Respect for Afghan sovereignty pledged: Neighbours sign pact
 KABUL, Dec 22: Afghanistan’s neighbours signed a pact on Sunday pledging never again to interfere in the affairs of the war-ravaged country, to mark the first anniversary of President Hamid Karzai...
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Pullback is complete, claims New Delhi
NEW DELHI, Dec 22: India has completed the withdrawal of troops from its border with Pakistan, a defence ministry spokesman said on Sunday, ending a face-off that nearly triggered a war...
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Japan offers help for Torkham highway
ISLAMABAD, Dec 22: Japan has offered to assist Pakistan and Afghanistan in the construction of Torkham-to-Kabul dual carriageway to facilitate trade and reconstruction of the war-battered country...
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Khatami visit a turning point
ISLAMABAD, Dec 22: The three-day official visit of President Seyed Mohammad Khatami to Pakistan that begins on Monday signals a promising turning point in Pakistan-Iran relations soured by Islamabad’s pre-9/11 Afghan...
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Russia tells US to abide by UN resolutions: Unilateral action opposed
 MOSCOW, Dec 22: Russia on Sunday stood up firmly for Iraq by declaring that a military campaign there ran counter to Moscow’s national interests and urging Washington to strictly abide by...
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PM meets leaders to seek support for trust vote
LAHORE, Dec 22: Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali met various political leaders in Lahore and Gujranwala on Sunday to muster their support for the Dec 30 vote of confidence....
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N. Korea removes monitoring equipment from N-reactor
SEOUL, Dec 22: North Korea, defying world opinion, said on Sunday it had begun removing UN monitoring equipment from a nuclear reactor at the centre of the communist state’s suspected pursuit...
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One-member company concept launched
LAHORE, Dec 22: The Pakistan Securities and Exchange Commission (SECP) has introduced a single-member company concept on the European pattern, through an amendment in the Companies Ordinance 1984....
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Ishrat gets official protocol on arrival
ISLAMABAD, Dec 22: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement nominee for the office of Sindh governor, Dr Ishratul Ibad, arrived here in the early hours of Sunday. He was given official protocol and...
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Iraq invites CIA to point out suspect sites
BAGHDAD, Dec 22: Iraq is ready to answer any questions from the United States and Britain about its arms declaration and said on Sunday that the CIA was welcome to come...
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Kashmiri leader released
SRINAGAR, Dec 22: The government of the occupied Kashmir has released the senior vice-chairman of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), Bashir Ahmed Bhat, after a year’s detention....
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Islamabad assures Kabul of support
KABUL, Dec 22: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri met Afghan President Hamid Karzai here on Sunday and reiterated Pakistan’s support for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of Afghanistan....
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INS drive: embassy seeks proposals
WASHINGTON, Dec 22: The Pakistan Embassy has asked the members of the Pakistani community in the United States to send suggestions for a joint community-embassy effort for dealing with the current...
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Two soldiers killed in Afghan grenade attack
KABUL, Dec 22: Two soldiers were killed and five injured on Sunday when a hand grenade was thrown into a moving vehicle in the principal southern Afghan city of Kandahar, officials...
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