Framework for transfer of convicts spelt out
ISLAMABAD, Aug 3: The government on Saturday promulgated an ordinance laying a legal framework for repatriation of foreign nationals convicted in Pakistan and Pakistani citizens convicted abroad....
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France upholds Pakistan action against terror
 ISLAMABAD, Aug 3: French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin said on Saturday that the forthcoming elections in Jammu and Kashmir should be “free of violence,” but refused to state whether he...
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Bush, Musharraf meet next month
NEW YORK, Aug 3: US President George W. Bush would meet separately with the leaders of India and Pakistan at the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly’s special session and...
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Vehari van fall: 20 feared dead
VEHARI, Aug 3: Twenty people were feared drowned when a Mailsi-bound wagon (STD-3090) fell into the Thingi Canal while attempting to overtake another wagon, some 25km from here, on Saturday....
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Pakistani officials to interrogate Guantanamo prisoners today
WASHINGTON, Aug 3: Pakistani intelligence officers arrive in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, late Saturday to interrogate terrorist suspects from their country held at a US prison facility, official sources said....
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Rivers’ flow falls to 30-year low
LAHORE, Aug 3: The combined rivers flow dipped to a record 30-year low during the last week of July, forcing the Indus River System Authority on Saturday to reduce supply to...
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Attack on parliament triggered crisis: India
NEW DELHI, Aug 3: Ruling out any de-escalation in the military standoff with Pakistan for now, Indian Defence Minister George Fernandes claimed on Saturday that the armed attack on Indian parliament...
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Mian Azhar re-elected PML-QA president
ISLAMABAD, Aug 3: Mian Azhar was re-elected as PML-QA president on Saturday here with an overwhelming majority in the intra-party elections marred by the allegations of irregularities in the preparation of...
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Haider gets Pakistan lone gold medal
 MANCHESTER, Aug 3: Haider Ali outpunched Indian Som Bahadur Pun to give Pakistan its first-ever gold medal in boxing in Commonwealth Games when he won the featherweight final here on Saturday....
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Shahbaz elected PML-N president
ISLAMABAD, Aug 3: Pakistan Muslim League (N) on Saturday elected Mian Shahbaz Sharif new party president and elevated his elder brother and former prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif to a ceremonial...
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Nine killed in Valley violence
SRINAGAR, Aug 3: Nine people, including two members of the National Conference, were killed in occupied Kashmir, news reports said on Saturday....
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2 Palestinians jailed in Peshawar
PESHAWAR, Aug 3: Tribal authorities sentenced two suspected Palestinian men to six months’ jail on Saturday after they were found near border with Afghanistan without any travel documents, officials said....
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Radiation drugs stockpiled across UK
LONDON, Aug 3: The government in an unprecedented move has stockpiled anti-radiation drugs across the whole of Britain because of fears of a terrorist attack....
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US told to release detainees’ names
WASHINGTON, Aug 3: A US federal judge ruled the Department of Justice must release the names of the people detained after the Sept 11 terrorist attacks and sharply rejected many of...
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US pilots are drugged, says report
LONDON, Aug 3: American pilots in Afghanistan, blamed for a series of “friendly fire” incidents and devastating erroneous attacks on innocent civilians, were routinely provided with amphetamines, a drug to tackle...
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UN building attacked in Afghanistan
KABUL, Aug 3: A grenade exploded in the grounds of a United Nations compound in southern Afghanistan in the first attack against UN staff since the world body resumed its operations...
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