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BUDGET 2009-10: Rs 2.48 trillion outlay envisages 85 percent raise in development expenditure ISLAMABAD (June 14 2009): The Minister of State for Finance and Economic Affairs, Hina Rabbani Khar, on Saturday unveiled the Federal Budget for 2009-10, according to which total outlay for the next...

Annual Plan envisages 3.3 percent GDP growth: agriculture sector to contribute 3.8 percent, services 3.9 percent ISLAMABAD (June 14 2009): The government on Saturday launched the Annual Plan as a component of the 2009-10 budget that envisages a 3.3 percent GDP growth rate with major...

Export investment support fund of Rs 40 billion to replace R&D facility: subsidies slashed by Rs 16.3 billion ISLAMABAD (June 14 2009): The government has slashed subsidies to Rs 13.2 billion (1.9 percent of GDP) in 2009-10 from Rs 29.5 billion (2.4 percent of GDP) in 2008-09 as per the...

12.7 percent drop in CFS investment KARACHI (June 15 2009): Investment under CFS at the Karachi share market declined by 12.7 percent to Rs 68 million on Friday. The CFS rate, however, increased to 50 percent as compared to 31.02 percent of previous week. The top 5 scrips by CFS investment...

$4 billion IMF aid to be sought if FoDP's pledges delayed ISLAMABAD (June 15 2009): The Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance, Shaukat Tarin, said on Sunday that in case of any delay in receipts of pledges from Friends of Democratic Pakistan (FODP) Pakistan has lined up commitment of $4...

Kayani takes part in air operation against militants ISLAMABAD (June 15, 2009): Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Monday took part in an air operation against militants. Kayani flew an F-16 fighter jet himself to hit positions of the militants in Swat and Malakand...

This is going to be an embarissing thread...:oops:

Laut ke budhoo ghar ko aaye. :lol: Welcome back! :enjoy:

What a waste of time and bandwidth. Thread closed.

No...we don't want you to get too lazy...:lol:

No breaking news alert in my email sofar...

Read again, it says: India has not officially disclosed how many troops and paramilitaries it has in its part of Kashmir, but they are thought to number up to 500,000.:coffee:

To my judgement the article belongs in this section as it links militancy to India's role in Afghanistan and Kashmir. :coffee:

Hmm...quite a pragmatic approach US is adapting. I like it! :coffee:

Pakistan beats New Zealand by six wickets in T20 World Cup Pakistan beat NZ by 6 wickets over night. Credit Reuters. Pakistan beat NZ by 6 wickets over night. Credit Reuters. Sun, 14 Jun 2009 Umar Gul became the first bowler to take five wickets in a Twenty20 international Saturday as...

Pakistan Taliban leader faces threat from fellow tribesman By Saeed Shah, McClatchy Newspapers DERA ISMAIL KHAN , Pakistan — A new Islamic militia leader has emerged in Pakistan to openly challenge al Qaida -affiliated warlord Baitullah Mehsud for the first time from within his own...

Ball is in India's court EDITORIAL (June 13 2009): At long last the United States seems to have succeeded in convincing New Delhi that the latter's unrelenting hostility towards Pakistan tends to negatively impact Islamabad's war on terror. Consequently, of late there has been a flicker of...

Enough is enough ARTICLE (June 13 2009): Pakistan's industrial development understandably was based on a hurried assumption to get as many industrial units and as soon as possible. The objective was also to meet the requirements of employment for the increasing population. This ease of entry...

0.3 million industrial workers lost jobs in 2008 due to load shedding: report LAHORE (June 13 2009): Some 300,000 workers in the industrial sector lost jobs in 2007-08 due to the load shedding. According to the Second Annual Report 2009 of Institute of Public Policy, Lahore, the overall cost...

0.3 million industrial workers lost jobs in 2008 due to load shedding: report LAHORE (June 13 2009): Some 300,000 workers in the industrial sector lost jobs in 2007-08 due to the load shedding. According to the Second Annual Report 2009 of Institute of Public Policy, Lahore, the overall cost...