Factions agree to adopt PML-Q constitution
LAHORE, Jan 18: The process of unification of five factions of the Pakistan Muslim League made a considerable headway on Sunday as their leaders agreed to adopt the constitution of the PML-Q and increase the number of central council members to 1,500.
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Five senior KRL officials picked up
ISLAMABAD, Jan 18: Five more senior officials of Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) were picked up by an intelligence agency on Saturday night, including Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan's personal secretary, sources close to these officials told Dawn on Sunday.
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Indo-Pakistan talks level still undecided: New Delhi likely venue
ISLAMABAD, Jan 18: New Delhi is likely to be the venue for Pakistan-India talks that are expected to resume in the third week of February but the level for the talks remains undecided, say diplomatic sources.
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Delhi agrees to remove Islamabad's doubts: Three-day meeting ends on cautious note
ISLAMABAD, Jan 18: The commissioners of Pakistan and India on Permanent Indus Commission (PIC) said on Sunday a solution to the longstanding Baglihar dispute could be achieved on a "give and take basis".
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New plan likely for recovering Shahani
PESHAWAR, Jan 18: All hopes of finding the missing Punjab minister for sport and culture in the remote Karkarwam have dashed to the ground as the authorities in North Waziristan tribal region contemplate new strategy to trace him down.
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21 wanted men defy deadline
PESHAWAR, Jan 18: Twenty-one suspects wanted to the South Waziristan Agency's administration for harbouring Al Qaeda suspects have defied the deadline to surrender themselves to a tribal lashkar on Sunday.
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7 Al Qaeda suspects held
KARACHI, Jan 18: Law enforcement agencies picked up seven people, including two women, in a pre-dawn raid on an apartment in Gulistan-i-Jauhar for their suspected links with Al Qaeda, officials said on Sunday.
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Extremism: report questions govt's role
ISLAMABAD, Jan 18: An international think-tank has said President Gen Pervez Musharraf's promise to drive extremism away from madressahs remains unfulfilled.
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Suspect in Karachi bomb blast arrested
KARACHI, Jan 18: Police arrested a man for his suspected involvement in the Bible Society bomb explosion which led the police to the recovery of a huge cache of bombs with detonators, parcel bombs, local-made grenades
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Omer Sheikh shifted to Karachi
HYDERABAD, Jan 18: Ahmed Omer Saeed Sheikh, who is facing capital punishment in the Daniel Pearl murder case, was shifted to Karachi on Sunday from where he would be shifted to Islamabad, sources told Dawn.
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US investors seek removal of legal hurdle
ISLAMABAD, Jan 18 : The United States Chamber of Commerce is encouraging American businessmen to invest in Pakistan in various sectors and also asking the US government to soften the travel advisory.
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Madressahs' records checked in Faisalabad
FAISALABAD, Jan 18: Special teams constituted by the federal government visited a number of religious institutions here on Sunday and checked the record pertaining to the admission of students
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Three held in Shaista case
NAWABSHAH, Jan 18: Three people who have been issuing threats to Shaista Almani have been arrested and the Sindh police are providing complete protection to the girl.
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Two squad men hurt while defusing bombs
QUETTA, Jan 18: Two persons from the local bomb disposal squad were injured while they were trying to defuse two bombs in Ghousabad late on Sunday night.
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Trade with Kabul to rise to $1bn
ISLAMABAD, Jan 18: Pakistan and Afghanistan on Saturday agreed to enhance bilateral trade upto US$1 billion besides establishing linkages in banking, roads, air and communications sectors.
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Pakistan to open ATM service in Afghanistan
KABUL, Jan 18: Over the next few weeks Afghanistan's banking sector will move from comprising just six rundown specialist banks to one where several international commercial operations compete for business
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Karzai gets registered as voter
KABUL, Jan 18: Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday registered to vote in upcoming elections under tight security, as he called on the international community to assist the war-wracked nation provide a safe environment for the polls.
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Advani hails statement of Musharraf
NEW DELHI, Jan 18: India's Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani on Sunday welcomed the statement by Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf calling for a holy war against extremism, a report said.
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India okays carrier deal with Russia
NEW DELHI, Jan 18: India has approved the purchase of a refurbished Russian aircraft carrier, the Admiral Gorshkov, and a deal worth more than $1 billion is likely to be signed this week, defence ministry officials said on Sunday.
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'Dead' man comes back to life
NEW DELHI, Jan 18: A man declared "dead" by doctors returned to life after being kept for some hours in a hospital mortuary in the northern Indian state of Haryana, a report said on Sunday.
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Security tightened
JAMMU, Jan 18: Commandoes were deployed in Jammu on Sunday before a two-day visit by the main opposition Congress party leader Sonia Gandhi.
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25 die in Baghdad suicide bombing: Tikrit blast claims 2 lives
BAGHDAD, Jan 18: A massive suicide bombing in front of the US-led coalition headquarters in Baghdad killed 25 people and injured 130on Sunday. A news agency put the death toll at 35, however it could not be confirmed by other sources.
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