Islamabad, Delhi to revive air links from January 1 : Agreement signed
NEW DELHI, Dec 1: India and Pakistan agreed on Monday to restore their air links from January 1, exactly two years after they were snapped by New Delhi following an armed...
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Need stressed to expand ties: Thapa meets Musharraf, Jamali
 ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali, in their separate meetings with the visiting...
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54 Iraqi militants killed: US
BAGHDAD, Dec 1: A top US military commander said on Monday that 54 guerillas, and not a single civilian, were believed killed in deadly clashes in the Iraqi town of Samarra,...
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Israeli forces kill four Palestinians
RAMALLAH, Dec 1: Israeli forces killed four Palestinians, including a boy of six, in a major West Bank incursion on Monday that came in sharp counterpoint to the launch in Geneva...
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Provinces to discuss formula on 12th : Distribution of funds under NFC
ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: Finance ministers of all the four provinces would meet in Lahore on Dec 12 to evolve a consensus on the distribution...
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Air links will lead to talks, hopes FO
ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: Pakistan on Monday welcomed the planned revival of air links with India as a “significant watershed” in the peace process between the two countries....
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ARD yet to decide on launching anti-govt drive
ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: The Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy is still undecided about launching of a movement against the military regime with or without the cooperation of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal,...
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Musharraf offers troop pullout from LoC
ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: President Pervez Musharraf said on Monday that Pakistan was ready to withdraw its 50,000 troops from the Line of Control provided India pulled back its 700,000 troops from...
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Afghans begin registering for elections
KABUL, Dec 1: The United Nations has begun registering the first of an estimated 10.5 million Afghans expected to vote in their volatile country’s first free elections next year....
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Islamabad ready for talks with Delhi: FM
ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri has said that Pakistan is ready to hold talks with India on the sidelines of the forthcoming Saarc summit in Islamabad....
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UN to rush $5.5 billion AIDS drugs to poors
 NAIROBI, Dec 1: The United Nations unveiled plans on Monday to rush life-saving anti-retroviral AIDS drugs to three million of the world’s...
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Aga Khan due today
ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: The Aga Khan, Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, arrives here on Tuesday at the start of an official visit to Pakistan....
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Washington ends special registration programme
WASHINGTON, Dec 1: The US Department of Homeland Security announced on Monday that it was ending a programme begun after the Sept 11 terror attacks that required male visitors from mainly...
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PCB chief resigns
LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Tauqir Zia resigned on Monday, two days after a television fiasco deprived millions of fans of live coverage of the first one-day between Pakistan and New...
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Dr Hamza Alavi dies
KARACHI, Dec 1: Renowned scholar Dr Hamza Alavi died here on Monday afternoon after a protracted illness. He was 82....
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Stocks gain 195 points
KARACHI: History was made on the Karachi Stock Exchange on Monday after the index posted a record single-session increase of...
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