Cabinet will be expanded at right time, says Jamali
ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali rejected on Wednesday the impression of any hurdle in the planned expansion of the federal cabinet, and said more ministers would be inducted at an appropriate time.
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Operation against Al Qaeda continues: Zawahri's son not held
ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: The Foreign Office has said that the operation to flush out Al Qaeda militants from Pakistan's territory has not yet ended, although the crackdown in the western border town is over for the time being.
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Wana detainees being quizzed
ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: Security forces on the trail of Osama bin Laden were on Wednesday questioning nearly two dozen Al Qaeda and Taliban suspects captured in a dramatic operation near the Afghan border.
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No change in policy on suspects
ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: The foreign office has said that if someone has committed crimes against any other country and is caught in an anti-terror operation, the government priority would be to hand him over to his country of origin.
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KRL officials allowed to meet families
ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: The Rawalpindi bench of the Lahore High Court has directed the government to allow fortnightly meetings between detained officials of Khan Research Laboratories and their family members
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President, PM briefed on space programme
RAWALPINDI, Feb 25: President General Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali attended a briefing here on Wednesday on Pakistan's space programme, given by Suparco.
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Soften NFC stand, Punjab told
ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: The federal government has asked the Punjab authorities to soften their stand on keeping population the single criterion for the distribution of resources among the provinces.
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Ijaz Shah appointed new IB chief
ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: Intelligence Bureau director-general Col Bashir Wali (Rtd) has been replaced by ex-ISI officer Brig Ijaz Shah (Rtd). The outgoing director-general was promoted from the post of joint director of the IB to head the agency about a year ago.
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Qatar to relax visa rules for Pakistanis
DOHA, Feb 25: Qatar has agreed to relax visa restrictions on Pakistanis enabling them to contribute towards Qatar's progress and development.
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South Asian leaders committed to peace
NEW YORK, Feb 25: Frank G. Wisner II, a former US ambassador to India and co-chairman of an independent task force on South Asia
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APHC threatens to pull out of talks with India
SRINAGAR, Feb 25: One of Kashmir's main leaders of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), on Wednesday, gave India a deadline to reign in its troops and end repression in the occupied state, saying it would pull out of peace talks if demands were not met.
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Vajpayee seeks Muslim vote to bring peace
NEW DELHI, Feb 25: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Wednesday pledged peace with Pakistan and made a fervent appeal to Muslims to vote for his party in the coming elections.
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Indian jets, US F-15s stage mock dogfight
GWALIOR, Feb 25: American F-15 fighter planes and Indian jets fought a mock battle over this central Indian city on Wednesday as the curtain fell on the first-ever joint aerial exercises between the two nations who were on opposite sides during the Cold War.
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Israeli nukes a mystery: IAEA
VIENNA, Feb 25: The extent of Israel's atomic weapons programme is a mystery, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohamed ElBaradei said in an interview broadcast on Wednesday.
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Israel to shorten West Bank barrier
TEL AVIV, Feb 25: Israel is to shorten the planned route of its West Bank separation barrier by some 80 kilometres, military sources said on Wednesday, as world court hearings on the legality of the vast project entered their third and final day.
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Death toll in Morocco quake rises to 564
AL HOCEIMA, Feb 25: The death toll from a powerful earthquake in northern Morocco rose to at least 564, but rescuers kept up a frantic search on Wednesday for survivors under the rubble of devastated mud-brick homes.
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