Partial strike observed on MMA's call
KARACHI, Feb 6: A partial strike was observed on Friday in all cities and towns of the country in response to the call given by the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal
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Opposition to raise N-issue in Senate
ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: The opposition Democratic Alliance has decided to raise the issue of scientists' questioning over nuclear proliferation in the forthcoming Senate session on Feb 13, sources told Dawn on Friday.
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Amin contests president's authority on pardon
LAHORE, Feb 6: ARD chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim, disputing Gen Musharraf's authority to pardon nuclear scientist Dr A.Q. Khan after holding him guilty of nuclear proliferation, demanded on Friday that the matter should be taken to parliament for a final decision.
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Indian statement rejected
ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: Pakistan on Friday dismissed as unwarranted a statement by Indian Foreign Minister Yashwant Sinha that the disclosure by Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan on leaking secrets be debated by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
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US accepts Pakistan's decision: Powell - Scientist's pardon 'odd' - UN
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 6: US Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Friday that Washington accepted Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf's decision to pardon nuclear scientists Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan.
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FIR against Dr Khan sealed: ISPR
RAWALPINDI, Feb 6: An FIR was registered against Dr A. Q. Khan by the Airport Police a few days back on the complaint of Brigadier Shoaib, KRL's director of security.
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Kasuri leaves for Germany, Poland
ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri left for Germany on Friday to particpate in the 40th Munich Conference on Security Policy, an official handout said here.
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Senate session on 13th
ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has summoned the Senate session to meet at the Parliament House on Feb 13 at 5.30pm. -APP
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Proliferation probe earns US praise
NEW YORK, Feb 6: The US State Department has again welcomed efforts by the Pakistan government to investigate and punish those involved in nuclear proliferation.
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Six die in accident near Multan
MULTAN, Feb 6: At least six people, including a woman, were killed and several others injured when a passenger van collided head-on with a truck near the Makhdoom Rasheed area on Friday.
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Centre to give Sindh Rs4.9 billion: On-farm water management plan
ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: The federal government has agreed to provide Rs4.9 billion to help undertake "Sindh On Farm Water Management Project" for improving efficiency, reliability and equity of irrigation water distribution
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16 killed in Kashmir violence
SRINAGAR, Feb 6: Indian troops shot dead 11 Mujahideen, including a commander of a group, in the occupied Kashmir, while suspected guerrillas killed four soldiers and beheaded a civilian, police said on Friday.
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N-issue not an internal matter, says India
NEW DELHI, Feb 6: Indian Foreign Minister Yashwant Sinha said on Friday that revelations of nuclear proliferation by Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan were an international issue
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Lok Sabha dissolved
NEW DELHI, Feb 6: Citing peace talks with Pakistan and his handling of the Kashmir issue as major successes of his third incomplete tenure, Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee kicked off a re-election campaign on Friday
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Bush launches Iraq weapons probe
WASHINGTON, Feb 6: US President George Bush on Friday named a commission to investigate the yawning gap between pre-invasion claims about Iraqi weapons and post-invasion findings and report back after the November elections.
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Resigning MPs to be tried: Iran judge
TEHRAN, Feb 6: Iran's hardline judiciary chief Ayatollah Mahmud Hashemi Shahrudi has warned that officials who resign with the aim of impeding parliamentary elections in protest at the barring of reformist candidates
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39 killed in Moscow subway explosion
MOSCOW, Feb 6: A massive bomb tore through a crowded Moscow subway during morning rush hour on Friday, killing at least 39 people and injuring more than 130 in a suspected suicide attack Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed on Chechen rebels.
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Malaysia to investigate N-related supply
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 6: Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on Friday vowed a full investigation into charges that a company controlled by his son supplied parts for Libya's nuclear weapons programme
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Libya opens up chemical arms data
THE HAGUE, Feb 6: Libya has opened the books on its chemical weapons stocks to the international body monitoring the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention, it was announced Friday
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Probe into black market on track, insists IAEA
VIENNA, Feb 6: The International Atomic Energy Agency insisted on Friday that its investigation into black market nuclear trading was on track.
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