Pakistan recorded robust growth of 7.0 percent during its fiscal year ending June 30, the government said, ahead of a key budget for embattled President Pervez Musharraf.
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Lawyers for Pakistan's ousted chief justice accused top government officials of "fairy tales and fabrications" in their affidavits against the judge.
M Ilyas Khan reports on Indian families who have travelled to Pakistan in the hope of finding men they think were made prisoners 36 years ago.
Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific Friday rejected allegations it provided millions of dollars in kickbacks to an official of Pakistan's flag carrier during the sale of six second-hand planes.
Pakistan's economy grew by 7 percent in the current fiscal year, the government said Friday, underlining how the country has emerged as one of Asia's most vibrant economies.
Pakistan's economy grew at an average rate of almost 7.0 percent per annum during the last five years, and real GDP grew strongly at 7.0 percent during its fiscal year ending June 30 as against the revised estimates of 6.6 percent for last year, according to the Economic Survey 2006-07 released in Islamabad Friday.
Abu Dhabi's International Petroleum Investment Company hopes to seal a deal with the Pak-Arab Refinery to set up a refinery in Pakistan by the end of the year, reported the Dow Jones newswires.
Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf faces an unprecedented revolt that threatens his eight-year rule and could cost the United States one of its principal allies. Musharraf's government has been shaken by a wave of protests that followed his March decision to suspend the country's chief justice.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 7 -- Under mounting domestic and international pressure, the Pakistani government on Thursday suspended stringent media restrictions that critics said were designed to muzzle the free press.