Terrorists can’t use Pakistani territory: Musharraf’s assurance to US legislators
 ISLAMABAD, Aug 23: President General Pervez Musharraf told the visiting US lawmakers on Saturday that Pakistan would not allow use of its soil for terrorist activity across its borders....
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MMA, ARD, lawyers plan anti-LFO drive
LAHORE, Aug 23: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy, the Muttahida Majli-i-Amal and the lawyers on Saturday night announced that they would launch a joint struggle against the Legal Framework Order,...
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Jamali, Fahd discuss issues
RIYADH, Aug 23: Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Saturday called on King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz and exchanged views with him on issues of mutual interests....
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Three UK soldiers killed in Basra
BASRA, Aug 23: Three British soldiers died on Saturday after being shot by unknown assailants in Basra, a coalition spokesman said....
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Musharraf, Jamali camps differ on wooing of MMA
ISLAMABAD, Aug 23: Differences between the camps of the president and the prime minister have reportedly sharpened as the former very much wants the government to make fresh contacts with the...
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Six die in Afghan fighting
KABUL, Aug 23: Four suspected Taliban militants and two Afghan soldiers were killed in fighting in central Afghanistan’s Uruzgan province where pro-government forces were continuing operations against the ousted militia, a...
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Three Pakistanis held in Thailand
BANGKOK, Aug 23: Thai officials have detained six Muslim men, including five foreigners, in the north of the country and suspect they may be members of a radical group, Prime Minister...
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MQM minister replaced
KARACHI, Aug 23: Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s Mr Mohammad Hussain, who held the portfolio of minister for local government, became the first casualty of the ongoing conflict between the city and the...
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Crackdown on groups ruled out until Israel stops raids
 RAMALLAH, Aug 23: Palestinian officials said on Saturday it would be hard to heed US calls for a crackdown on armed groups so long as Israel waged military reprisals against militant...
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Afghan forces continue shelling
MOHMAND AGENCY, Aug 23: The Afghan militia continued shelling on a Pakistan security post on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border with light weapons on the second consecutive day on Saturday....
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Turkey may send troops to Iraq
ANKARA, Aug 23: Turkey will send 10,000 troops to Iraq if the government decides to help the US-led coalition to restore stability there, Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said in an...
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Infiltrators coming from S. Arabia: US
WASHINGTON, Aug 23: Some of the people attacking US forces in Iraq are slipping across the border from Saudi Arabia, US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage alleged in a television...
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ARD submits privilege motion against Hiraj
ISLAMABAD, Aug 23: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy on Saturday submitted a privilege motion against minister of state for law and parliamentary affairs, Raza Hayat Hiraj, for allegedly attacking a...
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11 killed in Kashmir violence
JAMMU, Aug 23: Eight Mujahideen and three Indian security force personnel were killed in separate incidents of violence in occupied Kashmir overnight and on Saturday, an Indian defence spokesman said....
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