India lifts ban on overflights: Rumsfeld may propose LoC monitoring today
NEW DELHI, June 10: India on Monday lifted a five-month-old ban on the use of its airspace by Pakistani aircraft, but diplomats said the apparently grudging gesture would help New Delhi...
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UAE supports Pakistan’s peace efforts
 ABU DHABI, June 10: President Gen Pervez Musharraf and UAE President Shaikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan on Monday held a comprehensive discussion with special reference to Pakistan-India stand-off, and the...
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A step in right direction: FO
ISLAMABAD, June 10: Pakistan took note of India’s official announcement on Monday that Delhi had lifted ban on Pakistani flights across the Indian airspace, but stated a lot more remains to...
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MCB offers Rs8.5bn for UBL
ISLAMABAD, June 10: The Muslim Commercial Bank & Associates on Monday offered the highest bid of Rs8.5 billion to acquire the government’s 51 per cent shareholding in the United Bank....
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Washington welcomes lessening of tensions
WASHINGTON, June 10: The United States on Monday welcomed an apparent easing of tensions between India and Pakistan, but warned the crisis between the two nuclear armed neighbours was not yet...
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US commission stunned by Gujarat carnage
WASHINGTON, June 10: A horrific and disturbing picture of the state government’s complicity in the anti-Muslim riots in India’s Gujarat state emerged at a special hearing held by the US Commission...
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Israeli tanks encircle Arafat’s HQ again: PA cabinet meeting put off
 RAMALLAH, June 10: Israeli tanks and troops rumbled into Ramallah on Monday and again encircled the headquarters of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, forcing him to call off the first meeting of...
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Chirac likely to get majority
PARIS, June 10: Based on results of yesterday’s first-round French legislative elections, it looks President Jacques Chirac will get solid majority when final votes are counted next Sunday....
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Spy plane an evidence of Indo-Israeli collaboration: PAF
PAF BASE CHAKLALA, June 10: Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshall Mushaff Ali Mir, on Monday said the Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) shot down by Pakistan Air Force near...
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Pakistan to seek legal help against Indus Treaty violation
ISLAMABAD, June 10: Pakistan has formally warned India that it would refer to the “Neutral Expert” the violations of the Indus Waters Treaty 1960 for a verdict if its objections to...
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Rumsfeld to meet Musharraf on 13th
WASHINGTON, June 10: In a bid to lock India and Pakistan in a dialogue for peace prompted by the recent visit of US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, Defence Secretary...
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Two killed in fresh Ahmedabad violence
 AHMEDABAD, June 10: Fresh violence broke out overnight on Monday in the riot-scarred western state of Gujarat’s capital Ahmedabad in which two people were killed and several others injured, police said....
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Row delays Loya Jirga
KABUL, June 10: Former Afghan king Zahir Shah, ruled himself out as a candidate for head of state on Monday under pressure from the United States after a row over his...
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KSE gains 100 points
KARACHI, June 10: The Indian peace overtures on Monday pushed KSE 100-share index up by 6 per cent or 100.43 points closing at 1,791.72 points....
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EU promises to defuse tension
LUXEMBOURG, June 10: European Union governments on Monday promised to help defuse the immediate crisis between India and Pakistan and said they would also support efforts to achieve a lasting resolution...
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Sattar hopes India will maintain process
ABU DHABI, June 10: Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar on Monday hoped that the new process of reversal that India had started would be maintained on the path of logic, and Delhi...
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Vajpayee to field Kalam as president
NEW DELHI, June 10: India’s ruling coalition will field Dr Abdul Kalam, regarded as the father of the country’s missile programme, in elections for president due next month, a government spokesman...
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Jeddah urges restraint
JEDDAH, June 10: Saudi Arabia on Monday again called on Pakistan and India to exercise restraint and hold peace talks....
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