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Pakistan hopes situation won’t get out of control
ISLAMABAD, Jan 5: Pakistan expressed the hope on Saturday that despite massive deployment of Indian troops along the borders, situation would not be allowed to get out of hands....
Omar escapes amid surrender parleys
KABUL, Jan 5: Taliban leader Mulla Mohammad Omar gave US-led forces the slip once more on Saturday, Afghan intelligence said, roaring off on a motorbike just before the force protecting him...
US takes custody of Zaeef
WASHINGTON, Jan 5: The US military in Afghanistan has taken control of Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, the outspoken former Taliban ambassador to Pakistan, a senior US official said on Saturday....
Blair backs talks to resolve Kashmir issue
BANGALORE, Jan 5: British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Saturday stepped into the political minefield of India and Pakistan’s bitter Kashmir dispute, saying that an “absolute rejection” of terrorism must be...
Three Balochistan ministers resign
QUETTA, Jan 5: Three provincial ministers tendered their resignations to the provincial governor here on Saturday, and, according to an official notification, Governor Justice Amirul Mulk Mengal (retired) accepted the resignations...
13 killed in Kashmir violence
SRINAGAR, Jan 5: Indian security forces have killed 13 militants in 24 hours in separate gunbattles across the disputed region of Kashmir, police said on Saturday....
Indian shelling kills villager
MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 5: A man died and two others were injured in Indian shelling in the Poonch district of Azad Kashmir on Saturday, police said....
50pc staff of Pakistan, India HCs back home
ISLAMABAD, Jan 5: Fifty per cent staff members of the Pakistan High Commission in India and Indian High Commission in Pakistan returned to their respective countries on Saturday evening....
Indian FM sees no need for US envoy
KATHMANDU, Jan 5: India feels there is no need for the United States to send a special envoy to South Asia to defuse tension between New Delhi and Islamabad, Foreign Minister...
200 SSP activists arrested
ISLAMABAD, Jan 5: Police rounded up 200 activists of religious parties across the country early on Saturday, hours before President Pervez Musharraf told a Saarc summit he was determined to stamp...
No remission to corrupt
ISLAMABAD, Jan 5: National Accountability Bureau Prosecutor -General Raja Muhammad Bashir said on Saturday President Gen Pervez Musharraf had decided not to allow remission to convicts of corruption....
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KATHMANDU, Jan 5: In a command performance laced with humility, eloquence, fair play and a firm resolve to seek peace with dignity, President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday forced Indian Prime Minister...
ISLAMABAD, Jan 5: Fifty per cent staff members of the Pakistan High Commission in India and Indian High Commission in Pakistan returned to their respective countries on Saturday evening....
