Govt ready to remove doubts of nationalist leaders: PM
QUETTA, Feb 26: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has said he is ready to initiate talks with Balochistan's veteran nationalist leaders to remove their apprehensions and reservations about development issues including oil and gas exploration in the province.
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80 Al-Zarrar tanks handed over to army
ISLAMABAD, Feb 26: President Pervez Musharraf handed over on Thursday 80 indigenously modernized and upgraded Al-Zarrar tanks to the Pakistan Army and 25 armoured personnel carriers (APC) to the police.
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S. Waziristan operation successful: ISPR
ISLAMABAD, Feb 26: The Director-General of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Maj-Gen Shaukat Sultan, said on Wednesday the recently ended operation in South Waziristan Agency was completely successful and its objectives were achieved.
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3 ministers of AJK resign
MUZAFFARABAD, Feb 26: Three AJK Cabinet members have submitted their resignations after developing differences with Premier Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan over his policies.
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PM lauds 14.7pc industrial growth
ISLAMABAD, Feb 26: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Thursday said Pakistan has achieved 14.7 per cent industrial growth during the last six months (July-December), the highest ever achieved in this sector.
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Irsa cuts share of Sindh, Punjab: 11pc water shortage
ISLAMABAD, Feb 26: The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) decided on Thursday to divide an anticipated 11 per cent water shortage the country would face during the current Rabi season equitably between Sindh and Punjab
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MoU signed to boost trade: Pakistani team in India
NEW DELHI, Feb 26: Pakistan and India's chambers of commerce and industry signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) here on Thursday to strengthen trade, technological and industrial cooperation between the two countries.
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Powell seeks $31.5bn for foreign operations
WASHINGTON, Feb 26: US Secretary of State Colin Powell presented before the Senate on Thursday a $31.5 billion budget proposal for United States' foreign engagements, which includes a $700 million request for Pakistan.
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Bank holiday
KARACHI, Feb 26: The State Bank of Pakistan and all offices of the SBP Banking Services Corporation, including the Public Debt Office, will remain closed on Monday and Tuesday (March 1 and 2), being declared public holidays by the federal government on account of Ashura. -PPI
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Key allies violated human rights: US - Pakistan, S. Arabia criticized
WASHINGTON, Feb 26: Some key allies in the "war on terrorism" made glaring human rights violations last year, says an annual US State Department report sent to Congress on Thursday.
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ADB pledges support for occupied Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Feb 26: Occupied Kashmir will receive "liberal financial support" for modernisation projects from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the government said on Thursday.
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Protester shot dead in Valley
SRINAGAR, Feb 26: One person was killed and four wounded on Thursday when police in occupied Kashmir opened fire on hundreds of demonstrators protesting against rights violations by security forces, police said.
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US slams India on rights abuses
WASHINGTON, Feb 26: The Indian government often used excessive force in combating militancy in occupied Kashmir and the northeastern states, says a US human rights report for 2003, released on Wednesday.
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Osama would be found one day, says Rumsfeld
KABUL, Feb 26: Osama bin Laden will probably be captured or killed one day, US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Thursday, but he added he had no idea when.
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5 Afghan aid workers killed
KABUL, Feb 26: Gunmen ambushed Afghan aid workers, killing five and wounding three, on a road northeast of Kabul on the eve of a visit by the US defence secretary, the worst such attack since the overthrow of the Taliban in 2001.
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UK spied on Annan: ex-minister
LONDON, Feb 26: A former British cabinet minister alleged on Thursday that Britain bugged UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in the run-up to the Iraq war, sparking an angry rebuttal from Prime Minister Tony Blair.
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Israel kills 2 Palestinians
BIDDO, Feb 26: Israeli forces killed two Palestinians protesting against Israel's West Bank barrier on Thursday. Witnesses in the West Bank village of Biddo said Israeli forces opened fire in a confrontation with stone-throwers, killing two Palestinians.
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US lifts travel ban on Libya
WASHINGTON, Feb 26: The United States on Thursday lifted a travel ban on Libya and decided to allow some US firms to negotiate deals in the country as it welcomed Tripoli's progress on getting rid of lethal weapons.
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Siberia gas blast leaves 15 dead
MOSCOW, Feb 26: An explosion thought to have been caused by a gas leak tore through a cafe in a city in Russia's Siberia region on Thursday, killing 15 people and injuring at least 17, the emergencies ministry said.
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Macedonian president dies in plane crash
SKOPJE, Feb 26: Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski was killed on Thursday when his plane crashed into Bosnian mountains in thick fog, officials said.
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