No illegal step taken to form Sindh govt: PM denies horse-trading
SUKKUR, Dec 20: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Friday dismissed the charge of horse-trading in the formation of PML-Q government in Sindh, as was being orchestrated by some elements...
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PML-Q, MMA agree to continue talks
LAHORE, Dec 20: The Pakistan Muslim League-Q and the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal agreed on Friday to “hold a dialogue on various political issues.”...
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Islamabad-Delhi tension defused: US
WASHINGTON, Dec 20: US and international diplomatic efforts have brought tensions between Pakistan and India down from “alarming levels”, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said on Friday....
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Four of doctor’s family freed
LAHORE, Dec 20: The Punjab government on Friday released four of the nine people picked up by the FBI from Manawan, a village on the border of Pakistan and India....
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Japan offers $300m for training centres
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: Japan has offered to provide $300 million to establish around 50 training institutes for human resource development and job creation....
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Kashmiris hold protest against death sentences
SRINAGAR, Dec 20: Noisy protests were held across occupied Kashmir on Friday, coinciding with a general strike and an upsurge of killings that saw a lawmaker shot dead and two women...
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ADB approves $250m for rural economic growth
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: The Asian Development Bank has approved $250 million loan for Pakistan to develop Rural Finance Sector Programme....
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Pakistan rejects UK paper report
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: Pakistan has strongly rejected the report published in The Times of London on Friday alleging that a Pakistani scientist had offered Iraq nuclear weapons designs in 1990....
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US, Britain not sharing intelligence, says Blix
 BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON, Dec 20: The chief UN weapons inspector accused the US and Britain on Friday of not sharing intelligence on Iraq’s alleged doomsday weapons, hours after Washington said Baghdad was in...
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Saarc moot: New Delhi accused of doublespeak
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: Islamabad on Friday accused New Delhi of double-speak for holding Pakistan responsible for the postponement of the 12th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) summit....
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AI flays death sentence
NEW DELHI, Dec 20: Leading human rights group Amnesty International has condemned the death sentences given to three Muslim Kashmiri men for their role in a deadly attack on the Indian...
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EC rejects two poll petitions
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: The Election Commission has said that it is not empowered to declare results of those constituencies void where detailed inquiry is needed to ascertain the allegation of irregularities...
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Pakistani song rated third in BBC poll
LONDON, Dec 20: The song, Dil Dil Pakistan by Vital Signs, was on Friday adjudged the world’s third most favourite song ever, after a global poll by the BBC....
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PPP leader released from Adiala prison
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: The former speaker of the National Assembly and vice chairman of the Pakistan People’s Party, Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani, was released from Adiyala jail on Friday....
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Irsa takes up Chashma closure plan today
LAHORE, Dec 20: The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) is scheduled to meet on Saturday (today) at Islamabad to finalize the Chashma closure plan for annual repairs....
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Iraqi dossier not encouraging, says Bush
WASHINGTON, Dec 20: President George W. Bush said on Friday that Iraq’s arms declaration was not encouraging and vowed that the United States is “serious about keeping the peace.”...
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US soldier hurt in attack
WASHINGTON, Dec 20: An American soldier was wounded on Friday in a rocket attack in a mountainous region of Afghanistan, the US military said....
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LHC asks govt to file reply in doctor’s arrest case
LAHORE, Dec 20: The Lahore High Court directed the state on Friday to file reply on a petition that the apprehended physician picked up by the FBI on Thursday might be...
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