Troops ready for invasion: Military buildup complete: Rumsfeld
KENNESAW (USA), Feb 21: The United States declared on Thursday it had massed a big enough force in the Gulf to attack Iraq and was ready to launch an invasion as...
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Kohat crash report to be made public: Mushaf’s funeral in Lahore today
ISLAMABAD/KOHAT, Feb 21: As the nation mourned the death of the Pakistan Air Force chief and 16 others in Thursday’s plane crash, the government said on Friday it would publish an...
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Turkey braces for decision
ANKARA, Feb 21: A Turkish-US accord on financial aid and military cooperation in case of war in Iraq could be sealed over the weekend, paving the way for the deployment of...
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$1.6bn cash grant due by June
ISLAMABAD, Feb 21: Pakistan will receive $1.6 billion external cash budgetary grant, including $903 million Saudi oil facility by June, it is learnt on Friday....
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Fishermen, Sikhs to be repatriated
ISLAMABAD, Feb 21: The government is all set to repatriate the Indian fishermen currently in Karachi jails and has been in touch with New Delhi in this regard, well-placed official sources...
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NRB to set date next week: LB polls in Islamabad, Fata
ISLAMABAD, Feb 21: The date for holding local government elections in Federally Administered Tribal Areas, cantonments and Islamabad will be announced next week, National Reconstruction Bureau chairman Daniyal Aziz said on...
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Pakistan, China to maintain liaison
BEIJING, Feb 21: Pakistan and China on Friday agreed that they would continue to maintain close coordination and understanding on all matters of bilateral, regional and international interest....
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Fear grips New Yorkers after blast
NEW YORK, Feb 21: Fears of a terrorist attack gripped New York City residents for a while as a barge carrying fuel exploded and caught fire near an oil storage terminal...
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86 killed in US nightclub blaze
NEW YORK, Feb 21: At least 86 people were killed at a Rhode Island nightclub when fire broke out during a pyrotechnics display at a rock concert on Thursday night. More...
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France reaffirms opposition to war
PARIS, Feb 21: President Jacques Chirac on Friday reaffirmed France’s opposition to following a “military route” to resolve the crisis over Iraq’s alleged weapons of mass destruction....
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US Congress urged to hold hearings on Kashmir
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 21: The New Hampshire State Senate, by majority voice vote, on Thursday passed a Resolution urging the United States Congress to hold hearings in the Kashmir conflict....
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Turkmen deputy PM arrives
ISLAMABAD, Feb 21: Turkmenistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Yolly Qurbanmuradov arrived here on Friday to attend a meeting on a gas pipeline project with Pakistan and Afghanistan....
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Provinces told to finalize fiscal awards for LBs by April
ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: The government is to allocate a sum of Rs1 billion in the federal budget 2003-2004 to support the newly introduced devolution plan....
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Bodies of Mushaf, wife arrive in Lahore
LAHORE, Feb 21: The bodies of Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir and his wife were brought here from Rawalpindi on Friday by a C-130 plane....
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Four AJK ministers take oath
MUZAFFARABAD, Feb 21: Four Legislative Assembly members from the Muslim Conference were inducted into the AJK cabinet on Friday....
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US seeks probe into Iran’s nuclear sites
WASHINGTON, Feb 21: The United States has said that it would expect the head of the nuclear watchdog agency to seek information from Iran about a secret nuclear site when he...
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