Economic ties top priority, says Khatami
 ISLAMABAD, Dec 23: President Mohammad Khatami of Iran on Monday declared that Iran’s borders with Pakistan “are the borders of security, peace and friendship.”...
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Ibad set to become governor: Talks held with Musharraf
 ISLAMABAD, Dec 23: Dr Ishratul Ibad, the MQM nominee for the office of the Sindh governor, on Monday called on President Pervez Musharraf and discussed matters relating to his appointment....
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Delhi’s claim being monitored: ISPR
ISLAMABAD, Dec 23: Director-General ISPR Maj-Gen Rashid Qureshi said on Monday that Pakistan was closely monitoring the Indian claims of troop withdrawal....
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‘India had planned offensive’
New Delhi, Dec 23: A top Indian army officer has disclosed that his forces planned to launch a major offensive in January against Pakistan-based targets, news reports said on Monday....
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Strategic oil reserves to be doubled to 2 million tons
ISLAMABAD, Dec 23: The country plans to double its strategic oil reserves to two million tons over two years from the current one million tons....
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HR groups in US offer help to Muslim immigrants
WASHINGTON, Dec 23: Human rights groups in the United States have stepped up their efforts to help those Muslim immigrants who have to appear before the Immigration and Naturalization Service to...
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Javed-Al Qaeda links established, court told
 LAHORE, Dec 23: The Lahore police claimed before an anti- terrorism court on Monday that certain corroboratory evidence showing Dr Javed Khwaja’s connections with Al Qaeda had been collected and investigations...
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‘Khalistan movement being revived’
NEW DELHI, Dec 23: India’s home ministry headed by Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani has raised serious fears of a revival of Khalistan movement in Punjab, with the help, of...
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4 Indian Muslims sentenced to death
CHENNAI, Dec 23: Four Indian Muslims accused of belonging to an extremist movement were sentenced to death on Monday over the killing of a policeman that led to deadly communal riots...
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New Delhi rejects suggestion on terrorism
NEW DELHI, Dec 23: India on Monday rejected President Pervez Musharraf’s reported suggestion that New Delhi should draw its definition of terrorism from the United Nations....
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44 die in plane crash
TEHRAN, Dec 23: At least 44 people, mainly Ukrainians and some Russians, were killed on Monday when an Antonov plane travelling from Turkey to Iran crashed near the central Iranian city...
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Better Iran, Pakistan ties stressed for security
ISLAMABAD, Dec 23: Iranian President Seyed Mohammad Khatami and President Gen Pervez Musharraf held wide-ranging talks on Monday and agreed to work together to forge unity in the Ummah....
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Iraq downs US drone
WASHINGTON, Dec 23: Iraqi aircraft on Monday shot down an unmanned US Predator reconnaissance drone in a “no-fly” zone over southern Iraq, where US and British aircraft have stepped up attacks...
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5-rupee coin being issued
ISLAMABAD, Dec 23: The government will issue a five-rupee coin from Dec 26 through all offices of the State Bank of Pakistan, Banking Services Corporation and National Bank of Pakistan, as...
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3 Al Badr men killed: India
SRINAGAR, Dec 23: New Delhi claimed on Monday that its forces had shot dead three senior members of the Al Badr Mujahideen in a fierce gunbattle in occupied Kashmir....
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ADB approves $120,000 grant for Sindh
ISLAMABAD, Dec 23: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a preparatory technical assistance (TA) grant of $120,000 to help plan a health and education project in Sindh....
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