MMA to resist Centre’s action
ISLAMABAD, June 3: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal has decided to resist the federal government’s contemplated action against the NWFP government, and vowed that it would not give in to...
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G8 pledges to rebuild Iraq
EVIAN (France), June 3: Leaders of the world’s top industrial nations ended a summit on Tuesday by pledging joint moves to help rebuild Iraq and expressing confidence that economic recovery was...
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Talks must include entire region: India
NEW DELHI, June 3: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee said on Tuesday that any talks with Islamabad over the dispute on Kashmir had to include the one-third portion of the...
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Bus service to restart soon
NEW DELHI, June 3: Passenger bus services between India and Pakistan are likely to resume from July 1, Delhi Transport Minister Ajay Maken said on Tuesday....
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Bush urges real home for Palestinians
SHARM EL-SHEIKH (Egypt), June 3: US President George Bush used his maiden Middle East mission on Tuesday to win “firm” Arab rejection of “terror” and urged Israel to give the Palestinians...
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Centre, NWFP heading for confrontation
ISLAMABAD, June 3: The federal and the NWFP governments appear headed for a political confrontation linked to the controversy over presidential powers....
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Washington to offer economic package to Islamabad
WASHINGTON, June 3: The US is expected to offer Pakistan an economic package during President Pervez Musharraf’s forthcoming visit, Foreign Secretary Riaz H. Khokhar told reporters on Monday....
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Iraqis demand US troop withdrawal
BAGHDAD, June 3: Religious leaders led thousands of protesters through Baghdad’s streets on Tuesday, telling US and British forces to withdraw or face violence, as Iraqi political groups demanded more say...
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Bureaucracy Undergoes reshuffle
ISLAMABAD, June 3: In a major administrative reshuffle, the government on Tuesday appointed Shujja Shah, a Grade 22 officer of Customs group, principal secretary to the prime minister in place of...
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Four killed in Afghan fighting
SPIN BOLDAK, June 3: Three Afghan soldiers and a civilian interpreter for US forces were killed in a turf battle between rival factions near a southeastern town, police said on Tuesday....
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NA, Senate to meet on 7th
ISLAMABAD, June 3: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has summoned the National Assembly to meet in the Parliament Building here on Saturday (June 7) at 3.00pm....
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JI chief’s Condition improving
LAHORE, June 3: Jamaat-i-Islami Chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed, hospitalized since Sunday with a heart problem, is receptive to medicines, after which doctors think...
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Nine die, six hurt in Indian shelling
MUZAFFARABAD, June 3: At least nine people were killed and six others wounded when a vehicle they were travelling in was hit by Indian shelling in Neelum valley of Azad Kashmir...
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Islamabad assures FBI of help
ISLAMABAD, June 3: Pakistan on Tuesday reiterated the pledge to make all possible efforts to fight terrorism and continue its cooperation with its global partners....
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