Roadmap for peace ready, says India
NEW DELHI, May 12: Indian Foreign Minister Yashwant Sinha said on Monday that he now had a detailed roadmap for peace with Pakistan, beginning with official-level talks that will work towards...
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Nazims answerable to CM: Musharraf: Extension in dist govts’ tenure hinted at
LAHORE, May 12: President General Pervez Musharraf on Monday told Nazims in Punjab that they were answerable not only to people but also to the chief minister who was responsible for...
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Blame for failure to be on govt: Noorani
KARACHI, May 12: Muttahida Majlis-i- Amal chief Maulana Shah Ahmad Noorani has hinted at a convergence of views with the PML(Q) on the Legal Framework Order, and says the MMA is...
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Uniform still sticking point
ISLAMABAD, May 12: The 11-member government-opposition committee deliberating the contentious issue of the Legal Framework Order remained sharply divided on the question of a time-frame for the separation of the offices...
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No plan to freeze Kashmir issue: FO
ISLAMABAD May 12. Pakistan will not agree to “freeze” the Kashmir issue in preference to economic and commercial relations in any possible future talks on normalization of relations with India....
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Donors call for good governance: Economic growth
ISLAMABAD, May 12: The International donor agencies and bilateral supporters have urged Pakistan to improve governance and ensure better law and order situation for achieving sustained economic growth....
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Irsa delays Mangla Dam filling
LAHORE, May 12: The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) has decided to delay Mangla Dam filling to support the cotton-sowing drive in Sindh, and has started releasing additional 15,000 cusecs of...
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Advani, Fernandes to meet Pakistani MPs
NEW DELHI, May 12: The Indian government has decided to end its virtual “boycott” of the visiting parliamentarians from Pakistan as Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishan Advani and Defence Minister George...
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Islamabad proposes Saarc summit in Dec
ISLAMABAD, May 12: Pakistan has proposed to convene the 12th Saarc summit in Islamabad in the first half of December, informed government sources told Dawn on Monday....
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US changes Iraq’s administrator
BAGHDAD, May 12: Washington’s new civilian administrator for Iraq arrived in Baghdad on Monday, full of praise for the man he is supplanting after just three weeks, but refusing to predict...
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Khatami in Lebanon
 BEIRUT, May 12: Cheering crowds greeted Iran’s President Mohammad Khatami in Beirut on Monday as he began a visit expected to deal with US demands to curb the Hezbollah....
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LHC upholds validity of laws issued under PCO
LAHORE, May 12: A division bench of the Lahore High Court has ruled that laws and enactments, issued under the Provisional Constitutional Order, could not be questioned by courts as the...
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PM orders locals be given jobs in Gwadar
KARACHI, May 12: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has said that the mega Gwadar deep-sea port project will bring about a sea change in the economy of the country....
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40 killed in Chechnya suicide raid
 MOSCOW, May 12: Two suicide bombers drove a truck full of explosives into a government complex in Chechnya on Monday, killing 40 people in the deadliest attack since a March vote...
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Commando among six killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, May 12: Four Indian policemen, a marine commando and a freedom fighter were killed and 11 people injured in three attacks in occupied Kashmir on Monday, including two on police...
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Israelis seal off Gaza Strip again
TEL AVIV, May 12: The Israeli army closed off the Gaza Strip before dawn on Monday, only hours after reopening the borders as officials met visiting US Secretary of State Colin...
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US-Iran talks confirmed
AMMAN, May 12: A senior US official on Monday confirmed last week’s press reports that Iran and the United States have had “several meetings” recently to discuss Afghanistan and Iraq....
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India test-fires missile
BHUBANESWAR, May 12: India test-fired its first domestically developed air-to-air missile for the third time in four days on Monday from a site in Orissa....
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