Archive for June 9th, 2009

U.N. appeal for IDPs remains under-funded: officials
U.N. appeal for IDPs remains under-funded: officials

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations’ appeal for $543 million needed to provide help to over 2.5 million ..Read More..

India to increase troops along China border

GUWAHATI: India will deploy thousands of additional troops and build airstrips along its remote northeastern ..Read More..

7,000 US Marines patrolling southern Afghan desert

CAMP LEATHERNECK: Some 7,000 of the new US troops ordered to Afghanistan are fanning out ..Read More..

Sri Lanka turns back aid ship

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan authorities on Monday ordered a foreign-owned ship carrying aid for Tamil civilians to leave the island without unloading its cargo. ..Read More..

Nepalese post-Maoist govt falters

KATHMANDU: Two weeks after Nepal swore in a new prime minister following the fall of the Maoist government, analysts say the ruling coalition is looking decidedly shaky as it struggles to form a cabinet. ..Read More..

Iranian army warns reformist candidate ahead of vote

TEHRAN: A top Iranian army commander warned reformist presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi on Monday against accusing the Basij militia of electoral interference, the state IRNA news agency reported. ..Read More..

Bangladeshi children ‘ill’ after immunisation drive

DHAKA: More than a thousand Bangladeshi children have been rushed to hospital after a spate of illness caused by anti-worm capsules and vitamin A given as part of an immunisation drive, officials said on Monday. ..Read More..

Turning a new page?

Dr Maleeha Lodhi
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Fiscal policy imperatives

Dr Ashfaque H Khan
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Development at the cost of Destruction

By Zafar Iqbal  
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COAS, CAS visit Swat
COAS, CAS visit Swat

ISLAMABAD (SANA): Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and Chief of Air Staff ..Read More..

21 terrorists killed in military operation

ISLAMABAD (SANA): The security forces killed 21 terrorists in various areas of Malakand during the past 24 hours ..Read More..

Policeman killed in Peshawar blast

PESHAWAR (SANA): A roadside bomb exploded in Peshawar on Monday killing a policeman and wounding another, police officials said. ..Read More..

PM convenes high level meeting on Karachi today

ISLAMABAD (SANA): Prime Minister, Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has convened a high level meeting on Tuesday (tomorrow) to discuss the situation of Karachi. ..Read More..

Khurshid expresses concerns over Karachi killings

ISLAMABAD (SANA): Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Naib Amir Senator Professor Khurshid Ahmed has expressed ..Read More..

SC judge Akhtar Shabbir resigns

ISLAMABAD (SANA): The Supreme Court judge Justice Muhammad Akhtar Shabbir who was ..Read More..

Geelani arrested, family worried about whereabouts
Geelani arrested, family worried about whereabouts

SRINAGAR (SANA): Authorities arrested the Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Geelani during ..Read More..

Gilani, Raisani discuss Balochistan issue prior to APC

ISLAMABAD (SANA): Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has held a meeting with Senator ..Read More..

Police used brute force on women rally, arrest 16

SRINAGAR (SANA): Hundreds of women have staged a march from Jamia Masjid to Eidgah on the call ..Read More..

Mirwaiz will go to Shopian when freed

SRINAGAR (SANA): While strongly condemning the arrest of Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani ..Read More..


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