Country Director World Bank (WB), John Wall said that a World Bank delegation assessed the losses caused by rains and flood in the districts of Thatta, Badin and Tharparkar. He added that condition in these

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The quarterly co-ordination meeting between Pakistan Rangers and Border Security Force (BSF) India, will be held on Wednesday morning (February 23), at the joint check post at Wagah. Pakistan Rangers (Punjab) Deputy Director General Brigadier

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Over 300 villages along the western and eastern banks of river Chenab were affected due to spate in the river but Irrigation department did not take any preventive measures to check the erosion in different

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President General Pervez Musharraf has said that Pakistan's recent economic turnaround will help bolster tourism industry as both the public and private sectors are to join hands in improving facilities for visitors. "The government is

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Pakistan's cotton vision programme envisages production upto 15 million bales by the year 2010, official sources told APP here on Tuesday. The government intends to facilitate all the stakeholders, particularly the growing community, through both

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A debate is ensuing in the papers on Umras by the government high-ups at public expense. I simply wonder, who are they trying to cheat? The masses? May be, yes. But God Almighty? Certainly not.

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I was surprised to notice various articles in the newspapers where the NAB chief stressed the need for junior officials, police force etc to learn Pakistan law. A full day session to teach high government

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It is heartening to note that the Regional Commissioner of Income Tax, Southern Region, Karachi has given due consideration to the long delayed grievance relating to refund vouchers that being issued to the assesses in

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Iraq's special forces are billed as elite rapid intervention units which can take on the most ruthless insurgents. But as one US Marine discovered just getting some of them out of bed can be a

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It is learnt that the Council of the Central Board of Revenue (CBR) has been considering the impact of the proposal of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) which has proposed to the CBR some amendments

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