Senate election schedule revised
ISLAMABAD, Jan 13: The chief election commissioner on Monday revised the schedule for filing of nomination papers for the Senate elections....
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NAB seeks politicians’ extradition
ISLAMABAD, Jan 13: The National Accountability Bureau has expedited its efforts for the extradition of politicians and bureaucrats allegedly involved in corruption from different countries, specially the United States and Britain....
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18m illegal weapons in country: Small Arms Survey 2002
ISLAMABAD, Jan 13: There are nine illegal arms for every licensed weapon currently held by individuals in the country....
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New Delhi to stay with N-doctrine
NEW DELHI, Jan 13: India, under considerable pressure from much of the world to mend fences with Pakistan, appeared to distance itself from a worrying hawkish proposal on Monday, declaring that...
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President, PM briefed on security situation
ISLAMABAD, Jan 13: President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali attended a briefing about the fast-changing regional and international security situation, held at the Foreign Ministry here on Monday....
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Talks only solution, says APHC leader
 NEW DELHI, Jan 13: Asserting that the survival of South Asia is inescapably linked with the resolution of Kashmir dispute, Prof Abdul Ghani Bhat, the chief of the All Parties Hurriyat...
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ADB predicts decline in public debt
ISLAMABAD, Jan 13: Pakistan’s external public and publicly-guaranteed debt will decline from a fiscal year 2002-03 estimated level of 250 per cent of the current account earnings to 191 per cent...
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50 Taliban prisoners released
KABUL, Jan 13: Afghanistan has released some 50 Taliban prisoners captured in the militia’s northern stronghold of Kunduz just weeks after the US-led bombing was launched, an official said on Monday....
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‘Pakistan can’t get Kashmir by force’
NEW DELHI, Jan 13: India has warned Pakistan that it cannot hope to ever get Kashmir by instigating cross-border terrorism, news reports said on Monday....
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Shujaat says PML-Q to run govt
ISLAMABAD, Jan 13: The Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) president has expressed concern over the reports of possible deportation of some 50,000 Pakistanis from the United States under the INS and said...
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Bush offers tariff-free trade to Afghanistan
WASHINGTON, Jan 13: US President Bush has signed a proclamation designating Afghanistan as a beneficiary developing country under the Generalized System of Preferences programme, the White House announced on Monday....
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Rumour turns Pakistanis away from registration
WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK, Jan 13: A last-minute rumour caused many Pakistanis to return home from the INS centres on Monday afternoon where they had gone for registration....
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Shariat Court is without CJ
ISLAMABAD, Jan 13: The Federal Shariat Court could not function on Monday as it became ‘incomplete’ after the retirement of Chief Justice Fazal Ellahi Khan. The president has not yet appointed...
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Russian N-plant closed
MOSCOW, Jan 13: Russia’s only nuclear reprocessing plant shut down at the beginning of the year due to pressure from the United States, the Russian ecology organization Ecodefense said on Monday....
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Registration law shameful: Muslim groups
WASHINGTON, Jan 13: A Muslim advocacy group on Monday called America’s special registration programme “a shameful event” in the nation’s history and asked the US government to revoke it....
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Kuwait takes steps for possible war
KUWAIT CITY, Jan 12: Kuwait said on Monday that it had taken all necessary steps, including the military arrangements, to protect its sovereignty, stability and security in case the United States...
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