: Pakistan formally asked the United Nations on Friday to hold a high-level inquiry into the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto....
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Govt claims foiling terror plot in Islamabad; six held
ISLAMABAD, June 6: Security forces have foiled a major terrorist plot and detained six people –three suicide bombers and three “handlers”, and seized a large quantity of explosives from Rawalpindi, according...
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Defence details in budget: minister: New taxes, more duty on luxury goods
ISLAMABAD, June 6: The government plans to impose new taxes and increase import duty on luxury items in the budget to overcome shortage of funds, according to Finance Minister Syed Naveed Qamar....
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Senate stunned as Sanaullah announces resignation
ISLAMABAD, June 6: The upper house was stunned on Friday when Balochistan National Party (Mengal) Senator Sanaullah Baloch suddenly announced his resignation from the house in accordance with what he called his party’s policy....
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No talks with terrorists, Afghanistan assured
KABUL, June 6: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said here on Friday that Pakistan was not in talks with ‘terrorists’ but only with ‘peace-loving’ elements as part of a multi-pronged strategy to fight extremism....
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SC declines to stop Shahbaz from taking oath
ISLAMABAD, June 6: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to issue an order restraining Mian Shahbaz Sharif from taking oath as chief minister of Punjab, but decided to serve notices on...
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Asif to join Gilani in talks with Saudis
MADINAH, June 6: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani arrived here on Friday on a three-day official visit to discuss closer bilateral economic cooperation....
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4 policemen killed in bomb attack
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, June 6: Four policemen and a passer-by were killed in a bomb attack on a police van in Dera Ismail Khan on Friday night....
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EU nations urged to aid Pakistan in terror fight
LUXEMBOURG, June 6: European Union anti-terror coordinator Gilles de Kerchove has urged member nations to help Pakistan’s new government combat terrorism, and in particular Al Qaeda, more effectively....
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Food summit vows to help poor farmers, cut trade barriers
ROME, June 6: A UN summit pledged to cut trade barriers and help poor farmers on Thursday night to fight hunger threatening 1 billion people, but poverty campaigners said this was not enough to cap high world food prices....
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Gilani stresses good ties with India for peace in region
ISLAMABAD, June 6: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said his government wants good relations with India and a new era of peace in the region....
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Bush assures help in combating ‘ideologies of hate’
WASHINGTON, June 6: US President George W. Bush has said that it’s in America’s vital national interest to work with Pakistan to combat “ideologies of hate”....
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Oil price hits $138.5
NEW YORK, June 6: The oil price reached a new record of more than $138 a barrel after a report suggested it could reach $150 by July amid rising geopolitical tensions....
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World’s oldest pupil forced to abandon studies
ELDORET (Kenya), June 6: An 88-year-old Kenyan man who was the world’s oldest school pupil was forced to abandon his studies when he was moved to a home for the aged, teachers and aid workers said on Friday....
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Haqqani presents credentials to Bush
WASHINGTON, June 6: Pakistan’s new Ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani presented his credentials to President George W. Bush on Friday at the White House....
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UK diplomat meets Altaf in London
KARACHI, June 6: The British Deputy High Commissioner in Pakistan, Robert W. Gibson, held a meeting with Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain at the party’s international secretariat in London on Thursday....
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Balochistan to finalise PSDP on June 9
QUETTA, June 6: The Balochistan cabinet will finalise the Public Sector Development Programme for 2008-09 on June 9....
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11 Taliban freed
MINGORA, June 6: The government on Friday ordered release of 11 Taliban prisoners in Swat under an agreement reached with representatives of the local Taliban on Thursday....
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