Dr Khan not involved: Faisal
ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: Interior Minister Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat said on Thursday that Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan was not involved in nuclear proliferation. In an interview with the Voice of America (VOA) and a private TV channel
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US lauds probe against scientists
NEW YORK, Jan 29: The US State Department has reaffirmed its satisfaction with the "very firm commitment" given by President Pervez Musharraf that Pakistan's nuclear assets would not fall into the wrong hands and welcomed the investigations launched by the government.
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Attack on Musharraf: Tribal Malik held
DARA ADAMKHEL, Jan 29: A tribal Malik, Khan Muhammad Deen, was taken into custody by an intelligence agency in connection with last month's suicide attack on President Pervez Musharraf, his family claimed.
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GHQ being shifted to Islamabad
ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: The army is shifting its general headquarters (GHQ) from Rawalpindi to the federal capital as part of plan to enhance security for President Gen Pervez Musharraf, a source in the Capital Development Authority (CDA) told Dawn on Thursday.
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Military chiefs hold meeting
RAWALPINDI, Jan 29: A special session of the Joint Chief of Staff Committee was held here on Thursday to discuss important matters related to defence and national security, a late night Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release said.
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$1.17bn debt paid ahead of schedule
ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: Pakistan on Thursday remitted $1.171 billion (Rs62.92 billion) to Asian Development Bank (ADB) through a wire transaction, retiring earlier-than-schedule its most expensive debt that carried an interest rate of 8-11 per cent.
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388 Pakistanis released
KARACHI, Jan 29: Another batch of 388 Pakistani prisoners released from Muscat jails arrived at Ghasbander Keamari, on Thursday by a cargo boat, Al-Quadri.-APP
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21 Pakistani prisoners freed
KABUL, Jan 29: Afghan authorities on Thursday freed 21 Pakistanis captured while fighting alongside the former Taliban regime and its Al Qaeda allies during the US-led war in Afghanistan in late 2001.
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Kashmiri leaders to be briefed on February 9
ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: Senior Foreign Office officials and President of Azad Kashmir Maj-Gen (retd) Muhammad Anwar Khan will meet APHC leaders on Feb 9 to brief them about coming India-Pakistan talks to be held from Feb 16 to 18, official sources told Dawn on Thursday.
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Reporter killed in Mansehra
MANSEHRA, Jan 29: Sajid Tanoli, a reporter of a daily published from Abbottabad, was shot dead here on Thursday allegedly by the nazim of a union council of Mansehra.
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APNS Eid holidays
KARACHI, Jan 29: The member publications of All-Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) will observe holidays on Feb 2 and 3 on account of Eidul Azha,APNS Secretary-General announced on Thursday.
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Pakistan, S. Arabia face major terror threat: US
WASHINGTON, Jan 29: Even with the continuing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the bigger challenge in the global war on terrorism is the threat posed by extremists in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, the commander of US forces in that region said on Thursday.
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7 US soldiers die in Afghanistan
KABUL, Jan 29: An explosion near an ammunition dump in southern Afghanistan killed seven US soldiers and wounded three others on Thursday, the US army said.
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Top BBC official resigns
LONDON, Jan 29: The British Broadcasting Corporation's (BBC) top executive quit on Thursday after a British judge condemned it for wrongly accusing Tony Blair over the Iraq invasion.
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10 killed in Al Quds suicide bombing: Blast near Sharon's home
AL QUDS, Jan 29: A suicide bomber blew up an Israeli bus in Al Quds on Thursday, killing 10 people in the deadliest such attack in four months, as Israel and the Lebanese Shia guerrila group Hezbollah carried out a prisoner exchange.
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Israel, Hezbollah swap prisoners
BEIRUT/AL QUDS, Jan 29: Israel and Hezbollah guerilla foes carried out a long-awaited prisoner swap on Thursday that brought hundreds of jailed Arabs home to shouts of joy in return for a kidnapped Israeli and three dead soldiers.
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Five security personnel shot dead in Riyadh
RIYADH, Jan 29: Five Saudi security men and the father of a wanted militant were shot dead by unknown gunmen during a raid in Riyadh on Thursday, after the militant was arrested, the interior ministry and residents said.
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Iran polls
TEHRAN, Jan 29: Iran'sGuardians Council has so far reinstated 861 candidates who were among thousands barred from contesting next month's parliamentary elections, state television said on Thursday.-AFP
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