Indian land, air attack repulsed: Pakistan terms act highly escalatory
ISLAMABAD, Aug 23: Indian army, backed by Mirage-2000 fighter planes, launched an attack on Thursday night on Pakistan army positions in the Gultari sector, 30km from Skardu....
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Parties finalize lists of candidates: PML-QA leaders meet at Governor’s House
LAHORE, Aug 23: Political parties gave finishing touches to lists of their candidates on Friday so that they can submit nomination papers on Saturday, the last date set for the purpose....
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Musharraf a key ally, says Bush
WASHINGTON, Aug 23: President George W. Bush has said that President Pervez Musharraf remains a key ally in the US-led war against terror despite his move to assume sweeping powers through...
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Benazir to hold rally at Trafalgar Square
LONDON, Aug 23: Pakistan People’s Party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto is launching her party’s election campaign by holding a public meeting at Trafalgar Square on Saturday....
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Armitage hears complaints about infiltration
NEW DELHI, Aug 23: Visiting US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage on Friday heard Indian complaints of Pakistan’s continued support for alleged cross-border infiltration in Kashmir, officials and diplomats said....
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No Pakistani post targeted: Delhi
NEW DELHI, Aug 23: Indian Defence Minister George Fernandes denied Islamabad’s claim on Friday that Indian troops, assisted by warplanes, had targeted a key Pakistani post close to the Kargil region....
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Armitage’s visit a test of US commitment
ISLAMABAD, Aug 23: The US Deputy Secretary Richard Armitage’s second visit to the region in less than three months is seen here as a test of the American government’s pledge to...
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Party link certificate can be filed later
ISLAMABAD, Aug 23: The President on Thursday removed the condition of filing declaration about the party affiliation along with nomination papers and restored the previous position under which candidates would submit...
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‘Changes make a mockery of polls’
NEW YORK, Aug 23: Underscoring that Washington’s tepid response to the constitutional changes made by Gen Pervez Musharraf, was “embarrassing”, the New York Times said that the US should remind him...
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India withholds comments on Musharraf-Vajpayee talks idea
NEW DELHI, Aug 23: India withheld comment on Thursday over a Pakistani suggestion that the leaders of the two countries could meet in New York next month. However, Indian External Affairs...
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GNA to finalize list on 26th
ISLAMABAD, Aug 23: The leaders of Grand National Alliance will meet here on Monday to finalize the list of candidates to be fielded jointly by the alliance component parties in October...
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Agosta being launched today
KARACHI, Aug 23: The Pakistan Navy will launch its first indigenously built submarine on Saturday, a press release said....
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US refixes $3bn debt repayment dates
 ISLAMABAD, Aug 23: The United States here on Friday rescheduled its $3 billion debt to Pakistan....
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Ghinwa files papers from Larkana
LARKANA, Aug 23: The chairperson of the Pakistan People’s Party (SB), Ghinwa Bhutto, on Friday filed her nomination papers from NA-204 Larkana-I with the returning officer, Abdul Ghani Soomro....
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2 Palestinians killed in attack on Israeli post
GAZA CITY, Aug 23: Two armed Palestinians were killed in an attack on an Israeli army post in the Gaza Strip on Friday morning, only hours after militant groups reiterated their...
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Troops alertness enhanced
 ISLAMABAD, Aug 23: Pakistan has upgraded the state of alertness of its armed forces along the international borders after an unprovoked Indian attack and airspace violations across the Line of Control...
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US consulate moves to secret location
KARACHI, Aug 23: The US consulate here, which was closed after a bomb attack on June 14, has opened at an undisclosed location, an American official said on Friday....
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Advani, Straw discuss Kashmir
LONDON, Aug 23: British Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, discussed tension over Kashmir during his talks with the visiting Indian Deputy Prime Minister L.K Advani here on Thursday....
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Modi to campaign in Jammu
NEW DELHI, Aug 23: India’s ruling Hindu nationalists are to field Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, widely criticized by various Indian and international human rights groups for failure to prevent the...
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Boy killed in Indian shelling
MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 23: A minor boy died after becoming victim of the unprovoked Indian firing from across the Line of Control in the southern Kotli district of Azad Kashmir, a police...
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