US maintaining double standard, says Vajpayee: N-weapons technology
NEW DELHI, May 11: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee accused the United States on Sunday of using selective sanctions to crack the whip against countries suspected of having nuclear programmes....
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Telemetry system begins operation: Wapda ignores objections
LAHORE, May 11: The Water and Power Development Authority on Sunday commissioned the telemetry system, ignoring objections from provinces that the system had not been calibrated to transmit correct data....
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US dissolves Iraq’s Baath Party
BAGHDAD, May 11: The US commander of coalition forces in Iraq told Iraqis on Sunday that Saddam Hussein’s Baath Party was dissolved and asked them to surrender all of the group’s...
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Foreign cos remit $322m profit
ISLAMABAD, May 11: As many as 69 multinational companies have remitted a profit of over $332 million from Pakistan during the first nine months of the current fiscal year which is...
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No progress made in Mideast peace talks
 AL QUDS, May 11: US Secretary of State Colin Powell held critical talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Sunday but emerged with no sign of progress in persuading them to...
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Consultations for HC to India under way
ISLAMABAD, May 11: Hectic consultations are under way in Islamabad to find an appropriate person to fill the slot of the Pakistan ambassador to New Delhi....
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Speculations over LFO talks dismissed
ISLAMABAD, May 11: The government has not given any mandate to the committee assigned for holding negotiations with the opposition parties on the LFO to make concessions....
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Two Pakistanis killed near Iran border
QUETTA, May 11: The Iranian border security forces killed two Pakistanis near Taftan, some 650 km west of here, official sources said on Sunday....
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Kasuri arrives in New York today
NEW YORK, May 11: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri will arrive in New York on Monday to preside over a special session of the UN Security Council....
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US wants IAEA to take action against Iran
WASHINGTON, May 11: The US government is pressing the United Nations’ atomic watchdog to take action on what Washington believes are violations by Iran of the treaty on non-proliferation of nuclear...
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Afghans hold protest demo
KABUL, May 11: Several hundred Afghans staged a demonstration in Kabul on Sunday against President Hamid Karzai’s offer of amnesty to some members of the Taliban regime....
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Congress slams axis proposal
NEW DELHI, May 11: India’s main opposition Congress party has warned Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s government against any military axis with Israel and the United States, news reports said on...
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Musheer Pesh Imam dies
KARACHI, May 11: Musheer Ahmed Pesh Imam, a prominent lawyer and politician, died here on Sunday after a protracted illness. He was 80. He is survived by a son, advocate Nayyar...
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14 killed in Indian poll violence
KOLKATA, May 11: Fourteen people were killed and at least 20 injured on Sunday in violence during elections for more than 50,000 village council seats in the eastern Indian state of...
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Govt stance on LFO misleading, says PPP
ISLAMABAD, May 11: When the government says the Legal Framework Order (LFO) does not affect the masses, it attempts to mislead them, contended Raza Rabbani, PPP parliamentary leader in Senate, here...
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Qatar hints at peace with Israel
DUBAI, May 11: Qatar’s foreign minister said on Sunday his country, a political maverick among Gulf Arab states, could consider signing a peace treaty with Israel if it suited its interests....
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