Gilgit explosion leaves 45 dead: Over 120 hurt, army joins relief work
 GILGIT, Aug 3: At least 45 people were killed and over 120 injured on Saturday night when explosives used in road works caught fire and detonated in the remote Darel tehsil...
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Uniform is a settled issue, says Shujaat
ISLAMABAD Aug 3: Pakistan Muslim League-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain claimed on Sunday that President Gen Pervaiz Musharraf’s uniform issue was a settled issue....
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Wapda told not to strike long-term deals: Purchase of furnace oil from foreign firms
ISLAMABAD, Aug 3: The federal government has asked Wapda not to enter into long-term agreements with international suppliers for furnace oil imports beyond Sept 2003 to utilize the local production to...
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Govt not to give draft package copy to MMA
LAHORE, Aug 3: The government has declined to provide a copy of the constitutional draft package to the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, fearing that its premature disclosure may create misunderstandings....
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Arafat wants Sharon not to visit Delhi: Rise in Indo-Pakistan tension cited
NEW DELHI, Aug 3: Palestinian Authority president Yasser Arafat has said he believes an upcoming visit here by Israeli premier Ariel Sharon as well as India’s plans to buy military hardware...
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Iraq to become Vietnam: Libya
NEW YORK, Aug 3: Warning that Iraq will become another Vietnam for the United States, Libyan President Muammar Qadhafi openly criticized Al Qaeda, branding the terror network as cancer that cannot...
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Kasuri calls for early talks with India
ISLAMABAD, Aug 3: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri on Sunday expressed Pakistan’s desire for an early resumption of summit level talks with India....
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President, Premier grieved
ISLAMABAD, Aug 3: President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali have expressed shock over the losses in a series of explosions in the country’s Northern Areas which...
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Death toll in Russian blast rises to 49
MOZDOK (Russia), Aug 3: More than a thousand rescuers continued early on Sunday to remove the rubble of a Russian military hospital after a second night of relentless work, in a...
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Six of a family die in Kasur accident
KASUR, Aug 3: Six people of a family, including two women and two children, were killed as a result of a collision between a car and a wagon near Bhoiy Aasal...
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Indian defence team to visit US
NEW DELHI, Aug 3: Indian Defence Secretary Ajay Prasad and a team of top military officers would go to Washington for a meeting to discuss ways to enhance defence cooperation between...
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Heavy rains forecast
ISLAMABAD, Aug 3: Met office on Sunday predicted heavy rains in Punjab, NWFP, Kashmir and adjoining areas in the next 24 hours while scattered thunder showers are expected in Islamabad and...
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Interior ministry rules out sabotage
ISLAMABAD, Aug 3: The interior ministry on Sunday ruled out the possibility of sabotage in the Diamir blast in which 45 people were killed an over 100 injured....
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Al Qaeda threat very real: US
WASHINGTON, Aug 3: US Attorney-General John Ashcroft has said that the threat of a terrorist attack conveyed through an Al Qaeda tape earlier on Sunday was “very real”....
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