Defence outpaces development spending: report
ISLAMABAD, Feb 29: Pakistan's defence expenditure, which amounted to 54.5 per cent of the total annual allocation, has outpaced development expenditure which stood at 35.5 per cent during first half (July-December) of the current fiscal year.
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Missiles fired at checkpoint outside Wana: Musharraf orders probe into killings
PESHAWAR, Feb 29: Suspected militants on Sunday fired two missiles at a military checkpoint outside Wana, the regional headquarters of the remote South Waziristan tribal region, officials told Dawn.
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Dialogue with India will be meaningful: PM
ISLAMABAD, Feb 29: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has said Pakistan-India dialogue will reach a positive end. In an interview with an Indian weekly Frontline last week the prime minister had said
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NA session summoned on March 8
ISLAMABAD, Feb 29: Presdent Gen Pervez Musharraf has summoned the National Assembly session on March 8, at 5pm at the Parliament House here.
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American troops for Osama operation?
NEW YORK, Feb 29: The United States has struck a deal with Pakistan to allow US troops to hunt for Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden this spring in an area of Pakistan where he is believed to be operating, the New Yorker magazine reported on Sunday.
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Osama enters Fata, claims US media
WASHINGTON, Feb 29: Osama Bin Laden crossed into Pakistan on Feb 27 and is closely guarded by Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters disguised as a Pakistani tribesman, US media reported on Sunday.
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UN to resume repatriation from Pakistan
KABUL, Feb 29: After four months delay, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) announced on Sunday that it would resume its repatriation operation to assist Afghan refugees living in Pakistan to return home.
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Islamabad slams deal
ISLAMABAD, Feb 29: Pakistan on Sunday criticised Israel's decision to approve the sale of three Phalcon airborne early warning radar systems to India, saying it would accentuate the strategic imbalance in South Asia.
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Pakistan agrees to buy Indian medicines
HYDERABAD, Feb 29: Pakistan has agreed to buy drugs and training material from Indian companies at an international biotechnology meeting, taking advantage of a recent thaw in relations between the two South Asian nuclear states.
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LG by-polls: paper filing date extended
ISLAMABAD, Feb 29: The Election Commission extended on Sunday the last date for filing of nomination papers for by-election to the vacant seats of union Nazims and Naib Nazims in Punjab, Sindh, NWFP and Balochistan.
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Straw coming for vital talks
ISLAMABAD, Feb 29: British Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Jack Straw, would be visiting Pakistan from March 3-5 to hold discussions with Pakistani officials on a wide range of issues
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Petroleum prices raised
KARACHI, Feb 29: The Sub-Committee of the Oil Companies Advisory Committee (OCAC) here on Sunday announced a 0.96 per cent increase in the price of motor spirit revised to Rs. 34.80 per litre from Rs 34.47 available till Sunday.
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Kashmiris' plea for talks
PAHALGAM, Feb 29: Held Kashmir's puppet chief minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed appealed on Sunday for peace talks to be given a chance. "Talks have begun between India and Pakistan, and the centre and the All Parties Hurriyat Conference.
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Three hurt in Kashmir explosion
SRINAGAR, Feb 29: Freedom fighters wounded three civilians when they fired grenades at a security camp in Indian Kashmir on Sunday, police said. The three civilians, including a woman, were injured by the grenades
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Indian elections from April 20
NEW DELHI, Feb 29: India, the world's largest democracy, will go to early polls in four stages from April 20 to May 10 in an election expected to return the ruling Hindu nationalist-led coalition to power.
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Arab countries differ on how to handle US plans
CAIRO, Feb 29: The secretariat of the Arab League has put off plans to draft a joint Arab response to Washington's Middle East reform plans because of disagreements between Arab states over the best approach, League sources said on Sunday.
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Afghan polls likely to be postponed
WASHINGTON, Feb 29: The United States may postpone parliamentary and presidential elections in Afghanistan scheduled for June this year, diplomatic sources told Dawn in Washington.
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US troops move in as Aristide flees Haiti
WASHINGTON, Feb 29: President George W. Bush ordered the immediate deployment of US Marines to Haiti on Sunday to head off a power struggle and restore stability after President Jean-Bertrand Aristide resigned
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Israeli cabinet okays Phalcon agreement with India
AL QUDS, Feb 29: Israeli Premier Ariel Sharon's security cabinet authorized a 1.1 billion-dollar deal to sell three Phalcon spy planes to India, Israel Radio reported on Sunday.
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Palestinian shot dead
NABLUS, Feb 29: A Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli soldiers on Sunday during an exchange of fire in Balata refugee camp near the northern West Bank town of Nablus, Palestinian security sources said.
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