World asked to help recover looted money: President opens anti-corruption moot
ISLAMABAD, July 19: President Pervez Musharraf urged the international community on Friday to wage a war against corruption with the same resolve with which the menace of terrorism and narcotics were...
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Modi quits as Gujarat CM; seeks early polls: Cabinet named caretaker
AHMEDABAD, July 19: The chief minister of Gujarat state, accused of failing to stop the killing of Muslims, quit on Friday and sought early elections....
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Musharraf-Straw meeting unlikely
ISLAMABAD, July 19: President Gen Pervez Musharraf will most likely not meet British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw during his visit here despite the British government’s best efforts....
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Move to stop ministers’ salaries
ISLAMABAD, July 19: The government has proposed that the President be empowered, besides his powers to dissolve the National Assembly and dismiss the cabinet, to suspend the salaries of the Cabinet...
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Pakistan fares well in difficult Congress debate
WASHINGTON, July 19: Pakistan has received an encouraging support — both from the US government and some Congressmen — at a difficult congressional hearing during which US lawmakers grilled their own...
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New Delhi says no more steps for de-escalation
NEW DELHI, July 19: India, playing host to British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw for the third time in quick succession on Friday, re-affirmed that it did not propose to make further...
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Straw criticized over arms sales to Pakistan, India
LONDON July 19: British lawmakers criticized Foreign Secretary Jack Straw in a report published on Friday for failing to block arms sales to Pakistan and India during the standoff over the...
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In-camera trial of rape case from 26th
DERA GHAZI KHAN, July 19: The local Anti-Terrorism Court will conduct an in-camera trial of the Meerwala gang-rape case from July 26....
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PAF Minhas Base commander dies in plane crash
ATTOCK, July 19: The commander, PAF Minhas Base, Kamra, Air Commodore Abdul Hameed Qadri died in a plane crash near Sagree Village, some 7kms from here on Friday....
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Runaway boys brought back to Woomera
SYDNEY, July 19: The Australian government is trying to cancel the temporary protection visa of the father of two boys who escaped the infamous Woomera Detention Centre three weeks ago and...
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DNA tests confirm body is Pearl’s
ISLAMABAD, July 19: A senior Pakistani investigator told Reuters on Friday that DNA tests had confirmed that a decapitated body found in a shallow grave in Karachi in May was that...
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Airports’ recording facilities delayed
ISLAMABAD, July 19: The installation of Personal Identification Security Comparison Evaluation System (PISCES) on four airports has been delayed owing to additional features demanded by Pakistan in computer-based programme....
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Omer Sheikh challenges conviction
KARACHI, July 19: Ahmed Omer Saeed Sheikh, who was awarded death penalty by an Ant-Terrorism Court in the Daniel Pearl case, on Friday challenged the verdict, claiming his total innocence....
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Morocco says no troops for islet
 RABAT, July 19: Morocco on Friday pledged not to send its troops back to a tiny Mediterranean island if Spain withdraws its soldiers, but Madrid said it was waiting for a...
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No change in Kashmir policy pledged
 MUZAFFARABAD, July 19: Federal Minister for Information and Media Development, Nisar Memon, on Friday assured the struggling Kashmiris that there was no change in Pakistan’s Kashmir policy and added those propagating...
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Detention of haris: SC admits plea
ISLAMABAD, July 19: The Supreme Court on Friday granted leave to appeal on a petition filed by Human Rights Commission of Pakistan to consider the effects and consequences of the Bonded...
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Water supply from Hub to Karachi in danger
HUB, July 19: Water supply to Karachi from Hub Dam may stop by the end of August as the dam is approaching the dead level due to the prolonged dry weather...
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IMF mission arrives on August 8
ISLAMABAD, July 19: A four-member IMF mission is arriving here on Aug 8 to review the economic performance of Pakistan during the fourth quarter (April-June) of 2001-2002 and discuss new budget...
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