Islamabad to reciprocate troop pullback: Talks only way to resolve disputes: FO
ISLAMABAD, June 17: Pakistan will immediately reciprocate once India starts withdrawal of its troops from border which had been deployed for about six months in an offensive posture....
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Donors promise $2bn for next three years
ISLAMABAD, June 17: Pakistan has been promised $2 billion annually for the next three years jointly by the World Bank, the IMF and the Asian Development Bank, says a senior government...
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Rs12bn tax-free AJK budget
MUZAFFARABAD, June 17: The AJK’s record deficit but tax-free budget for the fiscal year 2002-2003, with a total outlay of Rs1,2073.5 million, was presented in the AJK legislative assembly here on...
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Meeting convened to discuss water issue
ISLAMABAD, June 17: The government has called a meeting of irrigation secretaries of Balochistan and Sindh for resolving the dispute over the supply of water and settling latter’s claim of getting...
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Israelis demolish oxygen factory
 GAZA, June 17: The Israeli army demolished a Palestinian industrial complex on Monday that it said had been a launching point for attacks, but local Palestinians called just another target of...
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Al Qaeda regrouping in Pakistan: US paper
SAN FRANCISCO, June 17: Hundreds of Al Qaeda terrorist operatives are hiding in Pakistan’s cities after forming or renewing alliances with local Muslim extremist networks that have helped provide safe houses...
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Loya Jirga delegates stage walkout
KABUL, June 17: More than half of the delegates to Afghanistan’s grand assembly walked out of the gathering on Monday, frustrated by the paralysis that has gripped the meeting....
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Muslim states in alliance with Christian right
WASHINGTON, June 17: At a time when Islam and Muslims feel beleaguered both here and elsewhere in the world, some Islamic governments have entered into an unusual alliance with the Christian...
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Muslims complain of discrimination
WASHINGTON, June 17: A mainstream American Muslim organization has charged the US justice department of using national security as a pretext for discriminating against American Muslims and immigrants from the Middle...
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France detains Pakistani for links with ‘shoe-bomber’
PARIS, June 17: French judicial authorities have decided to place under detention a Pakistani national, Ghulam-Mustafa Rama, 64, who is suspected of having provided logistical support to Richard Reid, the British...
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Police rule out suicide bombing
 KARACHI, June 17: The possibility of suicide bombing in Friday’s car bomb explosion, near the US Consulate in Karachi, has been ruled out by the police....
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Akram Lahori held in Karachi
KARACHI, June 17: A most-wanted activist of a banned religious organization was arrested late on Monday night by the Crime Investigation Department of the police....
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Too early for de-escalation talks: India
NEW DELHI, June 17: India described as too early and premature any talk about de-escalation on the border with Pakistan but said New Delhi would match steps taken by Islamabad....
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Confusion on Agni factory blast report
NEW DELHI, June 17: A reported blast on Monday at India’s state-owned firm Bharat Dynamics that manufactures nuclear-capable Agni missiles may never have occurred, according to conflicting reports available in New...
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Kalam meets Vajpayee
 NEW DELHI, June 17: “Missile man” A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, who is certain to become India’s next president, met Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Monday before filing his nomination papers....
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Tension has eased, says Rumsfeld
WASHINGTON, June 17: Pakistan has moved more troops to its western border with Afghanistan over the past two days, US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Monday, as border tensions eased...
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3 shot dead near Multan Imambargah
MULTAN, June 17: Armed motorcyclists shot dead three youths near Imambargah Al-Hussaini in New Multan on Monday night....
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Americans rush in as others pack up
KARACHI, June 17: While there has been an extraordinary decline in the number of incoming foreigners since Friday’s attack on the US Consulate General, over 250 Americans have landed in the...
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England win third Test
MANCHESTER (England), June 17: England won the Third Test against Sri Lanka by 10 wickets on the fifth and final day here at Old Trafford on Monday....
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Five Asians die in S. Arabia
RIYADH, June 17: Five Asian workers plunged to their deaths when a 150-metre high scaffolding collapsed at an electric power station under construction in Saudi Arabia, a senior official said on...
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