Musharraf says India has no interest in talks: Summit delayed; China reaffirms all help
 KATHMANDU, Jan 4: A fog-delayed President Pervez Musharraf’s arrival for a make-or-break meeting of Saarc nations in Kathmandu on Friday, caused a day’s postponement, but a Pakistan spokesman said his country...
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Centre likely to control mineral resources
ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: The centre is likely to take over the subject of mineral resources from provinces in view of their 50 years of dismal performance in the development and commercial...
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Peacekeepers deal signed in Kabul
 LONDON, Jan 4: An agreement on the deployment of an international peacekeeping force in Afghanistan was finally signed in Kabul with the interim government of Kabul on Friday....
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200 Pakistanis still in US jails
WASHINGTON, Jan 4: The exact number and names of Pakistanis detained by US authorities since the Sept 11 attacks still remain undisclosed, but Pakistan embassy sources here believe that nearly 200...
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Refugees’ return to Afghanistan declines
WASHINGTON, Jan 4: The number of people returning to Afghanistan from Pakistan through the Torkham and Chaman crossing points has dropped to about half the high level of nearly 4,000 per...
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Gen Aziz reviews PN preparedness
KARACHI, Jan 4: The Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, General Muhammad Aziz Khan, on Friday, visited the Pakistan Navy fleet units to review the operational preparedness of Pakistan Navy....
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Powell hails Musharraf’s move against militants
WASHINGTON, Jan 4: Secretary of State Colin Powell offered on Friday a new dose of warm praise to President Pervez Musharraf, after Pakistani security forces rounded up scores of Muslim activists...
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US soldier killed in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON, Jan 4: A US special forces soldier was killed on Friday in a firefight in eastern Afghanistan, said General Tommy Franks, commander of US military operations in Afghanistan....
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55 embassy staffers due from India today
NEW DELHI, Jan 4: Fifty-five staff members of the Pakistan High Commission will leave for Islamabad on Saturday afternoon, by a chartered PIA flight which is due here in the morning....
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Talks on for Omar’s handover
KABUL, Jan 4: Talks were continuing on Friday between a Taliban commander and tribal elders in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province over the fate of Taliban leader Mullah Omar, an intelligence official...
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Jehangiri appointed chief justice
ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: The federal government on Friday appointed Justice Mohammad Bashir Jehangiri Chief Justice of Pakistan from Jan 7, an official notification said....
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Pakistan’s position on Kashmir strong: Blair
NEW DELHI, Jan 4: British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who arrived in India on Thursday, has said that Pakistan’s position on Kashmir was “strong”....
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100 SSP men arrested
ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: The law enforcement agencies in a crackdown across Punjab and Sindh, arrested over 100 activists of Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan on Friday, Interior Ministry said....
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US team due today
ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: A three-member US congressional team headed by Joe Pitts is scheduled to arrive here today (Saturday) on a week-long visit to Pakistan and Afghanistan....
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