Pakistan asks India to explain position: Indus Basin Treaty violation
ISLAMABAD, Feb 26: Pakistan has sought a report from India on an alleged construction of a gate-structure on the Chenab river for diversion of its water in violation of the Indus...
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Defusing tension top US priority: Envoy hopeful of early Indo-Pakistan talks
NEW DELHI, Feb 26: The United States regards defusing the current military escalation between India and Pakistan as its most important foreign policy objective after the Dec 13 terrorist attack on...
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10 shot dead in mosque attack
RAWALPINDI, Feb 26: Ten people were shot dead and 16 others critically injured in a sectarian-related terrorism here on Tuesday, hospital and police sources told Dawn....
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Sharon ready to meet Saudi officials
AL QUDS, Feb 26: Israeli leader Ariel Sharon expressed readiness on Tuesday to meet Saudi officials over a Saudi peace initiative that drew praise from US President George W. Bush for...
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Musharraf, Chamberlin discuss Omar extradition
 ISLAMABAD, Feb 26: President Pervez Musharraf and the US ambassador to Pakistan Wendy Chamberlin on Tuesday discussed the possible extradition to the United States of the suspected mastermind of the kidnap...
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Cabinet to discuss KESC’s financial restructuring today
ISLAMABAD, Feb 26: The federal cabinet takes up here on Wednesday the financial crisis in the two power utilities, including the financial restructuring of the KESC through a debt for equity...
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Bush wants extradition of Omar, others
WASHINGTON, Feb 26: President George W.Bush has added his voice to the demands that Omar Saeed Shaikh and others accused of kidnap, and murder of Daniel Pearl should be extradited by...
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Karzai begins Indian visit to seek help
 NEW DELHI, Feb 26: Afghan interim leader Hamid Karzai arrived in New Delhi on Tuesday to solicit support from India’s political and business chiefs to build a new Afghanistan....
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15 brigadiers promoted
RAWALPINDI, Feb 26: The following 15 brigadiers have been promoted to the rank of major-general on assumption of new appointments mentioned against each of the army officials, according to an ISPR...
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Islamabad no more on US list of drug producers
WASHINGTON, Feb 26: The United States has removed Pakistan and India from the list of states whom it considers to be drug producers or drug transit points, according to the annual...
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Islamabad, Delhi urged to resume dialogue
ISLAMABAD, Feb 26: Finance Minister of Afghan Interim government Hidayat Amin Arsla has called upon India and Pakistan to resolve their differences through dialogue to ensure peace in the region....
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Five judges appointed to LHC
ISLAMABAD, Feb 26: President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday appointed five district and sessions judges, working as accountability courts’ judges, as ad hoc judges of the Lahore High Court (LHC) for two...
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Pearl’s widow feels no ill will against Pakistan
WASHINGTON, Feb 26: The pregnant widow of Daniel Pearl said on Tuesday she still had great affection for Pakistan despite her husband’s murder and praised investigators who tried to rescue him....
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US plane comes under fire
SUKKUR, Feb 26: An US transport aircraft, C-130, came under heavy fire when it took off for a routine flight to Afghanistan on late Monday night....
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