Enemy defeated without a war, says Musharraf
ATTCOK, Dec 12: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Thursday that in the three years following the events of October, 1999, the country, through sheer hard work and honesty, had been...
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Uproar as Sindh MPAs take oath
 KARACHI, Dec 12: Amid slogan chanting, thumping of desks and calls for the rejection of the LFO by the majority of representatives, 162 of the 163 newly-elected members of the Sindh...
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BJP leading in Gujarat exit poll
 AHMEDABAD, Dec 12: Millions voted amid high security on Thursday in Gujarat state as exit polls placed the Bharatiya Janata party ahead of its rivals....
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Plan ready to intensify anti-terror war: Faisal
ISLAMABAD, Dec 12: The government has finalized a new plan to make the war against terror more effective and to ensure internal security by involving the elected representatives in its execution....
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EU meets to decide on expansion
COPENHAGEN, Dec 12: European Union leaders started a landmark summit on Thursday which is expected to finalize the bloc’s historic eastward expansion and set a date for talks on Turkey’s future...
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PPP MPA defects to Mahar’s camp
KARACHI, Dec 12: The foundations of a forward bloc within the People’s Party Parliamentarians in Sindh were laid on Thursday....
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Mahar casts doubts over deal with MQM
KARACHI, Dec 12: Despite a deal having been struck between the Muttahida Qaumi Movement and Pakistan Muslim League-Q leader, Chaudhry Shujat Hussain, over Sindh governor’s post going to the MQM, the...
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Pakistan a victim of terrorism, US told
WASHINGTON, Dec 12: Terrorists in Pakistan threatened attacks on President Pervez Musharraf, Ambassador Ashraf Jehangir Qazi said....
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US bid to promote democracy in ME
WASHINGTON, Dec 12: The United States on Thursday launched an initiative to strengthen democracy in Middle East countries, partly to answer critics who say it favours authoritarian pro-American governments....
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PML-Q divided over Azhar’s fate
ISLAMABAD, Dec 12: The top leadership of the PML-Q appears to be divided over the mechanism of getting rid of its president Mian Mohammad Azhar as one group is trying to...
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7 killed in Kashmir violence
SRINAGAR, Dec 12: Five Mujahideen and two civilians were killed, while 25 people were injured in a string of explosions and shootouts in occupied Kashmir on Thursday and Wednesday night....
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Euro 140m German help for uplift plans
ISLAMABAD, Dec 12: Pakistan and Germany on Thursday agreed on the utilization of an overall amount of grants, soft loans and debt for development swaps of approximately 140 million Euro....
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6 Palestinians, 2 Israelis shot dead
TEL AVIV, Dec 12: Two Israeli soldiers were killed on Thursday by Palestinian gunfire as they guarded a wildcat settlement in the flashpoint West Bank city of Al Khalil....
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US seeks French help on Iraq
PARIS, Dec 12: The French government says that it’s received, like many other European countries, a “shopping list” issued by the Pentagon and requesting the use of various military equipment, facilities...
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Islamabad, New Delhi differ on reasons for tense ties
NEW DELHI, Dec 12: India and Pakistan gave different accounts on Thursday for their tense relations that refuse to improve, with Islamabad’s envoy in New Delhi citing India’s domestic compulsions for...
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Rocca due this week
ISLAMABAD, Dec 12: US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Christina Rocca will be arriving here over the weekend for consultations with the new government, well- placed diplomatic sources told...
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