Pakistan to withdraw troops shortly
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Pakistan on Thursday decided to withdraw troops from its eastern border in response to a similar announcement made by India on Wednesday....
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Vajpayee may visit Islamabad
NEW DELHI, Oct 17: The Indian army could take up to six weeks to complete the withdrawal of some 500,000 troops from the border with Pakistan, reports quoted army officials as...
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PML(Q) backs consensus govt
 LAHORE, Oct 17: PML(Q) President Mian Muhammad Azhar on Thursday added his voice to PPP leader Makhdoom Amin Faheem’s proposal for the formation of a government of national consensus, an idea...
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PPP contacts Muttahida
KARACHI, Oct 17: Leaders of two major political parties — the Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement — on Thursday came face-to-face for the first time since the...
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Israelis kill eight in Gaza
 RAFAH, Oct 17: Israeli tanks shelled houses in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing eight Palestinians and wounding 35....
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Pakistan calls for UN’s credibility: Iraq, Kashmir issues
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 17: Calling for peaceful resolution of all Security Council mandates on Iraq, Pakistan on Wednesday said that the credibility of UN Security Council should be established across the...
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Leghari, Jatoi hold talks with Noorani, Sami
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: President of six-party National Alliance Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi and Millat Party president Sardar Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari on Thursday called on president and vice-president of Muttahida Majlise Amal...
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Indonesian religious leader faces questioning
JAKARTA, Oct 17: Indonesian police on Thursday summoned a religious leader, Abu Bakar Bashir, as a suspect in bomb attacks and treason. His lawyers said they expected him to be arrested....
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PPP got highest number of votes
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP), who won 62 seats in the Oct 10 elections, have polled more votes than the PML(Q) which has bagged 77 seats, according to poll...
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WB hopes to sign agreement with new government
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: The World Bank is awaiting the formation of new government to come to an agreement on shared private sector development agenda in Pakistan, sources in the economic affairs...
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NA names its leader in House
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: The National Alliance on Thursday named former president Sardar Farooq Leghari as its parliamentary leader in the National Assembly but said the candidate for prime minister’s slot would...
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Washington welcomes withdrawal of troops
ATLANTA, Oct 17: The United States on Thursday welcomed announcements by India and Pakistan that they would withdraw troops from their common border as positive developments that should reduce tensions between...
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FO welcomes Indian decision
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Pakistan on Thursday welcomed Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s decision to travel to Islamabad in January for the Saarc summit....
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Fazl softens stance on amendments
QUETTA, Oct 17: The JUI chief and a central leader of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), Maulana Fazlur Rehman, has said the new parliament would discuss the constitutional amendments made by President Musharraf...
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US spy plane crashes
SUKKUR, Oct 17: An unmanned United States spy plane crashed on Thursday near Mir Mohammad village at Makhan Wah, some 20km from the Jacobabad airbase....
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Pakistani sentenced to 11 years in US
MIAMI, Oct 17: A Pakistani teenager living in Florida who plotted bomb attacks on electrical power substations and a National Guard armoury in southern Florida was sentenced to 11 years in...
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Bali blast victims remembered
 DENPASAR (Indonesia), Oct 17: Relatives wept and flags hung limply at half mast as Australian Prime Minister John Howard vowed on Thursday to bring to justice those responsible for the Bali...
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India imposes direct rule in Valley
SRINAGAR, (India) Oct 17: The Indian government late on Thursday imposed direct federal rule in its zone of Kashmir, where recent legislative polls led to a fractured verdict, officials here said....
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