EU delays cooperation pact till Oct polls: Scepticism over referendum
BRUSSELS, April 26: The European Parliament’s foreign affairs committee on Friday delayed approval of a new EU cooperation agreement with Pakistan, saying it would review the pact after the October elections....
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SC to strengthen transition, observes CJ
ISLAMABAD, April 26: The Supreme Court bench, hearing petitions challenging holding of the referendum, observed on Friday that it would strengthen the process of transition from military to civilian rule....
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President gives relief to growers
HYDERABAD, April 26: President Gen Pervez Musharraf declared amidst thunderous applause here on Friday evening that keeping in view the drought-like conditions, the small growers who had taken ADBP loans up...
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Security in Bhakkar tightened
 SARGODHA, April 26: Security was tightened in Bhakkar on Friday after protesters, reacting to Thursday night’s bomb blast, tried to block roads. The blast claimed 12 lives....
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Political, religious parties announce referendum boycott
LAHORE, April 26: Rejecting the April 30 referendum as an “extra-constitutional exercise” by which Gen Musharraf wanted his rule to be extended by another five years, a number of political and...
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China temporarily stops funding new projects
ISLAMABAD, April 26: China has expressed its inability to fund any new projects in Pakistan for the time being, foreign office sources told Dawn on Friday....
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Confusion persists on joint operation
WASHINGTON, April 26: Confusion continues to surround reports in sections of the American press, officially denied by Pakistan, that United States troops or security elements are operating within Pakistan in search...
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Curfew in Ahmedabad areas after fresh riots
 AHMEDABAD, April 26: Authorities clamped new curfews on Friday on parts of Ahmedabad after fresh communal violence on Thursday night left one dead and 11 injured....
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Expelled student kills 17 in Germany
ERFURT (Germany), April 26: A student bent on revenge for being expelled from his school shot dead 14 teachers, two pupils, a police officer and himself on Friday in Germany’s worst...
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Two killed in LoC shelling
MUZAFFARABAD: April 26: Two persons were killed in the southern Kotli district of Azad Kashmir when the Indian troops started unprovoked shelling on Friday, officials said....
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APHC has 30 proposals to resolve Kashmir issue
SRINAGAR, April 26: Mirwaiz Omar Farooq, a senior leader of the All Party Hurriyat Conference, said on Friday there were nearly 30 proposals to resolve the Kashmir issue....
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Commonwealth team briefed
ISLAMABAD, April 26: The Pakistan People’s Party apprised the Commonwealth delegation about the “unconstitutionality” of the referendum being held on April 30, 2002 and “how it is against the judgment of...
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Rs22.8m cash, TCs looted from bank
FAISALABAD, April 26: Three armed men took away Rs22.8 million in cash and traveller cheques (TCs) on Friday from the Habib Bank Dudhiwala branch....
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Kashmiri leader detained
SRINAGAR, April 26: Police in occupied Kashmir detained Syed Ali Geelani of the All Party Hurriyat Conference on Friday....
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