Nawaz to help PPP form govt
 LAHORE, Sept 2: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif will be ready to go further ahead and support the PPP form its government after the October elections if the parliamentary strength of...
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US troops not needed to hunt Al Qaeda men: Musharraf opposes attack on Iraq
ISLAMABAD, Sept 2: President Pervez Musharraf said on Monday that deployment of more US troops in Pakistan to hunt for Al Qaeda fugitives would be unwise and was unnecessary....
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APHC not to expel Lone party
NEW DELHI, Sept 2: Kashmir’s All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) decided on Tuesday not to expel the People’s Conference which has been accused of helping rebel candidates to contest Indian-backed elections...
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Building of power units, dams okayed
ISLAMABAD, Sept 2: The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (Ecnec) here on Monday approved 22 development projects amounting to Rs70 billion....
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Russia threatens to veto US strike on Iraq
MOSCOW, Sept 2: Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov on Monday raised the spectre of a Moscow veto in the UN Security Council over strikes on Iraq as he again warned Washington...
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PBC rejects defamation ordinance
ISLAMABAD, Sept 2: Pakistan Bar Council on Monday said there is no need for promulgation of the defamation ordinance and it will effect the freedom of press....
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Missile sale to India will hike tension
ISLAMABAD, Sept 2: The proposed sale of a sophisticated missile defence system from Israel to India will not only increase tension between the two neighbours, but also escalate competition for arms...
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‘Detainees issue to be taken up with US’
ISLAMABAD, Sept 2: Pakistan has communicated to the United States the findings of a team of its investigators that had visited 58 Pakistanis detained in Guantanamo Bay last month and learnt...
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Scrutiny of nomination papers complete
ISLAMABAD, Sept 2: The scrutiny of nomination papers for 1,070 seats of national and provincial assemblies was completed on Monday, pushing two former prime ministers, Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, out...
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US comes under fire at Earth Summit
 JOHANNESBURG, Sept 2: The United States was isolated and under pressure on Monday at the Earth Summit in Johannesburg, where several leaders pointed to its profligate use of the world’s resources...
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Afghanistan to free 100 Pakistanis
KABUL, Sept 2: Afghanistan is ready to release 100 more Pakistanis taken prisoner during the US-led war against the ex-Taliban regime and Al Qaeda an official said on Monday....
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Official beheaded in Valley
 SRINAGAR, Sept 2: Some suspected Kashmiris beheaded a ruling party official in occupied Kashmir, a police spokesman said on Monday....
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India rules out talks with Pakistan
NEW DELHI, Sept 2: India on Tuesday ruled out any likelihood of talks between Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and President Pervez Musharraf during their visit to New York later this...
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Ahmad Rahi dies at 79
 LAHORE, Sept 2: A renowned Punjabi poet Ahmad Rahi, 79, died after a long illness here on Monday morning in a private hospital....
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