N-plan to stay: Musharraf
RAWALPINDI, Feb 21: President Gen Pervez Musharraf reiterated on Saturday that Pakistan's nuclear programme was here to stay and, being a vital national security interest, will never be compromised. He said that far from any misplaced notion of a rollback
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Powell lauds Musharraf's handling of N-issue
NEW YORK, Feb 21: US Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Friday the United States, acting in partnership with others, had played a quiet but important role in the reconciliation process recently launched between India and Pakistan
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MMA defends LFO accord
ISLAMABAD Feb 21: The deputy chief of the Jamaat-i-Islami, Senator Prof Ghafoor Ahmed, claimed on Saturday that the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal had scored a political success by getting a written assurance that President Gen Pervez Musharraf
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Defence seeks to quiz witnesses: Hashmi case
ISLAMABAD, Feb 21: The defence counsel for ARD president Makhdoom Javed Hashmi on Saturday ended boycott of court proceedings and moved an application for summoning prosecution witnesses for cross-examination.
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US, EU asked to help end repression in Kashmir
ISLAMABAD, Feb 21: Pakistan has asked the United States and the European Union to persuade New Delhi to end repression in the occupied Kashmir besides reducing the number of troops there.
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Meaningful judicial intervention urged: Saarclaw discusses good governance
KARACHI, Feb 21: Speakers at the 10th Saarclaw conference working sessions called for meaningful judicial interventions to overcome the deficiencies in law and legal systems to ensure good governance
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Provinces seek time to study proposals: Resource distribution
PESHAWAR, Feb 21: Provincial representatives at the National Finance Commission meeting here on Saturday sought time to consult their governments about the proposals on devising a criteria for resource distribution.
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Provinces used less water than their share: Irsa
ISLAMABAD, Feb 21: The Indus River System Authority said all the four provinces utilised less water than their share from 22.1 per cent to 9.4 per cent between Oct 1, 2003 and Feb 20, 2004.
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Manual NICs invalid
ISLAMABAD, Feb 21: The interior ministry announced on Saturday that the manual national identity cards had become invalid but the National Database and Registration Authority would continue to issue computerized NICs.
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Five arrested for schools' bombing
GILGIT, Feb 21: Five more people were arrested for their suspected involvement in torching and bombing of nine primary schools in Diamer district, Northern Areas police chief said.
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PPP loyalist dies
KARACHI, Feb 21: A Pakistan People's Party activist, Dhani Bukhsh, who had torched himself to protest against implication of Benazir Bhutto and Asif Ali Zardari in different cases, died here on Saturday morning.
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Four more women fall prey to Karo-kari
SUKKUR, Feb 21: Four women were killed on the pretext of Karo-kari in separate incidents in upper Sindh during the last 48 hours ending on Saturday evening.
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Nine killed in accident near Faisalabad
FAISALABAD, Feb 21: Nine persons were killed and nine others were injured when their vehicle overturned after hitting a truck on the Motorway near Sahianwala
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Muharram begins today
LAHORE, Feb 21: The Central Ruet-i-Hilal committee announced on Saturday that Muharram-ul-Harram moon has been sighted and the first of Muharram will fall on Sunday (tomorrow).
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Advani ready to visit Pakistan
NEW DELHI, Feb 21: Indian Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani has said he will be happy to visit Pakistan after the polls in his country due in April-May, Indian media reported.
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HR activist tries to immolate himself
SRINAGAR, Feb 21: Two militants and a civilian were killed in occupied Kashmir, while police arrested a human rights activist for attempting self-immolation to protest human rights violations, police said on Saturday.
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Red Cross team meets Saddam
BAGHDAD, Feb 21: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) visited Saddam Hussein in US custody in Iraq on Saturday for the first time since the ousted leader was captured in December, while US overseer Paul Bremer poured cold water on hopes for speedy elections.
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Bremer rules out Iraq polls for a year
DUBAI, Feb 21: It will be impossible to organise elections in Iraq for another year to 15 months for technical reasons, US civil administrator Paul Bremer told Al Arabiya television in an interview broadcast on Saturday.
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Malaysia not involved in N-transfer, says US
WASHINGTON, Feb 21: The US said on Saturday it had no indication to suggest that the Malaysian government was involved in nuclear proliferation.
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Hardliners on way to victory in Iran
TEHRAN, Feb 21: Partial results from Iran's disputed parliamentary election showed conservatives hostile to President Mohammad Khatami's reforms cruising to an expected victory on Saturday.
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