7 killed as train derails near Sheikhupura
 SHEIKHUPURA/LAHORE, March 16: Seven people died and 15 others were injured when the 80-Down non-stop train running between Lahore and Faisalabad derailed at Qila Sattar Shah station, 24km from Sheikhupura, on...
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Japan links investment to better law, order: Exports from 2003: Razak
ISLAMABAD, March 16: Japanese leaders have asked President Pervez Musharraf to improve law and order situation, and ensure continuity of economic policies for attracting Japanese investment in Pakistan....
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Ties with Pakistan still tense: India
NEW DELHI, March 16: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee said on Saturday that India’s relations with Pakistan were still tense and indicated that nothing would change this situation at least...
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EU seeks end to Israeli action
BARCELONA, March 16: The European Union leaders on Saturday issued their sternest call yet for an end to excessive Israeli military action against Palestinians....
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Attack on Iraq will be a disaster: Abdullah
PARIS, March 16: Jordan’s King Abdullah II says he has let it be known to the United States that to attack Iraq now would result in nothing less than a “disaster.”...
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Zinni holds talks with Palestinian team
 RAMALLAH, March 16: US envoy Anthony Zinni held talks on Saturday in the West Bank town of Ramallah with the Palestinian negotiating committee, in a bid to secure a ceasefire with...
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Balochistan varsity official shot dead
QUETTA, March 16: The sports director of the University of Balochistan, Essa Saqib, was shot dead by two masked armed men on Sariab Road near the main gate of the university...
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EC to give Rs1.2bn for livestock plan
ISLAMABAD, March 16: The European Commission (EC) will provide Rs1.2 billion for livestock project in Pakistan, under a pact signed between Islamabad and the commission here on Saturday....
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Al Qaeda casualties not known: US
WASHINGTON, March 16: The United States does not have a figure for Al Qaeda or Taliban fighters killed in Operation Anaconda in eastern Afghanistan, but believes that there are still pockets...
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Hameed, Asad elected APNS President, Secretary
KARACHI, March 16: Mr Hameed Haroon of Dawn Group of Publications and Kazi Asad Abid of Ibrat Group were elected as President and Secretary-general of All Pakistan Newspapers Society on Saturday....
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One killed in Indian shelling
SIALKOT, March 16: A villager was martyred in Indian shelling on bordering Bhoorey Chak of the Sialkot working boundary’s Shakargarh sector on Friday night....
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Osama’s family under probe in France
PARIS, March 16: The French justice ministry say it is investigating possible money laundering by financial interests linked to the family of Osama bin Laden....
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Ghausi, Najib elected KPC President, Secretary
KARACHI, March 16: Sabihuddin Ghausi of Dawn and Najib Ahmed of Jang on Saturday were elected President and Secretary of the Karachi Press Club....
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Three die in fresh Gujarat clashes
AHMEDABAD, March 16: Three men were killed in fresh clashes as mobs set shops on fire and attacked mosques in Gujarat state, police said on Saturday....
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4 of a family shot dead
JHANG, March 16: Five people, four of them belonging to same family, were shot dead by four unidentified assailants near Darbar Mirak Sial, in Shorkot tehsil, some 42km from here, on...
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3-day holiday announced
ISLAMABAD, March 16: The government has announced March 23 to March 25 closed holidays in connection with the Pakistan Day and Aashura-i-Muharram....
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