Govt move to pave way for LFO talks: Jamali meets Fazl, Qazi & Hashmi
 ISLAMABAD, July 13: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Sunday separately called on MMA secretary-general Maulana Fazlur Rehman, its vice-president Qazi Hussain Ahmed and PML-N’s acting president Makhdoom Javed Hashmi...
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Inter-provincial body to act in place of CCI: Govt seeks consensus on water projects
ISLAMABAD, July 13: The government is contemplating to arrange a meeting of the inter-provincial coordination committee some time this month to seek consensus on water reservoirs and resolve related disputes on...
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Private LDI phone operations allowed
ISLAMABAD, July 13: The government has given a green light to private telephone operations in the country under a new telecom policy unveiled here on Sunday....
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India keen to normalize ties
NEW DELHI, July 13: India’s External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha has said that New Delhi is “keen and determined to make more progress” to normalize relations with Islamabad....
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US-backed council begins rule in Iraq
BAGHDAD, July 13: A US-backed Iraqi Governing Council held its inaugural meeting on Sunday, stressing the start of a new era by abolishing national holidays that honoured Saddam Hussein and creating...
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Blair’s claim on WMD was misleading, says Blix
LONDON, July 13: Retired UN weapons inspector Hans Blix has accused British Prime Minister Tony Blair of wrongly interpreting intelligence on Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction and making a “fundamental mistake”...
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ARD distances itself from MMA’s offer
LAHORE, July 13: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy has distanced itself from the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s offer to extend the deadline for divestiture of President Pervez Musharraf’s uniform by one more...
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Hamas, Islamic Jihad threaten to end truce
BEIRUT, July 13: The Palestinian militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad warned on Sunday they would end a truce they announced last month with Israel if the Palestinian Authority continued what...
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APHC chief opposes US mediation
 SRINAGAR, July 13: Chairman of the All-Parties Hurriyat Conference on Sunday said he was against US mediation between Pakistan and India to resolve their dispute over the region....
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Two injured as Pakistan, Afghan troops clash
JALALABAD, July 13: Two Afghan soldiers were wounded in a skirmish with Pakistani troops along Afghanistan’s eastern border with Pakistan, military officials said Sunday....
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Three troops among 15 shot dead in Valley
SRINAGAR, July 13: Suspected Mujahideen shot dead six Kashmiris and three Indian soldiers in occupied Kashmir, where troops also shot dead six rebels in separate encounters, a police spokesman said on...
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Musharraf leaves for Africa today
ISLAMABAD, July 13: President Gen Pervez Musharraf will push for greater economic cooperation, solidarity and moderation in the Muslim countries during his visit to Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco starting Monday, sources...
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Al Ahmad named Kuwaiti PM
KUWAIT CITY, July 13: Kuwait’s Amir Sheikh Jabar Al Ahmad Al Sabah on Sunday appointed his brother Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah as the country’s new prime minister and asked...
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War against Iraq was not over nukes: US
WASHINGTON, July 13: The United States did not go to war against Iraq because it believed former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein had nuclear weapons or was buying uranium from Africa, the...
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