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kerry oman ink defence deal
May 22, 2013

Kerry in Oman to help ink $2.1b defence deal

MUSCAT US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Oman on Tuesday aiming to help finalise an estimated $2.1 billion deal to supply a US-made air-defence system to the Gulf nation.One of the main focuses of Kerry’s trip was to applaud the signing of a letter of intent between Muscat and US ...

nbp a ferguson sign deal
May 21, 2013

NBP, A F Ferguson sign deal

KARACHI (PR): National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) and A.F. Ferguson & Co. (PwC) signed a landmark agreement for BPR & COSO implementation at National Bank of Pakistan Head Office.NBP President, Dr. Asif A. Brohi in his message on this signing ceremony said, “NBP is committed to achieve ...

Crushing defeats deal a severe blow to PPP

LALAMUSA/MUZAFFARGARHThe PPP suffered a severe blow as it has lost almost all the seats in Muzaffargarh, Lalamusa and Vehari districts in the May 11 general elections. In Muzaffargarh, Hina Rabbani Khar’s father Malik Noor Rabbani Khar, former Punjab governor Ghulam Mustafa Khar, former ...

Crushing defeats deal a severe blow to PPP

LALAMUSA/MUZAFFARGARH - The PPP suffered a severe blow as it has lost almost all the seats in Muzaffargarh, Lalamusa and Vehari districts in the May 11 general elections. In Muzaffargarh, Hina Rabbani Khar’s father Malik Noor Rabbani Khar, former Punjab governor Ghulam Mustafa Khar, former ...

Egypt confident on IMF deal, timing of next visit unsure

ISTANBUL : Egypt's new planning minister said on Saturday he was confident the country would reach a deal with the IMF on a $4.8 billion loan programme, although the timing of its next visit to Cairo was unclear. The IMF said on Thursday it was not currently planning a new visit to Egypt to discuss ...

Currency swap deal with China becomes operational: SBP

karachi - A bilateral Currency Swap Arrangement (CSA) between the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) amounting to Chinese Yuan (CNY) 10 billion and Rs 140 billion is being implemented from Tuesday after issuance of necessary instructions to banks and completion ...

dialogue deal terror nawaz
May 06, 2013

Dialogue is the way to deal with terror: Nawaz

New Delhi - Former prime minister and PML-N President Nawaz Sharif, who is the strongest contender to become the next prime minister, said dialogue and not armed intervention is the answer to deal with terror.In an interview with CNN-IBN, Nawaz said “This problem has to be solved on priority ...

japan turkey sign nuclear deal
May 04, 2013

Japan, Turkey sign $22b nuclear deal

ANKARA :JapanandTurkeyon Friday signed a long-awaited deal to build a sprawling nuclear power plant onTurkey’sBlack Seacoast, a milestone for the Japanese nuclear industry as it recovers from the 2011Fukushimadisaster. Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan hailed the $22 billion contract as a ...

US expert urges civilian nuclear deal for Pakistan

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK  - The United States should offer Pakistan a conditions-based civilian nuclear deal as a way to save the relationship, severely tested during the last decade, as well as secure long-term interests with regard to containing militancy and atomic safety, an American analyst on ...

struck deal benazir elections musharraf
May 01, 2013, 12:27 pm

Struck deal with Benazir before elections 2008: Musharraf

Former President General (retd) Pervez Musharraf has revealed that he had struck deal with Benazir Bhutto before elections 2008 and some key countries and personalities were guarantors of it.Recording his first statement before joint investigation team of FIA, former president said as per the ...

lohan loses endorsement deal
April 28, 2013

Lohan loses endorsement deal

 NEW YORK: Lindsay Lohan has lost an endorsement deal due to her recent legal troubles. The actress landed a lucrative contract with Odaingerous clothing Co but when Lindsay was sentenced to 90 days in rehab after pleading no contest to charges for lying to police about driving during a car ...

hagel seals us arms deal uae
April 26, 2013

Hagel seals US arms deal with UAE

ABU DHABI  US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel will meet United Arab Emirates leaders on Thursday to wrap up a major arms deal that both nations see as a way to thwart Iran’s military power.Hagel arrived in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday on the last leg of a six-nation tour of the Middle East in ...

sharon agrees £2m factor deal
April 23, 2013

Sharon agrees £2m X Factor deal

CALIFORNIA: Sharon Osbourne has reportedly negotiated a £2 million deal to return to The X Factor. The former judge, who quit the ITV show in 2007, has finalised the terms of her comeback and will sign the contract next week, The People reports. Osbourne’s salary will make her the ...

hagel finalises arms deal israel trip
April 23, 2013

Hagel finalises arms deal on Israel trip

TEL AVIV Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel met his Israeli counterpart Moshe Yaalon on Monday to put the finishing touches on a major arms deal and for talks on Syria’s civil war and the Iranian nuclear threat. Speaking at a joint news conference in Tel Aviv, Hagel confirmed the two had ...

