Polls to be held from Oct 7-11: We won’t initiate war: Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, May 27: President Gen Pervez Musharraf announced on Monday that elections to the National and Provincial Assemblies would be held from Oct 7 to 11 for restoring “genuine democracy” in...
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Delhi ready to give diplomacy a chance
NEW DELHI, May 27: India’s prime minister on Sunday appeared to offer some breathing space to Pakistan, saying New Delhi would hold off any action pending a diplomatic blitz aimed at...
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15 villagers killed in Indian shelling
SIALKOT, May 27: Fifteen civilians died and more than 52 others were injured in heavy artillery and mortar shelling by Indian forces along the Sialkot working boundary late Sunday....
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WB to give $500m on June 12
ISLAMABAD, May 27: The World Bank will disburse $500 million Structural Adjustment loan (SAC-2) to Pakistan on June 12 immediately after its board meeting on June 11 in Washington, says a...
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Opposition leaders reinvited to APC
ISLAMABAD May 27: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has invited all the opposition leaders again to an all parties conference, second within two weeks, on Friday....
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GCC asks Pakistan, India to exercise restraint
RIYADH, May 27: A consultative summit of the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) urged Pakistan and India to show maximum restraint and cooperate with global mediation efforts to defuse the explosive...
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Germany, UK offer to help resolve dispute
BERLIN, May 27: British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer said on Monday that Europe would do all it could to help foster a peaceful resolution to...
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Indian border towns test sirens
JODHPUR, (India), May 27: Indian towns near the Pakistan border in Rajasthan state have been testing air-raid sirens and creating power blackouts to “test war preparedness”, officials said....
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Bush asks Musharraf to stop ‘incursions’
PARIS, May 27: US President George Bush said on Sunday that President Pervez Musharraf must work harder to stop incursions into occupied Kashmir....
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Separatist leader handed over to China
URUMQI (China), May 27: China said on Monday that Pakistan had handed over a key leader of Chinese Muslim separatists who fought alongside the Taliban....
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Advani seeks change in policy
NEW DELHI, May 27: Indian Home Minister Lal Krishna Advani, number two in the cabinet after the prime minister, said on Monday it was time for India to come up with...
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Hataf-III Ghaznavi missile test-fired
 ISLAMABAD, May 27: Pakistan on Sunday successfully testfired its newly-developed short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile Hataf-III (Ghaznavi)....
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Safonov arrives on peace mission
 ISLAMABAD, May 27: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Anatoly Safonov arrived here on Monday to push forward Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal to arrange face-to-face talks between the Pakistani and Indian leaders....
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US issues fact-file on Pakistan’s assistance
WASHINGTON, May 27: Pakistan’s support in the US-led coalition’s military campaign in Afghanistan is detailed in an updated fact-sheet just issued by the Defence Department here....
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Riba case hearing next week
ISLAMABAD, May 27: A five-member Shariat Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court would take up the Riba case next Monday, as the government is seeking complete reversal of the judgment delivered...
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Sindh Solidarity Front formed
ISLAMABAD, May 27: Sindh National Front chairman Mumtaz Bhutto on Monday announced the formation of ‘Sindh Solidarity Front’ aimed at achieving maximum autonomy for the federating units....
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