India will restore full diplomatic relations: Air links to be re-established, says Vajpayee
NEW DELHI, May 2: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee said on Friday that India would re-establish full diplomatic ties with Pakistan and restore air links between the two countries....
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Govt-opposition body holds first meeting
ISLAMABAD, May 2: The government-opposition joint constitutional committee which met here on Friday with National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain in the chair agreed to take up seven points of the...
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Pakistan welcomes Indian decision
ISLAMABAD, May 2: Pakistan on Friday welcomed India’s decision to appoint its High Commissioner to Islamabad and said Prime Minister Jamali will “respond in a concrete form” to the offer of...
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US names new leader for Iraq
WASHINGTON, May 2: The United States has appointed a former civilian official to run Iraq in a bid to do away with the impression that Washington had submitted the country to...
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World welcomes India-Pakistan peace initiative
TIRANA, May 2: The United States, Britain, France and Japan on Friday welcomed India’s decision to resume diplomatic and air links with Pakistan and Islamabad’s positive response to the announcement....
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ADB to give $2.6bn to Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, May 2: Poverty is worsening in Pakistan and the government should spend more on education, health and women to effectively deal with the issue, says ADB Country Director Marshuk Ali...
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US asks Syria to dismantle Hezbollah bases
AL QUDS, May 2: The United States has demanded that Syria “dismantle” the militant Lebanese Shia Muslim movement Hezbollah, US National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice was quoted as saying in an...
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‘Attack on US consulate in Karachi planned’
WASHINGTON, May 2: The United States has warned pilots and airports that Al Qaeda is in the late stages of planning an aerial suicide attack against the US consulate in Karachi,...
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70 dead in China sub accident
BEIJING, May 2: Seventy Chinese sailors have been killed in an accident aboard a conventional submarine off China’s east coast, state press said on Friday....
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3 Al Qaeda suspects given to US officials
KARACHI, May 2: Three of the six Al Qaeda suspects detained on Tuesday by Pakistan Rangers were handed over to US authorities on Friday night, said well-placed sources in the...
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Islamabad asks US to give proof : Terror watchlist
ISLAMABAD, May 2: Pakistan on Friday demanded proof from the United States to support the placement of several Pakistan-based groups on a terrorist watchlist....
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22 children rescued
KARACHI, May 2: Twenty-two children and a woman arrived in Karachi on Friday in two groups after they were deported from the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia....
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Landslide kills 14
MANSEHRA, May 2: Fourteen people, including nine women, were crushed to death and seven others were injured when a huge rock came rolling down a mountain owing to continuous rain and...
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Aga Khan meets Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, May 2: Spiritual leader of the Ismalli community, Prince Karim Aga Khan, called on President Gen Pervez Musharraf at the Aiwan-i-Sadr on Friday....
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Peace moves a good sign: President
ISLAMABAD, May 2: President Gen Pervez Musharraf hailed peace overtures between Pakistan and India as “a new beginning,” reports said on Friday....
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Pakistani MPs to visit India
ISLAMABAD, May 2: Twelve Pakistani parliamentarians will visit New Delhi next week for informal talks aimed at developing ties between the nuclear-armed rivals, the coordinator of the trip said on Friday....
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