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Vajpayee wants meeting of hearts with Musharraf
NEW DELHI, Feb 3: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee accused Pakistan on Sunday of betraying his hand of friendship at crucial times, and said there can be no progress on...
US to help Pakistan thru stakeholders: Shaukat
NEW YORK, Feb 3: Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz said here on Saturday that Bush administration would like to help Pakistan through various stakeholders, like US manufacturers etc, for which it would...
Benazir seeks fair poll for compromise
WASHINGTON, Feb 3: Pakistan People’s Party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto said here on Saturday a compromise with the military regime was possible only on the basis of holding free and fair elections,...
Lahore boy being quizzed
KARACHI, Feb 3: A 16-year-old boy, resident of Lahore, who had allegedly sent an e-mail claiming that the missing US journalist, Daniel Pearl, is alive, was escorted to Karachi on Sunday...
Sattar hopes Pearl is still alive
MUNICH, Feb 3: Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar said on Sunday his country was still hunting for kidnapped Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, dismissing messages that suggested he had been killed....
US warns Pakistan of sanctions on human trafficking
ISLAMABAD, Feb 3: The US has conveyed its concerns to Pakistan on human trafficking and asked it to take appropriate measures before 2003 to avoid sanctions blocking non-humanitarian aid and adverse...
Detained men not linked to Taliban
ISLAMABAD, Feb 3: Two men detained by the authorities in Quetta last week and identified as former ministers in the Taliban regime were not linked to the vanquished hardline movement, the...
Water sector strategy being finalized
ISLAMABAD, Feb 3: The federal government is contemplating to finalize a medium-term “water sector strategy” to seek foreign and local investment in all projects including, drinking, flood control, irrigation and power...
Man found dead in Karachi not Pearl
KARACHI, Feb 3: A body of a foreigner resembling abducted US journalist Daniel Pearl, found from the old Haji Camp area on Sunday night, created sensation among media organizations and police....
15 die in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Feb 3: Thirteen Kashmiris and two Indian soldiers were killed in gunbattles in Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Sunday....
Canadian trade team due on 15th
TORONTO, Feb 3: A 14-member Canadian trade delegation will visit Pakistan this month to explore avenues for boosting Islamabad’s exports to Ottawa....
Shaukat, Indian finance minister greet each other
NEW YORK, Feb 3: Pakistan’s finance minister Shaukat Aziz and the finance minister of India, Yashwant Sinha, met on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel...
Transporters block RCD Highway
HUB, Feb 3: Transporters blocked the RCD Highway on Sunday morning, bringing the traffic to a complete halt till the evening....
Hizb wants Kashmir issue resolved
SRINAGAR, Feb 3: The leading Kashmiri group fighting for liberation said on Sunday the resolution of the Kashmir dispute was the only way to ease tensions between nuclear rivals India and...
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