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Palestinian groups told to halt attacks
GAZA CITY, Sept 21: The Palestinian leadership called on all factions to halt their attacks against civilians inside Israel in a statement released here on Saturday as Yasser Arafat was under...
US seeks peace steps by India, Pakistan
NEW DELHI, Sept 21: A White House strategy paper has described India as a “growing world power” with which “US interests require a strong relationship” while Washington’s ties with Pakistan have...
Freedom of Information Ord okayed
ISLAMABAD, Sept 21: The federal cabinet on Saturday approved the much-awaited Freedom of Information Ordinance, 2002, which seeks to ensure that the citizens have improved access to public records and the...
CEC asks police not to harass candidates
ISLAMABAD, Sept 21: Chief Election Commissioner, Irshad Hasan Khan, on Saturday issued warning to the police to perform its duties justly and not to harass any contesting candidate....
US plans to fingerprint visiting Pakistanis
LOS ANGELES, Sept 21: The US Justice Department plans to fingerprint and track thousands more visitors when they arrive in the United States from a growing list of Middle Eastern countries,...
Rs16bn to be allocated for public sector varsities
ISLAMABAD, Sept 21: The federal cabinet on Saturday approved a new Model University Ordinance for the constitution and restructuring of the public sector universities for which a fund of Rs16 billion...
Bush given war-planning documents
NEW YORK, Sept 21: The Pentagon has completed and delivered to President Bush a highly detailed set of military options for attacking Iraq, said the New York Times, quoting Pentagon and...
Four killed in fresh Gujarat clashes
AHMEDABAD, (India), Sept 21: At least four people were killed and 40 injured in Hindu-Muslim clashes in the riot-torn Indian state of Gujarat, police said on Saturday....
Islamabad flays Israeli attack
ISLAMABAD, Sept 21: Pakistan on Saturday condemned Israel’s attack on the headquarters of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, describing it as a blow to peace efforts....
Iraq’s conditions for inspectors return
BAGHDAD, Sept 21: Iraq said on Saturday it would not accept any new conditions on the activities of UN arms inspectors, only six days after agreeing under threat of a US-led...
Police raid PPP candidate’s office
FAISALABAD, Sept 21: A strong contingent of police, backed by dozens of commandos of the elite force on Saturday, raided the central election office of a PPP candidate Dr Nisar Ahmad,...
Man guns down 7 of his family members
ISLAMABAD, Sept 21: A man gunned down seven members of his family — his wife, two sons, two daughters, son-in-law and daughter-in-law — here at Sector G-7/2 in the early hours...
Kashmir minister escapes bid on life
SRINAGAR, Sept 21: Mujahideen launched two failed attempts in less than 24 hours on the life of Occupied Kashmir’s only woman minister, police said on Saturday, as 13 people died in...
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