Govt won’t take sides in polls: Officials unaware of inviting observers
ISLAMABAD, March 11: Maj-Gen Rashid Qureshi, director-general of the Inter-Services Public Relations, said here on Monday that the government was under no pressure to take sides in the coming elections, and...
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Vajpayee not to allow prayers in Ayodhya : SC verdict tomorrow
NEW DELHI, March 11: Taking a leaf from the battle of Mahabharat, when Krishna had advised Arjuna not to fear taking on his own family members if his dharma commanded so,...
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GCC ministers okay S. Arabian plan
RIYADH, March 11: Foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) at a meeting here on Monday endorsed the Saudi peace plan....
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CTBT to top Japan agenda
ISLAMABAD, March 11: Nuclear non-proliferation and an all-out ban on testing of nuclear weapons are high on the agenda for President Pervez Musharraf’s visit to Tokyo beginning on Tuesday, diplomatic sources...
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Bush again hints at widening of war
WASHINGTON, March 11: Marking the six-month anniversary of the Sept 11 attacks at a sombre event on Monday, President George Bush reinforced earlier indications of widening the “war against terrorism” to...
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Court orders case transfer from Attock to Karachi AC
ISLAMABAD, March 11: The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the transfer of a case from Attock Fort Accountability Court to Karachi Accountability Court....
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Musharraf urges donors to help end poverty
ISLAMABAD, March 11: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has called upon the international donors and the private sector to help remove poverty by extending adequate grants and loans specially for the establishment...
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Investors in tourism to get incentives: President
 ISLAMABAD, March 11: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said the government is offering various incentives for making investment in the tourism and hotel industry....
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Pakistan to send military officials to US
WASHINGTON, March 11: Pakistan is shortly expected to send representatives of its three services to work as coordinators with the US Central Command in Tampa, Florida, which is in charge of...
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Six shot dead in Karachi
KARACHI, March 11: Six persons were shot dead in three separate incidents in Karachi on Monday....
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Raja Zafar, Chattha discuss cooperation
ISLAMABAD, March 11: Raja Zafarul Haq, chairman of PML(N), held a meeting with Chaudhry Hamid Nasir Chattha, chief of PML(J), in the federal capital on Monday amid reports of possible electoral...
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No water for Sindh from Tarbela dead level
ISLAMABAD, March 11: Endorsing recommendations of Irsa and Wapda, the Chief Executive Secretariat has rejected Sindh’s demand of water supply from Tarbela reservoir, where water has dropped to dead-level....
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Aid helps poor to live better life, says WB
WASHINGTON, March 11: Foreign aid is increasingly a catalyst for change, making it possible for poor people to increase their incomes and to live longer, healthier and more productive lives, says...
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Gujarat arsonists shot dead
AHMEDABAD, March 11: Two people were killed and six injured when police fired at a mob torching Muslims’ homes in a fresh outbreak of anti-Muslim violence in western India, where 700...
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Israel lifts siege on Arafat
TEL AVIV, March 11: Israel said on Monday that Palestinian President Yasser Arafat was free to leave the West Bank city of Ramallah, where its forces have confined him for the...
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15 Saudi girls die in stampede
RIYADH, March 11: Fifteen Saudi schoolgirls died in a stampede in Makkah on Monday as they tried to escape from their school after a fire broke out, a security official said....
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