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Lahore, Nov 14 : Pakistani fast bow

Peshawar, Nov 14: At least 16 pro-Taliban militants were killed when Pakistan Army gunship helicopters and artillery pounded their hideouts in the Swat district of the North West frontier province

Islamabad, Nov 14 : With former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto making statements against President General Pervez Musharraf, it seems that she is going to join hands with Pakistan Muslim League-N

Peshawar, Nov 14 : Scores of foreign mercenaries are intensifying their activities in Swat, a Pakistani Lieutenant General said.

New Delhi, Nov 14 : Vijay L. Kelkar, former Union Finance Secretary and adviser to the Finance Minister, has been appointed as Chairman of the XIIIth Finance Commission.

The President constituted the XIIIth Finance Commission under Article 280 (1) of the Constitution.

Other full time members of the Commission are Indira Rajaraman, Emeritus Professor, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, Abusaleh Shariff, Chief Economist, National Council of Applied Economic Research, and Atul Sarma, former Vice-Chancellor, Rajiv Gandhi University.

B. K Chaturvedi, Member of Planning Commission will be a part time member of the Commission. Sumit Bose will be the Secretary of the Commission.

New Delhi, Nov 14 : Union Commerce Minister Kamal Nath on Wednesday said that the healthcare revolution is waiting to happen in the country, and called for developing new infrastructure in the sect