New setup for Kabul, UN aid discussed: Musharraf-Brahimi talks
 ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday met, separately, the special envoy of the UN secretary-general, Lakhdar Brahimi, and UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Ruud Lubbers....
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Tribesmen end KKH blockade after 6 days
MANSEHRA, Oct 30: Armed tribesmen and activists of religious parties lifted the six-day-old road blockade of the strategic Karakoram Highway on Tuesday following negotiations with the administration and influential religious scholars,...
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Election on time, says president
ISLAMABAD Oct 30: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has assured politicians that the general election would be held on schedule, as announced by him earlier, and there should be no doubt about...
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Kandahar bombed for 5 hours
KABUL, Oct 30: US warplanes pounded the Taliban heartland again on Tuesday, with the 24th straight day of assaults on the stronghold of Kandahar....
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Washington tightens laws on immigration and student visas
WASHINGTON, Oct 30: The Bush administration announced late on Monday that it would tighten immigration laws and requirements for student visas and named a task force to track “foreign terrorists”....
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Aid flows crucial to economy: Shaukat
HONG KONG, Oct 30: Foreign aid flows to Pakistan are crucial to its fragile finances, which have been further weakened by the US-led attacks on Afghanistan, Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz said...
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Punjab, Sindh contest economic projections
ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: Punjab and Sindh have differed with the federal government over various broad economic projections including new estimates about wheat and cotton and called for having correct assessment of...
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US troops in Northern Afghanistan
JABAL-US-SARAJ, Oct 30: Uniformed US soldiers were in northern Afghanistan to help coordinate American airstrikes and attacks by opposition forces on the Taliban, an opposition spokesman said on Tuesday....
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Pakistan N-arms in safe hands, says India
NEW DELHI, Oct 30: For the first since President K.R. Narayanan called President Pervez Musharraf a distinguished son of Delhi, India on Tuesday had something positive to say for Pakistan, stressing...
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Aid package finalization during CE’s NY visit
WASHINGTON, Oct 30: An economic aid package being worked out by the United States for Pakistan may be given final shape during General Pervez Musharraf’s meeting with President George Bush in...
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16 killed in Valley
SRINAGAR, Oct 30: Sixteen people were killed in fresh clashes in occupied Kashmir on Monday night and Tuesday....
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India stakes claim to role in future setup
NEW DELHI, Oct 30: India staked its claim on Tuesday to a say in any post-Taliban scenario in Afghanistan, confirming for the first time New Delhi’s military support to the anti-Taliban...
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We will not falter in war on terror: Blair
CARDIFF, Oct 30: British Prime Minister Tony Blair insisted on Tuesday that the fight against terror would go on until the bitter end as he tried to rally public support for...
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US team leaves for Jacobabad
ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: A 7-member US team, which included military personnel, flew to Jacobabad on a special plan from Islamabad on Tuesday at about 4pm, source said....
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Exchange of fire along LoC
SRINAGAR, Oct 30: Pakistan and India exchanged rocket, mortar and automatic weapons fire across the Line of Control (LoC) on Monday night, Indian army sources said on Tuesday....
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2,200 American marines off Pakistan ready for action
ABOARD USS PELELIU, Oct 30: The 2,200 US Marines aboard a three-vessel expeditionary force off the coast off Pakistan say they are ready to intervene in Afghanistan at just six hours...
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