India’s group offers talks with Pakistan-based body
NEW DELHI, Sept 7: The All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) and the India-backed Kashmir Committee on Saturday night discussed “specific proposals” for the resolution of Kashmir issue and arrived at an...
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US, Russia differ on infiltration
NEW DELHI, Sept 7: Russia believes that cross-border raids into the occupied areas could be further checked by Islamabad as opposed to the American understanding that President Pervez Musharraf may not...
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MMA leaders held, freed: Train march attempt foiled
 LAHORE, Sept 7: The government took into custody top leaders of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal and hundreds of workers, thwarting their move to launch the second phase of their ‘train march’ outside...
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Israeli troops attack Gaza City
GAZA CITY, Sept 7: Israeli troops backed by tanks and armoured cars mounted a major incursion into the Gaza Strip on Friday night amid tight security for the beginning of the...
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Blair wants Iraq to disclose its military potential
ON BOARD PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR’S PLANE, Sept 7: Baghdad should be forced to disclose its military potential, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Saturday, while heading for talks with US...
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Junior judge can be chief justice of superior court: Munir
LAHORE, Sept 7: The Acting Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mr Justice Munir A. Sheikh, says the Supreme Court has not prohibited appointment of a junior judge as chief justice of a...
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Differences haunt NFC award aspects
PESHAWAR, Sept 7: The federal government and the smaller provinces need to overcome differences over several fiscal issues to a develop a consensus for evolving an amicable resource distribution formula under...
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Kashmiri journalist charged with spying
NEW DELHI, Sept 7: Kashmiri journalist Iftikhar Geelani, the son-in-law of Jamaat-i-Islami leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, was slapped on Saturday with charges, including that of spying for Pakistan, news reports...
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US institute to publish report on LFO
ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: National Democratic Institute, a US-based organization, will bring out a report next week on the Legal Framework Order and its implications on the future democratic setup in Pakistan....
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Musharraf arrives in Boston
NEW YORK, Sept 7: President General Pervez Musharraf arrived in Boston on Saturday morning on a week’s visit to the United States during which he would deliver an address to the...
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30 arrested in Janikhel
BANNU, Sept 7: The authorities on Friday arrested 30 tribesmen in the semi-autonomous Janikhel region for harbouring Al Qaeda elements as paramilitary forces continue siege of the area....
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Rangers baton-charge KU teachers, students
KARACHI, Sept 7: The ongoing confrontation between the administration and the teachers, students and non-teaching staff took an ugly turn on Saturday when rangers baton-charged the protesting faculty and students....
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Arafat to swear in new cabinet
RAMALLAH/AL QUDS, Sept 7: Palestinian President Yasser Arafat is to give a major policy speech when he swears in a new Palestinian cabinet on Monday, Palestinian Legislative Council head Ahmed Qrei...
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UK on red alert for 9/11 anniversary
LONDON, Sept 7: Britain has been put on red alert to prevent possible terrorist attacks on the anniversary of the Sept 11 attacks in United States....
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