India will allow Musharraf’s plane on request
 NEW DELHI, Dec 28: In a significant pause in its war rhetoric with Pakistan, India said on Friday that it would allow President Pervez Musharraf to use its airspace to reach...
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Musharraf rules out war: India responsible for tension
ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has ruled out the possibility of war with India but said there could be some skirmishes on the Line of Control....
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Pakistan stands for peace
ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: Pakistan “stands for peace” and will never initiate a war, President Gen Pervez Musharraf said Friday as tensions rose with neighbouring India....
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Bush lauds action against extremists
WASHINGTON, Dec 28: President George Bush on Friday lent support to the Musharraf government’s efforts to crackdown on extremists within Pakistan and suggested that India should take note of these efforts....
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President to attend Saarc summit
ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: President Pervez Musharraf will attend next week’s South Asian summit in Nepal despite India’s decision to close its airspace to Pakistani planes, officials said on Friday....
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Army’s morale high, says Rashid
ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: The director-general of ISPR, Maj-Gen Rashid Qureshi, has said that all measures for the country’s defence have been taken, and that the morale of the Pakistan armed forces...
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Last bus to Lahore leaves New Delhi
NEW DELHI, Dec 28: The New Delhi-Lahore bus left on Friday for its last journey through the troubled border between India and Pakistan whose relations have plunged into a diplomatic Cold...
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G-8 ministers call for dialogue
MOSCOW, Dec 28: The foreign ministers of the seven largest industrialized nations plus Russia - the G-8 group - said on Friday they were concerned about the rising tension between Pakistan...
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Afghanistan seeks end to attacks, US unmoved
WASHINGTON, Dec 28: Afghanistan’s defence ministry on Friday asked the United States to stop bombing of the country as, according to it, Osama bin Laden had moved to Pakistan with all...
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FBI grills Al-Qaeda detainees in Kohat
KOHAT, Dec 28: A six-member FBI team, assisted by top Pakistan Military Intelligence officials, is interrogating 139 Al-Qaeda men detained at the central prison, Kohat, to give its findings to their...
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Efforts to defuse tension will continue, says FO
ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: Pakistan said on Friday that despite the measures it was forced to take as a follow-up to the Indian move, endeavours to cool down the temperature ...
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Search continues in D.I. Khan
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Dec 28: Unusual activity was witnessed at the Dera Ismail Khan airport late Thursday night when two US helicopters and one aircraft with more than two dozens Marine...
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Sept 11 event to cause $3bn loss: Shaukat
ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Friday that the country was estimated to suffer an almost $2-3 billion loss during the current financial year in the wake of...
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PIA to end flights on 4 routes
KARACHI, Dec 28: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) said on Friday it would suspend flights to four Asian destinations because of India’s decision to ban Pakistan overflights from Tuesday....
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LHC seeks list of cases against Asif
ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: The Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi bench, on Friday directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to produce complete list of pending cases against Asif Ali Zardari....
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Osama may be in Peshawar, says Fahim
KABUL, Dec 28: Afghanistan’s defence minister said on Friday Osama bin Laden had probably left his country for Peshawar....
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Conference on peacekeepers
LONDON, Dec 28: Britain is hosting a conference of potential contributors to the United Nations-sponsored peacekeeping force for Afghanistan at an undisclosed location in the country....
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Sharon slams Peres plan
TEL AVIV, Dec 28: Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres’s peace plan has no chances of succeeding, hardline Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was quoted as saying by the top-selling Yediot Aharonot...
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French minister due next week
PARIS, Dec 28: French Defence Minister Alain Richard will travel to Islamabad next week to meet President Pervez Musharraf and then visit French troops in the region, the defence ministry said...
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New law secretary
ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: Justice Mansoor Ahmad, additional judge, Lahore High Court, was appointed federal law secretary on Friday. He would take charge from Jan 10, 2002, when sitting secretary Justice Fakeer...
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