Pakistan wants to curb terrorism: Straw’s assurance to Jaswant
NEW DELHI, May 29: British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw assured India on Wednesday that Pakistan was serious about ending the cross-border terrorism in Kashmir, as he held talks to defuse tensions...
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LB finance system from July 1
ISLAMABAD, May 29: The federal government has taken a number of important decisions about the devolution of power, including putting in place the “New Local Government Finance System” from July 1,...
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3 Jewish settlers shot dead in West Bank
TEL AVIV, May 29: Israel’s security cabinet met on Wednesday to weigh its response to a spate of Palestinian attacks, including the killing of three students at a Jewish settlement in...
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Over a dozen Arabs held in raids
PESHAWAR, May 29: In a crackdown on suspected militants having links with Al-Qaeda organization, the CID officials picked up more than 12 Arabs during raids on different houses in the posh...
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PAF will play key role in defence: Enemy creating dangerous situation: Musharraf
 MAIN PAF OPERATING BASE, May 29: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday said Pakistan Air Force (PAF) will play a lead role in the defence of the motherland in case war...
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12 villagers killed in Indian shelling
MUZAFFARABAD, May 29: At least seven people were killed and four others were injured as Indian troops shelled a major town and several villages of Azad Jammu and Kashmir along the...
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Nasrullah receives invitation for talks
LAHORE, May 29: Information Minister Nisar A. Memon on Wednesday extended a fresh invitation to ARD president Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan for a consultative meeting with President Pervez Musharraf....
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Islamabad, New Delhi share data on water
NEW DELHI, May 29: India and Pakistan on Wednesday exchanged data on sharing of water of six rivers under the Indus Water Treaty on the first day of their three-day annual...
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US working hard to defuse tension: Pentagon
WASHINGTON, May 29: The United States has “grave” concerns about the tensions between Pakistan and India, and Washington is “working hard, in conversations and consultations with both countries, to try to...
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Al Qaeda filtered into cities, says ISI official
NEW YORK, May 29: Senior Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) officials said in an interview on Tuesday that the senior Al Qaeda leaders are not concentrated along the Afghanistan borders as the...
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Envoy stresses UN role
UNITED NATIONS, May 29: Pakistan on Tuesday said that the “United Nations has a legal, moral and historical responsibility to promote a just and peaceful solution to the Kashmir dispute and,...
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Stand-off discussed with Japan minister
ISLAMABAD, May 29: Japan’s Vice Foreign Minister Seiken Sugiura said on Wednesday that Pakistan had given him fresh assurances to step up measures for curbing “movements across the Line of Control”....
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Expert warns against landmines deployment
GENEVA, May 29: Rising tensions between India and Pakistan have brought renewed fears that two of the world’s largest landmine producers are deploying more of the weapons along their common border,...
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Washington issues new warning
WASHINGTON, May 29: The United States warned India and Pakistan on Wednesday that if they allowed their relations to deteriorate further, “irresponsible elements” in the two countries could exploit the situation...
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Voters form to be revised
ISLAMABAD, May 29: The government, on the demand of religious groups, decided to revise the application form for enlistment as voters, so as to include the oath and declaration of being...
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Niyazov and Karzai arrive
 ISLAMABAD, May 29: Turkmenistan President Saparmurat Niyazov and Interim Afghan leader Hamid Karzai arrived here on Wednesday to attend a trilateral summit on Thursday....
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