Intelligence setup to be revamped: President
 ISLAMABAD, March 19: A meeting presided over by President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday decided to reorganize the whole judicial, prosecution and intelligence gathering system to effectively check the recurrence of...
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Terrorists strike in Lahore: 3 killed
LAHORE, March 19: Two motorcyclists shot dead three people in a suspected terrorist act on Mouj Darya Road near Old Anarkali on Tuesday....
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Move to keep 60 ex-MPs out of polls
ISLAMABAD, March 19: The government has referred a list of 60 former legislators to the National Accountability Bureau and Election Commission, seeking their disqualification from contesting the elections....
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Gujarat heads for worse
NEW DELHI, March 19: Four persons were killed and five injured in India’s Gujarat state on Tuesday in a fresh communal upsurge that appeared set to worsen in the days ahead...
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Bus crushes two girls, motorcyclist in Karachi
KARACHI, Mar 19: A recklessly-driven bus crushed two girl students and a motorcyclist to death and injured nine others near APWA Government College at Karimabad on Tuesday....
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Musharraf govt faces ‘inherent political risks’: CIA
WASHINGTON, March 19: Pointing out that the Musharraf government’s alignment with the US in the post-Sept 11 period represented a fundamental policy shift, Central Intelligence Agency director George Tenet cautioned on...
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Banks to refer Rs55bn default cases to CIRC
ISLAMABAD, March 19: Four leading nationalized financial institutions are expected to refer shortly around 431 fresh default cases worth Rs55.767 billion to the Corporate Industrial and Restructuring Corporation (CIRC) for restructuring...
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Moscow opposes Washington plans to target Iraq
LONDON, March 19: Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said on Tuesday he backed Washington’s declared war on terrorism but opposed unilateral action against Iraq....
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7 Taliban, Al Qaeda members arrested
KOHAT, March 19: The troops patrolling the western borders with Afghanistan in Kurram Agency have arrested four Al Qaeda members and three Pakistani Taliban on Tuesday night, Dawn learnt from authentic...
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Israel claims completing withdrawal: Palestinians sceptical
 TEL AVIV, March 19: Israel said on Tuesday it had completed its withdrawal from autonomous Palestinian areas, clearing a major obstacle to US efforts to broker a ceasefire....
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Developing countries should help themselves: Shaukat
NEW YORK, March 19: Pakistan believes that the developing countries should not get used to living on the dole, and that aid should be directed to those countries who learn to...
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Four Islamabad police officials suspended
ISLAMABAD, March 19: In a belated move, the four police officers of the Islamabad Capital Territory have been removed from their posts for failing to control crime, officials said....
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Gen Franks, Rocca hold talks with Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, March 19: Commander United States Central Command General Tommy R. Franks and United States Assistant Secretary of State Christina Rocca and other senior members of their delegation called on President...
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Two Indian HC staffers expelled
ISLAMABAD, March 19: Pakistan on Tuesday declared two Indian High Commission officials personae non grata and asked them to leave the country by March 26....
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WB asks govt to annul Mari Gas price accord
ISLAMABAD, March 19: The World Bank has asked Pakistan to dismantle gas price agreement (GPA) of Mari Gas Company Limited (MGCL), a move that would increase fertilizer and electricity rates manifold....
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Rockets fired at PPL well
QUETTA, March 19: Unknown persons fired seven rockets at a gas well of Pakistan Petroleum Limited in Sui on Tuesday night....
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