Irsa to release water on basis of historic use
ISLAMABAD, April 16: The Indus River System Authority finally agreed on Tuesday to release water to provinces on actual average annual use basis of 1977-82 until disputed clauses of the 1991...
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Musharraf says risk calculated: No power-sharing with PM
ISLAMABAD, April 16: President Gen Pervez Musharraf here on Tuesday strongly defended the holding of referendum as “absolutely constitutional” and said necessary amendments were currently being contemplated to decide about the...
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More rallies to counter opposition: Cabinet decision
ISLAMABAD, April 16: The federal cabinet here on Tuesday decided to counter opposition parties by holding rallies and public meetings in large number throughout the country....
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Uproar in Indian parliament
NEW DELHI, April 16: Both houses of the Indian parliament were adjourned Tuesday for the second day in a row as opposition MPs demanded the dismissal of the chief minister of...
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ME talks making progress, says Powell
 JERUSALEM, April 16: US Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Tuesday his talks with Israelis and Palestinians were making progress, but might not produce a ceasefire by the time he...
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Survival of Afghan govt in danger
LONDON, April 16: The survival of the interim government of Afghanistan is threatened by infighting between the Pakhtoon royalist supporters of the former king, Zahir Shah, and rival Tajik ethnic faction...
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SC postpones hearing against referendum
ISLAMABAD, April 16: The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned hearing of the petitions challenging the assumption of president’s office by Gen Pervez Musharraf and the holding of referendum, till Monday, as...
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HC official abducted, tortured in New Delhi
ISLAMABAD, April 16: Pakistan has strongly condemned the abduction, illegal detention and torture of a Pakistani High Commission official in New Delhi by Indian authorities on Tuesday morning....
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EU official coming to Pakistan by end of May
LUXEMBOURG, April 16: European Union security and foreign policy chief Javier Solana is set to visit Islamabad end-May in a first-ever EU effort to try and ease Pakistan-India tensions over Kashmir,...
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Karzai arrives in Rome
ROME, April 16: Afghan interim leader Hamid Karzai landed in Rome on Tuesday to bring former king Mohammad Zahir Shah home from a 29-year exile in the Italian capital....
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3 killed in Kashmir blast
SRINAGAR, April 16: Three people were killed and 27 wounded when a landmine went off in a market in occupied Kashmir on Tuesday as an Indian army patrol was passing by....
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Justice Tariq of BHC resigns
QUETTA, April 16: Justice Tariq Mehmood of Balochistan High Court on Tuesday resigned from his office in protest against the government pressure. He has submitted his resignation to the president of...
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US concerned over nuclear proliferation
WASHINGTON, April 16: The United States says it is actively engaged in discussions on the risks that the nuclear-weapons programmes of Pakistan and India pose to stability in South Asia, and...
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Al Qaeda suspect held in Khuzdar
QUETTA, April 16: Police have arrested a suspected member of the Al Qaeda network in the Naal area of the Khuzdar district, 390km southwest of here....
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