Jamali defends action against banned outfits
ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali said on Sunday that the decision to ban the extremist groups was right, and that whoever transgressed the law will be punished....
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Qorei confident of ceasefire: Israel prepares talks strategy
AL QUDS, Nov 16: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s cabinet met here on Sunday to map out a strategy for expected talks with their new Palestinian opposite numbers as Sharon’s counterpart...
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MMA, ARD vow to continue struggle
LAHORE, Nov 16: Leaders of the MMA and the ARD reiterated their pledge here on Sunday that they would continue their combined struggle against dictatorship and the LFO and for restoration...
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Lawmakers declare assets
ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: The statements of assets and liabilities submitted by parliamentarians to the Election Commission show unprecedented accumulation of wealth in a few hands, with almost all lawmakers, even those...
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Plots being hatched against MMA: Qazi
KARACHI, Nov 16: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s Vice-President and Chief of Jamaat-i-Islami, Qazi Hussain Ahmad, has said conspiracies are being hatched at the government level to bring about a split in the alliance....
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60 offices, seminaries sealed in Punjab: Crackdown launched in Peshawar
LAHORE, Nov 16: Over 60 offices and seminaries of the three outlawed militant organizations have so far been sealed in Punjab in the ongoing crackdown launched on Saturday evening, with their...
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US forces fire satellite-guided missile in Iraq
TIKRIT, Nov 16: US forces on Sunday fired a satellite-guided missile in northern Iraq, for the first time since the end of major combat, targeting a site used by suspected anti-coalition...
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US public opinion shifting towards troops pullout
NEW YORK, Nov 16: As the US casualties mount in Iraq, the American public opinion on war is shifting rapidly with calls for immediate withdrawal, an option that would be disastrous...
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Freezing of accounts on the cards
ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: Interior minister Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat on Sunday said bank accounts of the three freshly- banned religious groups would be frozen and the process of sealing their...
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India, Syria urge larger UN role in Iraq
 DAMASCUS, Nov 16: India and Syria want the United Nations to play a major role in Iraq where the priority must be to restore security, said a joint statement on Sunday...
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Police given 7-day remand of Sajid Naqvi
ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: A judicial magistrate on Sunday granted a seven-day physical remand of Islami Tehrik Pakistan chief Allama Sajid Hussain Naqvi to police, sources told Dawn....
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Ruet body member resigns
PESHAWAR, Nov 16: Maulana Hassan Jan has announced that he is resigning from the central Ruet-i-Hilal committee in protest against what he described as derogatory remarks of Information Minister Sheikh Rashid...
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US welcomes move
WASHINGTON, Nov 16: Welcoming Pakistan’s decision to ban three militant groups that had regrouped under new names, the United States said on Sunday that changing names “does not change the nature...
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‘HR abuses fuelling Kashmir struggle’
NEW YORK, Nov 16: Continued human rights abuses by the Indian security forces have compelled more young Kashmiri men to join a guerrilla campaign for independence in the Indian-controlled portion of...
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Dubai-based TV airs Saddam’s tape
DUBAI, Nov 16: The fight against Iraq’s US-installed Governing Council is “legitimate”, a voice purported to be that of ousted president Saddam Hussein said Sunday on Dubai’s Al-Arabiya television....
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12 killed in Kashmir violence
SRINAGAR, Nov 16: Twelve people including an Indian army officer and six freedom fighters were killed in separate incidents Indian Kashmir, police said on Sunday....
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Protests greet Rumsfeld in South Korea
SEOUL, Nov 16: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was greeted with an anti-US protest on Sunday as he arrived here for security consultations between the two allies....
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Al Qaeda claim
ISTANBUL, Nov 16: The Al Qaeda network on Sunday claimed responsibility for the deadly synagogue bombings here....
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