Germany urges India, Pakistan to hold talks: Musharraf-Fischer meeting
 ISLAMABAD, Oct 19: German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer on Friday said that the escalation of tension between Pakistan and India was a source of serious concern, and called for dialogue for...
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Nepra allows increase in power tariff
ISLAMABAD, Oct 19: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has allowed Wapda and KESC to increase consumer tariff by 11 paisa and 13 paisa per unit respectively with immediate effect...
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US trying to win over Pashtun leaders: Commandos in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON/ KABUL, Oct 19: The United States disclosed on Friday it had sent a small number of elite commando troops into southern Afghanistan to make contact with factions opposed to the...
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Israelis kill six Palestinians
BETHLEHEM, Oct 19: Israeli tanks rumbled into Palestinian-ruled Bethlehem on Friday and killed six Palestinians in the West Bank, stoking fears the year-old conflict is spinning out of control....
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Zaeef back from Kandahar with ceasefire plan
 QUETTA/ISLAMABAD, Oct 19: Taliban leadership has drawn up a “ceasefire plan” and a “workable solution” to all the troubles in Afghanistan, Taliban Ambassador to Pakistan Mulla Abdul Salam Zaeef said here...
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Musharraf, Vajpayee talks in US likely
ISLAMABAD, Oct 19: The foreign office here on Friday gave a strong indication of President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s visit next month to the US to address the UN General Assembly meeting...
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UN, US officials discuss differences
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 19: A top US official downplayed the differences with the UN officials that have emerged over the last week on the role of the United Nations in a...
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Pentagon blocks news pictures to media
NEW YORK, Oct 19: The Pentagon has bought all rights to satellite pictures of Afghanistan which has put it at odds with the American media here....
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‘India not to go on hot pursuit across LoC’
NEW DELHI, Oct 19: India said on Friday it would not go on any adventurist hot pursuit of Kashmiri Mujahideen across the Line of Control....
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Edhi allowed to operate in Afghanistan
KARACHI, Oct 19: The Taliban government has allowed Edhi Foundation to operate its ambulance service in Afghanistan to provide medical aid and help in shifting the injured to hospitals in Pakistan....
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Washington wants democracy restored
WASHINGTON, Oct 19: The United States continues to attach importance to Pakistan’s full return to democracy and would be closely monitoring implementation of the timetable for elections announced by General Pervez...
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Haqqani confirms visit to Islamabad
PESHAWAR, Oct 19: Taliban’s minister for frontier regions, Maulvi Jalaluddin Haqqani, has confirmed he visited Islamabad but denied he was breaking ranks with Mulla Omar....
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4 foreigners held for links to Al Qaeda
KARACHI, Oct 19: Four foreigners have been arrested for their alleged links to Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda organization since the United States launched its military operations in Afghanistan on Oct...
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Turkish president due next week
ANKARA, Oct 19: Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer will pay a two-day visit to Pakistan next week to discuss the US-British operation against Afghanistan and global tensions, the presidential palace said...
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Fire breaks out at Jacobabad airport
KARACHI, Oct 19: A fire broke out on Friday evening at the Jacobabad air base reportedly being used by the US forces engaged in attacks on Afghanistan....
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13 killed in Valley
SRINAGAR, India, Oct 19: A senior minister in occupied Kashmir narrowly escaped assassination on Thursday night, while 13 people, most of them mujahideen, were killed in the occupied valley, police said....
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