22 dead in Afghan fighting: Three new security chiefs appointed
KABUL / KANDAHAR, Aug 17: Using rockets, grenades and heavy machine guns, Taliban and supporters of Gulbaddin Hekmatyar briefly seized a district police headquarters in southeastern Afghanistan, prompting a gunbattle that...
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Russia’s entry into OIC to be opposed
ISLAMABAD, Aug 17: Pakistan will openly oppose granting of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) membership to any non-Muslim state, including Russia, a senior Foreign Ministry official told Dawn here on...
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Chances of early resumption of talks bleak: Opposition says govt trying to buy time
ISLAMABAD, Aug 17: Prospects of an early resumption of government-MMA talks to break the deadlock on the proposed constitutional package appeared bleak on Sunday as all the top MMA leaders left...
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Oil transfer from ship restarts
KARACHI, Aug 17: While KPT is under heavy criticism by different sections of people, salvage team restarted transferring crude oil stored in the safe portions of the broken oil tanker Tasman...
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Delhi says troop movement a routine
NEW DELHI, Aug 17: India on Sunday denied preparing for any military operation in held Kashmir and said its troop movement in the area was normal....
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UK defence secretary accepts blame: Death of scientist
LONDON, Aug 17: Britain’s Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon has told colleagues he accepts he must “carry the can” for the death of a government scientist at the centre of claims that...
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Jamali foresees consensus on vital issues
ISLAMABAD, Aug 17: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has said his government believes in “accommodation in politics” and hoped it would pave the way for building national consensus on vital...
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Four killed as jeep falls into ravine
GILGIT, Aug 17: At least four people were killed and two others seriously injured on Saturday at about 11pm when a Chilas-bound jeep (GLT-1470) fell into a ravine in Thack-Niyatt, in...
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390,000 Afghan DPs return home
KABUL, Aug 17: Around 390,000 Afghan refugees have returned home from neighbouring Pakistan and Iran with United Nations assistance so far this year, a UN refugee agency (UNHCR) spokeswoman said on...
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Kabul mulls railway to boost trade with CARs
KABUL, Aug 17: Afghanistan is considering building its first railway in a bid to redirect Central Asian transit trade to Pakistan and South Asia, Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani said on Sunday....
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India keen to buy superior Mirages
NEW DELHI, Aug 17: The Indian Air Force (IAF) has strongly recommended the purchase of 10 Mirage 2000-5 from Qatar which Pakistan is also trying to acquire, a report said on...
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Appointment of 8 LHC judges approved
ISLAMABAD, Aug 17: President Pervez Musharraf has approved the names of eight advocates who would be appointed additional judges at the Lahore High Court in a week, official sources told Dawn....
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Gen Myers extends regrets to Pakistan
RAWALPINDI, Aug 17: General Richard B. Myers, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff, US Armed Forces had a telephonic conversation with Vice Chief of Army Staff General Mohammad Yusaf Khan on Saturday...
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Balochistan leaders brief PM on issues
ISLAMABAD, Aug 17: A Pakistan Muslim League-Q delegation, comprising senior party leaders and MPAs from Balochistan, held on Sunday its first round of talks with party President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on...
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