Dialogue to start next month: Joint Statement on Musharraf -Vajpayee meeting
ISLAMABAD, Jan 6: Pakistan and India in a major breakthrough on Tuesday agreed to initiate the process of a composite dialogue that broke down in Agra in July 2001.
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Pakistan, India Joint Statement
ISLAMABAD, Jan 6: Following is the text of the joint press statement issued here on Tuesday by Pakistan and India: The president of Pakistan and the prime minister of India met during the Saarc (South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation) summit in Islamabad.
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It's a leap forward, says president
ISLAMABAD, Jan 6: President Pervez Musharraf said on Tuesday his agreement with Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to start a "composite dialogue" next February was a historic leap forward that must move on to settle festering disputes between their two countries.
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Early contacts to focus on trade
ISLAMABAD, Jan 6: India and Pakistan will discuss matters, including trade and people-to-people contact during the next six months before entering into what is referred to as the composite dialogue in the Islamabad declaration, officials told Dawn here.
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Economic and political issues interlinked: PM - Saarc has taken positive approach
ISLAMABAD, Jan 6: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali said on Tuesday that Saarc had taken a positive approach to its problems
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Text of South Asian Free Trade Area (Safta) accord
ISLAMABAD, Jan 6: Following is the text of Agreement on South Asian Free Trade Area (Safta) signed at the 12th Saarc Summit, concluded here on Tuesday: Agreement on South Asian Free Trade Area (Safta)
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Islamabad Declaration adopted
ISLAMABAD, Jan 6: The 12th summit of the seven-nation South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) concluded here on Tuesday with the adoption of Islamabad Declaration
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Islamabad Declaration
ISLAMABAD, Jan 6: Following is the text of Islamabad Declaration adopted at the 12th Saarc Summit, which concluded on Tuesday: We, the prime minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
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Saarc nations seal tariff cut deal
ISLAMABAD, Jan 6: The seven Saarc-member countries on Tuesday signed the landmark agreement on South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) with a pledge to scale down their tariffs in two phases to 0-5 per cent that will come into force on January 1, 2006
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Anti-terror protocol signed
ISLAMABAD, Jan 6: The Saarc countries on Tuesday signed a protocol on terrorism agreeing to adopt necessary measures to strengthen cooperation. "The purpose of this Additional Protocol is to strengthen the Saarc Convention on Suppression of Terrorism
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Next summit to be held in BD: Khaleda
ISLAMABAD, Jan 6: The next Saarc summit would be held in Dhaka in January 2005, Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia said in her concluding remarks at the Saarc Summit here on Tuesday.
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Pakistan aided Libya in N-plan: report
NEW YORK, Jan 6: Pakistan has been accused in a report on Tuesday of being the source of centrifuge design technology that helped Libya make big strides in its nuclear programme within the past two years.
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Islamabad will keep its word, hopes US
WASHINGTON, Jan 6: The United States said on Tuesday it expected President Pervez Musharraf to live up to its pledges to stop the spread of weapons of mass destruction, after new allegations linked Pakistani know-how to Libya's nuclear programme.
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Kashmiri leaders to wait for their turn in talks
NEW DELHI, Jan 6: Leading pro-freedom Kashmiris said on Tuesday that they were willing to wait patiently for their inclusion in the proposed talks between India and Pakistan over the disputed Himalayan territory.
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Vajpayee returns
NEW DELHI, Jan 6: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee returned here on Tuesday evening from Islamabad after a three-day visit to Pakistan to attend the Saarc Summit.
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15 killed in Kandahar bomb blast
KANDAHAR, Jan 6: At least 15 people, mostly children, were killed and 11 others injured after a large bomb ripped through Kandahar city on Tuesday, police and military officials said.
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