Vajpayee formally invited for talks
ISLAMABAD, May 3: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Saturday sent a formal invitation to Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to visit Pakistan for bilateral talks, official sources told...
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US plans to divide Iraq into 3 sectors
WASHINGTON, May 3: Washington is formulating a stabilization plan for Iraq that would carve the country into three sectors, each controlled by a “coalition partner” to the exclusion of the UN...
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2 ministers added to Sindh cabinet
 KARACHI, May 3: Dr Irfan Gul Magsi and Nadir Akmal Laghari took oath as provincial ministers on Saturday evening here at the Governor House....
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Opposition vows not to compromise on LFO
ISLAMABAD, May 3: The opposition parties on Saturday pledged not to make compromise on their stand on the Legal Framework Order, and agreed to step up pressure to stop military interference...
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Business can precede Kashmir: Kasuri
NEW DELHI, May 3: Pakistan''s Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri has accepted India''s suggestion to resume business ties before resolving the issue of Kashmir, in which he has put two gas...
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Punjab efforts for interim NFC award suffer setback
LAHORE, May 3: The Punjab government''s efforts for an interim National Finance Commission (NFC) award for the fiscal 2003-04 are said to have suffered a setback due to delay in the...
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Aga Khan meets Jamali
ISLAMABAD, May 3: The spiritual head of the Ismaili community, Prince Karim Aga Khan, currently visiting Pakistan, called on Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali at the Prime Minister‘s House here...
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Warning not based on specific threat: US
WASHINGTON, May 3: The US Department of Homeland Security said on Saturday that the advisory about a possible aerial suicide attack on the US Consulate in Karachi was not based on...
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4 more Al Qaeda men held
KARACHI, May 3: Four more foreigners were picked up in a pre- dawn raid on Saturday for alleged links with the Al Qaeda network. Two were nabbed from Karachi and two...
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New Iraq oil boss appointed
 BAGHDAD, May 3: The United States on Saturday named an Iraqi oil ministry official as the nation''s new oil chief and again pledged the Iraqi people would reap the benefits of...
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Indian PM stresses careful preparation
NEW DELHI, May 3: Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee responded promptly but cautiously to Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali''s invitation on Saturday to visit Islamabad, saying careful preparation was needed...
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Shariat only source of law in Afghanistan, says CJ
KABUL, May 3: Shariat is the “only source” of legislation in Afghanistan, deputy chief justice Fazel Ahmad Manawi has declared....
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Policeman, 5 bandits killed in encounter
SANGHAR, May 3: The encounter between the police and the bandits, which began five days ago, ended on Saturday with the death of one more policeman and five of the six...
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PPP meets to discuss LFO
ISLAMABAD, May 3: The special committee of the PPP on LFO on Saturday while formulating its policy for the negotiations with the government on reiterated that the LFO was not a...
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No discussion in UNSC on Kashmir this month: Akram
UNITED NATIONS, May 2: The United Nations Security Council will not discuss the Kashmir issue this month, Pakistan’s ambassador to the United Nations Munir Akram said after chairing his first session...
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15 injured in Valley
SRINAGAR, May 3: At least 15 people were wounded in occupied Kashmir on Saturday when a grenade thrown by militants at a police patrol exploded on a road near a crowded...
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