Dialogue will bring durable peace: President, PM optimistic
ISLAMABAD, Jan 7: President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali on Wednesday hoped that the recent agreement between Pakistan and India would bring durable peace to South Asia.
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PML-N rejects, PPP hails joint statement
ISLAMABAD, Jan 7: Serious differences seem to have surfaced between the People's Party Parliamentarians (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-N, the two component parties of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD)
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Musharraf to brief Kashmiris today
ISLAMABAD Jan 7: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has called a meeting of Kashmiri leaders at 10am on Thursday at his camp office in Rawalpindi to brief them about his talks with Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee.
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Powell praises statesmanship
ISLAMABAD, Jan 7: US Secretary of State Colin Powell telephoned President Gen Pervez Musharraf and lauded his statesmanship in furthering the cause of peace in South Asia.
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India wants process to succeed
NEW DELHI, Jan 7: The Indian cabinet on Wednesday called for a "successful conclusion" of the peace process with Pakistan. Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, meanwhile, briefed his security cabinet on his talks with leaders in Pakistan
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US team calls for settlement of Kashmir issue
MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 7: A delegation of the US Congress visited a refugee camp near here on Wednesday and called for the resolution of the longstanding Kashmir dispute for lasting peace in the South Asia.
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Ecnec okays projects worth Rs185bn
ISLAMABAD, Jan 7: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Wednesday approved 33 development projects worth Rs185.6 billion, including some water-related schemes valued at Rs100 billion, which predominantly fall in Punjab.
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UN role stressed in success of CBMs
ISLAMABAD, Jan 7: President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Wednesday expressed the hope that the United Nations Military Observer Mission in India and Pakistan (Unmogip) could play a more effective role
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Pakistan denies aiding Libya's N-plan
ISLAMABAD, Jan 7: Pakistan on Wednesday denied a US newspaper report that some of its scientists may have provided Libya with technology to enrich uranium for use in its nuclear weapons.
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Eight die in accident
VEHARI, Jan 7: At least eight people, including six members of a family, were killed in an accident on Wednesday on the Multan-Vehari road near Tibba Sultanpur, some 45km from here.
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Pakistani Haj pilgrim killed in accident
ISLAMABAD, Jan 7: One Pakistani pilgrim died and six others were injured in a road accident near Makkah on Wednesday, official sources said.
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Kandahar attack condemned
ISLAMABAD, Jan 7: Pakistan on Wednesday condemned Tuesday's terrorist attack in Kandahar in which civilians were killed, foreign office said.
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12 killed in Helmand
KANDAHAR, Jan 7: Unidentified gunmen killed 12 ethnic minority Hazaras in southern Afghanistan in the latest spate of violence in the volatile region, an official said on Wednesday.
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US to release 500 Iraqi prisoners
BAGHDAD, Jan 7: The United States said on Wednesday it would launch a carrot-and-stick drive to secure lasting peace in Iraq by cracking down harder on guerrillas while freeing hundreds of prisoners deemed low-security threats.
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US unveils immigration reforms
WASHINGTON, Jan 7: US President George W. Bush on Wednesday proposed sweeping changes in immigration policy that could enable millions of undocumented aliens to work legally in the United States for a limited time.
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Israeli army kills three Palestinians
NABLUS, Jan 7: Israeli soldiers shot dead three Palestinians early Wednesday as violence flared again in the troubled West Bank town of Nablus just hours after a pullback by the army.
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