Leaders express unity on talks with New Delhi
 ISLAMABAD, May 5: Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali held talks with the country’s top politicians on Monday in an act to demonstrate national unity in the planned peace moves with India....
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Indian response positive: FO
ISLAMABAD, May 5: Pakistan has received a positive response from New Delhi to Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali’s letter to his Indian counterpart....
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Pakistan seeks EU tariff support
BRUSSELS, May 5: The European Union must provide Pakistan and other developing countries with special tariff support to ease problems of “fierce competition” following the liberalisation of world textile trade in...
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Legislators discuss LFO
 ISLAMABAD May 5: An 11-member constitutional committee of the Opposition-ruling coalition on Monday resumed deliberations to reach a consensus on some of the disputed articles of the Legal Framework Order (LFO)....
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Armitage, Rocca to meet President, PM on 8th
ISLAMABAD, May 5: US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage and Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Christina Rocca will meet top Pakistani leaders in Islamabad on Thursday, US and...
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PM-level talks to take time: Jamali
RAWALPINDI, May 5: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali on Monday ruled out the chance of immediate talks with his Indian counterpart, saying holding of prime ministerial level talks might take some...
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SC moved for MMA MPs disqualification
ISLAMABAD, May 5: The Supreme Court was approached on Monday for the disqualification of 65 Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal members of parliament and provincial assemblies including their top leadership, on the plea that...
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WB assured of gas price increase
ISLAMABAD, May 5: The government on Monday assured the World Bank that it would increase the gas tariff for residential consumers but the timing for announcing the increase would be decided...
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Garner names 5 Iraqis to form govt
BASRA, May 5: The retired US general running Iraq, Jay Garner, on Monday named five top opposition leaders who have been meeting US officials as likely to form a core Iraqi...
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Rockets fired on FC checkpoint
QUETTA, May 5: The Kohlu town was rocked on Sunday night when unknown people fired three rockets on a Frontier Corps checkpoint, official sources said here on Monday....
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US welcomes peace overtures
WASHINGTON, May 5: US Secretary of State Colin Powell on Monday hailed a “moment of opportunity” in the standoff between India and Pakistan, as he dispatched his deputy to nurture emerging...
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HCs likely to take charge in six weeks
NEW DELHI, May 5: It could be four to six weeks before a new Indian high commissioner arrives in Islamabad, possibly true of the time it would take for Pakistan’s new...
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Security talks precede Armitage’s S. Asia visit
WASHINGTON, May 5: US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage held a key meeting with ISI chief Lt-Gen Ehsanul Huq on Monday before leaving for a visit to South Asia....
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Iran hails prospects of talks
ISLAMABAD, May 5: Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi welcomed the prospects of resumption of Pakistan-India peace talks when Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri talked to him by telephone on Monday....
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