JUP parts ways with MMA in NWFP
PESHAWAR, Jan 11: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan (Noorani) on Sunday announced to dissociate itself from the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal in the NWFP while requesting its central council to part ways with the alliance at the federal level.
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MMA's MPA issued show-cause notice
ISLAMABAD, Jan 11: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal has issued a show-cause notice to an NWFP Assembly member belonging to the Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan (Noorani) for voting for President Gen Pervez Musharraf and violating the alliance's policy of abstention.
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Talks will succeed, hopes PM
ISLAMABAD, Jan 11: Recent peace initiatives and the upcoming composite dialogue, being held in February, will hopefully lead to a major breakthrough in the regional context, says Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali.
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Punjab seminaries raided; 35 held
LAHORE, Jan 11: Widening their scope of investigation into attacks on President Pervez Musharraf, law enforcement and intelligence agencies raided several seminaries in Punjab and picked up about three dozen suspects.
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Jirga offers help in operation
PESHAWAR, Jan 11: A Jirga in South Waziristan on Sunday agreed to help track down and hand over Al Qaeda remnants and their local collaborators, a tribal elder told Dawn.
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Border patrol accord with Kabul likely
ISLAMABAD, Jan 11: Pakistan and Afghanistan are likely to sign agreements regarding exchange of prisoners, joint patrolling of borders and training of security forces of the war-torn country
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Islamabad, Kabul to increase trade
ISLAMABAD, Jan 11: Pakistan and Afghanistan have vowed to further strengthen their bilateral economic relations. The two countries expressed this resolve at the third meeting of the Pakistan-Afghanistan Joint Ministerial Commission held on Sunday in Kabul.
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Shaukat calls on Karzai
ISLAMABAD, Jan 11: Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz called on Afghistan's President Hamid Karazai in Kabul on Sunday. The finance minister is currently leading a 10-member Pakistan delegation at the Pakistan-Afghanistan Joint Economic Commission (JEC).
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149 Afghan prisoners freed
ISLAMABAD, Jan 11: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Sunday ordered the release of 149 Afghans serving various jail terms in different Pakistani jails.
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French journalists file appeal today
KARACHI, Jan 11: The two French journalists, whose sentence was suspended for a week, will file an appeal against the trial court's verdict in the Sindh High Court on Monday.
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Hameed Jatoi passes away
HYDERABAD/DADU, Jan 11: Veteran parliamentarian and nationalist leader Abdul Hameed Jatoi died at the residence of his son, Liaquat Ali Jatoi, federal minister for industries and production
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PPP-SB leader shot dead
KARACHI, Jan 11: A leader of the Pakistan People's Party (Shaheed Bhutto group), Ali Mohammad Sonara, and one of his associate were shot dead on Sunday by unknown gunmen here in Kharadar, police said.
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Bus service: Indian team due today
ISLAMABAD, Jan 11: A seven-member Indian delegation, led by A.J.S. Sahney, chairman and managing director of the Delhi Transport Corporation, is scheduled to arrive in Islamabad on Monday
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22 Indian fishermen arrested
KARACHI, Jan 11: Pakistan on Sunday arrested 22 Indian fishermen and impounded their four boats for illegally entering into its territorial waters in the Arabian Sea, officials said.
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Vajpayee sees new chapter in ties: India wants to walk with Pakistan
NEW DELHI/HYDERABAD Jan 11: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Sunday expressed the confidence that the Islamabad agreement would be implemented in its true spirit
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Sinha to brief Powell
NEW DELHI, Jan 11: Indian External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha will brief US Secretary of State Colin Powell about the latest turn of events in Pakistan-India relations during his meeting with him in Washington later this month.
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Seven killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Jan 11: Four people, including a Muslim couple, were shot dead overnight in occupied Kashmir, where troops killed three Mujahideen and seized explosives, police said on Sunday.
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4 Taliban among 9 killed in explosions
KANDAHAR, Jan 11: Five Afghan soldiers and four Taliban have been killed in two separate explosions in southern Afghanistan, officials said on Sunday.
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