Package on LFO this month, says Jamali
ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali gave a strong hint on Friday that his government could bring a package to parliament within the current Islamic month of Shawwal to settle...
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40 killed in Russia suicide attack
 ROSTOV-ON-DON (Russia), Dec 5: A suspected suicide bomber killed at least 40 people aboard a packed commuter train near Chechnya on...
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Opposition accuses govt of ridiculing parliament
ISLAMABAD Dec 5: The combined opposition in the Senate blasted the government on Friday for exposing the upper house to ridicule by adopting what it called a sneaky method to fulfil...
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US has not ended special registration programme: lawyers
WASHINGTON, Dec 5: An important community advisory, prepared by the American Immigration Lawyers Association and the American Civil Liberties Union, warned Muslim...
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Vajpayee’s visit to improve ties: PM
ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali has said that relations between Pakistan and India are expected to improve, specially after Indian Prime Minister Vajpayee’s visit to Pakistan to attend...
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Taliban cross into Pakistan as DPs
 ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: The Al Qaeda and Taliban Sanctions Committee (ATSC) of the United Nations believes that Taliban have entered...
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Cases filed against 14 armymen, Senate told
ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: The Senate was informed on Friday that cases were initiated against 14 military personnel working in civil departments under NAB Ordinance during the year 2002-03....
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WB approves $238m to combat poverty
ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: The World Bank has approved a $238 million loan to Pakistan to support its poverty reduction programme, a bank announcement said....
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Islamabad, Kabul to curb border movement
PESHAWAR, Dec 5: Pakistan and Afghanistan have decided to impose restrictions on free movement of their nationals from Saturday across the Torkham border town — a step meant to tighten security...
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‘US woman tried to send plane parts to Pakistan’
WASHINGTON, Dec 5: A suburban Chicago woman has been charged with attempting to export components for remote-controlled aircraft to Pakistan, US officials said on Friday....
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C’wealth summit Decision on Pakistan’s re-entry put off
ABUJA, Dec 5: The Commonwealth will not lift a suspension of Pakistan at its summit in Nigeria despite some democratic progress by President Pervez Musharraf, delegates said on Friday....
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Army high command endorses peace steps
ISLAMABAD: Dec 5: Pakistan’s top military leadership on Friday supported the peace overtures between Pakistan and India, and expressed satisfaction over the measures...
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Hashmi’s bail plea rejected
ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: The District and Sessions Judge, Islamabad, Chaudhry Asad Raza, dismissed on Friday the bail application of Alliance for Restoration of Democracy President Makhdoom...
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ARD will finalize protest plan on 13th
ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: The heads of component parties of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy will meet in Lahore on Dec 13 to finalize a protest plan against the military...
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Israeli officials want siege on Arafat lifted
TEL AVIV, Dec 5: Israeli foreign ministry officials have recommended the two-year siege on Yasser Arafat be lifted as part of confidence-building gestures to Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed...
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Seven killed in held Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Dec 5: Five militants and two civilians were killed in occupied Kashmir, police said on Friday, Four militants were killed in two gunbattles sparked by Indian troop....
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Powell meets Geneva peace team
WASHINGTON, Dec 5: US Secretary of State Colin Powell met the Israeli and Palestinian authors of an unofficial Middle East peace plan...
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US soldier, 4 Iraqis die in bomb attack
BAGHDAD, Dec 5: A bomb exploded in the middle of a busy Baghdad road on Friday, killing one American soldier...
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