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Decision to attack still not taken: US
WASHINGTON, Dec 29: US Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Sunday that President Bush had not yet decided to use force against Iraq and was still hoping for a peaceful...
Punjab MPA among six shot dead
GUJRAT, Dec 29: An MPA, who was also provincial president of PML (Junejo), and his five companions were shot dead by unidentified gunmen near Dandi Dara, Sarai Alamgir (some 60km from...
Pakistan, Russia dialogue soon
ISLAMABAD, Dec 29: The Pakistan-Russia consultative group on strategic stability is expected to meet in Moscow next month, it is learnt on Sunday....
Did govt strike deal with MMA?
KARACHI, Dec 29: While the list of the much talked about cases against Dr Ishratul Ibad, the new governor of Sindh, is not being brought to light by his critics, one...
Two more MNAs join Patriots
ISLAMABAD, Dec 29: Two more People’s Party Parliamentarians MNAs from Punjab, Pir Aslam Bodla and Imranullah Khan joined the forward bloc (PPP-Patriots), bringing the number of the group to 17....
Mian Azhar flays Chaudhrys
LAHORE, Dec 29: Mian Muhammad Azhar on Sunday launched a frontal attack on Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali and the Chaudhrys of Gujrat, alleging that those monopolizing power and the party...
Musharraf visits PN dockyard
KARACHI, Dec 29: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Sunday paid a visit to the PN dockyard where he was given an important briefing concerning defence matters....
Jamali set to win trust vote today
ISLAMABAD Dec 29: The stage is set for the Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali to obtain trust vote of a simple majority of the National Assembly in its special session...
S. Arabia to allow use of bases against Iraq
NEW YORK, Dec 29: Saudi Arabia has agreed to provide US military with airspace and airbases and other facilities in the event of a war with Iraq, claimed the New York...
Palestinian boy killed
NABLUS, Dec 29: An 11-year-old Palestinian boy was shot dead on Sunday when Israeli troops opened fire in the reoccupied West Bank town of Tulkarem, and more violence loomed in the...
Jamali pledges to serve people
ISLAMABAD, Dec 29: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has said that the service to the people was the motto of his government....
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WASHINGTON, Dec 29: US Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Sunday that President Bush had not yet decided to use force against Iraq and was still hoping for a peaceful...
