Washington insists on right to hot pursuit
WASHINGTON, Jan 3: US military officials in Afghanistan have once again said that they reserve the right “to cross into Pakistan” in pursuit of Al Qaeda and Taliban fugitives....
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25-member Punjab cabinet takes oath
 LAHORE, Jan 3: A 25-member Punjab cabinet was sworn in at a ceremony held at the Governor’s House here on Friday evening....
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US cannot cross into Pakistan, says Faisal
ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat on Friday challenged a US military statement that the US forces are allowed to pursue attackers of its forces in Afghanistan into Pakistan....
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President refutes N-threat reports
RAWALPINDI, Jan 3: President Gen Pervez Musharraf clarified on Friday media reports which misquoted his remarks over the “unconventional” war with India during the recent military standoff, and termed it “malicious”....
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Iran team coming to seek guarantees: Gas pipeline project
KARACHI, Jan 3: A high-powered Iranian team is due here next month to seek security guarantees from Islamabad on the Iran-Pakistan-India Gas Pipeline Project....
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INS issue taken up with US, says envoy
WASHINGTON, Jan 3: Pakistan Ambassador to US Ashraf Jehangir Qazi has said Pakistan government and its embassy has taken up with the US authorities the new INS registration process, under which...
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Pindi Bench-Bar dispute resolved
ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: The dispute between the Rawalpindi Bench of the Lahore High Court and the Bar association over the construction of a library was resolved on Friday after Justice Ali...
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Pakistanis fleeing to Canada
NEW YORK, Jan 3: Fearing reprisals and deportations in the face of US Immigration registration deadline drawing near, hundreds of Pakistanis have crossed into Canada seeking political asylum, several Pakistani families...
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Pakistan, allied forces trade fire
SOUTH WAZIRISTAN, Jan 3: Pakistani scouts exchanged fire with allied troops deployed across the Pakistan-Afghan border near the Angoor Adda in South Waziristan Agency on Friday, eyewitnesses said....
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Bush orders 45,000 troops for Gulf region
WASHINGTON, Jan 3: The Pentagon has ordered some units of the 45,000-member US First Marine Expeditionary Force to deploy from California to the Gulf region to join thousands of other American...
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Jamali terms visit to S.Arabia fruitful
ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali returned here on Friday evening from Madinah, after a five-day official visit to Saudi Arabia....
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KESC tariff to be cut
ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: The power tariff of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) is expected to come down by an average of 15 paisa per unit on Monday (Jan 6)....
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Musharraf, Franks to discuss border clash today
ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: Tension is running high in the Pakistan, US military ranks following an armed clash between the two sides along the Pakistan-Afghan border that resulted in a bomb attack...
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12 Sindh ministers allotted portfolios
KARACHI, Jan 3: The Sindh coalition government has finally overcome discord over the distribution of portfolios by formally notifying these for 12 out of 15 ministers. The cabinet also has two...
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18 killed in India train crash
 HYDERABAD (India), Jan 3: At least 18 people were killed and more than 40 injured in western India on Friday when a passenger train rammed into a stationary goods train....
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Dacoits kidnap Dadu official
DADU, Jan: The District Officer Revenue & Estate (DOR) his family members, Mukhtiarkar Johi, two guards and two other officials of the revenue department were kidnapped by dacoits near Kasbo police...
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No foreign troops’ raid allowed: Rashid
ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: Maj-Gen Rashid Qureshi, spokesman to the President and DG-ISPR, said on Friday Pakistan government had not allowed raids to be carried out by foreign troops inside Pakistan territory....
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200 people die as cold wreaks havoc in Europe
PARIS, Jan 3: Violent weather wreaked havoc across Europe on Friday, with nearly 200 people freezing to death in Poland, two killed by storms in Germany and floods threatening several European...
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Haass due in India on 6th
NEW DELHI, Jan 3: Senior US official Richard Haass will be in New Delhi this month to discuss Pakistan-India ties and the situation in the Middle East, Star News said on...
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Kashmir group claims forming suicide squad
SRINAGAR, Jan 3: A hardline group has claimed it has formed a suicide squad to target the police chief of occupied Kashmir....
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