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October 24, 2001 Wednesday Shaba'an 6, 1422


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Pakistan takes necessary measures: Indian troop movement
ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: Pakistan on Tuesday contacted India to express its grave concern over the large scale movement of its artillery and troops along the Line of Control (LoC), a military...
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US not sure action will halt during Ramazan
WASHINGTON, Oct 23: The United States is not prepared to make any commitment at this stage that it might lessen or initiate a pause in its military operations in Afghanistan during...
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Stiff resistance by Taliban gunners
ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: A US-led bid to score quick wins over the Taliban before the Afghan winter sets in met stiff resistance on Tuesday as civilians suffered on both sides of...
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Delhi rejects Powell offer
NEW DELHI, Oct 23: India, seeking to play down President Pervez Musharraf’s strident words on the poor state of their bilateral relations, sought to assure him and the world on Tuesday...
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2 foreigners held for links with Al Qaeda
KARACHI, Oct 23: Two more foreigners have been arrested for their alleged links with Osama bin Ladin’s Al Qaeda organization....
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Fata asked to pay equal power charges
ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: In a major policy decision, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has directed Wapda to charge power rates from Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) on a par...
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Islamabad seeks quick, extensive debt relief: Package forwarded to US
ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: The government has finalized a 10-point multi-dimensional economic package and has forwarded it to the United States, seeking an immediate and extensive debt relief before a write-off which...
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Turkish President due tomorrow
ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer will arrive here on Oct 25 to discuss with President Gen Pervez Musharraf situation in Afghanistan and bilateral relations....
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Bodies of Pakistanis to arrive from Kabul today KARACHI, Oct 23: The bodies of six of the 34 Pakistanis killed in the US bombing on Kabul will reach Karachi on Wednesday, according to Mufti Mohammad Jameel of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam....
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PTV thinking of filing contempt case
ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: The Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) is considering filing a contempt of court application against a newspaper group for trying to influence the court....
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Dacoits kill 4, kidnap Nazim in Sinjhoro
SANGHAR, Oct 23: Dacoits armed with rocket launchers and heavy guns stormed taluka headquarter town of Sinjhoro on Tuesday night and killed four persons, kidnapped Nazim of Sinjhoro town and a...
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20 injured as protesters, police clash in Jacobabad
JACOBABAD, Oct 23: More than 20 persons were injured and over 100 workers of Jamaat-I-Islami, including district president and general secretary of Jacobabad, were arrested when they brought out a rally...
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11 killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Oct 23: Eleven people have been killed in fresh clashes in occupied Kashmir, police said on Tuesday....
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100 DPs force their way thru Chaman
QUETTA, Oct 23: About 100 Afghan refugees forced their way across the Pakistan border on Tuesday in a third day of trouble at the key Chaman frontier post, government sources said....
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