Security along Afghan border tightened: 589 checkpoints set up
PESHAWAR, Oct 25: Pakistan army has taken stringent security measures along the border with Afghanistan to check infiltration of terrorists and other undesired elements from across the border....
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Support to Karzai govt weakening, says UN: Work halted in four provinces
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 25: The United Nations has suspended operations in four southern Afghan provinces due to increasing violence and concerns that aid workers could be seen by local militants as...
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Response to Indian offer next week
ISLAMABAD, Oct 25: Pakistan will respond next week to Indian proposals for normalization of relations between the two countries, as at present inter-ministerial meetings are being held to sort out issues...
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SC takes steps to stop adjournment tendency
ISLAMABAD, Oct 25: The Supreme Court on Saturday announced strict measures to discourage the tendency of adjournments of cases and warned of penal consequences for violating a new set of rules...
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PM warns hoarders of tough action: Ramazan package
ISLAMABAD, Oct 25: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has warned that strict action would be taken against black marketers, hoarders and price hikers for exploiting the people in Ramazan....
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Six US soldiers hurt in two Iraq attacks
BAQUBAH, Oct 25: Six US soldiers were wounded on Saturday in two separate attacks in the Baqubah region, northeast of Baghdad, witnesses said....
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IAEA team in Iran for verification
VIENNA, Oct 25: The UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Saturday a team of its inspectors arrived in Iran to verify information Tehran has revealed about its nuclear programme...
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Make use of education at all levels, president urges youth
HASANABDAL, Oct 25: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Saturday the government had adopted a holistic approach towards the promotion of education and was striving for the creation of an environment...
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Muslims in US need to re-register
WASHINGTON, Oct 25: Citizens from Pakistan and 24 other mainly Muslim nations, who registered with US immigration officials last year, are now required to report for their second annual registration, US...
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Iran gives names of Al Qaeda men to UN
TEHRAN, Oct 25: Iran has finally revealed to the UN Security Council the names of scores of suspected Al Qaeda members in its custody, state media said here on Saturday....
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Riyadh HR moot begins tomorrow
RIYADH, Oct 25: The first human rights conference in Saudi Arabia is to begin on Monday in Riyadh. The Saudi interior minister Prince Naif Bin Abdulaziz will inaugurate the conference, expected...
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Syria won’t send troops to Iraq
DAMASCUS, Oct 25: Syria will not send any troops to Iraq, Syrian Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam said on Saturday following a meeting with a visiting Iraqi delegation....
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Ramazan begins in Gulf tomorrow
DUBAI, Oct 25: Ramazan will begin in Saudi Arabia and most other Gulf Arab states on Monday, regional state media reported on Saturday. Senior religious councils in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman...
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Reduction in prices of Commodities announced
ISLAMABAD, Oct 25: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) approved here on Saturday the Ramazan relief package with a view to provide relief to the common man during the holy month....
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Three CMs in Lahore to attend conference
LAHORE, Oct 25: The chief ministers of Sindh, Balochistan and the NWFP reached here on Saturday to attend an inter-provincial conference scheduled here for Sunday....
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Saudi Arabia, Pakistan in N-talks, US media insists
WASHINGTON, Oct 25: Despite a strong denial by all three parties — the United States, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan — reports in the US media continue to claim that Islamabad and...
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Proposals last effort for peace, says India
NEW DELHI, Oct 25: Indian Defence Minister George Fernandes on Saturday said a series of proposals made by New Delhi this week aimed at normalising relations with Pakistan were part of...
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Al Qaeda man held in Faisalabad
LAHORE, Oct 25: Pakistani authorities arrested a foreign Al Qaeda suspect in Faisalabad on Saturday, an intelligence official said....
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Pakistan to deport Malaysians
KARACHI, Oct 25: Pakistan has decided to deport 13 Malaysian students arrested last month in Karachi for suspected links to Islamic militants, a security official said on Saturday....
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N. Korean tests another missile, claims report
TOKYO, Oct 25: North Korea was believed to have fired a short-range anti-ship missile into the Sea of Japan (East Sea) on Saturday, a press report said....
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