Resolution of Kashmir issue soon: Khatami
 ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: Iranian President Seyed Mohammad Khatami on Tuesday disclosed that some countries were pressuring Pakistan to abandon its nuclear programme....
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Quaid’s birth anniversary today
 ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: The nation will celebrate the 126th birth anniversary of the founding father of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, on Wednesday with a pledge to make the country a...
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Losers cannot run for Senate, govt tells SC
ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: The federal government on Tuesday forcefully defended the law which barred the defeated politicians from contesting the Senate elections, laying to rest the speculation that the government was...
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Pipeline: Indian concern to be removed
ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: Iranian President Seyed Mohammad Khatami has said that various security concerns of New Delhi are being removed to lay a gas pipeline from Iran to India via Pakistan....
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US can fight two wars simultaneously : Rumsfeld’s warning to North Korea
WASHINGTON, Dec 24: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warned North Korea on Monday not to take advantage of America’s preoccupation with Iraq, as the United States is capable of fighting and...
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Sindh governor quits, makes way for Ibad
ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: Sindh Governor Mohammadmian Soomro resigned on Tuesday to make way for his planned succession by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) nominee Ishratul Ibad as the first political provincial...
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Fears of attack mar Christmas season
PARIS, Dec 24: As people in much of the world were putting the finishing touches to Christmas preparations on Tuesday, fears that extremists would use the festive season to target last-minute...
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India claims killing nine Mujahideen
SRINAGAR, Dec 24: Indian troops claimed killing nine Mujahideen in occupied Kashmir on Tuesday. Four civilians also died in the held state, police said....
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Hezbollah a bigger threat: NYT
NEW YORK, Dec 24: The Hezbollah has become a more potent anti-American force than the Al Qaeda and its immediate threat is bigger than Iraq, said the New York Times, quoting...
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Ashcroft, INS face suit over arrests
WASHINGTON, Dec 24: Many Muslims and Pakistani civil liberties groups have filed a lawsuit against US Attorney-General John Ashcroft and the Immigration and Naturalization Service for “unlawfully” arresting hundreds of Muslims....
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Raid: extradition disallowed
LAHORE, Dec 24: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday issued orders against the extradition of Dr Ahmad Javed Khwaja’s two sons and a nephew from Pakistan whose whereabouts have not been...
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NA session on 30th
ISLAMABAD Dec 24: The National Assembly session has been summoned for Dec 30, it was officially announced here on Tuesday....
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Jamali leaves for Ashkabad tomorrow
ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali will leave for a two-day visit to Turkmenistan on Dec 26 to attend the second trilateral summit on the Turkmenistan- Afghanistan-Pakistan (TAP)...
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Nationalist leader arrested
KARACHI, Dec 24: A Sindh-based Pashtoon nationalist leader, Amin Khattak, was arrested at the Karachi airport while allegedly carrying an unlicensed pistol, the police said....
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Iran, Iraq want borders opened
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 24: Iraq and Iran on Monday asked the United Nations to authorize opening of borders between the two countries for transfer of goods under the UN oil-for-food programme...
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Incentive for Afghan schoolgirls
WASHINGTON, Dec 24: As part of its reconstruction effort in Afghanistan, the United States has used vegetable oil to encourage families to send their girls to school....
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