Change in water sharing plan soon: Irsa reviews shortage
ISLAMABAD, Feb 9: Punjab and Sindh on Saturday agreed to have a new water distribution formula to be worked out within the ambit of the 1991 Water Apportionment Accord....
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270 Taliban prisoners released
 KABUL, Feb 9: Around 270 Taliban prisoners were released in a ceremony at the presidential palace on Saturday night under the watch of interim leader Hamid Karzai....
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Musharraf sees Indian connection in reporter’s kidnapping
WASHINGTON, Feb 9: Noting that US President George Bush’s ‘axis of evil’ remark “evoked a lot of negative response”, President Gen Pervez Musharraf is reported to have said that the US...
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Powell talks to Musharraf, Jaswant
WASHINGTON, Feb 9: US Secretary of State Colin Powell talked to President Pervez Musharraf and Indian Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh on Wednesday as part of the “periodic contacts with these two...
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Power supply to AJK being disconnected
ISLAMABAD, Feb 9: The Wapda has decided to disconnect power supply to whole of Azad Kashmir except its capital Muzaffarabad besides public sector entities in the federal government with effect from...
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Shaukat stresses government intervention: Dollar-rupee parity
ISLAMABAD, Feb 9: The International Monetary Fund has been told that official intervention is necessary to maintain a certain dollar-rupee parity in the country....
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‘Army officers inducted in ATCs to protect judges’
LAHORE, Feb 9: Military officers have been inducted into special courts because judges asked for army cover while hearing cases involving sectarian groups, said federal communication and railways minister Javed Ashraf...
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Mutawakil surrenders
WASHINGTON, Feb 9: The foreign minister during the Taliban rule in Afghanistan, Wakil Ahmad Mutawakil, gave himself up on Friday....
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Princess Margaret dies of stroke
 LONDON, Feb 9: Princess Margaret, 71, the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II died at King Edward VII hospital, London, after suffering a stroke at 6.30am on Saturday....
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Kolkata attack suspects deported
 NEW DELHI, Feb 9: Two Indian nationals were arrested in New Delhi on Saturday after they were deported by Dubai and the Indian foreign ministry said one of them was carrying...
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Pearl’s ticket cancelled
KARACHI, Feb 9: The PIA ticket, reserved in the name of the kidnapped journalist Daniel Pearl, was cancelled in the wee hours of Saturday, and the government was contemplating action against...
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Musharraf arrives in Boston
NEW YORK, Feb 9: President Pervez Musharraf arrived in Boston on Saturday on a two-day private visit by PIA flight Pk 711. He was accompanied by his wife ahead of the...
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EU call for easing tension lauded
ISLAMABAD, Feb 9: Pakistan on Saturday appreciated the European Parliament’s call for “a de-escalation of tensions and the redeployment of forces to peacetime locations”, as well as its urging of “India...
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Embassy man deported from Nepal: paper
KATHMANDU, Feb 9: A member of the Pakistan Embassy in Nepal has been deported for carrying fake US and Indian currency, a report said on Saturday....
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Two Kashmiris killed
SRINAGAR, Feb 9: Indian troops have shot dead two Mujahideen who had barricaded themselves inside a mosque in occupied Kashmir, a police spokesman said on Saturday....
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Munir sworn in acting CJ
ISLAMABAD, Feb 9: Justice Munir A. Shaikh was sworn in acting chief justice in a simple but impressive ceremony held at the Supreme Court building in Lahore on Saturday....
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