NFC Award on population basis: Body formed to study other factors
PESHAWAR, Sept 15: The federal government and provinces decided on Sunday to continue population as the sole indicator for the purpose of distributing funds from the federal divisible pool (FDP) under...
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India says it’ll act on its own if world fails: Disturbances in Kashmir
 NEW DELHI, Sept 15: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has said India will have to choose its own option if the international community fails to persuade Pakistan to do more...
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EC announces final list of candidates
ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: Another important phase of electoral process completed on Sunday when the Returning Officers (ROs) displayed the final lists of candidates for National and provincial assemblies, setting the stage...
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Lankan peace talks today
SATTAHIP, Sept 15: Arrangements have been finalized for the three-day talks between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elaam (LTTE), scheduled to begin on Monday at the...
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21 killed, 17 hurt in road accident
QUETTA, Sept 15: At least 21 people, including two women, were killed and 17 others injured in a head-on collision between Quetta-bound passenger coach and an oil tanker, near Surab, some...
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CID begins grilling 46 men handed over by Kabul
KARACHI, Sept 15: The Crime Investigation Department (CID) has started interrogating 46 Pakistani nationals handed over by Afghanistan to Pakistan....
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Washington pressing Delhi for dialogue
NEW YORK, Sept 15: President Bush’s National Security Adviser, Condoleezza Rice, on Sunday asserted the US attack on Iraq would not precipitate crisis in South Asia, saying that the United States...
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Vital papers seized from Al-Shaiba
KARACHI, Sept 15: US and Pakistani agents who are interrogating top terror suspect Ramzi bin Al-Shaiba and other Al Qaeda members have seized evidence in their hunt for more operatives, a...
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Pakistan, India trade fire
SRINAGAR, Sept 15: Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged fire over their disputed border in Kashmir, a day ahead of controversial state elections in the Indian-administered zone of the Himalayan region, police...
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PPP, PTI to make efforts for fair polls
 ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: The Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf and the People’s Party Parliamentarians have agreed to build consensus among the leading political parties on a one-point agenda to ensure free and fair general...
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One killed, five injured in bus blast
HYDERABAD, Sept 15: A passenger was killed and five others, including a girl, were seriously injured when a bomb went off in a Karachi-bound air-conditioned coach here on Sunday....
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Kashmir polls begin today amid tight security
NEW DELHI, Sept 15: The only woman candidate in the first leg of the controversial polls in Kashmir that begin on Monday, was declared underage and thus disqualified....
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Koreas okay military pact
PANMUNJOM, Sept 15: South and North Korea on Sunday finalized a crucial military agreement on safety, clearing the way for the start this week of work to reconnect cross-border railway and...
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Saudi Arabia to cooperate with UN on Iraq
DUBAI, Sept 15: Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal said on Sunday that Riyadh would cooperate in a US-led attack on Iraq if the United Nations Security Council gives the green...
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