Legality of Senate session challenged
ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: The Senate on Wednesday seemed shocked to know that more than two hours of its last sitting on Monday was possibly illegal as chairman Mohammedmian Soomro , who conducted the proceedings at the time, had already become acting president after President Pervez Musharraf had left for Turkey.
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Beg denies he carried Iran's message: N-tech transfer issue
ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: Gen (retd) Aslam Beg, former Chief of Army Staff on Tuesday denied he had carried any message from Iranian government to Nawaz Sharif government soliciting transfer of nuclear technology
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KRL DG not among those released, says Rashid
ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: Three officials of the Khan Research Laboratories (KRL), taken into custody for 'debriefing', have now been released, Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on Wednesday.
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Probe to end soon, says minister
ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: The government said on Wednesday the ongoing interrogation, or 'debriefing', of nuclear scientists and other personnel connected with the country's nuclear programme would be over in the next three to four days.
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Musharraf stresses internal reforms: Turkish investors invited
ANKARA, Jan 21: President Pervez Musharraf has called upon Muslim countries to focus on internal reforms and socio-economic development.
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$20m grant lost to bureaucratic snags
ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: Pakistan lost a $20 million grant due to bureaucratic hurdles, the head of an international donor agency said on Monday.
The United Nations Population Fund failed to disburse the grant for welfare projects because of a sluggish approach of bureaucracy
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Prisoners' issue raised with US
ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: Pakistan is genuinely concerned about conditions of its prisoners held by the United States in the Guantanamo Bay and those in Afghanistan and has raised the issue at all appropriate levels
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Musharraf taking right steps, says US
NEW YORK, Jan 21: US Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Tuesday that the United States was fully supportive of President Pervez Musharraf, saying that "we believe that he is making the right decisions for his nation".
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Indian elections will not affect talks: PM - Gas supply project opened
KALAT, Jan 21: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has said the peace process between Pakistan and India would not be affected with the change of government after elections in India.
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Indian Punjab CM cancels Lahore visit
NEW DELHI Jan 21: Indian Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh has called off his proposed visit to Lahore citing the union government's "negative attitude" towards his foreign visit.
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APHC wants Kashmir issue on top of agenda
ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: Kashmiri leadership wants the Pakistan government to accord priority to the Kashmir issue during the forthcoming talks expected to be held in the second half of February this year.
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Widespread rain brings temperature down
LAHORE, Jan 21: The country received its first widespread winter rain on Wednesday. Though light, it covered almost all the cities with a persistent spell and brightened prospects of good crops.
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EU parliament to review pact in Feb
BRUSSELS, Jan 21: The European Parliament will take another look by the end of next month at a European Union cooperation agreement signed with Pakistan in 2001 but still pending ratification by the EU assembly.
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World Economic Forum opens
DAVOS, Jan 21: The annual World Economic Forum opened on Wednesday with more than 2,000 economic and political leaders gathering in the Swiss ski town.
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Sharon may face indictment
TEL AVIV, Jan 21: Israeli prosecutors are considering whether to indict Prime Minister Ariel Sharon after a court charged a businessman on Wednesday with trying to bribe him in the 1990s, a justice ministry source said.
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Iranian ministers, VPs submit resignations
TEHRAN, Jan 21: Several ministers and vice-presidents in Iran's reformist government have submitted their resignations to protest the mass disqualification of candidates from next month's parliamentary elections
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Bush tells N. Korea, Iran to scrap WMD
NEW YORK, Jan 21: US President George W. Bush, in his State of the Union address Tuesday, urged North Korea and Iran to follow Libya's lead in giving up weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programmes and defended the US-led war in Iraq.
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US lawmakers to visit Libya
WASHINGTON, Jan 21: A bipartisan group of US lawmakers on Wednesday said they were preparing to travel to Libya to meet President Muammar Qadhafi in the first such official visit since Mr Qadhafi came to power in 1969.
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