'Musharraf kept US abreast of N-issue'
WASHINGTON, Feb 27: President Pervez Musharraf has received "full acknowledgement" of Dr A.Q. Khan's activities and has conveyed them to the United States, says Secretary of State Colin Powell.
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Sharif rejected Beg's N-transfer idea: PML-N senator
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: PML-N Senator and former finance minister Ishaq Dar told the Senate on Friday that former army chief Gen Mirza Aslam Beg had "rudely" and vainly tried in the early 1990s to persuade the then prime minister Nawaz Sharif to sell nuclear technology to Iran.
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FO denies secret test with North Korea
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: Pakistan on Friday strongly rejected news reports that it had conducted joint nuclear tests with North Korea and dismissed it as a "wild, mischievous and irresponsible speculation".
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KRL audit report submitted to NCA
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: The government has received the report of a special audit of the Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) to ascertain how much money has so far been spent on the country's nuclear programme
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Opposition walks out of Senate on girls' killing
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: The opposition members, belonging to the Democratic Alliance and the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, on Friday jointly staged a walkout from the Senate to protest against the "brutal murder" of two minor girls in Karachi.
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Bush certifies Pakistan for aid
WASHINGTON, Feb 27: President George W. Bush has cleared the way for US aid to Pakistan by certifying that Islamabad is cooperating in the war on terrorism.
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More suspects in tribal belt, says minister: Operation to continue
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: Minister for Interior Faisal Saleh Hayat on Friday said the search operation would continue in the tribal belt adjoining Afghanistan, as reports suggest more terrorists were hiding there.
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Incentives for next budget spelt out: Growth, investment main targets - Shaukat
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz outlined on Friday broad tax incentives and refund measures to be incorporated in the next year's budget (2004-05), and said the budget would focus on growth and investment.
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One more MLA quits in AJK
ISLAMABAD Feb 27: The Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK) government crisis further deepened on Friday when a parliamentary secretary in the AJK Legislative Assembly (AJKLA) resigned in protest against the 'attitude' of Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat, sources said.
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Armed men kidnap 12 passengers
QUETTA, Feb 27: Twelve passengers including women and children of a Loralai-bound coach were kidnapped by unknown armed men near Chambiza area and one abductor was killed in a shootout.
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Another MPA unseated
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: The Supreme Court on Friday disqualified another MPA of Sindh, Bashir Ahmed Bhabhan of the PML-F, for possessing a fake Bachelor's degree.
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Five Taliban arrested
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: Afghan troops captured five suspected Taliban during a "clean-up" operation in the country's southern Zabul province, the Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) said on Friday.
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Six die as refinery building collapses
KARACHI, Feb 27: Six labourers died and three were injured when a prefabricated shed they were erecting in an under-construction oil refinery in Bin Qasim industrial area, collapsed on them, on Friday night.
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Jordan's prince in Karachi
KARACHI, Feb 27: Jordan's Prince Hasan Bin Talal and Princes Sarwat were accorded a warm welcome when they arrived in Karachi on Friday evening on a week-long visit to Pakistan.
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Mosque attack slammed
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: Pakistan strongly condemned on Friday the attack on Al Aqsa Mosque by the Israeli police and termed it a clear "act of desecration".
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FC deployed in Peshawar
PESHAWAR, Feb 27: The Frontier Corps (FC) has been deployed in the city to assist law enforcement agencies in providing protection to Muharram processions, official sources said here on Friday.
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86 released in held Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Feb 27: Some 86 Muslims jailed under India's tough anti-terror law have been released by the authorities in occupied Kashmir since the new government took charge 15 months ago, a senior minister claimed on Friday.
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Kashmiri leader escapes grenade attack
SRINAGAR, Feb 27: The chief minister of held Kashmir, Mufti Mohammad Syed, escaped unhurt on Friday when suspected guerillas fired two grenades at a public meeting he was attending, a witness said.
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Seven injured as Israeli police storm Al Aqsa yard
TEL AVIV, Feb 27: Israeli police stormed the square outside the Al Aqsa Mosque on Friday to confront what they said were stone-throwing Palestinians as tensions heightened over Israel's West Bank barrier.
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112 missing in ferry fire
MANILA, Feb 27: At least 112 people were missing as darkness fell on Friday after explosions and fire tore through a Philippine ferry, killing one person and sending many into the sea to escape the flames.
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