Islamabad postpones Saarc summit: Delhi accused of sabotage
ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: Pakistan on Monday indefinitely postponed the Saarc summit scheduled to be held in Islamabad from Jan 11 to 13, accusing India of looking for excuses to sabotage the...
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Gas project: framework accord to be signed on 26th
ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: Pakistan, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan will sign a tripartite Gas Pipeline Framework Agreement at a summit meeting in Ashkabad on Dec 26-27 to formally launch the $3.2 billion Trans-Afghanistan...
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Fahim, Jamali discuss Sindh govt formation: New PPP proposals for cooperation
ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: A four-member delegation of the People’s Party Parliamentarian (PPP) led by its President Makhdoom Amin Fahim called on Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali here on Monday....
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Officials fear oil price increase
ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: A high-level meeting expressed fears here on Monday of sudden oil price increases if the United States decided to attack Iraq for allegedly hiding weapons of mass destruction....
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India rejects Pakistan charge
NEW DELHI, Dec 9: India on Monday rejected Pakistan’s charge that it was responsible for an indefinite postponement of the next Saarc summit, accusing Islamabad instead of systematically sabotaging meaningful progress...
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US kicks off wargames in Gulf
WASHINGTON, Dec 9: US forces kicked off on Monday a week-long exercise in Qatar to test a high-tech forward command centre that could direct an eventual war in Iraq, the US...
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Osama not in Pakistan: Kasuri
ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: Foreign Minister Khursheed Mehmood Kasuri said here on Monday no one in the international community had claimed that the Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was alive or...
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Khatami may visit this month
ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: Iran’s reformist President Mohammed Khatami is expected to visit Pakistan by the end of this month, informed sources told Dawn on Monday....
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2 advisers get federal minister’s status
ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: The president on Monday granted the status of federal minister to Shaukat Aziz and that of minister of state to two other advisors to the prime minister....
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Vajpayee meets Pakistan envoy
NEW DELHI, Dec 9: A day after he ruled out talks with Pakistan over alleged terrorism Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee met Pakistan’s acting high commissioner Jaleel Abbas Jilani in...
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Washington receives Iraqi arms declaration
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 9: After an intense lobbying campaign, the United States received an early and uncut copy of Iraq’s weapons declaration and whisked it to Washington for analysis, diplomats and...
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PPP vice-chairman resigns
MULTAN, Dec 9: The incarcerated central vice-chairman of the PPP, Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani has resigned from the party office after the defection of his nephew MNA Asad Murtaza Gillani to...
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No reason yet for bar on losers
ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: The federal government has not come up with the justification for promulgating the law barring those who were defeated in the October polls to contest the Senate election....
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Jam calls on Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: The chief minister of Balochistan, Jam Muhammad Yousaf, on Monday called on President Gen Pervez Musharraf....
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Balochistan cabinet to take oath tomorrow
QUETTA, Dec 9: The oath-taking ceremony of the Balochistan cabinet would be held on Dec 11, it was officially announced here late on Monday evening....
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Pagara under pressure to back Rahim
SUKKUR, Dec 9: A top-ranking official of a sensitive agency rushed to Pirjo Goth from Islamabad on Monday to ‘persuade’ the chief of the Pakistan Muslim League (Functional), Pir Pagara, to...
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Cabinet
ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: The Federal Cabinet will meet here on Tuesday with Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali in the chair....
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Stocks gain 55.23 points
KARACHI, Dec 9: Stocks on Monday breached through the psychological barrier of 2,400 points as induction of Sindh...
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