Musharraf, Zine agree to promote economic ties: Maghreb tour begins
 TUNIS, July 14: President Gen Pervez Musharraf and his Tunisian counterpart Zine El Abidine Ben Ali on Monday agreed to increase economic cooperation to match the excellent bilateral ties existing between...
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Riyadh reduces free-of-cost oil facility by half
ISLAMABAD, July 14: Saudi Arabia has reduced the supply of its free-of-cost oil to Pakistan by half, saying that Islamabad is now in a position to pay for its oil requirements...
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Stop army meddling in politics: Achakzai
ISLAMABAD, July 14: Balochistan’s Pashtun nationalist leader Mahmood Khan Achakzai says the time has come when the military and intelligence agencies should stop interfering in politics and let the people of...
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Border row discussion today
KABUL, July 14: Afghanistan will raise the issue of alleged border violations by Pakistan at a tripartite meeting of US, Afghan and Pakistani officials due in Kabul on Tuesday, a presidential...
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India rules out troops for Iraq
NEW DELHI, July 14: India on Monday ruled out sending troops to Iraq without a UN mandate thus turning down a request by the US to join the American-led military administration...
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Minister says NHA maintains no balance-sheet
ISLAMABAD, July 14: Federal Communication Minister Ahmad Ali who belongs to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) said on Monday that the National Highway Authority, whose annual budget runs into billions of...
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Rs175 million irregularities detected in Canal project
LAHORE, July 14: The project audit (PA) of the Rainee Canal on Monday pointed out over Rs175 million bungling in the project which is hardly at the take-off stage....
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Abdullah warns US credibility at stake
WASHINGTON, July 14: Afghanistan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah warned the United States on Monday that its credibility would be at stake unless it does more to help his country rebuild and...
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Sindh to request Centre for extending rangers stay in province
KARACHI, July 14: The Sindh government is making a formal request to the federal interior ministry by Thursday to extend by one more year the period of deployment of the 23,000-strong...
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Barghouthi’s jail isolation extended
TEL AVIV, July 14: An Israeli court on Monday ordered Marwan Barghouthi, a leader of the Palestinian uprising for an independent state, to spend a further six months in isolation from...
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Afridi gets death sentence
LAHORE, July 14: The Special Anti-Narcotics Force Court on Monday handed down death sentence to an alleged international drug-smuggler Haji Ayub Afridi and his two accomplices....
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Israel opens new road
AL QUDS, July 14: The Israeli army on Monday opened a new road to Palestinian traffic in the central Gaza Strip, it said in a statement....
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New Indian HC due today
NEW DELHI, July 14: India’s new High Commissioner-designate Shiv Shankar Menon will cross over to Pakistan through the Wahgah border on Tuesday to take up his new assignment, paving the way...
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New Dehli’s ‘no’ doesn’t surprise US
WASHINGTON, July 14: US officials said on Monday that they were disappointed but not surprised at India’s refusal to send troops to Iraq....
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US soldier killed in Iraq attack
 BAGHDAD, July 14: The United States lost its 32nd soldier in postwar combat in Iraq on Monday, underscoring the hardships a US-backed Governing Council faced in quashing Iraqi resentment as it...
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Arafat, Abbas settle differences
RAMALLAH, July 14: Palestinian Authority president Yasser Arafat and prime minister Mahmud Abbas settled their differences over the approach to negotiations with Israel during a meeting on Monday night, a Palestinian...
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Premier sees reconciliation on all issues
ISLAMABAD, July 14: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali said on Monday consultations with all shades of political opinion have been launched for effecting a national reconciliation and consensus on vital...
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Karzai names commanders of national army
KABUL, July 14: Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai appointed on Monday top commanders for the new national army, presidential spokesman Jawid Luddin said....
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