Parliament to complete tenure: Musharraf addresses nation
RAWALPINDI, Jan 2: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Friday said that Parliament will complete its five-year term despite his constitutional powers to dissolve the assemblies.
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MMA achieved best possible deal: Qazi
ISLAMABAD Jan 2: President and parliamentary leader of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal Qazi Hussain Ahmed has said that the country will continue to remain under the military rule as long as President Musharraf does not leave the office of the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS).
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16 new ministers take oath in Balochistan
QUETTA, Jan 2: Sixteen new ministers were inducted into the provincial cabinet in the second phase on Friday, raising the strength of ministers to 30 including the chief minister. This cabinet expansion is the largest in the history of Balochistan, with women and members of the minority also granted representation. Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani administered the oath to ministers at Governor House on Friday night.
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FMs agree to set up Saarc free trade area: Additional anti-terror clause okayed
ISLAMABAD, Jan 2: In a major breakthrough the Saarc Council of Ministers, comprising foreign ministers of the seven-member states, on Friday agreed to present the cleared text of the Additional Protocol to the Regional Convention on Suppression of Terrorism
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Islamabad summit to be historic, says Sinha
ISLAMABAD, Jan 2: Indian Foreign Minister Yashwant Sinha predicted on Friday that the 12th summit of the South Asian leaders that opens here on Sunday will be extremely successful and it would ultimately pave the way for greater regional cooperation.
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Vajpayee due today
ISLAMABAD, Jan 2: Indian Premier Atal Behari Vajpayee will be re-visiting Islamabad after nearly a quarter century when he arrives here on Saturday to attend the 12th Saarc summit.
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Mishra's early arrival raises hope for bilateral meeting
ISLAMABAD, Jan 2: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's lead adviser on foreign policy is in town, keeping a close watch on the progress being made in the preparatory process
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India ready to consider gas pipeline via Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Jan 2: India signalled on Friday it was ready to set aside security concerns and import natural gas through Pakistan if relations improved between neighbours.
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Vajpayee seeks change in Pakistan's stance
NEW DELHI, Jan 2: India and Pakistan can only settle their struggle over Kashmir if Islamabad gives up its insistence the region belongs to Pakistan because of its Muslim majority, Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has said.
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Pakistan's nukes secure: Bush
CRAWFORD, Jan 2: US President George W. Bush said on Thursday that Pakistan's nuclear arsenal was "secure" following two failed assassination attempts on President Pervez Musharraf in the last three weeks.
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MoU signed with Iran on CNG
ISLAMABAD, Jan 2: Pakistan and Iran have agreed to cooperate for the development of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) as vehicular fuel in the two countries and to benefit from each other's experience in this field.
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India stops Geelani from Haj
SRINAGAR, Jan 2: A hardline Kashmiri leader and 40 other Muslims have been denied permission to travel to Saudi Arabia to perform Haj, a government official said on Friday.
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Six killed in Kashmir violence
JAMMU, Jan 2: Two suspected Mujahideen attacked a crowded railway station in occupied Kashmir on Friday, killing four security men and wounding at least 12 people before being killed themselves, police said.
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University professor killed in Iraq
MOSUL, Jan 2: Assassins stabbed and shot a politics professor after luring him from his home, Iraqi police said on Friday, the latest murder of a prominent figure in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.
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American helicopter downed, one killed
FALLUJA, Jan 2: Guerillas shot down a US military helicopter in central Iraq on Friday, killing one pilot and injuring another, officials and witnesses said.
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Israel lifts blockade of Jenin
JENIN, Jan 2: Palestinians in a flashpoint West Bank city now separated from Israel by a controversial barrier awoke on Friday to a rare sight - streets empty of Israeli forces who had lifted a long encirclement.
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