US hopes Jamali will defuse opposition: Pakistani troops for Iraq
WASHINGTON, Sept 30: Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali arrived here on Tuesday for talks at which he could be asked to defuse opposition to the deployment of Pakistani troops to Iraq....
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Pentagon agrees to refurbish F-16 fleet : Belgium may sell jets to Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Sept 30: The Pentagon has agreed to refurbish Pakistan’s depleted fleet of F-16s and allow Belgium to sell two squadrons of the aircraft to Pakistan....
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Mubarak calls on Fahd
 RIYADH, Sept 30: Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak met Saudi King Fahd and Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz here on Tuesday to discuss the situation in Iraq and the Palestinian territories,...
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50 held in Baghdad amid fresh attack: UN move on Iraq gathers pace
 BAGHDAD, Sept 30: Hopes rose on Tuesday that a new UN resolution rallying support for the rebuilding of Iraq will soon be passed, but the country looked increasingly like a war...
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Punjab should talk to other provinces: MQM : Construction of water reservoirs
ISLAMABAD, Sept 30: Chances for resolving the issue of constructing water reservoirs are bright if Punjab initiates a direct political dialogue with other provinces on the water issue, ....
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Funds for Thal canal exceed other projects
KARACHI, Sept 30: The government intends to sanction Rs7.5 billion for the construction of the greater Thal canal during the next three years and another Rs21.5 billion is expected to be...
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Water shortage to hit Rabi crops
ISLAMABAD, Sept 30: The country is estimated to face water shortage by more than 9 per cent during the Rabi season starting on Oct 1, official sources say....
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Debt reduction figures questioned
ISLAMABAD, Sept 30: Senator Ishaq Dar, a former finance minister in the Nawaz Sharif government and parliamentary leader of PML-N in the Senate on Tuesday contested the government’s claim that it...
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Need for enhancing peace process in Afghanistan stressed
ISLAMABAD, Sept 30: The International Crisis Group has urged the United States, Russia, Pakistan, India and Iran to bolster reconciliation processes at both the national and local levels in Afghanistan....
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US planes bomb house in tribal area
KOHAT, Sept 30: US planes dropped bombs at a house near the border town of Angor Adda in South Waziristan Agency, 415km south-west of Islamabad on Tuesday afternoon, eyewitnesses said....
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Five killed in Kashmir violence
SRINAGAR, Sept 30: An Indian policeman was killed and 24 people including 10 policemen were wounded after two grenade attacks on Tuesday by suspected Mujahideen in occupied Kashmir, police said....
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President for check on water losses
RAWALPINDI, Sept 30: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday called for efficient management of water resources and reduction of losses so that the country’s precious resources could be preserved and optimally...
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Hashim Raza passes away
 KARACHI, Sept 30: Syed Hashim Raza, Karachi’s first administrator and a distinguished civil servant, died here on Tuesday due to kidney failure after a protracted illness, family sources said. He was...
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NA pays homage to Nasrullah
ISLAMABAD, Sept 30: Members of the treasury and opposition benches in the National Assembly on Tuesday jointly paid homage to late Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan for his services to democracy....
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Announcement
THE publishers of Dawn, Pakistan Herald Publications, are pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Tahir Mirza as Editor of Dawn. Currently Assistant Editor (News), Mr Mirza will work in close...
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Iran rejects EU warning on nuclear programme
TEHRAN, Sept 30: Iran’s foreign ministry on Tuesday rejected as “unacceptable” a European Union warning over the Islamic republic’s nuclear programme....
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Turkey detains 113 Pakistanis
ISTANBUL, Sept 30: Turkish police on Tuesday detained 113 illegal immigrants from Pakistan who were planning to head to western Europe, the Anatolia news agency reported....
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PAF plane crashes
KARACHI, Sept 30: A Mirage aircraft of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) which was on a routine training mission crashed on the outskirts of Hub (Balochistan) on Tuesday....
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