Pakistan accepts most CBMs, adds new steps: Sustained dialogue on Kashmir stressed
ISLAMABAD, Oct 29: Pakistan on Wednesday made a wholesome response to Indian confidence-building measures and hoped that discussions on the CBMs would lead New Delhi to resume a sustained and composite...
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S. Arabia agrees to continue oil facility
ISLAMABAD, Oct 29: Saudi Arabia has agreed to continue the special oil facility to Pakistan for the next few years, an official of the petroleum ministry told this correspondent on Wednesday....
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Red Cross strength in Iraq trimmed
BAGHDAD, Oct 29: The international Red Cross said on Wednesday it was cutting back its foreign staff in Iraq, two days after a truck bomb devastated its offices here, but that...
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Parliament’s working poor: PPP
ISLAMABAD, Oct 29: The People’s Party Parliamentarians has issued a fact sheet on the completion of a year of parliament and termed its performance “disappointing”....
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Turkish MPs boycott national day reception
 ISTANBUL, Oct 29: Nearly all the lawmakers in Turkey’s ruling party boycotted the official national day reception on Wednesday after the president refused to invite their wives, many of whom wear...
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Javed Hashmi arrested
ISLAMABAD, Oct 29: Police on Wednesday night arrested president of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy Makhdoom Javed Hashmi from his Parliament Lodges apartment on charges of abetting mutiny....
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Supreme Court to hear cases about marriage of free will
ISLAMABAD, Oct 29: The Supreme Court will start hearing on Monday a set of cases involving a common question — is marriage of a Muslim woman without the consent of her...
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Hurriyat opposes conditions for talks
JAMMU, Oct 29: The leader of Hurriyat Conference said on Wednesday there should be no pre-conditions imposed on proposed talks with India, days after New Delhi said the discussions would focus...
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Balloting for open Haj scheme held
ISLAMABAD Oct 29: Names of 10,000 Hajj pilgrims were selected from 13,415 applicants on Wednesday through a computerised balloting in the ministry of religious affairs....
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Performance criteria of IMF met: Shaukat
ISLAMABAD, Oct 29: Pakistan has met the performance criteria set by the IMF under the PRGF programme and now the improved macro-economic situation is expected to help the government achieve higher...
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Eight killed in Kashmir violence
SRINAGAR, Oct 29: Eight people were killed on Wednesday in occupied Kashmir including two children and a woman shot dead in a gunbattle at a residence for army families, police said...
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Five die in tribal clash
PESHAWAR, Oct 29: Five persons were killed and four others injured in a clash between Burki and Masood tribes in valley Kani Guram of South Waziristan on Wednesday....
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Washington help in Pukhtunistan issue sought
WASHINGTON, Oct 29: Pakistan is believed to have asked the Bush administration to prevent the Afghan government from reopening the Pukhtunistan issue, sources told Dawn on Wednesday....
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Air links parleys in December likely
ISLAMABAD, Oct 29: Pakistan on Wednesday accepted an Indian proposal to start a second round of talks on resumption of air links between the two countries in December, Foreign Secretary Riaz...
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Delhi court frees two in parliament attack case
NEW DELHI, Oct 29: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday acquitted a Kashmiri teacher and a Sikh woman in the parliament attack case, but it rejected the plea of two other...
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French army chief visits Afghanistan
KABUL, Oct 29: The French armed forces chief of staff, General Henri Bentegeat, arrived here on Wednesday for an official two-day visit to Afghanistan, a French military spokesman said....
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