Iran calls for better strategic relations: Joint communique
ISLAMABAD, Dec 26: Iran and Pakistan have called for immediate de-escalation of tension between Islamabad and Delhi in a joint communique issued at the conclusion of President Seyed Mohammad Khatami’s visit...
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Pakistan seeks deletion from INS list
WASHINGTON, Dec 26: Pakistan has formally asked the United States to remove its name from the list of nations whose citizens are being considered a security risk....
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Iraq war could boost terrorism: Russia
MOSCOW, Dec 26: Russia warned on Thursday that a war on Iraq could distract the world’s attention away from the ongoing military campaign in Afghanistan and ease the spread of international...
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NAB chief given sweeping powers
ISLAMABAD, Dec 26: The president has amended the NAB Ordinance to provide that the NAB’s chairman would be appointed by the president in consultation with the Leader of the House and...
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Jamaat threatens to quit NWFP govt
PESHAWAR, Dec 26: The Jamaat-i-Islami has threatened to quit the government in the NWFP if the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl) failed to withdraw its candidates against it in the by-elections....
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Govt to revise priorities on irrigation projects
ISLAMABAD, Dec 26: The government is expected to revise priorities on the development of irrigation projects except those already in progress, informed sources told Dawn....
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Ibad takes oath today
KARACHI, Dec 26: Dr Ishratul Ibad, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s nominee for the post of Sindh governor, would take oath of office on Friday....
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‘Expats talks with US to continue’
ISLAMABAD, Dec 26: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that Pakistan will continue to hold talks with the Bush administration on the issue of hardships faced by Pakistanis in the United...
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Pope asks for averting conflict in Iraq
 VATICAN CITY, Dec 26: Pope John Paul, in his Christmas Day message, urged the world to avert a conflict in Iraq and appealed for peace between Palestinians and Israelis....
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Three girls die in attack on church
SIALKOT, Dec 26: The three girls who died in a grenade attack on a church at Chianwali in Daska on Wednesday night, were laid to rest on Thursday. Another 16 people...
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Eight Palestinians shot dead
RAMALLAH, Dec 26: Eight Palestinians were killed by Israeli troops in four separate incidents on Thursday as violence swept the Israeli-occupied territories, where the army also arrested 15 suspected militants....
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KSE index up 85.9 points
KARACHI, Dec 26: The KSE index of 100 shares shot up 85.9 points to close at 2,637 points, which stood at just a stone’s throw from the index’s all time high...
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Exodus of illegal expatriates from UAE feared
ABU DHABI, Dec 26: Pakistani diplomats in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are preparing for an expected exodus of 15,000 to 20,000 illegal expatriates in the wake of the four-month-long amnesty,...
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9 drown as 3 fishing boats capsize
KARACHI, Dec 26: At least nine fishermen drowned when three fishing boats they were aboard capsized near Patyani Island in Pakistani territorial waters on Monday....
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Jamali signs trilateral gas accord today
ASHKABAD, Dec 26: Afghan interim President Hamid Karzai and Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali arrived in Turkmenistan on Thursday to sign a gas pipeline agreement which had been under negotiations for...
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3 rockets explode in Kohlu
QUETTA, Dec 26: Three rockets exploded in different areas of Kohlu on Thursday evening....
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Columnist Tauseef Khan dies
KARACHI, Dec 26: Tauseef Ahmed Khan, a senior journalist and well-known columnist, breathed his last in a Lahore hospital on Thursday....
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Indian plane crashes
SRINAGAR, Dec 26: An Indian military plane crashed into a house near Srinagar on Thursday, killing one civilian and injuring another, police said....
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