CARTOON BOX

ISLAMABAD—A list of 47 defaulters who have written-off their agriculture loans worth Rs 4.148 billion was presented in National Assembly (NA) Public Accounts Committee on Thursday. Zarai Tarqaiti Bank (ZTB) has issued the list and the loans were given for 101 new projects, however the >> >>
 

Pakistan, China pledge new era of
stronger ties
By Makhdoom Babar

ISLAMABAD—President General Pervez Musharraf and President Hu Jintao Thursday pledged to build on a robust and time-tested friendship between Pakistan and China and expand their  >> >>

— set to sign landmark accords
ISLAMABAD—Pakistan and China are set to sign a raft of agreements and Memorandums of Understanding on Friday to develop >> >>


 

Deadliest attack kills 160 in Iraq
Middle East Desk Report

BAGHDAD (Iraq)—In the deadliest attack on a sectarian enclave since the beginning of the Iraq war, suspected Sunni-Arab militants used three suicide car bombs and two mortar rounds on the capital’s Shiite Sadr City slum to kill at least 160 people and wound 238 on Thursday, police said.  The Shiites responded almost immediately  >> >>

 

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• Pak desires reverent repatriation of refugees, says Sherpao
• PAC summons chairman privatization commission
• ‘Govt keen to elevate public sufferings’
• Pak-Japan cultural ties consolidating: Envoy
• Governor China Development Bank calls on Salman
• Jatoi directs PPIB to execute agreements with new power companies
• Pakistan becomes destination for investment owing to reforms: Soomro
• First Hajj flight leaves Islamabad on Saturday
• Senate body calls for making FBS an autonomous body

• Heather McCartney denies she’s a ‘gold digger’
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• India’s beachside film festival staged under heavy guard
• Jolie makes surprise visit to Cambodia
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      SPORTS NEWS 

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• Ponting century powers Australia
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