Govt to resume talks on LFO: Opposition’s attitude irresponsible: Jamali
ISLAMABAD, March 6: The government said on Thursday it would resume talks with opposition parties on the Legal Framework Order but made it clear that it regarded the controversial document containing...
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US, UK may amend draft
UNITED NATIONS, March 6: In a last-minute effort to win over waverers in the UN Security Council, the United States said on Thursday it might amend a draft resolution seeking UN...
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New resolution to be blocked, says China
BEIJING, March 6: China closed ranks with France, Germany and Russia on Thursday and promised to block a new UN resolution authorizing an invasion of Iraq, saying conflict would bring a...
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Out-of-parliament dialogue on cards
LAHORE, March 6: The ruling PML(Q) is going to initiate an out-of-parliament dialogue with opposition parties to settle differences on the Legal Framework Order, the party’s president, Chaudhry Shujaat Husain, said...
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Hunt for Osama Intensifies
ISLAMABAD, March 6: Pakistani and US agents have narrowed the hunt for Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden to two districts along the Pakistani border with Afghanistan a senior security official...
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US prepares ‘shock & awe’ plan for Iraq
WASHINGTON, March 6: The Pentagon has prepared a “shock and awe” plan to destroy the Iraqi defence and intends to drop 10 times as many bombs on Iraq as in the...
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Kashmir solution vital, UN told
UNITED NATIONS, March 6: Pakistan on Wednesday said that a just and equitable resolution of the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the UN Security Council’s resolutions was essential for the credibility...
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Hatf-IV handed over to army
 ISLAMABAD, March 6: The indigenously-produced Hatf-IV (Shaheen-I) medium-range ballistic missile was handed over to Pakistan army’s Strategic Force...
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$298 million debt rescheduled
ISLAMABAD, March 6: Canada and Britain have rescheduled their $298.2 million debts, owed by Pakistan, for 38 and 23 years, respectively....
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Pakistan honours French engineers
 PARIS, March 6: Defence Minister Rao Sikander Iqbal conferred National Awards on behalf of the President of Pakistan, upon French naval engineers and technicians — dead and injured — at an...
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Israeli army kills 11 in Gaza raid
JABALYA (Gaza Strip), March 6: Israel and the Palestinians sank further into their cycle of violence as 11 Palestinians were killed in an army raid in Gaza on Thursday. The raid...
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NA body to discuss LFO today
ISLAMABAD, March 6: The advisory committee of the National Assembly will meet on Friday morning to discuss the situation emerging after a threat given by the opposition parties that they would...
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Musharraf’s ilemma on Iraq war
WASHINGTON, March 6: President Pervez Musharraf confessed on Thursday he wished his country had not been elected to the UN Security Council, as he wrestles with a dilemma of how to...
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103 die in Algerian plane crash
ALGIERS, March 6: An Algerian plane crashed on Thursday, killing 103 passengers and crew near Tamanrasset, deep in the Sahara desert....
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