serbia approves kosovo deal
April 23, 2013

Serbia approves Kosovo deal

BELGRADE (AFP) - Serbia’s government on Monday approved an EU-brokered deal to normalise ties with breakaway Kosovo, a historic agreement aimed at turning the page on the Balkans’ last simmering trouble-spot 14 years after the end of hostilities. The government has accepted the ...

sharapova porsche reach deal
April 23, 2013

Sharapova, Porsche reach deal

    STUTTGART   German car maker Porsche on Monday made what some might consider to be a surprising announcement. It's first global endorser would be a woman. The brand, which is dominated by male buyers, chose tennis player Maria Sharapova to be the face of its company for the next ...

us israel arms deal sends iran signal hagel
April 22, 2013

US-Israel arms deal sends Iran 'clear signal': Hagel

TEL AVIVA major US arms deal with Israel sends Iran a "very clear signal" that military action remains an option to stop it from going nuclear, US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said in Tel Aviv on Sunday.Hagel's remarks were made shortly before his arrival in the Jewish state at the start of a ...

ban welcomes peace deal
April 20, 2013

Ban welcomes peace deal

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the agreement between leaders of Serbia and Kosovo in the context of the European Union-facilitated Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, voicing hoped that the new accord would help usher in a future of peace and stability in the Balkans. “The ...

us unveils arms deal israel ksa uae
April 20, 2013

US unveils arms deal with Israel, KSA, UAE

washington The United States unveiled plans Friday to sell $10 billion worth of advanced missiles and aircraft to Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia in a bid to counter the threat posed by Iran.It was highly unusual for the Pentagon to announce an arms deal covering three ...

ppp a covert deal seats
April 15, 2013

PPP, N in a covert deal on two seats

LAHORE - The Pakistan Peoples party (PPP) and the PML-N seem to have struck a covert deal over seat adjustment in respect of at least two constituencies of D.G Khan where the competition appears to be within the Khosa family. The PML-N on Sunday finalised its candidates for DG Khan, but did not ...

Siemens to finalise deal with PEL for transformers trade

LAHORE - The Siemens Pakistan has almost finalised the deal with Pak Elektron Limited (PEL) for the sale of its transformers business.According to industry sources, all the matters in this regard have been finalised between the two companies while some formalities and legal requirements are still ...

pakistan ship wheat iran barter deal
April 13, 2013

Pakistan yet to ship wheat to Iran in barter deal

HAMBURG - No shipments have been made of wheat from Pakistan to Iran under a one million tonne barter deal, proposed in March last year and agreed in August 2012, as payment issues are still unresolved, trade sources familiar with the situation said on Friday.An initial consignment of 100,000 ...

us strike a deal iran
April 12, 2013

Can US strike a deal with Iran?

The latest round of negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 held in the Kazakh capital of Almaty on April 5-6 is said to have been the frankest and most detailed so far. For the very first time, the talks included a direct US-Iranian exchange of some 30 to 40 minutes — between Wendy Sherman, ...

musharraf admits secret deal us drone strikes
April 12, 2013, 11:49 am

Musharraf admits secret deal with US on drone strikes

Former President Pervez Musharraf acknowledged his government secretly signed off on U.S. drone strikes, the first time a top past or present Pakistani official has admitted publicly to such a deal.Pakistani leaders long have openly challenged the drone program and insisted they had no part in it. ...

Afghanistan peace deal with Taliban needed, say British MPs

LONDON - An Afghan-led peace deal with the Taliban is needed to stop Afghanistan sliding into civil war after British troops leave, a group of MPs has said, reported BBC on Wednesday.The defence select committee said the UK had a responsibility to ‘make Afghanistan work’ after ...

pml bnp strike poll deal
April 11, 2013

PML-N, BNP strike poll deal

QUETTA – The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) have agreed to make seat adjustments for the elections, providing Nawaz League a breakthrough in Balochistan.Former Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and BNP-M President Sardar Akthar Mengal ...

secret drones deal
April 09, 2013

Secret drones deal?

A secret deal between the ISI and the CIA over drone strikes is the subject of a new book by Mark Mazzeti, “Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army and a War at the Ends of the Earth”. The Pakistan army would agree to the strikes but first the CIA had to kill their enemy ...

Rajiv ‘worked as middleman’ in aircraft deal: WikiLeaks

NEW DELHI  - According to latest WikiLeaks revelations, the late Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi may have worked as a middleman for Swedish company, Saab-Scania, which had tried to sell its Viggen fighter aircraft to India in the 1970s. However, Saab-Scania eventually could not seal the ...

cia secret deal paved drone strikes
April 08, 2013

CIA ‘secret deal’ paved way for drone strikes

NEW YORK - A new book claims that the CIA made a deal with Pakistan that allowed the United States to begin its drone assassination programme in exchange for the murder of an enemy of Pakistan.In an excerpt in Sunday’s New York Times, journalist Mark Mazzetti outlined how Pakistan, which was ...

syria a political deal
April 06, 2013

In Syria, the only way out is a political deal

Benedetta BertiThe uprising in Syria started as a peaceful protest two years ago, but the longer the conflict continues in its violent form, the more intractable it becomes. Indeed, no matter how much the warring sides may struggle for a battlefield win, using force is unlikely to bring either side ...

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