UN reports progress in Iraq parleys
BAGHDAD, Jan 19: The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog reported progress on Sunday after flying to Baghdad to demand that Iraq actively volunteer information on its weapons programmes to avert...
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No tit-for-tat missile test planned, says Kasuri
LONDON, Jan 19: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri said on Sunday that Pakistan would not go for tit-for-tat response to Indian Akash missile test on Saturday but would take required steps...
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Judges to take fresh oath within a week
ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: The process of administering a fresh oath to the judges of superior courts under the 1973 Constitution is likely to start within a week, with the administration of...
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INS: US law firm hired
NEW YORK, Jan 19: Services of an American attorney firm have been acquired by the Pakistan Consulate-General in New York to provide legal assistance to Pakistani registrants engaged in the process...
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Sea trial of Agosta sub begins
 KARACHI, Jan 19: The first indigenously-built Agosta 90-B submarine, PNS/M Saad, proceeded to the sea for the first surface run and trials....
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Gas project likely to feature in talks: Musharraf’s Moscow visit
ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: Pakistan and Russia are expected to discuss 2,670km-long Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline to India besides bilateral cooperation in oil and gas sector when President Gen Pervez Musharraf visits Moscow...
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US is bigger threat than Osama: Canadian TV
TORONTO, Jan 19: Nearly 20,000 people of all ages marched through the snow-filled streets of major Canadian cities on Saturday to reject war against Iraq with a television survey saying that...
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SC hears losers’ plea today
ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: A Supreme Court Bench will on Monday hear seven petitions, challenging the ban on the losers of October polls to contest Senate elections....
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US wants sanctity of LoC observed
NEW DELHI, Jan 19: The United States was pushing President Pervez Musharraf to halt the flow of guerillas into Indian-held Kashmir, US ambassador to India Robert Blackwill said in remarks released...
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Shirin Begum passes away
 LARKANA, Jan 19: Shirin Amir Begum, the widow of former prime minister late Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, died of cardiac arrest here on Sunday. She was 82....
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EC not to give legal advice
ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: Chief Election Commissioner Irshad Hasan Khan said on Sunday he was not required to tender legal advice on matters relating to elections....
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India claims Pakistan harassing diplomat
NEW DELHI, Jan 19: India on Sunday accused Pakistan of harassing its top diplomat in Islamabad amid reports that New Delhi was not contemplating easing its standoff with Islamabad any time...
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