NSC to inherit sacking powers from president: Musharraf defends reforms
 NEW YORK, Sept 13: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said he will give up the power to dissolve National Assembly once National Security Council (NSC) is in place....
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Diplomats to monitor Kashmir poll
NEW DELHI, Sept 13: In a move that comes close to a hands-on foreign involvement in Kashmir, although India denies that this is so, important embassies in the capital have dispatched...
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Wapda increases domestic rates
ISLAMABAD, Sept 13: The Water and Power Development Authority has, without any prior notice, increased the domestic consumer tariff by 56 paisa per unit with effect from current month against the...
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Tribunals reject Benazir’s appeals
KARACHI, Sept 13: The election tribunals on Friday rejected the appeals of Benazir Bhutto, Chairperson of the Pakistan People’s Party, and Ghinwa Bhutto, Chairperson of PPP Shaheed Bhutto, for contesting the...
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12 Russian helicopters to arrive this month
ISLAMABAD, Sept 13: A dozen Russian MI-17 military transport helicopters that were to be delivered last year will arrive in Pakistan this month as Moscow has finally got the go-ahead from...
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Bush wants UN action against Iraq in days
NEW YORK, Sept 13: United States President George W. Bush said on Friday that he wanted the United Nations to act on proposals regarding Iraq in days or weeks....
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Pakistan rejects Italy claim about held men
ISLAMABAD, Sept 13: Pakistan on Friday dismissed reports that individuals detained in Sicily on charges of terrorism are Pakistani nationals and conveyed its concern to the Italian government over making allegations...
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PML, PPP hold demonstration
NEW YORK, Sept 13: The Pakistan Muslim League and the People’s Party protested outside the United Nations building on Thursday while President Gen Pervez Musharraf was addressing the General Assembly....
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Pakistan promoting terrorism: Vajpayee
NEW YORK, Sept 13: The Indian prime minister on Friday rejected observations by Pakistan that his government was pushing South Asia toward another conflict and instead, accused Islamabad of training and...
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Israeli troops enter Gaza town: 4 Palestinians killed
GAZA CITY, Sept 13: The Israeli army kept up the pressure on the Palestinians, shooting dead one and wounding six others in a fresh Gaza Strip raid on Friday, while arresting...
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US president presses for reduction in tension
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 13: Working to defuse tensions over Kashmir, US President George W. Bush urged Pakistan to “adhere to democracy” and vowed to deepen ties to India in meetings with...
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Kashmiris rally teargassed
 SRINAGAR, Sept 13: Indian forces fired teargas on Friday to quell protests by hundreds of Muslims in Srinagar angered by the killing of two men days before elections in occupied Kashmir....
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US to pay $300m for operation losses
NEW YORK, Sept 13: The United States is paying $300 million to Pakistan to meet the expenses incurred during the US-led war on terror in Afghanistan, a Pakistani official said on...
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US condemns deaths in Valley
NEW YORK, Sept 13: Condoling with India over the death of dozens of people in militant attacks in the occupied Kashmir, US President George W.Bush has said that no civilized state...
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Benazir slams verdict
ISLAMABAD, Sept 13: PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto has termed the decisions of convicting her husband Asif Ali Zardari and disqualifying her from contesting October elections “murder of justice”....
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Demo in NY as Indian premier speaks at UN
NEW YORK, Sept 13: Hundreds of Kashmiris demonstrated outside the UN Headquarters here on Friday as the Indian prime minister spoke to the UN General Assembly. They were protesting against the...
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