Dr Khwaja’s family challenges detention
LAHORE, Jan 10: Dr Ahmad Javed Khwaja and four of his family members approached the interior ministry on Friday through a representation, challenging their three-month detention under the Security of Pakistan...
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N. Korea withdraws from NPT
 SEOUL/WASHINGTON, Jan 10: North Korea withdrew from the global treaty to prevent the spread of atomic weapons on Friday, sparking alarm around the world while the United States said the move,...
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Isolated events can’t strain ties with US: Musharraf stresses closer defence relations
 ISLAMABAD, Jan 10: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said here on Friday Pakistan and the United States needed to have a “broad-based strategic vision” to further develop their relations on solid grounds....
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Indian action against APHC leaders flayed
ISLAMABAD, Jan 10: Pakistan has strongly condemned the Indian government’s decision to suspend the passports of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) leaders to prevent them from travelling abroad....
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Oil, gas discovered near Mirpurkhas
ISLAMABAD, Jan 10: Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources, Chaudhry Noraiz Shakoor, on Friday announced the discovery of oil and gas from the Bhulan Shah well, drilled by the Oil...
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Agni test disappoints Washington
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10: The US State Department said on Thursday that India’s latest missile test disappointed Washington and could increase tensions in South Asia....
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Jamali wants coordination between MPs & LGs: NRB told to prepare plan
ISLAMABAD, Jan 10: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Friday asked the National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB) to develop a mechanism for coordination between parliamentarians and elected members of the local...
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PPP slams Senate election delay
ISLAMABAD, Jan 10: Pakistan People’s Party has said that the PML-Q government had acted with mala fide intentions in postponing the Senate elections....
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Minor offenders can be detained, deported
WASHINGTON, Jan 10: The US Immigration and Naturalization Service has told Muslim advocacy groups that those immigrants who are ‘out of status’ or have committed minor violations can be detained and...
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Names of 20 legislators deleted from ECL
ISLAMABAD, Jan 10: The government has deleted the names of 20 sitting parliamentarians from the Exit Control List (ECL), Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat confirmed on Friday....
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INS: Jehangir to meet Pakistanis
WASHINGTON, Jan 10: Pakistan’s ambassador in the United States, Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, is visiting Houston, Dallas, and Chicago to meet the Pakistani community to discuss the situation arising from the US...
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Powell assures Kasuri on INS
ISLAMABAD, Jan 10: US secretary of State Colin Powell in a telephonic conversation with Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri on Friday assured him that he would take up the issue of...
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Al Qaeda man may be handed over to US
KARACHI, Jan 10: One of the two suspected Al Qaeda members, Abu Omar, is likely to be handed over to the United States authorities on Saturday....
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US proposes joint military exercises with Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Jan 10: The US government has proposed to hold joint military exercises with Pakistan next month that would involve as many as 1500 US Marines, Dawn has learnt through reliable...
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India drops charges against reporter
NEWS DELHI, Jan 10: Nearly seven months after arresting Iftikhar Gilani on charges of spying for Pakistan, the Indian government on Friday decided to drop the case against the Kashmiri journalist,...
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Cold claims 100 more lives in Bangladesh
DHAKA, Jan 10: The death toll in Bangladesh’s cold spell neared 400 on Friday as 109 more people were reported dead overnight prompting Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to ask for more...
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Sale of US N-tech to India opposed
NEW DELHI, Jan 10: A senior US Congressman has urged his country to stall the proposed sale to New Delhi of dual-use nuclear technology, an Indian news report said on Friday....
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Pakistan offers Eritrea economic cooperation
 ISLAMABAD, Jan 10: Mr Ali Said Abdella, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the State of Eritrea, arrived in Islamabad on Friday morning on a five-day goodwill visit to Pakistan....
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UNSC members support Akram
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 10: A large number of the United Nations Security Council members on Thursday expressed their solidarity with Pakistan’s Ambassador Munir Akram over the issue of the lifting of...
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New Delhi appoints N-forces C-in-C
NEW DELHI, Jan 10: India on Friday appointed Air Marshall Teja Mohan Asthana as commander-in-chief of the newly set up command and control system for the country’s nuclear forces....
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