MMA hints at offering help to resolve crisis: Indemnity for Musharraf possible: Qazi
PESHAWAR/LAHORE, July 30: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal has hinted at giving some relief to the government to resolve the prevailing political crisis in the country....
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Bush accepts blame for N-charge
WASHINGTON, July 30: US President George Bush took full responsibility on Wednesday for claims about Iraq’s nuclear weapons programmes that turned out to be based on now-discredited documents....
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Shortage of boats hits relief work: Rains in Sindh
KARACHI, July 30: Authorities raced against time on Wednesday to rescue tens of thousands of stranded people after the worst floods in a decade hit the south of the country, killing...
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US move disappoints Riyadh
WASHINGTON, July 30: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal has said that President Bush’s refusal to declassify part of a report on the 9/11 terrorist attacks would prevent the kingdom from...
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Jamali invites PPP, PML-N for talks on LFO issue
ISLAMABAD, July 30: Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali has invited the People’s Party Parliamentarians and the Pakistan Muslim League-N to join the government-MMA talks on the Legal Framework Order....
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MMA refutes Nasrullah’s charges
ISLAMABAD July 30: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s deputy parliamentary party leader Hafiz Hussain Ahmed refuted here on Wednesday Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan’s allegation that the MMA had deviated from its stated position on the...
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India conducts 20 missile tests in six months: Pakistan accused of reviving Punjab militancy
NEW DELHI, July 30: India conducted 20 tests of seven missiles in the first half of 2003 at a cost of more than 16 million dollars, Defence Minister George Fernandes told...
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Iran to take decision after experts’ visit
TEHRAN, July 30: Iran will decide whether or not to accept snap inspections of its nuclear sites after an upcoming visit by legal experts of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),...
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Envoys visit Ghalani
MOHMAND AGENCY, July 30: The military attache of 25 countries visited Ghalani, the headquarters of Mohmand Agency, on Wednesday....
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Afghan troops fire on border checkpoints
PESHAWAR, July 30: Afghan militiamen using heavy weapons continued intermittent fire on Pakistani security checkpoints in the volatile border region....
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Sialkot jail tragedy: 3 policemen detained
LAHORE, July 30: The Punjab government has reportedly suspended Gujranwala DIG Malik Iqbal, Sialkot SSP Amjad Javed Saleemi and an inspector for allegedly failing to properly handle the Sialkot jail incident...
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Kuwaitis’ arrests by US criticized
KUWAIT CITY, July 30: Kuwait has slammed the United States for holding 12 Kuwaitis in Camp X-ray in Guantanamo and said their continuous detention without trail is against all values of...
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Talks on air links: dates proposed to New Delhi
ISLAMABAD, July 30: Pakistan has proposed to India two sets of dates for expert-level talks on resumption of air links and overflights between the two countries....
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PM briefed on flood situation
KARACHI, July 30: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali on Wednesday declared that his government firmly stood by people affected by heavy rains and floods in Sindh and would spare no effort...
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US helping to cool Afghan border tension
ISLAMABAD, July 30: US Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard Myers said on Wednesday that his country is helping Pakistan and Afghanistan to cool tensions on their volatile border....
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Bus service to Pakistan urged
SRINAGAR, July 30: The president of occupied Kashmir’s ruling party, Mehbooba
Mufti, on Wednesday demanded a bus service be started between Kashmir and
Pakistan...
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